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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1735-1737
Volume 851, Page 165b   View pdf image
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    March Court                       1735                        165

date the 27.th day of November 1735 Impowering us to Examine Evidences in relation to the bounds of a Certain
Tract of Land called maidens lott in the possession of John Gillis in Complyance whereof after having given
publick notice according to act of assembly on the fifteenth day of Janr 1735/6 we meet on the
said Land to Execute the said Commission and the following depositions was Taken Before
us                                                                                                               James Caldwell (seal)
                                                                                                                   Robt Givan   (seal)

The depositions ^of^ John Wilson ageed fifty one years or thereabout being sworn deposeth
and sayeth that about twenty years by past his father old Thomas Willson Told him that
there was a Bounder of Maidens Lott standing near the waden place of Barren Creek
and further sayeth not
   
                           The deposition of William Young aged forty eight Years or thereabouts
being sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty God deposeth and Saith that about thirty years by past
this deponents Mother was possest of a tract of Land Called Wilsons Mistake and John Leverton
who was owner of a Tract of Land Called maidens Lott agreed to Joyne their paster fences and
and each of them was to fence as far as their one Land went and Joyne on the devision
and in order to know where the devision was ^this^ deponant sayeth that the af.d John Leverton
Took a pockit Compas and went to a white Oake standing about thirty eight yards
Below the waden place of Barran creek marked with sixteen notches by the path
side and said that that tree was the Devision Between the deponants mother and
him and run a line from the said tree for the devision and accordingly they Joyned their fence
on the line this deponant further sayeth that some time after he the dep^o^nant was possest of
the Land Called Willsons Mistake and that he never Clamed or sold any Land below the
bounder before mentioned but always allow'd that tree to be the devision between the two tracts
and understood it to be the second Bounders of maidens Lott and further sayeth not

          The deposition of Soloman Right Aged thirty one years or there about being
sworn deposeth and sayeth that about four years by past he the deponant was taken
with his father old Edward Right Concerning the bounders of a tract of Land Called Wilsons
mistake and that his father told him that the first bounder of the af.d tract of Land stood
on the wading place point and that it was either a stooping tree or a forked tree and
further sayeth not


TB: GD WB  John Asson
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RH WG      Ann Draper admrx
             of Alex.d Draper
 Command was given to the Sheriff of Somerset County that he
should take Ann Draper Late of Somerset County widdow admrx of all &

Singular the goods and Chattells Debt and Creditts of Allexander Draper late
of Somerset County Gent dec.d if she Should be found in his Bailywick and her should safe keep so that he
might have her body before our Justices of his Lordships County Court of Somerset to be held at dividing Creek
the third Tuesday of November then next to answer unto John Asson of a plea of trespass upon the Case &.a and
                                                                                                                                                                that


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