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November
Court
1736 284 having taken your oaths on the holy evangelist of almighty God according to act of assembly in such Case made and provided) and there Cause to Come before you or any three or two of you all such Evidences as shall be to you or any three or two of you nominated by the said Complainent or deft if any and that you or any three or two of you Examine them upon their Corporall oaths to be by you or any three or two of ^you^ administred on the Holy Evangelist of almighty God in the presents of the Complainent or deft if any touching the truth or Remembrance of their knowledge or any thing that may relate to the Cause afd and that Reduceing the severall depositions into writing you send the same together with this our Comission under your or any three or two of your hands and sealls to us to our County Court of Somerset with all Convenient speed Wittness Robert King Gent Chief Justice of our said Court the twenty third day of Augt in the twentyeth year of our Dominion &.c Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred and thirty four On the Backside of the foregoing Commission it was Endorsed as followeth vizt February ye 27.th 1735 Came Cap.t Day Scott and M.r Joseph Wailes and was sworne on the holy Evangelist of almighty God to Execute the within Commission according to the direction of the Act of assembly in that Case made and provided sworn before me John Handy [illegible] hereat this day to witt the Sixteenth day of November Anno Dom One thousand Seven hundred and thirty Six Came hereinto Court Day Scott and Joseph Wailes two of the Commissioners above nominated in the Commission afd and made return of the following Depossions to the same Commission annexed The deposition of Robert Colier Sen Aged fifty years or their abouts being sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty God saith that about thirty four years ago his uncle James Dashiel now decd showed him this white oak where we now are and said it was the first bounder of wrights Land which white oak stands about one hundred yards of the path that goes by William Nelsons to Thomas Willins on the left hand of the said path and about two hundred yards above the wading place on a knowle at the head of gut or Creek Commonly known by the name of mudy hole Creek otherwise wright Creek [illegible] and further this deponant saith that James Dashiell ded son of the afd James Dashiell decd to be him that his father Showed him the white oake above discribed and said that it was the first Bounder of Wrights Land and further this deponant saith not in Testimony whereof he hath hereunto set his hand and this 28.th day of February Anno Dom 1736 his Robert R Colier marke The deposition of John Larreymore Senr aged sixty years or there abouts being sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty God saith that his Oak stump where we now are was told him by William Wright decd and Frances Right mother of said Right that the (above) |
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