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November Court
1735 (88)
County Gent Greeting know Ye that we have appointed you or any three or two of you to be our Commissioners to Examine Evidences on behalf of a Certain William Porter near Snowhill of the County af.d in relation to the bounds of a tract of Land Poplar Hill Wee therefore require you or any three or two of you at Some time and place as to you or any three or two of you shall Seem Convenient you meet on the af.d Land called Poplar Hill (You first 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 def.t of 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 def.t if any touching the truth or rememberance of their knowledge or any thing that may relate to the Cause af.d and that reduceing the Severall depositions into writing you send the Same together with this our Commission under your or any three or two of you hands and Seals to us to our County Court of Somerset with all Convenient Speed Wittness Robert King Gent Chief Justice of our said Court the twenty Second day of August in the twenty first Year of Our Dominion &.a Ann: Dom: One thousand Seven hundred and thirty five On the backside of the foregoing ^Commission^ it was Endorsed as Followeth Viz.t Wee the Subscribers cretifie that by Vertue of the within Commission we have pursued the directions of the Act of assembly in Such Case provided and the depositions hereunto Annexed we accordingly return pursuant to the directions thereof wittness our hands and seals Jurat M.r Scarborough & M.r Hough Jno Scarborough (seal) Nov.r 12.th 1735 G: Dashiell Edmond Hough (seal) Likewise to the foregoing Commission were annexed the following depositions Viz.t Somerset County ss By Vertue of a Commission to us directed to Examine Evidences on behalf of a Certain William porters Near Snow hill of the County aforesaid in relation to the bounds of a tract of land called poplar Hill bearing date y.e 22.d day of August in y.e 21.st Year of our dominion Ann Dom 1735 Wee the Subscribers caused to Come before us Nathn.l Davis aged forty Seven or there abouts being Sworn on y.e holy Evangelist of Almighty God do say y.t when y.e above deponant bought Land of William Stephenson adjoyning to y.e tract of land Called Poplar Hill and he the afores.d Stephenson told y.e deponant y.t the white Oak Standing in a branch was y.e Corner tree dividing the two tracts and further saith not John Lane aged thirty Seven or there abouts being Sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God (do say) that Hugh Nelson former owner (of |
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