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June Court
1737
65 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 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 presence of the Complainent or def.t of any touching the truth or Remembrance of their knowledge or anything that may Relate to the Cause af.d and that Reducing the severall depositions into writing you send the same together with this our Commission under your or any three or two of your hands and seals to us to our County Court of Somerset with all Convenient speed Wittness John Smith Gen.t one of our Justices of our said Court the 20.st day of March Anno Dom 1735 Afterwards to witt the twenty first day of June Anno Dom one thousand seven hundred and thirty seven Came here into Court William Lane and John Henry two of the Gentleman mentioned in the above Commission and made Return thereof to the Court here endorsed with the following depositions hereunto annexed Viz.t May ye 17.st 1736 the within named Commissioners William Lane and John Henry was duely Qualified according to Law before me Tho.s Williams Sen.r Wee the Subscriber two of the Commissioners within mentioned do hereby humbly certify to the Justices within written that by vertue of the within Commission to us directed and the power to us thereby given we met upon the within mentioned tract of Land and did take the severall depositions to this writt annexed in Relation to the bounds thereof the severall deponents being upon their Corporall oaths by us first duely administred Examined and haveing first before our said meeting given Regular notice according to the directions of the Act of assembly in such case lately made and provided W.m Lane John Henry June the 7.th 1736/ Jacob Adams of Somerset County planter aged sixty years or thereabouts being by us sworn upon the holy evangelist of almighty God deposeth and saith that about thirty years ago M.r Samuel Collins shewed him the white |
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