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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
Volume 861, Page 316   View pdf image
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                     August Court                          1742            316

Jos.a Robinson his
negro to be Tax free
                     To the worshipfull Justices of Sommerset County now in Court Sitting The
Humble petition of Joshua Robison most Humbly Sheweth That Your petitioner Owns a negro
woman named Bess that has been some Considerable time afflicted with Rh^e^umatick pains and very
Often Swelled about her Joynts in Such a manner that She is but ^of^ Little or noe use to Your petitioner
Your petitioner therefore humbly prays Your Worships Will be pleased to sett the said negro Bess Tax
free and your petitioner as in duty bound will pray

          The petition aforesaid being Read and heard and fully understood   It is Considered by the Court here
that the aforesaid Joshua Robison be discharged from paying of Taxes for the aforesaid Negro woman
Bess for the future as by the petition aforesaid is praid &a


John Bennett
    petn
                 To the Worshipfull the Justices of Sommerset County in Court now Sitting The petition
of John Bennett most humbly Sheweth     that Whereas the main Road that goes from
the Court house to Snow hill Runs through Your petitioners Land which is very much to his prejudice and
he having already Cleared a road upon the Side of his Land which is Rather Better than the Old one and
nearer he therefore humbly prays your worships will be pleased to allow him to Turn the said Road and he as
in duty bound shall pray
                                                          The petition aforesaid being Read and heard and fully understood
It is Considered that the aforesaid John Bennett have Liberty to Turn the Road as by
the petition aforesaid is praid he first makeing the new Road as good near and passable as the
Old Road and that the Same new Road be made and finished according to the Likeing of Capt James
Martin and Angello Attkinson and that the Old Road Lay Open untill the new Road be Compleat
as aforesaid &a


William Selby
pet.n his negro to
be Tax free
 Sommerset ss     To the worshipfull Court of Sommerset County now Sitting the petition of
William Selby Sen.r  Whereas Your petitioner being possessed of a Certain Negro Woman
Called Hannah aged about fifty Years and being Impotent in body by ailments which Renders
    the Same Negro Woman Called Hannah in Capable of getting her Livelyhood so that your petitioner prayeth
your Worships would Take it into Consideration and Grant that the said Negro woman might be Tax free and
your petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray

             The petition aforesaid being read and heard and fully understood   It is Considered that the afd Negro Hannah
be Tax free for the future as by the petition aforesaid is prayd &a


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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
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