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Somerset County Judicial Records, 1740-1742
Volume 861, Page 72b   View pdf image
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                     March Court                                       1740                  72

       Somerset County Gent Surveyor of the County afd for the Rev.d M.r James Robinson of a tract of Land
    Called Glanvells Lott when the said Surveyor had Run some Lines to Lay out the Length of the Line or
Distance he the said Roberson Claimed to Run his Land from the mouth of Mudford Creek up Manocan
River at a Place by a skirt of marsh about one hundred and fifty four yards from and below ^a place usually made use of Capt Tunstall to build vessells at and about thirty three yards below^ where the marsh
afd  and the River Manocan Joyns the fast Land the said Robertson proposed to the afd John Tunstall
making a boundary for his the said Robertsons Land but the said Tunstall refused to Joyn in doing it and
said there was an Anticent Line afd marked trees between his Land and that of the said Robertsons which had
been marked before he knew the Lands and he would make or agree to no other bounders or to this Effect
                                                                                                                                        Levin Gale

       The Deposition of George Phebus of Somerset County aged about Ninety years or there abouts
being sworn on the holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and saith that when Capt Smith Lived
on the Plantation that Capt John Tunstall Lives on now that he saw a Pine tree marked standing
near the Riverside of the south side thereof and there or there abouts the tree stood and this deponant
further saith that the afd tree was all ways adeemed the bounder of Glanvells Lott and it Could be plainly
seen from the house where Capt Smith Lived and further saith not at which place this deponant
swore the tree stood we the Commissioners saw a Ceder Post fixt there it being one hundred and fifty four
strides below Capt Tunstalls ship yard and thirty three yards below where the marsh Joyns ^to^ the
high Land                                                                                                       his
                                                                                                          George V Phebus
                                                                                                                      mark

for Tunstall      John Goldsmith of Somerset County Aged about fifty three years being
sworn on the holy Evangelist of almighty God deposeth and saith that about twenty years ago
at the house of M.r Alexander Hall heard Richard Chambers of the afd County say that if
the Line Run ^low^ by the River side it would not Go much further then Cates Landing and further saith
not                                                                                                                        his
                                                                                                                      John I Goldsmith
                                                                                                                           mark

       William M.aClemey of Somerset County Aged about forty years being sworn on the
holy Evangelist of Almighty God deposeth and saith that at a Survey made by David Wilson for
M.r Robinson on a Certain tract of Land Called Glanvells Lott and there happened some words
Between Capt Tunstall and M.r Robinson both of the afd County and the afd Robinson told Tunstall
he would make a tree between them and the afd Tunstall would not agree to mark a tree for there
was Old Line trees and Jant stand to no other and further saith not               Will.m Macclemmey

    Lewis Rigsbey of Somerset County aged about sixty years being sworn on the holy evangelist of
                                                                                                                                  Almighty


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