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Charles County Court, Court Record, 1746-1747
Volume 862, Page 304   View pdf image
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(304)            March Court Anno Domini 1747

Named Petitioner or other Person concerned touching their knowledge of the bounds
of the Tract of Land above Named or the bounds of any other Lands between the afs.d
Tract or parcel on which it Relates and therefore we Command you any Three or Two
of you that you Call and Cause to Come before you any Three or Two of you all Witnesses
so Nominated a Certain Day by you or any Three or Two of you to be appointed upon the
abovementioned Tract of Land and the Examination of every Witness so called by you
that you any Three or Two of you Receive and that same Examination you any Three or Two of
you carefully Reduce into Writing on the presence of all parties concerned that be there present
and the Examination so taken as aforesaid you any Three or Two of you are to Return to
the Justices of our Court with all Convenient under your seals or the seal if any Three or Two of
you together with this Writt Provided always that all Parties Concerned living within or
without the County aforesaid have Notice according to the Directions of the act of assembly before
mentioned of the day and place of the Execution of this our Commission before the Execution
thereof and that you any Three or Two of you and to Return to our Justices aforesaid with
all Convenient Speed a Certificate of such Notice given together with the Examination of
the Witnesses Witness Robert Hanson Gent one of our said Justices of our said Court at Charles
Town aforesaid the 10.th day of November in the Thirty Third Year of our Dominion &Ca
Anno Domini 1747                                                                              Edmd Porteus Clk
Issued November 10.th 1747

And now here at this day to wit the second Tuesday in March aforesaid Francis Ware
Thomas Morriss and James Keach Thereof the Commissioners afs.d Return to the Court here
the Commission afs.d with the subsequent Depositions and Certificate hereunto annext
Vizt

Charles County sst
Janry 1.st 1747                        John Huson aged seventy years or thereabouts
being sworn on the Holy Evangelists of Almighty God Declares that about Forty six
or seven years ago he was known (by a Certain John Hall) that the White oak on w.ch
he now lays his hand standing on Branch of Zachiah Swamp that lead's between
Mr Henry Hawkins Mr John Marten and Near the Road that lead's from
Zachiah New Bridges to Portobacco and likewise near where the said Road
Intersects the said Branch and told him that it was a bound one of a Tract or parcel of
Land Called Goats Lodge then belonging to John Hawkins Sen and further he
sayeth not                                                                                    his
                                                                                     John        H    Huson
                                                                                                 mark


Thomas Morriss aged forty four or thereabouts being sworn as above
Declares that about Twenty Eight years ago he was shown the White oak mentioned
in the above Deposition by a Certain Thomas Hargis to be a bound Tree of a Tract
of Land belonging Thomas Hawkins having a Regard of the said Thomas to the
Date hereof which is above Mentioned and further he sayeth not
                                                                                              Tho.s Morris

Charles County ss.t
                               We the Subscribers Commissioners appointed by the within
Commission having first Complyed with the previous Requisites of the Law have
met on the within mentioned Tract or parcel of Land called Goats Lodge and did
on the first day of January 1747 take the Depositions of such Witness as was then
                                                                                                                      (and)


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Charles County Court, Court Record, 1746-1747
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