Edward STEVENSON d/ 1784 (will), leaving heirs - Sarah STEVENSON - Susannah COOK, now w/o Thomas ROBERTS - Mary, now w/o Hooper CHAMBERLAIN - Edward STEVENSON - John STEVENSON - Samuel RISTOR - Joshua STEVENSON Stevenson owned numerous tracts of land containing hundreds of acres, some of which were: - "Resurvey on Cornwell/Comwell", 162 acres; - "Ridgeway's Farm", 122 acres; - "Resurvey on Dear Bought", 17 acres; - "Molly's Industry", 10 acres; - "Molly's Lot" - "Stevenson's Garden". Some of the land was in Baltimore County: - "Stevenson's Wolf Pen", - "That or Nothing", - "Singary's Trouting Streat" (originally granted to Christian SINGARY). Stevenson was indebted to Charles CARROLL for 613 pounds, 7 shillings, and 4 pence in sterling when he died. All of the heirs conveyed their interests for settlement over to Joshua STEVENSON who was the administrator; witnesses were Mary STEVENSON and Abner CHAMBERLAIN. Some of the sales for the Frederick County property were: - John CARTHE and Henry PO__RS - 200 acres - John NICODEMUS - 80 acres - Joseph HAYNES - 120 acres - J. W. WILLIS - 7,500 acres Joshua STEVENSON Jr. of Frederick County signed over deed, dated 9 Nov 1796, to Christopher JOHNSON of Baltimore Town who was acting trustee for the Edward STEVENSON estate. Thorgood SMITH, Richard CATON, and Christopher JOHNSON, joint trustees, conveyed to Joshua STEVENSON Sr. for 2,345 pounds, 10 shillings, tract part "Stevenson's Garden", 418 acres; 101 acres were cancelled and resold. Then, "Stevenson's Garden Resurveyed" was sold: - J. SMELTZER 133 acres in 1795 - J. NICODEMUS 82 acres in 1796 - Joseph HAINES 123 acres in 1796 - Joshiah STEVENSON 520 acres in 1797 - Henry PETERS 201 acres in 1797 - Henry WILLIS 526 acres in 1800
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