Peter Carrico petition 1734 to Resurvey
LAND OFFICE (Warrant Record)
Peter Carrico petition, 1734,
Liber EE, f. 446-447,
MSA S23-11, MdHR 17,529.
Maryland State Archives, Annapolis, Maryland.
My thanks to Michael Hait for obtaining the copies from the Archives of Maryland for me.
transcribed by Linda Boorom
| 1734 September 10th |
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Peter Carico of Charles county by his humble Petition to his Lorships Agent for management of Land Affairs within this Province has Set forth that Ann Gates heretofore by her humble Petition to his Lorships Late Agent for management of Land Affiars did Sett forth that She was seized in fee simple of and in a Certain Tract or parcell of Land Lying and being formerly in St. Marys but then in Charles Coty Containning 100 ac Originally on the 17th of June Anno Domi 1676 Granted unto a Certain John Hunt by the name of ~~~ under new Rent when Sold and Conveyed the Same unto Robert Gates farther of the said Ann which Robert afterwards by his Last will and Testament devised the afd Tract unto the said Ann who upon Inspection into the bounds Conceived there might be Some Errant defects & irregularities in the Originall Survey thereof by Some of its Lines Running into Older Surveys or that there might be ??? definciency in the Quantity which the Same was laid Out for and that there might be Some Vacant Land there to Contiguous She therefore prayd a a Speciall Warrnt to Resurvey the same for that Effect and purpose which was Granted her and accordingly a warrant on the 4th day of June 1720 to her for that purpose did Ifsue but this Same warrant not being Executed which in time thereon Limited it was on the Eleven of May 1721 Rend for Six Months Longer and In pursuance of said Warrant the said Land was Resurveyed on the 9th day of Novr 1721 and a Certe thereof Returned unto his Deps Land Office by which it appeared that the whole contains the Quantity of 215 acres by the Survey or did not distinguish whether the 115 a over and above the Originall Qty was Surplus or Vacancy but before the said Ann Gates Laid out his Lordships Grant for sd Land She Intermarried with ye sd Petr and is Since dead by which means the said Land is become the Right of and Vestd in the petr who upon a Late Application Viz on the 5 of June last to this office for a patent found that this same could not be applied for Want of the distint???? of between the Surplus and Vacancy and for which Reason the Agent could not be at a Certainty in Recieving his Lordships dues the pet. therefore Humbly prayes that the former Cert might be made void and that he might have a speciall Warrt to Resurvey the Same tract a new with Liberty to amend all Errors as well in the Originall Survey as in the Resurvey afd to Include a Surplusage and add Contiguous Vanancy and at Return of a Certificate of Such Resurvey he compounding for the Surplusage and makeing good Rights to the Vacancy added he might have his Deps Letters Patent of Confirmation Issue unto him thereon under the same Conditions and Terms as the same would have been Granted on the former Resurvey which is Granted him Provided he Comply with all Requisites and finally Lues out Such grant within two years from the Date hereof Lay Out The aforesaid and Carfully Resurvey for and in the name of him the said Peter Carrico the afd Tract of Land as near as may be according |
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and bounds which its Surplusage never the lefs correcting all Errors and irregulaties Af Well in the original Survey as in the Resurvey afd and by your out Lines adding what Vacant Land you Can find to the same Contiguous whe -ther Cultivated or ?????? not Running your Lines ?? ------ |
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