Name/Title
1723 land patent handwritten notes unknown authorEntry/Object ID
001759Tags
Richard Gerow, William Bull, Captain John Evans, Gov. Wm BurnetScope and Content
This is a fascinating legal description from the early 18th century. It appears to be a transcription or an extract of a 1723 land patent involving Governor William Burnet. The mention of "Captain John Evans" refers to the famous "Evans Patent," which was a massive, controversial land grant that was later vacated (annulled) by the colonial assembly, leading to the "reassumed" status mentioned here.
“Begin at a [certain] Stake standing near the said
[undecipherable] of the said Wm. Bull in the line
wh. is supposed to divide the [deleted: West] centers of Lot
(1) and is commonly called the West line
and runs thence East 167 ch then South 39 [degrees]
W. 275 ch to the Northwest line of the Reassumed
Lands, then northwest to the [deleted: or] 130 ch to
the land set for the said Christopher Low;
then along his line North 39 [degrees] E 153 ch
to the place where it began” containing 2600.
a. with the allowance for highways
Above descriptions in patent dated
Aug 10, 1723 from George
by his Gov. Wm Burnet (by Secy
Robin)
The above description is preceded as fols:
“Have set out for the said Richard Gerow [and]
William Bull a certain or parcel of land situate
lying and being in the County of Orange being part
of the land formerly granted to [inserted: the said] Captain John Evans but since vacated and Reassumed.