Reids settlement, which is furthest North and which consists of about Fifteen Families, is at no greater distance from Socialborough than thirty Miles and Major Skene's within Twenty Miles.

That from these circumstances your Petitioners hope it will appear that this Township is well situated for the County Town, and not only convenient to the greater part of the present Inhabitants, but will continue to be so to the Country in general (as far as tothe said East Line from the mouth of Otter Creek,) when it becomes populous and fully improved. fs

That the present Inhabitants of the said County are very poor, and unable, but by their Labour, to contribute any thing

NEW HAMPSHIRE GRANTS. 775,

towards the Building a Court House and Goal, nor is any Provision made for that purpose by law.

Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray, that, unless your Excellency shall judge some other place to be more proper, the County Town of the said County may be fixed at Socialborough in which case your Petitioners are willing, and do engage, to raise & pay all the money, which shall be necessary for erecting . 4convenient Court House & Goal for the said County.

And your Petitioners shall ever pray &e

Chas McEyers Richd Maitlandt Atty Wm Walton

Hamilton Young W. McAdam Jacob Walton Theophylact Bache G: Maturin J: W: Harris Cruger Henry Yan Vleck Stepn Kemble Gerard Walton

William Lupton James Phyn John De Lancey Theodrs Van Wyck Adam Gilkrist Fred: De Peyster for Isaac Roosevelt Saml Deall self & Doctr Jno Jones Jacobus Van Zandt William Cockburn Fredk V. Cortlandt Wm Sheriff by order Garret Rapalje