Township of Durham were setled under a Title or pretended Title derived under John Henry Lydius That the Inhabitants finding they had no title to their Estates applyed for his Majestys.Grant or Letters patent for the said Township under the Colony of New York which they favourably obtained about Two years ago. That the first setlers setled & began their Improvements near six years ago, and that no Settlement or Improvement was ever made in the said Township under colour of a New Hampshire Grant untill a few weeks ago to the knowledge or

. belief of the deponent. Beng" SPENCER. Sworn this sixth day of December 1773, Before me Joun McKesson Nots Pubs.

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Charlotte County ss ; Jacop Marsu of Charlotte County Esqr one of His Majestys Justices to keep the peace in said County assigned being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists deposeth and saith That on Thursday the Twenty Fifth day of November last past as he the deponent was ona Journey returning from the City of New York to his place of abode in Socialborough in the said County of Charlotte he was met by one Philip Perry near the House of Abel Hawley in Arlington.. That the said Philip Perry had a Gun which he held up and cocked and ordered the deponent to stand & not go farther and threatened to shoot the deponent if he went farther. That the said Philip Perry then called to his associates who were in the House of the said Abel Hawley and told them that he had taken a prisoner. That a Number of Men came out of the said House and ordered the deponent into the said House. That the Deponent believes that the Number of Men there assembled were upwards of Thirty. That many of the persons there assembled alledged that they had heavy crimes to alledge against the deponent and that Seth Warner and Remember Baker (who are Captains of the Mobb) appointed three persons to sit as Judges and try the Deponent.