Feb. 25, 2 Set out from Moretown for Kings Land, travelled 1771. until knight there Being No Road, and the Snow very Depe, we travelled on Snow Shoes or Racats, on the 26th we travelled some ways and Held a Council when it was Concluded it was Best to open the Court as we Saw No Line it was not whether in Kingsland or Not But we concluded we were farr in the woods we Did not Expect to See any House unless we marched three ~ miles within -Kingsland and No one lived there when the Court was ordered to. be opened on the Spot

1034 CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE

Present John Taplin Judge

John Peters of the Quoram

John Taplin J" Sheriff

all Causes Continued or adjourned over to Next term

The Court if one adjourned over untill the Last Tuesday inmay next at which it was opened and after disposing of one case of

bastardy, adjourned to August next.

Joun Peters Clerk.

N. B. these Courts were the Courts of Quarterly Sessions, and the Courts of Common

Pleas of said County.

_ OO CENSUS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, 1771. ABSTRACT, a PNR ONES arte 3 eee: Fg \eeS 83 33 93 » 3 FI sq Ss Ba EE ae Be ae ie a elena, Gites Bee --~ '8.54 a an a fe fy BLACKS B tse Andover . - Bromley - - Kent fens 4 9 1 8 6 28 5 Brattleborough 103 102 8 110 79 i 403 75 Chester = - 38 85 4 45 80 152 30 Cumberland - 3 4 4 8 4 14 4 Molhaig ses ed 54 8 87 40 1 189 44 Guilford - . 124 92 5 116 94 8 2 486 75 Halifax - - 100 88 4 74 68 329 55 Hartford - - 46 48 56 40 190 13¢ Hertford ge Aae48 81 1 35 28 1 144 25 Hinsdale - - 28 28 5 16 80 LO 19 Marlborough - 6 24 1 6 12 1 50 22 Newfane - - 12 14 Bids 11 52 8 Norwich - - 63 66 389 48 206 40 Romfréty im a3 14 4 6 1 1 89 6 Putney. - - 94 74 4 - 60 69 801 51 Rockingham - 48 62 4 52 57 1 1 225 50 Sharony eee 17, 19 1 14 17 68 12 Springfield, - 43 80 1 86 81 z 141 23 Townshend,» - 33 40 1 85 26 1 136 25 Weathersfield 2 6 4 20 4 Westminster - 136 107 oe LO ee he Sai ats 77 Wilmington - 16 19 5 17 14 71 14 Windsor - - 50 57 3 46 46 1 203 385 Woodstock - 9 13 10 10 42 10 26 Towns. -- Ee a Ne) ere fo Males under 16 C3 FE = 2 < - 1080 * between 16 and 60 ' - 5 : 55 é - 10338 '* 60 and upwards - : - - - : : 60 Females unper 16 - 5 z 5 iS K f 5 O49 *« above 16 : . - . . « . - 887 Black Males - a . 3 3 p A ° = 7 'Females : = e Ps "s F * : 8 Heads of Families, - ae Shins 5 : ' - 744 Total . e .