Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1902-06-14
TOWN AND VICINITY.
An Old Document.

in order. the JOURNAL gives this week Il
copy of probably the first conveyance of
what is known as The Jameson Farm, ="
10 miles east of Cumberland.
The late William r. Percy held a con-
siderable interest i'll the place and by
him the original deed was secured and
preserved.
AS will be seen, it is nearly l32 years
old. 1t is written and printed on sheep
skin, to which of same material is at
tached by linen braid the colonial seal
of Maryland.
The farm, now Il tract of 80 acres
was recently sold by Mrs. Ellen Burne
to Howard Buchanan.
The stands fora word the JOURNAL
cannot decipher:
FREDERICK, Abfolutc Lord and Propri-
ctary of the Provinces of .Noryi""d and
.i,ocoo Lord Baron of BoHimo,e, de-. To all
Pcrfons to whom to whom thcfe Prefents
fhall come, Greeting, in our Lord GOD Ever
laf ting, KNOW We, That for and in conSid-
cration that Lawrence O'Neal, of Frederick
county. in our said Province of Maryland,
hath due unto him fifty acres of land by
virtue of so much of warrant for three
hundred acres geantcd him by Rencwmcnt
the twcnty-Second February, seventeen hum
drcd and seventy, as appears in our Land
Office, and upon such Conditions and Terms
as are expressed in our Conditions of panta-
# Iptp hn
fifth of April. sixteen hundred and eighty
four, and remaining upon Record in our said
province, Together with such Alterations as
in them are made, our further conditions
hearing date the fourth of December. sixteen
hundred and ninety-Six, Together also with
the Alterations made by our Instructions
bearing date the etwclfth of September, seven
teen Hundred and twelve, and registered in
our SccrctaryS Office of our said province,
together with paragraph of our Instructions
bearing date at London the fifteenth Day of
December, seventeen hundred and thirty
eight. and Registered in our Land Otfice-We
do, therefore, hereby grant unto him, the
said Lawrence O Neal, all that Tract or Par
eel of Land called "Iyctt's Luck" lying in
the county afSd. Beginning at branded
white oak standing on the point of a ill on
the North side of MurlyS Run, and about
twenty pcrches from said Run, and Running
thence North sevcnty-tive Degrees West,
eighty perchcS North twelve Degrees West,
sixty PcrcheS; North thirty-Scven Degrees
West fifty PercheS; North sixty-tive Degrees
East, seventy Perches then with Il straight
line to the Beginning containing and now
surveyed and laid out for tifty-one acres of
Land, more or less, according to the Certiii-
cate of Survey thereof, taken and returned
into our Iand-O Office, hearing Date the ninth
Day of May. Seventeen Hundred and seven
ty. and there remaining, together with all
Rights, Profits. Benefits. Privileges. thereun-
to belonging. Royal Mines excepted. To HAVE
>Np To lInLp the fame unto him the faid
Lawrence O Neal, his Heirs and Atfigns, for
ever, to be holden of Us and Our Heirs, as of
Our Manor of Monocacy in free and common
Socrage, by Fealty only, for all Manner of
Services. YIELDING ANp PAYING there
fore, yearly, unto Is, and Our Heirs. at Our
Receipt at Our City of 81. .U"ry's at the Two
mott ufual Feafts in the Year, "i.. the Feaft
of the AnnunciatiOn of the Bleffed Virgin
N"Ty. and ~. .N'h"I the Archangcl by even
and equal Portions, the Rent of two Shillings
and a-half penny Sterling, in Silver or Gold;
and for Fine upon every Alienation of the
faid Land, or any Part or Parcel thereof, One
whole Years Rent, in Silver or Gold, or the
full Value thereof, in fuch Commodities We
and Our Heirs or such Officer or Officers as
hall be appointed by Is and Our Heirs,
from Time to Time, to collect and receive the
fame fhall accept in Difcharge thereof, at
the Choice of Is and Our Heirs. or fuch Off
Ger or Officers aforcfaid PROVIDED, That if
the fad Sum for a Fine or Alienation, f hall
not he paid unto Us, and Our Heirs, or fuch
Officer or Officers aforcfaid before fuch
Alienation, and the faid Alienation entered
"pon Record, either in the Provincial Court,
or County Court where the fame Parcel of
Land lieth, within One Month next after
fuch Alienation then then the faid Aliena-
ton fhall be void, and of no Effect. AND
PROVIDED ,Iso, and it is the true Intent and
Meaning of thefe lrcfcntS, that the fame is
fubjcct and liable to the following exprcfs
Condition: That is Z" t"y) That the said
Lawrence o Neal his Heirs, or Atfigns fhall
well and truly pay, or caufc to he paid, the
Rent herein refcrvcd, according to the Tenor
of thefe Prefents, by the Space of Thirty
Days next after it hall become due, and
after Demand made thereof by the Farmer,
or other Perfon, who fhall he appointed by
Us, or Our Heirs, from Time to Time, to col
lect and receive the fame. GIVEN under
Our Great Seal of Our faid Province of MAEY-
LAND, this ninth Day of May, .l""o Domj"i
Seventeen Hundred and Seventy. WITNESS
Our Brother RoBERT EDEN, Efq; Governor
and Commander in Chief in and over Our
faid Province of MARYLAND, Chancellor and
Keeper Of the Great Seal thereof
Signed "Robt. Eden''-nor at the bot
tom, but i'll the upper left-hand corner
opposite the line ''for and in considera-
ton" etc.