Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1902-09-25

Norris on THE SURVEY BY JoHs Fl.
CHUSx.
The boundary line between St.
Mary's and Charles counties, Mary
land, begins at the head OF stream,
tributary Of Budd's Greek, about
q fifth OF mile in southwesterly
direction from Marion Brookbank's
dwelling, and runs n. 30 degrees,
As minutes T., 81 miles 70 the head
Of stream, . tributary OF Indian
Greek. At about the tenth part Of a
mile from the beginning. the line
crosses the public road that leads
from the Red Gate 70 Ryceville, near
q wild cherry tree, which the road
supervisors from the two counties
have from time immemorial desig-
mated as the point to which each
county should repair the road. at
q mile and a-fifth. the line crosses
another road (nane not known or
forgotten, now abandoned as q pub
lie road at q point known as Wood s
Gate" where the counties in the
In the memory Of the present gener-
alton used 70 repair their respective
sections of road. Three and one
tenth miles from start, il crosses at
the intersection Of two roads, the
one leading from New Market TO
Dubois and the other called Trinity
Glebe Lane. The place is also known
rs the "Dogwood, "a traditional
point with the supervisors. At five
and one-fourteenth miles, the line
crosses the road leading from The
Oaks, by way Of Carrico's to Trim
ity Glebe Lane. This road has no
traditional point, worthy the name,
but there is large chestnut tree,
close by. now dead, said by the old
er generation to be near the point to
which the supervisors did repair
the roads. In recent years, howev-
err, ID. III. Carrico's gate has been
adopted as the meeting point of the
supervisors because, it is supposed,
OF its being more notable point.
The only remaining road crossing
is The Three Notch Road" where
said road is crossed by a small run,
a tributary of Gilbert Swamp.
This point is known as the Pole
Bridge"
The fact that all the points perpet-
uated by the road supervisors of
each county are in the same straight
line, forces the conclusion. that there
was a previous survey, howsoever
remote, and also that the present
line is on or about the original loca-
ton. Beside these Road Cross
ings" there are other corroborative
points, suchas dwellings, ponds, &c,
but not as conclusive perhaps, be-
cause, as is said, the older inhabi-
tants sometimes took advantage OF
their proximity to the line TO dodge
a tax collector or possibly sheriff.
How ! learned it ] now know not.
but sometime in the dim past have
heard that the line was straight from
the headwaters of Birds creek to
the headwaters of Indian creek. and
it ran North East by a North course.
And while on the survey Mr.. Book
bank assured me that that was in ae-
cord with the tradition handed down
by his forefathers, and that he and
his ancestors had occupied the prem
ises for over two hundred years.
The beginning of the Line at the
headwaters of Budd's creek az
shown by Mr.. Brookbank is n per-
petual flowing stream the year round
from there down, though above that
point il flows only during the wet
seasons. | therefore regard the
abandoned spring at the head waters
of Budd's creek, where stands three
large naples, as being good cor
roborative traditional point--it be-
ing in direct straight line with the
traditional points at the road cross
ings.
Regarding the headwaters of In
dian creek, I was unable to learn
anythingo ola tangible nature, though
everybody was impressed with the
idea that the Line was straight from
the headwaters of Indian creek TO
the headwaters of Budd 5 creek, yet
no one seemed to have we'll defined
idea what the headwaters actually
meant. The Commissioners agree
ing, l continued the straight line
from the Pole Bridge" (uo bridge
there now and found "A spring at the