The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-01-19
Thursday, February 18th, 1909,

f3uriington, and state Of New Jersey, known
as the .Rigg Mil Property, which TnN was con
1868, and duly recorded the same
r So1H e " n eountg e ton at
Mount Holly, and by the deed aforesaid Is
containing thirty acres and nifty
or less Reference being had to said deed
the said premises are more fully and part1cu-
larly described as follows:
All that certain tract or parcel Of land,
pond. &C., situate on both sides OF the road
leading from the city of Burlington TO jack
sonville, in the township OF burlington, ana ana
part of the upper part of the pond In the
township of Springfield, and county OF Bur-
lington aforesaid, and by a survey made by
bounded, namely: Beginning at stone cor
ner of land reached by the SAID wilson, also
a corner to farm conveyed by Isaac HANCOCK
to his son. Samuel E. Hancock, A. ID. 1856.
Also the fourth corner OF a tract of land des-
fgnated as No. 2, from John @. Deacon and
others, mmissioners to sell the real esI ISIs
to the said Christopher Rigg. and extendlng
from thence ~ along said tract, late Han
cock now gg souse west ye chans four
teen links to a stone; thence (2l south six de-
grees and five minutes east one chain ana
nfnety-three links to another stone corner;
thence 80 south three degrees and thirty
minutes east thirty-three links to another
stone corner; thence az south seventy-three
degrees and forty minutes east four chains to
another stone corner; thence 10y south for
ty degrees and five minutes west one chain
and ffty-two links to gum corner; thence
(6) south fifteen degrees and fifteen minutes
west eighty-nine links to stone corner;
thence q south four degrees east one chain
and twenty efght links to a maple tree corner;
thence (8) south eleven degrees west two
chains and twenty-four links to gum tree,
another corner; thence [9) south eighteen de-
grees and thirty minutes east one chain and
sixty-fiye links to a gum tree, another corner;
thence (l0) south s1xty-five degrees and n1ty
minutes east one chain and ninety-n1ne INKS
to a maple tree, another corner; thence (lll
south sixty degrees and ten minutes east
four chains and sixty links to a stone, an
other corner; thence Q2l south ffty-two de-
and thirty-one links to stone, another cor
ner; thence (13) south thirty-one degrees and
fifty minutes east crossing me saio a r0au
another tract conveyed by john Z. Deacon
and others. commissioners, to the said Chris
topher Rigg, at the same time, seven chains
and fifty five links to a stone corner
thereof; thence (14) south thirty-three de-
grees east two chains and eighty -eigh Mt ks 70
stone, another corner; thence l6) sOutn
three degrees and fifteen minutes west two
chains and three links to stone, another
corner; thence (l6) south twenty-e1ght de
grees and thirty minutes west three chains
and forty links to sassafras tree, an
other corner; thence south twenty-three
degrees east five chains to a stone. another
corner; thence (l7) south thirty -eight degrees
and twelve minutes east three chains and
forty-four links to a stone corner to said Rige
and also to lands formerly Thomas Hancock
William II. Lloyd, now of George ID. Parrish
also the tract across, being along said Riggs
land; thence (l8) south seventy-e1ght degrees
and thirty-four minutes east along the SAID
Parrish two chains and nineteen links to his
stone corner; thence Q9) north seventeen de
grees east two chains and twenty-six links tC
another stone corner; thence (20) south forty
| seven degrees and fifteen minutes east two
stane corner Of said Parrish; 12i] south thirty
| six degrees and thirty-five minutes east one
chain and fifty-ive links to large wild
cherry tree, another corner of said Parrish
thence (22) south forty-four degrees and fifty
| minutes east two chains and eight links to 6
stone, another corner of said Parrish; thence
| (23) south ffty-two links to a stone, another
corner of said Parrish; thence (24) nOrtf
eighty-three degrees and twenty-three min
utes east, still along said Parrish, four cha1n
/ and nfnety-two links to a white oak corner tt
said Parrish and late George Hancock. nov
| to his daughter Elizabeth Hancock; thence
| (25l north twenty-four degrees and thirty
| minutes west along the said Hancock's two
chains and sixty-six links to her white GAL
corner; thence t26) south seventy-seven de
grees and twenty-five minutes west, sill
along her line, two chains and sixty-seveI
links to her pine tree corner; thence (27
north twenty-fOur degrees west, still alonl
| her line, four chains and fifty links to maple
corner to said Hancock and land formerly
George Hancock, now of Thomas B1rkett
! thence 1857 north nineteen degrees and thirty
minutes west along said Birkett thirty-thre'
| links to his corner; thence COY north sixty
| one degrees and thirty minutes west alonl
Birkett three chains and seventy links u
| another corner; thence 1907 north forty-si1
degrees and thirty minutes west one chair
and sixty-six links to another corner OF sa1t
Birkett; thence (3l) north th1rty-three de
grees and thirty minutes west one chain ane
six links to another corner of said Birkett
two chains and forty-five links to another
corner of said Birkett; thence 1887 nortl
twenty-five degrees and thirty minutes ives
one chain and f1fty-two links to another cor
ner of said Birkett; thence (34) north thirteen
degrees and thirty minutes west one chair
and sixty-one links to another corner of sale
BTkett; thence 1867 n orth twenty-three de
grees and fifteen minutes west Two chain
| and forty-four links to another corner of satC
Birkett; thence 1857 north fourteen degrees
| said road again from Burlington to jackson
Vile, three chains and thirteen links Il
another corner of said B1rkett and near TN
west side of the road leading to the mill
thence 1917 north ten degrees and thirty min
utes west, still along Birkett, three chains tC
another corner; thence 1857 north one degree
| and thirty minutes west one chain and thir
| teen links to another corner of said Birkett
on the west side of said mill road; thence (S9
north forty degrees and twenty-five minutes
| east, crossing said road, one chain and thirty
| two links to another corner of said Birkett
near a small stream of water; thence 40
north ffty-seven degrees west one chain to
another corner of said Birkett, in the middle
/ OF said mill road; thence all north two de
grees west along said road eighteen chains
| and eighty-ive links to lands retained by
said Wilson; thence (42) north e1ghty-fOuI
degrees and thirty minutes west, crossing the
mill race and creek, that it runs into at Assis
cunk creek, eight chains and eighteen links
to the place of beginning, Containing thirty
acres and ffty-dve one-hundredths ofan acre
more or less
No 2 All the following described adjoin
ing lots, tracts and parcels of land, together
com prising farm, situate in the township OF
BnTngtoM1s In the county OF Bnrnig.en, ane
acres and eighty-slx one-hundredths of an
acre of land, and is described in the deed OF
conveyance from John G. Deacon, John Nit
chell and Joseph P. Colby, commissioners to
sell the real estate whereof Thomas Hancock
died seized as consisting of two lots of land
namely: Tract No. /, situate on the southeast
wardly side of the road from Burlington to
Jacksonville, and by the deed of conveyance
to Christopher Rigg. now deceased, is
and seventy-four one hundredths of an acre,
more or less; and Tract No. 2, situate on the
and by the said deed is represented as con-
tanning twenty-six acres and twelve one-hun-
dredths of an acre of land; and the said deed
conveying said two lots of land constituting
the aforesaid tract of ninety-one acres and
eighty-six one-hundredths of an acre, bears
date April the 18th, A. d. 1856, and is recorded
in Book KS of Deeds, page lS9, &C., In the
Clerks Office the county of Burlington.
And also that certain frame dwelling house
and lot of land. situate on the north side OF
the road from Burlington to Jacksonville, to
the eastward of the aforesaid road, and
adjoining both tracts of land above men,
toned IS constituting the farm, consisting OF
ninety-One acres and eighty-s1x one-hun-
dredths of an acre, and was conveyed to the
said EFF by he safc p oa nd
mmissioners as aforesaid, by deed dated
April 10th, A. d. 1855. and recorded in Book
ks of Deeds, page 169, &c. The said two par
cells of land are therein more fully and parti-
cularly described as follows:
MOL. Situate on the enthusiastically side
of the road and by survey now made is
thus Notwithstanding at stone In the
Aforesaid public road from Burlington to
Jacksonville, corner to land of Jacob
Shedaker, and extends from thence ~ south
sixty-five degrees and forty-five minutes east
along the middle of said road twenty-six
chains and forty-two links to the line of the
mill property, now of Thomas Hopkins;
thence (2) south thirty-two degrees and fifteen
minutes east four chains and thirty-three
links to a corner of Hopkins; thence (3l south
thirty-three degrees and fifteen minutes east
two chains and eighty eight links to stone,
another corner to Hopkins, near small tree:
thence az south two degrees and th1rty-tWo
minutes west two chains and five links to q
stone another corner to Hopkins; thence (5)
south twenty-eight degrees west two chains
said Hopkins; thence (6) south twenty -four
degrees and fifteen minutes east five chains
and three link to another corner OF HOPKINS
thence % south thirty-eight degrees and
fifty minutes east along Hopkins three chains
and thirty-seven links to a stone corner TO
tract this day to be conveyed by the said COM
missioners to William H. Lloyd; thence (S)
south forty-one degrees and thirty minutes
west sixteen chains and eighteen links along
line Of the Oxmead Farm, formerly OF John