The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1959-08-27
ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to OBJ
tain a decree declaring absolute
ownership of Military Lot No. 1855
to be vested in the complainants
and that the heirs, devisees and
personal representatives of Robert
w. RaiSin and Jacob LETTERS be
enjoined from asserting any claim
to said Military Lot. The Bill
states:
That the compliments are in
constructive and peaceable posses
sion under color of title of Mill
tary Lot No. 1856 situate, lying and
being in Election District No. g.,
Garrett County, Maryland, which
was conveyed to the said Charles
A. Garrett by deed from Stuart F..
Hamill dated September s, 1927
and recorded in Liber RID. No.
95, folio 534, one of the Land Rec
ordS of Garrett County, Maryland,
certified copy of said deed being
filed herewith marked plaintiffs
Exhibit No. l" and prayed to be
taken as a part hereof; that the
complainantS have endeavored to
CONVEY Sdlu ldllu DuI DlOSpCCtlNC
purchasers therefor have denied
and disputed the title of said COM
plainants; that said Military Lot
No. 1856 was originally distributed
by the State of Maryland to one
Pvt Jacob letters, soldier in the
Revolutionary War from Maryland.
By deed dated September IL, 1865
and recorded in Liber %, folio 1876,
one of the Land Records of Allie
gany County, Maryland, one
Joseph LETTERS and Ann Elizabeth
LETTERS, his wife, purported to con-
vey to Robert W. Raison said Mill
tary Lot No. 1855. That your ora
tors have no knowledge if all the
heirs of the said Jacob LETTERS
joined in said deed; that neither
the Land Records of Allegany
County, Maryland, nor Garrett
County, Maryland, disclose what
disposition was made, if any, by
said Robert w. Raisin, his heirs,
devisees or personal representa-
tives; that on October 16, 1858, a
patent was issued by the State of
Maryland for said Military Lot to
Wright Thayer, he having made
application to the Land Office of
Maryland for said patent alleging
that the owners thereof had died
without heirs and that same es-
cheated to the State of Maryland;
that there is no action at law nor
any proceeding in Equity pending
to enforce or test the validity of
the title to said Military Lot; that
the contentious of prospective
buyers of said Military Lot are
| without merit and constitute a
cloud upon the title of your ora
tors.
1t is thereupon ORDERED this
18th day of August, 1859, by the
Circuit Court for Garrett County,
Maryland, in Equity, that the plain
tiffs by having copy of this order
! to be inserted in some newspaper
published in Garrett County, Mary
land, once a week for four success
sive weeks before the 4th day of
September, 1859, giving notice to
the unknown heirs, devisees and
personal representatives of Robert
| w. Raisin and the unknown heirs,
devisees and personal representa-
tives of Jacob LETTERS, of the OBJ
ject and substance of the Bill Of
Complaint and warning them to be
and appear in this Court either in
person or by solicitor on or be-
fore the 18th day of September,
1859, to show cause, if any they
may have, why decree should
not be passed as prayed.
RICHARD l.. DAVIS, Clerk.
True copy,
Test: Richard L. Davis, Clerk.
ADV. 24-4t