Milford chronicle., 1962-11-23
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1916

~ u r. W.
at the front door Of The Wilmington
Trust Company, Milford, Delaware,
EXHIBIT "C''
PRATT FARM
ALL that certain farm situated in
| Milford Hundred, Kent County and
State of Delaware with the house and
outbuildings thereon erected known
as the Pratt Farm and being Plot
r in the Plots of the Potter Charity
| Estate 0S60) and more particularly
described as follows:
| BEGINNING at a stone placed in
an old field two (2) perches and five
hundredths of perch North ninety
\ two (92) degrees West from a trim
med cedar and at a corner for land
late of Aaron Williams, deceased and
North sixty-three (63) degrees West
ninety-two and five-tenths (92.5)
perches to a stone placed in the Nor
| thernmost line of the tract Longfeld,
one perch and a half North fifty (50)
and a quarter (1) degrees East from
wild cherry tree, and corner for
said land late of Aaron Williams, de-
| ceased, and thence with said northern
| most line of Longfield North seven
| ty-five (75) degrees and thirty-six
| (77) perches to a stone now placed in
| said line of Longfield at a corner for
land now or formerly of Doctor James
p. Lofand, thirty-five (35) perches
d
seventy-five (75) degrees and thirty
six 1850 minutes West from a very
large forked Southwestward leaning
old line notched Black Oak standing
by the South side of a cart road and
thence leaving said line of Longfield
and running with a line of said land
of Lofland North five (5) degrees and
three -fourths (&) of a degree West
of said land of Lofiand in the run of
Improvement Branch and thence with
and down the run of Improvement
Branch and with letter @, in an cas-
terly direction about sixty (60) per-
ches more or less to a corner of
Truitt in the run of said branch at
footing and thence with land of
Truitt South five go degrees and
three TIN fonrths S% rss of degree East
tenths (6/10) of perch to a stone
placed in the aforementioned north
ernmost line of Longfield near an
angle in a bank fence and at a corner
for said land of Truitt and eighteen
OS) perches and four-tenths (4u0)
of a perch North seventy-five (75)
degrees and thirty-six 1850 minutes
East from the before mentioned large
leaning line notched Black Oak which
stands in said Northernmost line of
Longfield and thence with said line of
Longfield again and with said land of
Truitt North seventy-five (75) de-
grees and thirty-six 1850 minutes
East ninety-one (91l -perches to
stone in said line of LongfieId at a
corner of said land of Truitt and of
land now or formerly of William
Paisley and thence with Paisley on
the same course and line of Long
field forty (40) perches further in all
one hundred thirty-one 131) perches
from the stone near the angle in the
bank fence, to large stone now
placed at corner of said Longfield
- Ill
provement in an old field eight (S)
perches and fifty-seven (57) hum
dredths of a perch North three CD
degrees and thirty-eight (3S) min
utes West from line notched Pop
lar standing in or by the Cripples
edge on the Northwest side of a
small branch leading into Swan Creek,
the said stone being at a corner of
land of William Paisley aforesaid and
thence still with Paisley and with the
Improvement and crossing the afore-
said small branch, South three CD
degrees and thirty EIGHT (38) minutes
East one hundred thirty-two Q32)
to stone now placed by the South
side of a road for a corner of the
two tracts Improvement and Long
field and for said land of William
Paisley and also for land of Ben
jamin Henderson and thence with
said land of Henderson the three fol-
lowing lines to wit: North seventy
three (73) degrees West thirty Eight
(3S) perches crossing a small branch
to stone now placed in a sink where
stood a Red Oak, one perch and sew
enteen hundredths of a perch North
from the middle of "a road and one
fourth CA) of a perch South east
ward from a small old marked and
hacked Dogwood and thence South
sixty-nine (69) degrees and three
fourths (A) of degree West ninety
600 perches and seven-tenths G/10)
of a perch to a stone now placed in
dredths of a perch East Southeast
from the middle of a bank fence
and two (2) perches and three-fourths
(A) of a perch North two (2) de-
grees and a half East from two (2)
unmarked Poplars and thence South
seventeen 40 degrees West eighty
one (S1 perches and six-tenths (6/1O)
of a perch to a stone now placed in
sons line one perch and four-tenths
t4L16) of perch North seventeen
erson's corner stone at the end of
is one perch and six-tenths (6/10)
of perch North sixty-five (65) de-
grees East from the middle of road
and twenty t20) perches and three
fourths (A( of a perch North TWEEN
ty-four 124) degrees East from
large old line notched Black Oak in
said Henderson's next line, thence
from the first mentioned stone or
that at the end of the eighty-one (8D
perches and six-tenths (6H0) of
perch, which is at a corner of the
before mentioned land late of Aaron
Williams, deceased, with said land
late of Williams and along the North
east side of a lane North fifty-two
(52) degrees West sixty-two (62l
perches and six-tenths (6/10D of a
perch to a stone now placed in said
lane at a corner of said land late of
Williams between Cedar and
Cherry tree in front of the late
dwelling house of the said Aaron
Williams, deceased, and thence North
sixty y-seven (67) degrees West three
and three-tenths (3.3) perches to a
stone planted in the year 1912 in the
division of the lands of SEWN Hill
of which letter r, and the Williams
at the North side or end of a gate
and is a corner for four of the di-
visions of the said Hill land, and
thence with and along a cart road on
the same course last aforesaid, to
wit: North sixty-seven (67) degrees
West thirty-four (34) perches from |
the stone at the gate or thirty-seven |
of a perch from the stone between |
the Cedar and Cherry tree in the |
lane, to a stone, now placed in the |
rut in the North Northeast side of |
said cart road and corner for said |
land late of Williams as aforesaid |
and thence North thirty-five (35) de- |
grees East eighty-six 1850 perches to |
one hundred ninety-flve (195) Acres
and one hundred forty-three CAB |
square perches of land.
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