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of Highways of the Town of Southampton, verified by the oath or affirmation of twelve freeholders of said town, and setting forth that the laying out of a road or highway from a road running north from Noah Halsey's to the Brick-kiln, northeasterly through the farm of Wm. White, to a road leading to Sag-Harbor, is necessary to the public use and convenience, it is hereby ordered by the undersigned Com- missioners of Highways of said town, (all of said Commis- sioners having been duly notified to attend and deliberate upon the subject of this order) that a public highway shall be and the same is hereby laid out, pursuant to said appli- cation, according to the following described survey, to wit : beginning at a certain stake on the east side of the road leading from the house of Noah H. Halsey to the Brick- kilns and running N. 12 deg. 30 min. E. to stake at angle in hollow, two chains and thirty links; thence N. 70° E. 4.90 to stake in hollow; thence N. 18º E. to stake on knoll 2.68 ; thence N. 15 ° E. to stake on slope of hill 4.45 ; thence N. 33 º E. 2.37 to stake on ditto; thence N. 21} º E. 3.95 to stake on do .; thence N. 27 ° E. 4.75 to stake on E. side of hill ; thence N. 53º E. 2.92 to stake at tree a little west of wood path; N. 35 ° E. 3.31 to stake east of path and north of deep hollow ; S. 88 º E. 3.25 to stake on side hill east of deep hollow ; S. 77 º E. 2.00 to stake on ridge in Herman R. Halsey's land; thence N. 83 º E. 2.58 along blind path to stake a little west of Parker's cleared lot or old orchard ; thence N. 32} · E. 2.76 to stake on ridge in cleared lots ; thence N. 48 º E. 4.02 to stake in path ; thence N. 143 º E. 4.72 to stake on S. F. Brown's land near creek on west side; thence N. 37 º E. 7.79 to stake (one and a half rods south of S. F. Brown's south line) at William White's clay pits ; thence N. 42} º E. to stake one and a half rods south of S. F. Brown's S-E corner
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of his lot ; thence N. 30 º E. 14.72 across Wm. White's land to stake in path ; thence N. 733 º E. 2.36 to stake on White's east line ut termination of road laid out to turn- pike. It is further ordered that the above described line be the centre of said highway and that the said highways be of the width of three rods.
In witness whereof we the said Commissioners have hereunto subscribed our names this 26th day of March, 1861.
ALANSON TOPPING, ) Commissioners JOHN S. JESSUP, of DAVID R. DRAKE, Highways.
A true copy of the original on file in the Town Clerk's office.
ALBERT J. POST, Town Clerk.
Recorded April 25th, 1861.
PAGE 242. Whereas the Act regulating highways and bridges in the Counties of Suffolk, Queens and Kings, passed February 23d, 1830, provides that the Commission- ers of Highways in the several towns of said Counties shall have the care and superintendence of the highways and bridges therein, and have power to alter such of them as they or a majority of them shall deem inconvenient, and shall have power to discontinue such road and highways as appear to them on the oath or affirmation of twelve free- holders of the said town to have become unnecessary; and whereas application has been made in writing to the under- signed, Commissioners of Highways of the town of South- amptor, by twelve freeholders, residents of said town, set- ting forth that the road leading from Bull's Head, in said town, southerly to the house of Henry M. Chatfield, is of unequal and unnecessary width, and that all that portion of said road exceeding five rods is useless and unnecessary
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to the public use, and asking that it be discontinued, (which said petition was duly verified on oath). Now therefore we the undersigned, Commissioners of Highways of said town, (all of the Commissioners having been duly notified to attend and deliberate on the subject of this order) do hereby order, determine and declare that all such portion of the before mentioned road as is not included in the fol- lowing survey be and is hereby discontinued, and that the road shall hereafter be according to the said survey, to wit: Commencing at a stake on the south side of the Country Road at Bull's Head and running south-east thirty-seven links to a stake; thence S. 17 º W. 11.35 to stake opposite Dr. L. D. Wright's N-E corner where the road is to be one chain and fifty-seven links wide ; thence to stake opposite N-E corner of school house lot S. 16 ° W. four chains and sixty-seven links (4.67) where the road is to be one chain and forty-one links (1.41) wide; thence to stake at angle apposite the division line of the Miss Halsey and Roger A. Frances, S. 15 ° W. four chains and eighty-two links (4.82) where the road is to be 1.41 wide ; thence S. 12 º W. eight chains and twelve links to stake at angle in road opposite the S-E corner of R. A. Francis' door-yard, where the road is 1.41 wide ; thence S. 6} º W. to stake at angle in road opposite the N-E corner of James L. Haynes' door-yard, two chains and sixteen links (2.16) ; thence S. 3° W. to stake at the N-E corner of Capt. Jeremiah Ludlow's garden, eighteen chains (18.00) where the road is to be five rods wide and the same width to continue to the end of the survey ; thence S. 2º W. forty-one chains (41.00) to stake at angle opposite the N-E corner of Col. Levi Howell's door- yard ; thence S. 10 ° W. three chains and fifty two links to stake at angle opposite south-east corner of Hampton Youngs' door-yard ; thence S. 25 ° W. to stake at angle of
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road at or nearly opposite the house of Mr. Chatfield, 29.00 ; thenee S. 79 º W. one chain and seventy-three links (1.73) to said Chatfield's S-E corner, where the survey terminates. The above described line being the west line of said high- way, which is to be of the width indicated.
Given under our hands at Southampton the 22d day of April, 1861.
ALANSON TOPPING, Com's JOHN S. JESSUP, of DAVID R. DRAKE, Highways.
The above is a true copy of the original order and sur- vey on file at this office,
ALBERT J. POST, Town Clerk.
Recorded April 30th, 1861.
PAGE 244. At a meeting of the Commissioners of High- ways of the town of Southampton, in the County of Suffolk, at the house of Charles Howell in said town, on the 23d day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, all the said Commissioners having met and de- liberated on the subject embraced in this order, it is or- dered and determined by the said Commissioners, upon the application of Edward Griffin, Esq., of said town, for the discontinuanee of so much of the road hereinafter described as is more than four rods, and on the certificate of 12 dis- interested freeholders and sworn, who have in due form certified that the highway leading from Ogden's Creek to Little Creek, or so much thereof as is more than four rods wide, is useless and unnecessary, be altered according to the within survey, which the Commissioners have caused to be made thereof, as follows, to wit :
The northwesterly line of the alteration is to begin at a certain stake set six rods northwesterly and opposite to the north west corner of the land of Frederick Hallock, and to
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run thence north 48 degrees east, 11 chains and fifty-four links to the south-east corner of the lot of Erastus Foster, Esq. ; thence north 334 degrees east to a stake set 7 chains 42 links ; thence N. 42} E. to a stake set ; thence N. 37 E. to a stake set 18 links southerly and opposite to the south- west corner of the garden of Edward Griffin, Esq., 6 chains 61 links ; thence on the same course 4 chains and 50 links to a certain stake set ; thence N. 35} E. 9 chains to a cer- tain stake set ; thence N. 24} E. to a stake set at Little Creek ; and that the said alteration from the 1st to the 4th station be of the width of 6 rods, thence narrowing down to 5} rods opposite the south-west corner of the garden, or the stake set 18 links from said corner of the garden of Edward Griffin, Esq .; thence narrowing down to 4 rods wide at the 5th station, and thence 4 rods wide through to Little Creek. And it is further ordered and determined that so much of the said old road as is more than the width above specified and according to the within survey, bo and the same is hereby discontinued.
In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this 23d day of April, 1861.
ALANSON TOPPING, ) Commissioners JOHN S. JESSUP, of DAVID R. DRAKE, Highways.
The above is a true copy of the original,
ALBERT J. POST, Town Clerk.
Recorded May 6th, 1861.
PAGE 245. Town Meeting held April 1st, 1862, the fol- lowing officers elected :
Supervisor, Johnathan Fithian.
Town Clerk, William Smith Pelletreau.
Justice of Peace, Edward Griffin.
Assessors, James In Haynes and Charles Howell,
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Collector, Charles Howell.
Overseers of Poor, Edward Griffin and Alanson Topping. Commissioner of Highways, John S. Jessup.
Constables, Enoch Eldredge, James McCue, Herman Woodruff, Franklin Jaggar, Lewis R. Squires.
Inspectors of Election, Ist dist., Philander R. Jennings and David P. Vail elected, Thomas E. Crowell appointed ; 2d dist., Cassander W. Hedges and E. Jones Ludlow elect- ed, James M. Halsey appointed ; 3d dist., Frederick S. Sayre and David R. Drake elected, Noah D. Ellsworth ap- pointed ; 4th dist., James Tuthill and Josiah Foster elect- ed, Daniel B. Cook appointed ; 5th dist., John H. Jacobs and George S. Wells elected, Austin Penny appointed.
Pound Masters : Quogue, John F. Foster ; Bridge-Hamp- ton, Herman Woodruff ; Southampton, Meritt Culver ; Sag Harbor, John B. Corey.
Overseers of Highway, 1st dist., Wesley Tuthill, 2d Stephen W. Bishop, 3d Hiram Stephens, 4th Oscar Goodall, 5th Erastus Dickerson, 6th Philetus Pierson, 7th Austin Woolly, Stlı Hervey M. Rose, 9th Samuel Pierson, 10th Ca- leb Pierson, 11th Edgar Miles, 12th Sylvester Howell, 13th Isaac W. Osborn, 14th Lewis Scott, 15th Reuben Pratt, 16th William N. Jackson, 17th John Rogers, 18th William C. Haynes, 19th Jonathan R. Hallock, 20th Jeremiah Lud- low, 21st James R. Warner.
Town Trustees : Horace Foster, Charles Howell, Albert Reeves, Elisha King, Jesse Halsey, Elias Howell, John Al- len, Hervey Rose, Albert J. Post, Joshua Corwin, Joshua Squires, Jacob Carter.
The report of Overseers of Poor read and accepted.
The report of Supervisor read and accepted.
The Overseers of Poor are authorized to borrow $1,583 .-
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08 for the support of the lunatics and to pay debt due in- dividuals in the town, by vote of the town.
Moved that $3,083.08 be raised for the support of poor. Carried ..
. Moved that $700.00 be raised for the contingent fund, to go to the Supervisor.
Moved that $200 be raised for the building of a bridge from Ketchabonock to the beach.
Resolved, that the Trustees of the Freeholders and Com- monalty of the Town of Southampton be instructed to pro- tect and defend any rights which said town may have in and to the waters, fisheries and seaweed, and productions of the waters, adjoining the land on Shinnecock Hills late- ly sold by the Proprietors of the common and undivided lands of said town, and that the sum of $500 be appropri- ated from the contingent fund to defray the expenses of the Trustees. Carried. Ayes 254, nays 181.
A correct copy of the original on file in the Town Clerk's office of this town.
WILLIAM S. PELLETREAU, Clerk.
PHILANDER R. JENNINGS, Chairman.
PAGE 246. At the annual meeting of the Shinnecock In- dians the following Trustees were chosen : Elias Cuffee, Vincent Cuffee, Paul Cuffee.
PAGE 247. ROAD AT POXABOG.
Before the County Judge of Suffolk County :
In the matter of appeal of Theron Hand and Edwin C. Hand from the determinations of the Commissioners of Highways of the town of Southampton, closing an old road near Bridge-Hampton, on record in Liber B, page 308, (old paging 269.)
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Theron Hand and Edwin C. Hand, having appealed to the County Judge from the determination of the said Com- missioners of Highways, made December 11th, 1861, dis- continuing the above highway on the application of Thom- as Tindal, and the County Judge having assigned the 24th day of April, on the said highway, as the time and place said application, and having caused notice thereof to be served on the said Commissioners, and having attended at the time and place aforesaid, and being attended by the said applicants and by the said Commissioners, with their respective counsel, and heard the proofs and allegations of the parties, and deliberated thereon, it is ordered that the said determination of the said Commissioners, and the or- der made thereon, be and the same are hereby affirmed, with $12.12 Judge's fees to be paid by the applicants.
May 15th, 1862.
J. LAWRENCE SMITH.
County Judge.
A true copy,
WILLIAM S. PELLETREAU, Clerk.
PAGE 247. NARROW LANE, BRIDGE-HAMPTON.
Before the County Judge of Suffolk County.
In the matter of appeal of Theron Hand and Richard Collum from the determination of the Commissioners of Highways of Southampton, refusing to widen the "Narrow Lane," and continue and extend the same north to Wain- scott road.
Theron Hand and Richard Collum having appealed to the County Judge from the determination of the Commis- sioners of Highways of Southampton, made Dec. 11, 1861, refusing to widen "Narrow Lane," at Poxabog, and to ex- tend the same to Wainscott road, the County Judge having
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assigned the 24th day of April, 1812, on the said Lane, as the time and place of hearing said appeal, and caused the proper notice to be served on the Commissioners, and hay- ing attended at the said time and place, and being attended by said applicants and said Commissioners with their re- spective counsel, and having heard the proofs and allega- gations of the parties and deliberated thereon, it is or- dered that the said determination of the Commissioners, and the order made thereon, be and the same are hereby affirmed.
J. LAWRENCE SMITH,
May 22d, 1862. County Judge.
A true copy, WM. S. PELLETREAU, Clerk.
PAGE 247. Saturday, June 21, 1862.
Liberty Pole raised June 21st, 1862, in front of the Academy, and paces north-west of the Church, 97 feet 6 inches high above ground, 6 feet below ground. Cut down as unsafe Dec. 1873.
PAGE 248. Special Town Meeting August 23d, 1862. A Proclamation having been made by the President order- ing a draft of 300,000 men to be made, unless the same number of volunteers were forthcoming, the inhabitants of the town being anxious that the quota of the town should be made up without drafting, twelve freeholders did peti- tion that there should be a special Town Meeting called for the purpose of voting money to encourage volunteering by offering bounties to all who should volunteer, agreeable to this petition the Town Clerk issued notice of a Special Town Meeting to be held August 23, 1862, at 1 o'clock P. M.
Minutes of the Special Town Meeting, August 23, 1862, Jonathan Fithian presiding magistrate. William Smith Pelletreau, Town Clerk, Secretary.
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The following resolution was offered by Henry P. Hedges :
Resolved, That the Supervisor of this town be authorized to borrow a sum not to exceed thirty thousand dollars, and pledge the credit of the town of Southampton, and pay therefrom to each volunteer from this town in our national army the sum of one hundred dollars, as a bounty for such enlistment. And also to pay towards the support and maintenance of the families of such volunteer, the sum of three dollars per month to the wife of each volunteer, and the sum of one dollar per month for each child of said vol- unteer under the age of 14 years, and that the Supervisor and Assessors assess and tax the property in this town therefor and insert said sum of thirty thousand dollars in the first levy and assessment to be made upon the proper- ty of this town. This passed unanimously.
The part stricken out was repealed at the meeting held Ost. 22, 1862.
Resolved, That Abraham DeBevoise be requested to act as recruiting officer for the town of Southampton.
Resolved, That the recruits from this town be requested to unite themselves with the 127th regiment of National Volunteers, commanded by Colonel Guerny.
These two resolutions passed unanimously.
It was resolved that a series of mentings should be held in different parts of the town for the encouragement of en- listments : on Monday evening the 26th at Bridge-Hamp- ton, Tuesday evening at Sag-Harbor, Wednesday evening at Southampton, Thursday evening at Good Ground, and Friday evening at Beaver Dam.
At this Town Meeting Matthew H. Sayre and James L. Sayre enlisted for the war.
I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the minutes of the Town Meeting.
WILLIAM S. PELLETREAU,
Town Clerk.
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PAGE 249. Special Town Meeting, October 22, 1862.
On the 18th day of October, 1862, the following call was made for a special Town Meeting :
To the Supervisor of the town of Southampton :
We the undersigned, residents and freeholders of said town, respectfully petition you to call a special Town Meeting for the purpose of taking measures to fill up the quota of the town before the day of draft.
W. H. Gleason, H. P. Hedges, C. W. Crowell,
C. H. Hedges, Henry Stevens, Albert White,
S. L. Gardiner, Sidney S. Topping, Richard Halsey,
S. Squires, John Sherry, Edwin Rose.
PAGE 249. Minutes of the special Town Meeting, Oct. 22d, 1862.
The meeting was called to order by the presiding magis- trate, Jonathan Fithian, and the call for the meeting was read by the Town Clerk, William S. Pelletreau, and the following resolutions were introduced :
Resolved, That the Supervisor be authorized to pay a sum not exceeding $1,150.00 to each volunteer to be pro- cured before the draft.
Resolved, That Stephen B. French be appointed a com- mittee with the Supervisor to go to New-York to endeavor to procure the requisite number of volunteers.
Resolved, That the Supervisor be authorized to issue bonds, with coupons attached, to be payable at 5, 10 and 15 years, as soon as the proceedings of this meeting are legalized.
Resolved, That so much of the resolution passed at the meeting on August 23d, 1862, as relates to the putting of the money to be raised upon the first rate bill and tax, be stricken out.
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These resolutions were passed.
I certify that the above and foregoing are true copies of the minutes of the meeting. Recorded Oct. 22d, 1862. WILLIAM S. PELLETREAU, Town Clerk.
PAGE 250. The result of the Town Meetings here re- corded was that one-half of the quota of the town was filled by volunteers from the town itself, the other half was filled by hiring men from the city of New-York. The quo- ta of the town was 212 men.
WILLIAM S. PELLETREAU,
Town Clerk.
(The proceedings of these meetings were legalized by the Legislature of this State.)
PAGE 250. (Abstract.) Wesley B. Robinson records a stray cow. Nov. 8th, 1862.
PAGE 251. List of soldiers who died in defence of the Constitution, A. D. 1862-4, from Southampton village :
James Henry Post, son of William R. Post.
Charles Goodale, 66 Capt. Charles Goodale.
James S. Sayre, Capt. Edward Sayre.
Matthew Sayre, Capt. Thomas Sayre.
William Wick, 66
William Wick, deceased.
James Goodale,
Capt. Charles Goodale.
Charles Brown,
Sidney Brown.
Silas Halsey, 66
Abram Halsey.
George Ware, 66 John Ware.
PAGE 251. Julius Sayre has in keeping a dark red heif- er, marked with two swallow tails or two half pennies in the end of the left ear ; age one year past.
W. S. PELLETREAU, Clerk.
Dec. 18th, 1866.
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PAGE 251. Samuel Mulford enters an car mark that he bought of Charles H. Topping, to be a square crop of the left ear and a half-penny under it, and a slope under and a half-penny over the right ear. Entered April 2d, 1867. WM. S. PELLETREAU, Town Clerk.
PAGE 251. Capt. George White enters an ear mark, transferred from Wm. Herrick, a half-penny over the left ear. Entered April 24th, 1867.
I. S. PELLETREAU, Clerk.
PAGE 252. Annual Town Meeting, April 7, 1863. Offi- cers elected :
Supervisor, Jonathan Fithian.
Town Clerk, William S. Pelletreau.
Justice of Peace, Edwin Rose.
Assessors, William H. Foster and Daniel Y. Bellows.
Collector, Noel B. Rogers.
Commissioner of Highways, David R. Drake.
Overseers of Poor, Alanson Topping, Edward Griffin.
Inspectors of Election : 1st district, Philander R. Jon- nings and D. P. Vail elected, Gilbert H. Cooper appointed. 2d district, David Hallock and E. Jones Ludlow elected, Samuel B. Pierson appointed. 30 district, Frederick S. Sayre and David R. Drake elected, Noah D. Ellsworth ap- pointed. 4th district, Josiah Foster and James Tuthill elected, Daniel B. Cook appointed. 5th district, Jetur J. Squires and George S. Skidmore elected, Joshua Corwin appointed.
Constables, Clothier H. Vaughn, Herman Woodruff, Franklin Jagger, Lewis R. Squires, Halsey Rogers.
Town Trustees, Horace Foster, Charles Howell, Albert Reeves, Elisha King, Jesse Halsey, Elias Howell, John
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Allen, Harvey Rose, Albert J. Post, Joshua Corwin, Joshua Squires, Jacob Carter.
Overseers of Highways elected : 1st district, Chauncey Tuthill, 2d Edwin C. Topping, 3d Hiram Stephens, 4th David Brown, 5th Sylvanus Jackson, 6th Charles White, 7th Charles Goodale, 8th Henry M. Rose, 9th Stephen Sayre, 10th A. J. Hand, 11th John B. Champlin, 12th Wm. Tindall, 13th Isaac W. Osborne, 14th Lewis Scott, 15th Joseph P. Hildreth, 16th W. N. Jackson, 17th John W. Tuthill, 18th Silas W. Corwith, 19th Jonathan Hallock, 20th Hampton Youngs, 21st James R. Warner.
Pound Masters, John F. Foster, Herman Woodruff, Merit Culver, John B. Cory.
The report of Overseers of Poor was read and accepted. Supervisor's report read and accepted.
Voted that $2,970 be raised for support of poor for the ensuing year.
Voted that $100 be raised for house to accommodate lu- natic paupers.
Voted that $600 be raised for contingent fund.
Voted that $7 be paid for use of room.
Resolved, that a committee of three be appointed, of which the Town Clerk shall be one, to take into consideration the condition of the ancient records of this town, and that they be authorized to use any means that may seem to them best to preserve the original records of the town, by hav- ing them arranged, indexed, transcribed or printed, and that the sum of thirty dollars be appropriated for that purpose.
EDWIN ROSE, Chairman.
WILLIAM S. PELLETREEU, Clerk.
These are a true copy of the originals.
WILLIAM S. PELLETREAU, Clerk.
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PAGE 254. Road from Noyack to Bridge-Hampton.
Application having been made to the undersigned, Com- missioners of Highways of the town of Southampton, to examine a certain road leading from Budd's pond, at Noy- ack, to Bridge-Hampton, known by the name of Millstone road, or Loper's path, and to ascertain whether said road is a public highway, and if so to define the same.
Now therefore, we the said Commissioners having met in pursuance of previous notice, on the twenty-first day of April, 1863, did proceed to examine the said road, and after due deliberation decided unanimously that the said road is a public highway, and did define a portion of said road to be according to the following survey :
Commencing at a stake near the mill pond on the south side of the road leading from Sag-Harbor to Noyack, and running south to angle at offset of old diteh 1.72; thence S. 16° W. to angle on offset of ditch 1.92 where the road is 29 links wide ; thence S. 12 º W. 3.85 to stake at angle on offset of ditch 2.02 where the road is two rods wide ; thence S. 25 ° E. 1.79 to stake at angle on offset of ditch where the road is 0.64 wide ; thence S. 11 º E. 2.03 to stake at angle on offset of ditch where the road is two rods wide ; thence S. 183 º E. 2.04 to stake at angle on offset of ditch ; thence S. 21 ° E. 3.30 to stake at angle opposite the south-east corner of Dutcher's cleared lot ; thence S. 153 ° W. 0.84 to stake at turn of road where the road is 0.50 wide ; thence S. 583 º W. to stake on south side of road 3.63 ; the above described line being the easterly side of the said highway, the west line being the offset of the ditch of Dutcher's lot.
In witness whereof we have hereunto set our names this tenth day of June, 1863.
ALANSON TOPPING, - Commissioners.
DAVID R. DRAKE,
A true copy, WILLIAM S. PELLETREAU, Town Clerk.
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PAGE 255. William S. Pelletreau's car mark same as his grandfather John T. and Uncle Charles Pelletreau, slope and half penny on left ear. Recorded Liber B, page 250. Fire brand same as his great grandfather Elias T. and re- corded to him in Liber B, page 275. Entered July 9, 1863.
PAGE 256. (Abstract.) G. W. Whittaker has in poses- sion a black and white steer. Oct. 25th.
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