Deed to Marameade at Bolivar Heights, Middletown (2439 Old Natl. Pike), 1791; Frederick County, Maryland Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Ben Palmer [palsy2001@yahoo.com] ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/md/mdfiles.htm ************************************************ Deed to Marameade at Bolivar Heights, Middletown (2439 Old Natl. Pike). Headquarters of Gen. McClellan at Battle of South Mountain, 14 September, 1862. Bought by Christian Koogle (Kuegel, Coogle) from an original holding of Bartholomew Booker. Formatting and spelling identical to that in Frederick County Deed Book WR9 607-608. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LAND RECORD WR 9 607-608 At the request of Christian Coogle and others the following Agreement to was recorded 1st. February 1791. to wit Agreement made this twenty fifth day of October seventeen hundred and ninety Between Christian Kogle of Frederick County and State of Maryland of the one part and Conrad Miller Bartholomew Booker Jacob Everhart John Neff Samuel Buzzard Nicholas Houp and Alexander Crow of the other part Whereas there has been a dispute respecting the lines of a tract of land called the Resurvey on Wooden Platter lying and being in the County and State aforesaid owing to the variation of the Compass Now this Agreement Witnesseth that the said Christian Kogle, Conrad Miller Bartholomew Booker Jacob Everhart John Neff Samuel Buzzard Nicholas Houp and Alexander Crow have agreed to run and stone the said tract of land called the Resurvey on Wooden Platter agreeable to the old lines the said land to be run by Joseph Swearingen on or before the first day of January next agreeable to such Evidence as shall be produced by the said parties for the true performance of this Agreement We bind ourselves our Heirs and Assigns each to the other in the Just and full sum of five hundred pounds good and lawful Money Given under our Hands and Seals this day and Year first above written Signed sealed in the presence of Phillip Fae.. Jo. Swearingen [signed & sealed at right margin by] Christian Koogle Conrad Miller Bartholomu.. Buisser Jacob Eberhardt Johannes Neff Samuel Buzard Nicklaus Houpt Alexander (X) Crow To which Agreement was annexed the following to wit I hereby certify that in pursuance of the above Agreement I have carefully surveyed the said tract of land called the Resurvey on Wooden Platter agreeable to annexed depositions and find it takes two degrees allowance for variation Beginning at the original Beginning Tree and running thence South sixty three degrees East forty eight perches South seventeen degrees West sixty perches North seventy four degrees West fifty six perches North eighty two degrees West seventy three perches South sixty nine degrees West thity one perches North two degrees West twenty two perches to a Stone North twelve degrees West twenty seven perches to a Stone North forty one degrees West seventy two perches to a Stone North forty one degrees East forty perches to a Stone North twenty six degrees West twenty six perches to a Stone North seventeen degrees East forty six perches to a Stone North fifty eight degrees West one hundred and eighty perches fifty nine perches on the aforesaid line stands a Stone at a Black Oak Stump the proof of Bartholomew Boocher one hundred and twenty perches on same line stands a Stone near a Spring the proof of Samuel Buzzard then North sixty four degrees East sixty perches to a Stone South sixty two degrees East fifty six perches to a Stone North seventy seven degrees East sixty perches to a Stone South fifty six degrees East forty perches to a Stone South forty two degrees East forty perches to a Stone South eighty four [sic; forty eight?] degrees East twenty two perches to a Stone North seventy four degrees East sixty six perches to a Stone Then by a straight line to the Beginning containing three hundred and twenty seven Acres: Given under my Hand this twenty seventh of December seventeen hundred and ninety Jo Swearingen No. Compass Dist 1 S 63 E 48 2 S 17 W 60 3 N 74 W 56 4 N 82 W 73 5 S 69 W 31 6 N 2 W 22 7 N 12 W 27 8 N 41 W 72 9 N 41 E 40 10 N 26 W 26 11 N 17 E 46 12 N 58 W 180 13 N 64 E 60 14 S 62 E 56 15 N 77 E 60 16 S 56 E 40 17 S 42 E 40 18 S 48 E 22 [sic; text above says 84 deg; believe 48 correct] 19 N 74 E 66 Then by a straight line to the Beginning contg. 327 a. Frederick County and State of Maryland December 26th. 1790 The Deposition of Bartholomew Booker aged seventy one years or thereabout after somberly declaring and affirming showeth a Black Oak Tree with old Blazes on each side now cut down, and sayeth said tree was marked for a line Tree of a Tract of Land called The Resurvey on Wooden Platter, and the said Tract of Land was surveyed by Thomas Prather about forty years or thereabout past : - and that they came past said Tree and it was then marked apparently as a line Tree And this Deponent showeth a Spring of Water some small distance forward of said Tree and sayeth that said Thomas Prather run with the aforesd. Line of The Resurvey on Wooden Platter through or near the Head of said Spring. And further saith not Sworn before Jacob Younger Frederick County and State of Maryland ; December 26th. 1790. The Deposition of Samuel Buzard aged thirty nine years or thereabouts after being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists Almighty God deposth and showeth a Spring now within the fence of Jacob Everhart and saith he saw Notty Thomas run the lines of The Resurvey on Wooden Platter about twenty five years past or thereabout and that he run near the Head of the aforesaid Spring but on which side he knoweth not _ and further saith not. Sworn before Jacob Younger