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I found the following "Unpatented Land Certificate" for William Obrion Gough of St. Mary's Co., MD., ca 1742. Thought I'd pass it along.
Anyone familiar with him? What family does he belong to in St. Mary's Co., MD.?
Transcribing as is, spelling etc.
Maryland Sst
By verture of a Special Warrant out of his Lordshp Land office Granted
Unto William Obrion Gough of Saint Mary's County for a Certain
parcel of Land lying in the said County originally Survey'd for a
Certain James Smith of the said County by Vertue of Two Common
Warrants the one for fifty acres & other for one hundred & fifty
Six acres Granted him as Appears in his Lordsp Land Office in which
Survey of Said James Smith obtain'd his Lordsp's Grant But the Said William
Obrion Gough being informed he Included a Great Quantity of Cultivated land
which is Contrary to the Express words of The Warrant of Known Rules of the Land
office & Sundry of his Lordsp's Proclamation for that purpose published by
Which means the said Gough was advised the Same was Subject to be taken
Up by the first Discoverer and thereupon Obtained the Said Warrant Bearing
Date the Seventh Day of December Anno Domini 1742
These are therfore to Certifie that I the Subscriber have Survey'd & laid out
for & in the Name of him the Said William Obrion Gough aforesaid parcel of land
Called Gough's Adventure being Sututate in the Said County on a Creek Called
Codder's or CalvertsCreek Beginning at a White Oak Marked with Twelve
Notches [and discription goes on, smoller]
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