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1759, Nov 21 - Land: Harman Greathouse, Harmans Valley

Robert Marshall to Harman Greathouse } Warrant [ Page 2 | Page 3 ]

Baltimore County vis.

By Virtue of a Common Warrant granted out of his Lordships Land Office on the 9th day of August 1759, to lay out for Robert Marshall of Ann Arundle County 10 acres of land, which Warrant was on the 21st day of November 1759, assigned by the said Robert Marshall unto Harman Greathouse of Baltimore County...

I Nicholas Ruxton Gay Deputy Surveyor of Baltimore County have Surveyed & laid out for & in the name of him the said Harman Greathouse a tract or parcel of Land lying & being in the County aforesaid, Beginning at a bounded White Oak Standing on the Southside of the Piney falls & Running thence North twenty one degr. West fourteen perches, North Eighty three degr. West eighteen perches, North twenty one degr. West Seventeen perches, South twenty Six degr.ees West thirty two perches, South Seventy degr., West twenty six perches, South twenty Six degr., West thirty five perches, south fifty Seven degr., East fourthee perches, North twenty degr., East thirty perches, North eighty seven degr., East twenty perhces, north fifty eight degr., East thirty two perches and then with with a Straight line to the begining containing & laid out for Ten Acres more or less to be held of the Manor of Baltimore by the name of Harmans Vally, February the 6th 1760.

NRuxton Gay DSBC

Platted to a scale of 100 Ps in an inch

Certificate No. 2210 [ Page 1 ]

Baltimore County; Harmans Valley; acres: 10; Surveyed for Harman Greathouse, February, 6, 1760; Ex'd and Passed: 3 May 1760; Patented to Harman Greathouse, 6 February 1760; Rec. of Cert.: B.C. & G.S. No. 12, Fo. 292.

Tract Index references survey and patent certificate as:

Reference: Patent Record BC and GS 12, p. 292
Date: 1760
Description: Hermans Valley, 10 Acres; Certificate
Developer/Owner: Greathouse, Herman

Reference: Patent Record BC and GS 13, p. 505
Date: 1760
Description: Hermans Valley, 10 Acres; Patent
Developer/Owner: Greathouse, Herman

Footnotes:

Sources:

Baltimore County Circuit Court, Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, MSA S1190: (Certificates, Patented, BA). 1759, Aug 8 - Land Warrant: Harman Greathouse, Harmans Valley, 10 acres. Page 3. View @ Maryland Archives

Baltimore County Circuit Court, Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, MSA S1190: (Certificates, Patented, BA). Patented Certificate 2210; Date: 1760/02/06; Description: Harmans Valley, Harman Greathouse, 10 Acres. Page 1. View @ Maryland Archives

Baltimore County Circuit Court, Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, MSA S1190: (Certificates, Patented, BA), Index by Reference. Patented Certificate 2210, Date: 1760/02/06, Description: Harmans Valley, Harman Greathouse, 10 Acres, Storage Location: 01/25/02/16. View @ Maryland Archives

Baltimore County Circuit Court, Land Survey, Subdivision, and Condominium Plats, MSA S1582: (Patents, BA, Tract Index), Index by Reference. Patent Record BC and GS 12, p. 292, 1760 - Description: Hermans Valley, 10 Acres; Certificate; Developer/Owner: Greathouse, Herman. View @ Maryland Archives

Ibid., Patent Record BC and GS 13, p. 505, Patent. 1760 - Description: Hermans Valley, 10 Acres; Certificate; Developer/Owner: Greathouse, Herman. View @ Maryland Archives

Jay A. Graybeal, “Devries Paper Mill”, Carroll County Times article for 18 November 2001. “A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun writing from Marriottsville, under the date of August 11 says: Devries old paper mill, on Piney falls, in Carroll county opposite this village." View @ Carroll's Yesteryears