Land Patent: Indian Seat - John Carlton - 200 Acres - 1743

Last Update: Jan. 26, 2011

In 1746, John Carlton sold Indian Seat to Capt. Thomas Cresap. The description of the property is the same as in the document below.

Prince Georges County Patent Certificate No. 1144

Surveyed: Feb. 8, 1739
Examined & Passed: Oct. 2, 1740
Patent Issued: Nov. 13, 1740

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Prince Georges County ss

By virtue of a special warrant granted out of his Lordship's Land Office of this province to John Carlton of Prince Georges County for 300 acres of land bearing date by (renewment?) Aug. 28, 1739 as appears~

I therefore certify as the Deputy Surveyor of Prince Georges County under his Ex. Samuel Ogle, Governor of Maryland, that I have carefully laid out for and in the name of him the said John Carlton all that tract of land lying in Prince Georges County called the Indian Seat and beginning at a bound Spanish Oak standing on the side of the Potomack River about a mile above the mouth of the South branch or South fork there of the place being known by the name of the Old Town & running thence...

1. S 45º E 180 perches
2. N 60º E 108 perches
3. N 80º E 100 perches
4. N 10º W 120 perches
5. S 60º W 160 perches
6. N 43º W 88 perches
7. Then by a straight line to the beginning trees

Containing and now laid out for two hundred acres of land.

Surveyed

Transcribed by Steve Colby