Land Patent: Round Bottom - Thomas Cresap, Jr. - 96 Acres - 1752

Last Update: Jan. 2, 2011

Frederick County, MD Patent Certificate No. 4172
Round Bottom, Thomas Cresap, Jr., 96 Acres
Surveyed: April 9, 1752
Examined & Passed: Dec. 2, 1752
Patent Issued: May 4, 1752

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Frederick County ss

By virtue of a warrant granted out of his Lordship's Land Office of this province to Col. Thomas Cresap of Frederick County for one thousand acres of land bearing date by renewment the November 26th 1751 and by him two hundred and thirty acres is assigned to Thomas Cresap, Jr.-

I therefore certify as Deputy Surveyor under his said Excell. Samuel Ogle, Esq. Governor of Maryland, that I have carefully laid out for and in the name of him the said T. Cresap, all that tract of land called Round Bottom beginning at two bounded White Oaks standing about two perches from the bank of the Potomack River, on the Northeast side of said River about two miles below the mouth of the Little Cacapon Creek which runs out of Virginia into the aforesaid River running thence...

1. E 145
2. N 12º E 52 perches
3. N 65º W 68 perches
4. N 81 Wº 40 perches
5. N 78º W 68 perches
6. N 31º W 66 perches
7. S 60º W 24 perches
8. S 31º E 68 perches
9. Then by a straight line to the beginning trees

Containing and now laid out for ninety-six acres of land to be held of Conococheague Manor.

Surveyed April 7th, 1752
Isaac Brooke

Surveyor's Note: The aforesaid for this is annexed to Thomas Cresaps Certificate of the Devils Hole.

Transcribed by Steve Colby, Jan. 2, 2011