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The Business of a County Court
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Upon Complaint made by ye overseers of ye highways ; The Court haue and doe hereby Condemne John Champion to pay a fyne of twenty and fyve Gilders, for his not workeing upon ye highway when due warning was Given him ;

Upon ye Request of william warner & william orian ; ordered that ye severall people. that hold Lands ; of that wch ye peticonrs bought of ye Indians Lying in ye Schuylkill Every one to repay to ye peticonr proportionable to ye : quantity of Land they hold there — the whole purchaze wch ye peticonrs paid being 335 gilders ; and ye following prsons holding Lands wthin that Limit, vizt andries Inckoren 200 acres andries homman 200 acres Pelle Laersen (als) Put pelle 100 acres, Peter Erikson 200 acres will : warner 100 acres will : orian 100 acres John Booles & John Schoeten 400 acres Swen Lorn 300 acres of Land. Each of ye : abovesd prsons to pay proportionable to ye quantity of Land they hold as abovesd

Upon ye request of Peter Jocum ordered that Peter rambo Cause his marsh Land according to pattent to bee surveyed to ye End sd Peter Jocum may know what is Left to him ;

Benck Salung sworne in Cort sayeth that hendrik Colman tould him that hee heard moens Staecket say that all the Court were Rogues ;

The Cort ordered that Execution should bee Granted to ye Sherrife ; upon ye Corts amerciaments due according to ye List drawne out, : alreddy in ye sd Sherrifs hands for ye Collecting of ye sd amerciaments according to Lawe.

Upon ye severall peticons of the afternamed persons, The Cort Granted unto Each of them ye quantitys of Land hereunder Exprest, to take up they ye Peticonrs seating and Improoveing ye same according to Lawe and regulacons ;

Granted unto Reynier Petersen to take up 200 acres
Andries Boon 200
Will : Warner Senior 400
Rich : Tucker 100 acres
Otto Ernest Coch 400 acres
Lynall Brittall 200 acres
Jan Claassen 200 acres

Upon an Information of will : Coyles ye Constable att ye faals agst Gilbert wheeler att ye sd faals, for selling of strong Licquors by retayle to ye Indians Contrary to ye Lawe & ye forwarning of ye sd Constable, wch sd Information was Lykewyse by Justice Geo : Browne auerred to