ing, or in any wise appertaining: And the Reversion & Reversions, Remainder & Remainders, Rents, Issues & Profits thereof, To Have and to Hold the said Tract of Land and all & singular other the Premises hereby Granted, with the appertenances, unto the said James McLure, his Ex'rs, Adm'rs & Assigns, from the day before the date hereof, for and during the full Term & Time of one whole year from thence next Ensueing, fully to be Compleat & Ended: Yielding and paying therefor the Rent of one Ear of Indian Corn, on Lady Day next, if the same shall be Lawfully demanded; to the Intent & Purpose, that by Virtue of these presents, and of the Statute for Transferring Uses into Possessions, the said James McLure may be in Actual Possession of the Premises, and be thereby enabled to accept & take a Grant & Release of the Reversion & Inheritance thereof to him & his heirs. In Witness Whereof, the said William Beverly hath hereunto set his hand & seal the day & year first above written.
Sealed & Delivered in the presence of
- James Porteus,
- Thos. Wood,
- John Latham.
On page 218, Order Book, 1739-'41, Orange Court-house, we find the following record of his importation:
At a Court held for Orange County on Thursday, the 24th day of July, 1740, James McClure made oath that he imported himself, Agnes, John, Andrew, Elionor, Jean & James McClure Jun'r, at his own Charge from Ireland to Philadelphia & from thence into this Colony, and that this is ye first time of his proving his and their rights in order to obtain Land wc'h is ordered to be certified.
Hon. Joseph A. Waddell, LL. D., in an address at the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of Augusta Stone Church, October 18th, 1899, said of these first settlers: "They came on foot or horseback and could bring little with them besides tools and implements of labor, and seed corn obtained in older settlements in Pennsylvania. Each
