Hey, List-- I know that many of you are more familiar with these old deeds and warrants than I, and I need help understanding a passage in one from 1716, in which Benjamin Nichols sells a Dorchester County tract called Sandwick to Solomon West, to wit: "...Certificates of Survey thereof taken and returned into the Land Office at the City of _____ [looks like "Orange"] St. Maries bearing the date the Eighteenth of Aprill One thousand Six hundred Eighty Two and there remaining...." --Where was/is this "City of ____ St. Maries" that had the records since 1682? Where are they now? Is it reasonable to believe that 1682 must be the year that Benjamin Nichols acquired the land? Regards to All, Bob Nichol -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com