This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: VernonLeeCude Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.maryland.counties.stmarys/2631.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Metes and bounds descriptions of land tracts surveyed under Francis Jenckins during his tenure as Deputy Surveyor of Somerset County, 1671-1683. Transcribed by Dr. G. Ray Thompson, Ph.D., Salisbury, Maryland, 2005 http://nabbhistory.salisbury.edu/settlers/resources/warrant.html Introduction - by John F. Polk, Ph.D. The Somerset County Warrants Book of Francis Jenckins is actually not a warrants book at all, but primarily a surveyor's record book. Its principal contents are some 700 metes and bounds descriptions of land tracts surveyed under Francis Jenckins during his tenure as Deputy Surveyor of Somerset County, 1671-1683. In addition, the volume also contains the following items: 14 Surveys made by James Weedon, Deputy Surveyor of Somerset, in 1670-71, store Accounts from Francis Jenckins business in Accomac County, Virginia, 1655-1662, list of patented properties in Somerset, and rents due the Proprietor, in 1685, several items of minor import. Metes and bounds descriptions of land tracts surveyed under Francis Jenckins during his tenure as Deputy Surveyor of Somerset County, 1671-1683. Transcribed by Dr. G. Ray Thompson, Ph.D., Salisbury, Maryland, 2005 James Coade 100 [blank] 1671, p. 4b James Coade Nassoatucks 300 Pocomoke R [blank] 1671, p. 5a Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.