Dana - are there any AMERMAN/AMMERMAN on the map? Thanks rick Hunter Oakland CA ----- Original Message ----- > From: "J. & D. Bowers" <jdb94@verizon.net> > To: <NJHUNTER-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, July 02, 2005 10:55 AM > Subject: [NJHUNTER] Manuscript Map > > > > Hello all, > > > > Years ago I purchased a map from the Geneaological Society of NJ. At the > > time, I bought it just because I was interested in all the names in the > > area > > where I lived and I love maps. This morning while digging for unrelated > > papers, I rediscovered this map but I don't know how to interpret the > > information on it. > > > > It says: Sheet B Hunterdon County NJ. Genealogical Society of NJ Map > > Series#4 Manuscript Map by D. Stanton Hammond, J.D. 1965 > > > > It doesn't show roads, only town or village names, rivers/creeks, and > > property lines with tons of names. Each property has name(s), a year and > > what I imagine are block and lot numbers numbers maybe? Some have one > > name > > within the property boundaries but many have two, not the same surname. > > For > > instance for a piece near Pottersville: > > > > John McKinstry > > Aaron Sutton > > 1794 > > (6-542) > > 231.A. > > > > Another interesting one has several dates and actually says Lot. > > > > Lot#54 > > Henry Cuyler > > Tunis Melick - 1775 > > Peter Melick > > Issac Farley > > Wm. Welsh - 1798 > > (5-245) 280.A. > > Jacob Welsh - 1845 > > (Somerset Co. - B-2 page 296) > > 180.A. > > > > There is also a large line through the western part of the map area that > > says Jury Line. > > > > Can someone please educate me on how to interpret this information? Was > > this > > the date of the property transactions? names of all people involved or in > > the case of the Pottersville one, did they both own it in 1794? Dates > > that > > appear on map range from 1713 to 1845. > > THANK YOU in advance for any assistance. > > > > Dana Bowers > > > > > > ==== NJHUNTER Mailing List ==== > > This mail list is archived at: > > http://newsarch.rootsweb.com/th/index/NJHUNTER > >