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Know all men by these presents. That on this twenty ninth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, personally ap- peared Adam D. Etheridge, Esquire, to me known as an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Currituck, in the State of North Carolina, who being duly sworn, did depose and say, that he knows the land for which John Wescott, of Currituck County, North Carolina, now makes application asking that it may be restored to him, said land being situate on Roanoke Island, and bounded as follows, that is to say, on the North by the lands of Samuel Baum; on the North East by the lands of Little John Etheridge and George W. Wescott; and on the South West, by Croatoan Sound, to have been heired by said John Wescott and his sister, Sarah Wescott from their mother Barbara Wescott; that they are the only heirs, and that their title thereto was never disputed Adam D. Etheridge At the same time, also appeared Isaac C. Meekins, Esquire, also an acting Justice of the Peace in and for said County, State aforesaid, to me known as such, who being duly sworn did depose and say that he has read the fore- going statement, and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true, of his own knowledge. Isaac C. Meekins Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year first above written. M. B. Gilbert, Notary Public.