Richard Braswell? 1710

A JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS OF PHILLIP LUDWELL & NATHANIEL HARRISON COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED FOR SETTING THE BOUNDARIES BETWEEN HER MAJESTYS COLONY AND DOMINION OF VIRGINIA AND THE PROVICE OF CAROLINA

(The Colonial Records Of North Carolina, Volume 1 p. 740+)

Aug. 30, 1710. We mett the Carolina Commissioners in the Conference room in the Capitol . . . . This conference ended without coming to any other agreement than that we would proceed to take more Affidavits on both sides & then make a Tryal of the Latitude at both the contested places. In order to which Mr MOSELY agreed to come to Green Spring the next day, from whence we were to sett out to take the Virginia Affidavits first. . . .

Sept. 21, Having waited in vain these two days for Mr. MOSELEYs coming We proceeded to Coll. HARRISON's where we mett with THOMAS COTTON & took his Affidavit From thence we went to HENRY BRIGG's, where we met RICHD WASHINGTON & took his affidavit from whence we proceeded in our way to Nottoway.

The 22nd We went to the Nottoway Indian Town, where we had appointed HENRY WYCH to meet Us to give his Deposition, but he did not come. Here we took the Examinations of three Wyanoake Indian women that live there; having given them strict charge to tell nothing but the truth. But the NottowayIndian old men being gone to gather Chinkapens We deferred the taking of their Examinacons till our Return, and went to the Nansemond or Potchiak Indians Town. In our way thither we mett on RICHARED BRATWELL (Braswell?) who told us that he had entered for about 1000 acres of land with Mr MOSELEY and had it surveyed upon Meherine River, being persuaded to it by the sd MOSELEY, who answered him it was in the Carolina Government & that the Carolina Charter which express'd that they were to begin at the North end of Carotuck Inlett, & to go to Weyanoake River or Creek being in 361/2 Deg Lat; and that Mr MOSELEY did take the Latitude of Nottoway River's mouth, and told him and others present that it agreed, and from thence he run a due West Course to Maharine River, and we afterwards had ye same account from others. But mr MOSELEY on our asking him, denyed that he had ever tried the latitude of Nottoway River, tho' he owned he had run a line from the mouth of it due West to Maharine River, wch he did by order of their Council. . . .

From the files of Carey Bracewell