Amanuensis Monday

 This is a 1758 survey of the 402 acres involved in last week's post about the 1756 land grant to Hosea Tapley in Orange County, North Carolina.

"North Carolina 
Orange County}

This plan represents a track of land surveyed for Hosea Tapley lying on both sides of the No. Fork of little river, Beginning at a hickory on the east side of the river running thence North 60 cha: to a Pine then West 67 ch to a Pine then South 67 Cha to a Red Oak then East 67 chain, to the first station Containing four hundred and Two Acres.

Surveyed the 3 of October, 1758

___ Cha Carr : {Hosea Tapley 
                               { ____; _____  

W. Churton (Surveyor)"

"William Churton was a well-known surveyor who mapped large portions of Lord Granville’s proprietary district in colonial North Carolina. This survey captures a nice, neat rectangular 402-acre block straddling the river with corner markers noted as Pine and Hickory."

                                                    - Google Gemini

Please note: I am unable to make out the words where blanks lines are.  It seems that Google Gemini could not make them out either!  If any of my readers can tell me what those words or abbreviations are, I would be most appreciative!