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matters, with the management of which he is
charged. Soon after my interview with Barney
who told me, he had communicated with you &
had your approval of his course, I met with
Maj A. Rutledge. He went over the same ground
in his statement of difficulties which had grown
{struckthrough: up} out of Thompson's claim. That which sur=
=prises me most, is, that this claim has lain
so long undiscovered. With so astute a man
as Colyar{underlined}, specially charged with this branch
of business, I should have, & had, concluded,
that every parcel of land which Barney had
taken in his survey plat, had been thoroughly
examined, from the last conveyance to the original
grant or entry. It now appears that the Thompson's
entry{underlined} calls for a certain line to run S. which would
pass entirely clear of our grounds -- but that his (T's) grant{underlined}
calls for the same line to run S.W. which penetrates
into the U. lands & surrounds the Rowe Spring tract.
Barney tells me that he had discovered the line & {illegible: corners?}
& traced it out. Porter & somebody else held {struckthrough: under} {insert symbol}from Thomp=
=son under conveyance dating 1837. They had possession
for 9 years, which would bar all claims but those of
minors & femmes covertes. Now it so happens that Thomp
=son had a daughter who married & had issue one