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This hand-drawn map depicts an area in Baltimore County, Maryland, with a focus on two key land tracts near the confluence of Ruxton's Range and the Patapsco River: Ruxtons Range and Thomas Adventure. Ruxtons Range is prominently marked in the upper section of the map with dotted boundary lines, while Thomas Adventure is situated below it and shown in plain black lines. Both tracts are delineated in detail, reflecting the geographic and legal significance of the properties.
Both Thomas Adventure and Ruxton's Range appear to be tracts of land that date to the 17th Century in Maryland. We note that a re-survey of these lands was conducted in 1793, and Patrick Doran was active as a surveyor in Baltimore County in the 1790s.
The map highlights a network of rivers and creeks, including the prominent Patapsco River, which serves as a natural boundary in the lower portion of the map. Smaller watercourses and marshy areas are rendered in blue ink, adding to the geographic context of the tracts.
The annotations below the map read as follows:
For the Plaintiffs
A. Shews the Beginning of Thomas Advantage Adventure in plain black lines.
B. Shews the second boundary of Thomas Adventure, Beginning of Ruxtons Range as sworn to by Neale Haile & Tobias Stansbur Senr.
C. Shews the second boundary of Ructions Range, shown by the Plaintiffs.
D. Shews the second boundary of Good Luck, shown by the Plaintiffs.
E. Was sworn the first time by Vincent Green & Daniel Davis.
F. Was sworn the second time by Daniel Davis.
G. Was sworn the second time by Vincent Green.
H. Shews the possession in yellow lines, shown by John Serjeant.
I. Shews the possession in blue lines, shown by Tobias Stansbury.
K. Shews the two places two perches asunder proved to be where stood a Tobacco House by Jno. Serjeant & Tobias Stansbury
L. Shews the place where stood a house, proved by Jno. Serjt.
M. Shews the Beginning of Powels Point, shown by the Plaintiffs.
None of the Boundarys admitted by the Defendants.
(Signed)
Pat. Doran, D.S.B.C. [Deputy Surveyor Baltimore County?]
