M'Carroll's Lessee v. Weaks

This was an action of ejectment in the circuit court of Montgomery, on the trial of which it appeared that John Garrell had a grant for 440 acres of land, situated in that county, which was dated the 15th September 1787. Heydon wWells a justice of the peace for the same county, reported to its court at July sessions 1801, a list of taxable property in the county of Montgomery, not listed for the year 1799, nor the taxes paid thereon, the names of a number of persons, with their lands are specified, among which, is a tract of Garrell, thus described, "John Garrell 440 acres near Donaldson’s…