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Charles County Land Record Book A#2, 1752-1756; Page (426). Instrument of Writing. Maryland, Dec 17, 1755. I, Edward Darnall of CC, planter, have sold, in open market, to John Moore of CC, planter, 20 barrels of Indian corn and my crop of tobacco, which is supposed to be about 800 lbs of tobacco, 2 cows & 2 calves marked in the right year (ear] with a crop and a hole and a nick in the left year & a crop & a nick and 4 hogs marked with the same mark, and 9 Samal(?) pigs and fodder cobard [cupboard], 1 table and draw (drawer], 2 old chests, 1 old spinning wheel & 2 old bedticks, 1 wedge, and 1 old frying pan & 1 old bed that is very sorry, for and in consideration of 8 f 8 shillings sterling, paid for sd Edward Darnall to his brother, Thomas Darnall, & 3 lbs 15 sterling paid for the sd Edward Darnell to Mr. Young Parran & 38 shillings paid for sd Edward Darnall to John Askin. Signed - Edward Darnall. Wit - Rachell King, Jno Lee, James (X his mark) Short. Recorded Dec 21, 1755.

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In 1756 he left Charles Co., Md., with his household goods loaded on a wagon, headed north. He told a neighbor that he was "going 700 miles away." However, he signed a petition in Frederick Co., Maryland in 1760; this being somewhat short of the specified distance of intended immigration.