History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . of land so conveyed to him any furtherthan the fence now stands but that the same shall always remain open as acommon. And the said parties do by these presents mutually release andquit claim to each other all their estate right and title to the said pieces ofland respectively. And the said party of the first part covenant and agreeto and with the said Deuell that neither they nor any other of the heirs ofthe said Michael Raugh deceased will ever claim any right to or molest thesaid Deuell
History of Little Nine Partners, of North East precinct, and Pine Plains, New York, Duchess [!] county . of land so conveyed to him any furtherthan the fence now stands but that the same shall always remain open as acommon. And the said parties do by these presents mutually release andquit claim to each other all their estate right and title to the said pieces ofland respectively. And the said party of the first part covenant and agreeto and with the said Deuell that neither they nor any other of the heirs ofthe said Michael Raugh deceased will ever claim any right to or molest thesaid Deuell or his heirt or assigns in the quiet possession and enjoyment ofthe said piece of land so granted as aforesaid. In witness whereof the par-ties to these presents have hereunto set their hands and seals the 5th dayof December in the year 1829. Signed, sealed and delivered in presence of Bradford Darling, Smith Slater. Samuel Deuel, Andrew Row,John P. Rowe. and later on his heirs, had ever been tenacious of theirright to that part of the church property east of the road, and after the old. THE CHURCHES. 231 church was taken down in 1827 these heirs built an enclosure fence aroundit setting it where they claimed the line should be. This was the newfence mentioned in the above agreement. It caused disagreement be-tween the heirs and the adjoining land owners, and seemed likely to leadto trouble. So to settle this matter and avoid future difficulty tbis agreementwas written and subscribed to by the respective parties and all claims set-tled. It was a peaceful solution on both sides, honorable and friendly andworthy of commendation. The boundary then agreed upon is the presentone, and the present Bethel Church stands very near the site of the smallhouse mentioned in the above agreement. In the spring of 1838 the first tangible effort was made for buildingthe Bethel Church. Three subscription papers were circulated with thefollowing heading: Subscription for erecting a ch
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