Acres of Land in said Nashoba to the the [_sic_] Descendants of the
Indians; Pursuant to said Order of Court, bearing Date Octob'r
20'th [November 2?] 1714, We the Subscribers return as follows;

That on the 30'th. of November last, we met on the Premises, &
heard the Information of the Inhabitants of Groton, Nashoba &
others of the Neighbouring Towns, referring to the Line that has
been between Groton & Nashoba & seen several Records, out of Groton
Town Book, & considered other Writings, that belong to Groton &
Nashoba, & We have considered all, & We have run the Line (Which we
account is the old Line between Groton & Nashoba;) We began next
Chelmsford Line, at a Heap of Stones, where, We were informed, that
there had been a great Pine Tree, the Northeast Corner of Nashoba,
and run Westerly by many old mark'd Trees, to a Pine Tree standing
on the Southerly End of Brown Hill mark'd N and those marked Trees
had been many times marked or renewed, thô they do not stand in a
direct or strait Line to said Pine Tree on said Brown Hill; And
then from said Brown Hill we turned a little to the East of the
South, & run to a white Oak being an old Mark, & so from said Oak
to a Pitch Pine by a Meadow, being an other old Mark; & the same
Line extended to a white Oak near the North east Corner of Stow:
And this is all, as we were informed, that Groton & Nashoba joins
together: Notwithstanding the Committees Opinion is, that Groton
Men be continued in their honest Rights, thô they fall within the
Bounds of Nashoba; And We have laid out to the Descendants of the
Indians Five hundred Acres at the South east Corner of the
Plantation of Nashoba; East side, Three hundred Poles long, West
side three hundred Poles, South & North ends, Two hundred & eighty
Poles broad; A large white Oak marked at the North west Corner, &
many Line Trees we marked at the West side & North End, & it takes