Mill Creek Hundred surveys and records
Collection 4564
1702-1799, undated(0.2 Linear feet ; 1 box [28 folders])
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- Title
- Mill Creek Hundred surveys and records
- ID
- 4564
- Date
- 1702-1799, undated
- Extent
- 0.2 Linear feet ; 1 box [28 folders]
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Sara H. Nash.
- Language
- English
Preferred citation
Cite as: [Indicate cited item or series here], Mill Creek Hundred surveys and records (Collection 4564), Historical Society of Pennsylvania.
Scope and content note
Mill Creek Hundred is a historical subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware, that lays between the Pennsylvania border and White Clay and Red Clay creeks and contains towns such as Hockessin, Pike Creek, and a portion of Newark. This collection documents nearly one hundred years of history of lands in this region owned primarily by the Ball and Bracken (Brackin) families in the 1700s. There are thirty items in the collection, most of which are surveys, with attached petitions and orders, done by various state and Penn family-appointed surveyors, such as George Dakeyne, Thomas Noxon, and Benjamin Eastburn. There are also a few notes and miscellaneous items. Two documents contain mention of a copper mine in New Castle County near Bracken family lands.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Historical Society of Pennsylvania ; 2024.
1300 Locust StreetPhiladelphia, PA, 19107
215-732-6200
Access restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Provenance
Purchase, 2023.
Accession number 2023.009.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Raab Collection.
Subject(s)
- Land Surveys--18th century.
- Real estate--Delaware.
- Real Estate--Legal documents--18th century.
- Surveys--Delaware--New Castle County--Early.
Collection Inventory
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Survey of land in Mill Creek Hundred for William Brackin by George Dakeyne (24th day, 9th month, 1702) |
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Survey of land in Mill Creek Hundred for John Ball by George Dakeyne (22 February 1713/4) |
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Survey of a copper mine in New Castle County, Delaware (1735?) |
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John Ball - Land patent (23 March 1735/6) |
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Return of land resurveyed for William Brackin by Thomas Noxon (23 August 1740) |
1 | 5 | ||
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Plat of James Ball's land purchased of John Ball Jr. (10 September 1743) |
1 | 6 | ||
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Rough draft of survey of land in Mill Creek Hundred for John Ball Jr. (25 April 1746) |
1 | 7 | ||
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Expenses concerning land surveys for Benjamin Gibbs and David Jones in dispute (25 May 1744) |
1 | 8 | ||
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Note about a copper mine on William Brackin's land (4 April 1744) |
1 | 9 | ||
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True copy of a 1702/3 survey of William Brackin's land (18 October 1744) |
1 | 10 | ||
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Rough draft of survey of John Ball Jr.'s land and the dispute with Jeremiah Woolaston (22 January 1744) |
1 | 11 | ||
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Return of land in Mill Creek Hundred for Robert Kirkwood by George Stevenson, 2 copies (15 February 1744) |
1 | 12 | ||
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Rough draft of resurvey of William Ball's land in Mill Creek Hundred (31 May 1745) |
1 | 13 | ||
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Return of land resurveyed for William Ball in Mill Creek Hundred by George Stevenson (28 October 1746) |
1 | 14 | ||
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Copy of courses, etc., of a road in Mill Creek Hundred (August 1770) |
1 | 15 | ||
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Return of a road from the Limestone Road in Mill Creek Hundred, with partial note (1783-1784) |
1 | 16 | ||
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Order for laying out two roads for Henry Brackin and return of same (1787-1788) |
1 | 17 | ||
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Return of a road from the Limestone Road to the road leading from Okesson [sic] to Newport (3 September 1788) |
1 | 18 | ||
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Copy of a return of two roads in Mill Creek Hundred, with seal, certified by James Booth (1789-1790) |
1 | 19 | ||
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Copy of an order to lay out two roads in Mill Creek Hundred, certified by James Booth (11 March 1789) |
1 | 20 | ||
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Petition for the sale of the real estate of John Bracken (15 January 1793) |
1 | 21 | ||
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Survey of Joseph Ball's tract in Mill Creek Hundred, Peter Hyatt, surveyor (12 April 1796) |
1 | 22 | ||
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Petition of James Ball for a private road (May 1799) |
1 | 23 | ||
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Order to lay out a private road in Mill Creek Hundred for James Ball and plot of same (November and December 1799) |
1 | 24 | ||
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Survey of land of William Brackin, George Dakeyne, surveyor (undated) |
1 | 25 | ||
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Calculation of two pieces of vacancy in Mill Creek Hundred intended for Robert Kirkwood, signed by George Stevenson (undated) |
1 | 26 | ||
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Note about return of land with relation to Joseph Ball and Henry Brackin (undated) |
1 | 27 | ||
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Joseph Ball's administrator's account with the estate of John Brackin (undated) |
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