John Hackett of full Age being duly Sworn on the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God Deposeth and Saith that on Tuesday the Second Day of this Instant Jannary William Bird and himself together with a Number of Hands went in Order to Get Some Timber for a Mill, on the Land of Messrs Allen & Turner (being Supposed to be part of the Three Thousand Acres by them purchased of the Society) and began to fall Some for that purpose but in less than two Hours after they began to work John Hendrickson, Jabus Jarvis, Jonathan Stephenson, and John Swarths (all but Stephenson being dwellers on the Sosietys Tract) together with Two Men More Came to them and forbid Mr Burd from Cutting Down any More Timber Alledging the right in that Land, on which they were Cutting Timber, to be in no Other person but themselves who were the Eldest Inhabitants and that they were determined to keep the possession thereof till the Right was Decided in England And upon Mr Birds proceeding to Mearsure the Timber which was Cut and Stooping Down for that purpose Hendrickson Came with a Club and knocked him Down. And Jabus Jarvis At the same time attacked & Struck this Deponant with a Club Upon Which Affray Ensued, And Mr Bird, This Deponant and two of Mr Allens workmen Over powered and Secured the four persons Above mentioned who had assaulted them (The Other Two having retired before the Quarrell began) And Carryed them before Samuel Johnson Esqr (a Majestrate) who that night Com’itted them by Mittimus to Trenton Goal, after having Offered to take Security According to Law which they refused Declaring that the Mob would be their Security; And Accordingly the Above Prisoners together with the Mittimus were About Mid-Night Delivered to a Constable; And this Deponant about Three of the Clock the next Morning being on his to ye Constables to Assist in Carrying Down the Prisoners to Trenton Goal over took About (Usually Called Club Men) with Clubs in their Hands by a Tavern on the Road to the Constables House, But no Dis course passed between them and this Deponant--and when he Came to the Constables he found between Fifteen & Twenty Rioters Gathered there who he believes Came with a Design to rescue the Prisoners had they had not been prevented by this Deponant and Others Threatning to give them Opposition, and, (after some conversation and the Constable haveing Ordered the Rioters to Assist him and their refusing so to do) one of them publickly said that they should not keep those prisoners long, And when they were Carrying the Prisoners to Trenton one John Scritchfield over took them and told them (as this Deponant has been Informed by he Prioners them selves to Travell Easy for they would be Overtaken and Rescued at Coats’s or kingos (being two Taverns on the Road) and when the Prisoners Came to Kingos and perceiving None of their Company was Come according to Promise They said since they were Disappointed in Meeting them there, they were Convinced they Where gon About a Worse thing, that Was, the pulling Down and Distroying of the Furnace and Develling House, And the Prisoners afterwards Declared to this Deponant and others that they were Satisfyed they should be Rescued from their Confinement this Week & if it was not Done within that time they should Expect to be Taken out by the Mob at all And further this Deponant Saith not

John Hackett
Sworn this fourth Day of January 1749.) Before me Jno Coxe.

From the Joseph Winston land entry book 1778-1781 (Surry Co.)

# 49 Jabez Jarvis enters two hundred acres of Land in Surry County, in the forks of the Yadkin and Fishers River, beginning at Scritchfields Claim on the Yadkin River March 11th 1778. (Scritchfield is the same as Critchfield)

Number 816. John Critchfield enters 200 acres of land in Surry Co., on the N side of the Yadkin River beginning at the mouth of a branch joining Jabez Jarvis's line so running up the river for compliment to the Horse Ford including my improvement. - Oct. 6, 1778 (Warrent granted)

The following is a transcribed photocopy of land entry 816, photocopy in the file of Beverly Scrutchfield Diefenderfer

State of North-Carolina Entry # 816
Joseph Winston, Entry-Officer of Claims
for Lands in the County of Surry,
To the Surveyor of the said County, Greeting:
You are hereby required, as soon as may be, to lay off, and survey, for John Critchfielda Tract or Parcel of Land, containing two Hundred Acres, lying in the County aforesaid, On the North Side of the Yadkin River, Beginning at the Mouth of a branch Joining of Jabez Jarviss Line, Running up the River for Commitment, to the Horse ford, Including his Improvement.

Observing the Directions of the Act of Assembly, in Such Case made and provided, for running out Lands. Two just and fair Plans of such Survey, with a proper Certificate annexed to each, you are Transmit, with this Warrant, to the Secretarys Office without Delay.

Given under my Hand, at Office the 25th Day of Feby, Anno Dom. 1779.

No 813, County Surry Name Critchfield, John Acres 162 Grant No. 811 Issued Nov 3, 1784 Warrant No______Entry No 816 Entered Nov 25, 1779, Book No. 55 Page No. 37 Location On the North side of the Yadkin river

This plan is laid Down from a Scale of forty Chains to an Inch
Wm Critchfield }
} C. C.
Amos Critchfield}
State of No Carolina } (drawing of tract of land)
Surry County}

This plan represents a tract of land Surveyd for John Critchfield on the North Side of the Yadkin River Begining at a birch tree on the bank of Sd River and Runs North forty chains to a pine thence south Seventy Degrees East fifty Chains to a post thence South forty chains to a post thence to the Begining Containing one Hundred and Sixty two acres Surveyd September the twelth one Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighty two for Jas Matthews}D.So

"Joseph Winston His Entry Book Surry county, NC Land Entries 1778-1781." Entry number 1461. Thomas Woodruff enters 50 acres of land in Surry County, on the N. side of the Yadkin River joining John Scritchfields (Deceased) old line beginning at the upper end and at his old beginning, running north, then up the river including whereon Amos Scritchfield now lives. ( No date given). The filing just ahead and just after were dated in the fall of 1779

(It is believed that John Scritchfield Sr filed the claim and then his son John Jr was later living on the claim)