1782, Springfield, Pennsylvania, David Cumming, Coppersmith signed land transfer

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1782, Springfield, Pennsylvania, David Cumming, Coppersmith signed land transfer:
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This is a wonderful, original document dated 1782, Springfield, Pennsylvania, where David and Rachel Cumming, coppersmith, have sold to Andrew Redheifer (Redheffer) a tract of land in Springfield, signed at bottom byDavid and Rachel Cumming, Christopher Clinger and on back by Zebulon Pott.Document is vellum, 12x30,folds, irregular paper loss at bottom right, signatures on front light, else in overall fair condition.

Andrew Redheifer (1733-1817)Captain of the 2nd Co., 7th Battalion (commanded by Col. Matthew Holgate),Phila., Co. Militia (1780)Capt. Andrew was assigned to the 1st. Battalion, of Col. Moore at a place calledFlying Camp

Zebulon PottswasBorn on 21 Mar 1746 in Plymouth Meeting, PA.died in Harrisburg, PA, on 17 Mar 1801.

Zebulon Potts was a very prominent man in his day, and a staunch patriot in the time of the Revolution, and was a Captain of Militia in the Army. During the encampment of the Patriot Army at Valley Forge, he was very active in procuring food for the army. On more than one occasion he succeeded in passing the British lines into the City of Philadelphia. On account of his activity in the cause of the Colonies, a price was put upon his capture. Many attempts were made by the British to take him, but he always succeeded in evading his pursuers. On one occasion he hid in an open ended barrel with the open end at the ground. He had a secret understanding with his neighbors, that when danger threatened at night, pebbles were thrown upon the roof of his house to apprise him, and give him time to escape.

After the war he went into politics and when Montgomery county was organized he was elected the first sheriff. He was elected to the State Senate in 1796. He was again elected in 1799, being the first Senator from Montgomery county and the only one to serve two terms.

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