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To Arthella Keene was drawn	Share	No. 1	--Lots 1	front		10	rear
To Jane Aiken	"	2	2	"	6.	9	rear
To Mary E. Leibooke " To Heirs of	t	" 3	3	?<	&	8	rear
Lucinda Bryan		4	4	??	&	7	rear
To Julia Cowand	??	" ?	5	??	&	6	rear
To Alfred Cowand	??	" 6	6	li	&	5	rear
To Charles Cowand	it	" 7	7	l?	&	4	rear
To Cora A. Moore	ti	" 8	8	m	&	3	rear
To Amanda Ames	??	" 9	9		&	2	rear
To Jesse Cowand "	??	"10	" 10	??	6.	1	rear
And that said Shares Nos. 1,	2. 3,	4, 5,	6, 7, 8,	9, and		10	were
thereupon declared allotted to said joint tenants according to said ballotting. Certified under our hands and seals this 26th day of December, A. D. 1857."
On the grounds was the family burial ground, Jesse Cowand, his wife, and descendants are buri_ed there*. Upon a division of the property to the various heirs &t the August Term of Chancery Court in 1875 (Deed Book G, pages 342-3. Hancock County Deed Records) it was specifically stated "Your Commissioners further respectfully report to your Honor that they find on a portion of the land to be divided, about half a mile back of the beach and near the line dividing the Estate of Joseph Field, deceased from the lands of Melite Lessassier, a cemetery, which has been used for many years back as a place of interment for all the different families descended from the late Jesse Cowand. They find that the late Jesse Cowand himself and his deceased widow are buried there besides many others belonging to the family, and a general desire exists among the different heirs that this Cemetery should continue in the joint occupancy and possession of all, so that it can be used hereafter as well as heretofore for the interment of any member of the different families interested in the Estate. To secure this laudable object, the Corrjnissioners have laid off, surveyed and staked out a lot of land containing one acre, in the shape of a square with sides 208 feet long for a Common Graveyard, as will appear from the map (Exhibit B) and ask your Honorable Court that this action in the premises be approved, and said Cemetery be forever set apart as a Common Grave Yard for the families of all parties interested in the Estate of Jesse Cowand, deceased." Also, a street to the beach front was provided at this time which is presently known as Leopold Street."Your Commissioners further report to your Honor that they find a street, called Second Street, running in a direction nearly north and south, through the Estate of Jesse Cowand, deceased and of Joseph Field, deceased, which street gives the only access to the different divisions of the rear land for the respective owners of .the same. They find that this street, as a means of access and communication will not afford the full benefit contemplated unless it be connected with the Front Street or Road running along the beach of the Bay. and for the purpose of affording this access from and to the front, and connecting not only Second Street, but also the Common Cemetery with said Front Street. Your