Kase

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A deed, now in possession of Hugh Capner, Esq., dated March 9th, 1738, Thomas Penn, for himself, as Attorney for his two brothers John and Richard Penn, conveyed a portion of the 5,000-acre tract, now known as the Mine Farm, to Philip Kase, who came from Germany. He was probably the ancestor of many of the Case family now living in our county.

Philip Case had two sons, John and Philip. Philip�s son Philip was called the half bushel maker. He used to tell about his mother getting lost in the woods. She went to hunt her cow and wandered around for several hours and finally saw a column of smoke curling above the tops of the trees. Going in that direction she came to a house, and, after knocking on the door, discovered it to be her own dwelling.

The wolves would often howl around the Case house, and one of these animals came on the door step and attacked the dog, when Mrs. Case drove him off with a stick. The house referred to---the original Case house---was of stone, put up with mud. Mr. Hugh Capner tore it down several years ago and found the walls solid and strong. Abby Case, a descendant of Philip, lives in Flemington, and her sister, Mrs. Brown, lives with her son Philip, on the old Gov. Reading farm, near Mettler�s Mills.

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The second murderer to be executed was a slave named Brown, belonging to Philip Case. Brown and another slave had been at work in Mr. Case�s tan-yard during the day and had a quarrel. Brown remained moody and silent through the afternoon. His looks bode no good. In the evening they went into the kitchen to supper.---Upon some slight provocation, Brown seized a trammel from the old-fashioned fireplace and struck his victim a fatal blow upon the head. Brown was hung November 11, 1803.

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Daniel Williamson and Edward Henderson, heirs of Ann Henderson, of the township of Alexandria, executed a bill of sale to Philip Case for their boy Tom, for 18 years, then to be free.

Lequear�s articles were originally published 1869-70.