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No. 51, Henry Farmer, claimant
F.R. 65v1
2 documents entered in this Rigister, page 69 & 70
F.R. 69v1
Claim 51 [Henry Farmer &c]
To those whom these presents shall come, that we, Hannah, Henry, Robert, & Nancy Farmer, all of the heirs of Henry Farmer, late deceased, do hereby place our claims & rights to a piece of ground situated in the village of Honolulu on the Waikiki road. It bounds as follows:, on the Northeast side, south of Stephen Reynolds, ninety-eight feet, and in the opposite side, on the Waikiki road running Northwest and Southeast, one hundred & twenty-six feet, and on the Northwest side by the road running towards Punchbowl hill, one hundred & ninety-four feet, and also on the Southeast side by Kaaoaohema's, one hundred & seventy-four feet, by a three foot rule. This being a part & parcel of the land granted to the above said Farmer by Richard Charlton, a subject of Great Brritain, and against the above piece of land, we do hereby certify that there are no other claims whatever.
Signed, by each of us this fourth day of May 1846
Hannah Farmer, Henry Farmer, Robert Farmer, Nancy Farmer
F.T. 63v1
Claim No. 51, Henry Farmer, &c, July 15 [1846]
Stephen Reynolds, Witness sworn stated, that since 1827 or 1828 the claimants had occupied the place now claimed, as far as he could recollect. Witness never knew any person to set up a counter claim to this land. From report he knew that Farmer formerly lived at Pearl river, on the land he got from Kaikeoewa. Kaikeoewa ejected him from that land, and Farmer came up here to live, and witness heard Mr. Charlton often say to Farmer, Go and take off as much as ....
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.... in there. I did not quite understand what was being done, but as for my signature, I think it was written at that time."
G. P. Judd. sworn and stated, "One interest of Charlton was tried by the English government and that property is the property which is close to the beach where Mr. Keaniani is living now. A decision was made in England and the other which was passed here in the Oahu Legislature is for the debt of Charlton to Oswal and Patrickson of San Francisco. Charlton's property was sold by auction to pay for his debt and a half of it was acquired by John Dominis for the government of Hawaii here. This was done two years before the drawing of the bill of land sale which was in the hands of the land commissioners.
I have not seen Charlton's land lease and his interest and I did not see the auction for that property which is toward the mountain. I think it is impossible to understand the layout of that land because the contents of the land lease between Kalaimoku and Charlton were not understood and the corners and perimeter mentioned in that lease were not given attention; therefore, I would not know whether this property belonging to Farmer had extended into Charlton's place by lease or otherwise of the boundaries mentioned in that lease. It has not been made clear to this day the authenticity or otherwise of that land lease. It has not been understood nor has it been denied. Charlton had some rights in a parcel of land lying close to this land belonging to Farmer, but these interests have been sold through an auction by the marshal for Charlton's indebtedness to G? or Oswal and Padrickson."
[Award 51; R.P. 84; Beretania St. Honolulu Kona; 1 ap.; .47 Ac.]