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My next question..... What is the difference between a PLANTER and a
FARMER.......
Hannah Powell
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From: "Craig Kilby" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Plantations
> Paul,
>
> I concur completely and am glad you posted this. Like many of us on this
> list, we have all read hundreds if not thousands of wills and deeds and I
> find no difference between the term plantation and farm in the records
> from this era. Thanks to Gone With The Wind, the term *plantation* has
> come to be synominous with Tara.
>
> Craig Kilby
>
> On Jun 30, 2009, at 9:07 AM, Paul Heinegg wrote:
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>> If the common usage of a term defines its meaning, then wills and deeds
>> prior to about 1850 refer to a plantation as any tract of land which was
>> planted. An 1806 will refers to a plantation of 19 acres, an 1807 will
>> refers to a plantation of 15 acres, and the words farm and plantation
>> were used interchangeably in an 1844 will.
>> One could determine the common usage by reading enough wills and deeds
>> from the period in question.
>> Paul
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