My next question..... What is the difference between a PLANTER and a 
FARMER.......
Hannah Powell

----- Original Message ----- 
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:
>
>> 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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