One of my own ancestors, who was an elderly widower when he died, had
a hogge  and some pigges, and 5 horses, but not a single cow. It was
noted how much Virginians loved their horses. They'd ride them
everywhere, even for the shortest trip. A joke was that a Virginian
would walk two miles to get his horse so he could ride it one mile.

Nancy

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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.

--Daniel Boone



On Jan 7, 2007, at 6:41 AM, Sunshine49 wrote:

> If you look at the wills and inventories of estates of the early
> middle class and lower middle class, often they had 'hogges' and
> 'pigges', a horse or two [or more], but no cattle. Pork seemed to
> have been very important in the early diet, and I'm talking well into
> the 18th century. But hogs were quite often left to roam a forest or
> an island [there are  many "Hog Islands" still in existence], to live
> off the land, acorns, beech mast, etc. So if people started thinking
> they could just go out and steal somebody's hogs, it could seriously
> impact some settler and his family.  So I guess the law had to take
> such a theft quite seriously, to discourage it.
>
> Nancy
>
> -------
> I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
>
> --Daniel Boone
>
>
>
> On Jan 7, 2007, at 5:06 AM, Clara Callahan wrote:
>
>> I am curious about two things described in this write-up:
>>
>>   http://www.getchwood.com/punishments/curious/chapter-11.html
>>
>>   Pouring cold water down someone's sleeve doesn't sound like much
>> of a punishment when compared to branding, whipping, lopping and
>> chopping.  Is anyone familiar with this type of punishment in early
>> Virginia?
>>
>>   What's with the hogs?  I've seen many early Virginia court
>> records which involved hog stealing and the consequences.  Why was
>> the punishment so severe and was hog theft more of an offense than
>> cow theft?  If so, was it because pork could be cured and kept
>> longer than beef?
>>
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