I don't believe I've ever heard this comment before. (Obviously just an amateur enthusiast, here.) Thank you for posting.

Janice


-----Original Message-----
From: James Burnett <[log in to unmask]>
To: VA-ROOTS <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wed, Jan 9, 2013 8:35 am
Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] Then and Now 1736 to 2013 Horse Pen Branch in Amelia County VA


Please be careful with using this direction. It generally is NOT the
direction to the property but the direction of the road leaving the
courthouse that one would use to get to the property. Big Difference.

On Mon, Jan 7, 2013 at 8:25 PM, <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Sometimes the tax books give the direction and miles the property
> is located from the courthouse.  I've found this in the later 1800s.
>



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