Anyone who has not read Martha Ballard's Diary (link at the dohistory.org website that Billie lists) is missing out on a great read. I bought the book years ago and thought it was one of the most interesting books I had ever read. It gives an understanding of just how hard things were in the early years of this country and its social mores.
Pay attention to the winter weather she mentions, this country was settled at the end of the Little Ice Age (1300-1850) and it is clearly shown in this diary.
Clay
--- On Tue, 12/28/10, Billie <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Billie <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] 1750 era wills and inventories
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 12:20 PM
> I have really enjoyed this
> conversation because it
> has been a source of my own interest and experience.
> Here's a link to one site I found by googling. http://dohistory.org/on_your_own/toolkit/writing.html
> I know from experience that many incidences in my own
> research
> have been misleading because of the way the Capital L and
> Capital S
> were written. (ex: Lemuel or Lamuel was transcribed as
> Samuel)
> By looking at the website and the examples, you can easily
> see
> what I'm referring to.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James Burnett" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2010 10:25:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] 1750 era wills and inventories
>
> Janice
> Pardon my ignorance here but what is an "Online deciphering
> site"?
>
> On Mon, Dec 27, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Janice <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > If you have a copy of the original document you've
> most likely already
> > tried to find another word that you are certain
> contains a 'g' for
> > comparison. If it is a 'g' it could also be
> pronounced as in the word
> > 'cargo'. If there are a number of odd spellings
> present the word might have
> > been meant as 'keg'.
> >
> > Then again, it could be cage as we know it. I guess
> some animals would need
> > one for transportation to market, etc.
> >
> > Have you tried one of the online deciphering sites?
> >
> > Janice
> >
> >
> > On Dec 26, 2010, at 12:46 PM, Madaline Preston <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > In Frederick Co., VA John Chambers' will
> was administered by John Frost -
> >> 8
> >> Jun 1748. I find no other documents re: John
> until 1762 when an appraisal
> >> is recorded in the Fred. Co. court records for
> John Chambers.
> >>
> >> In the experience of the VA-List what possibility
> is there that it took 14
> >> years to settle his estate in this wilderness
> area?
> >>
> >> Question two: His minimal possessions
> included the usual plow, mare,
> >> chest,
> >> jacket, breeches....a tomhawk (that's how it is
> spelled in the docoument)
> >> and the one thing that I am curious about .....a
> cage. Would cage be
> >> synonymous with trap? Surely they trapped
> animals for their fur but why
> >> would be the use of a cage and why would it be
> identified outside the....
> >>
> >
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> Douglas Burnett
> Satellite Beach
> FL
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