I will do so, thanks, I didn't have a lot of time today [and the temp  
in town was 104, not too nice for walking]. I know at least one was a  
city-dweller, he was a flour miller in Fredericksburg. I know another  
was from Stafford County but I don't know what he did.

Nancy

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

--Daniel Boone



On Jul 18, 2008, at 8:09 PM, Paul Drake wrote:

> Those men each were paying about 2.00 per acre for the privilege of  
> using a
> substantial tract of land for the term of the life.  That was a lot  
> of usage
> for very little money.  For the poor or nearby city dwellers, that  
> small
> acreage, if planted in tobacco, would provide a measure of income  
> that such
> people might find quite important.
>
> Why not try checking the grantor or lessor indices to see what each  
> did with
> his tract and when he did it.
>
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Subject: [VA-ROOTS] any ideas about this?
> ....Dating to 25 October 1849,  "have given, granted, bargained,  
> and sold"
> to each of 56 named
> men, for "the sum paid of $10 in hand" from each man, "being 235
> acres of land" "To have and to hold the said tract or parcel of land
> to them severally for and during the terms of their natural lives"
> and that "I the said Thomas Hill Jr. shall and will warrant and
> defend the said tract or parcel of land during the natural life of
> each one of them free from the claims of all persons whatsoever by
> testimony whereof I have hereto affixed my hand and seal this 25th
> day of October 1849..."
>

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