My great grandfather, from Powhatan County, was listed in childhood  
records as Thomas C. Fowler. Once he joined the Confederate Army [I  
believe he was 17] and forever after, he was Clifford T. Fowler. I've  
had problems with several ancestors who are listed only with middle  
initial, not middle name, and I suppose, based on the handwriting,  
the middle initial is listed as different in several sources. It's  
proving impossible [so far] to find the entire middle name spelled  
out, which would solve the problem.

Nancy

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

--Daniel Boone



On Feb 7, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Mickey Fournier wrote:

> You reminded me of a funny story.  My ancestor, Richard Carter, was  
> on the
> early tax lists of Halifax County as Richard Carter, Gunsmith.  In  
> later
> years that was shortened to G.S. sometimes.  Somebody published a  
> book of
> tax lists, last name first in lieu of an index.  On Ancestry  
> recently, I had
> to do a double take.  Somebody shows him as Richard George Simeon  
> Carter.
>
> But in a signature, I doubt it would have had another meaning.   
> Sometimes
> people who were commonly called by their middle names turned them  
> around.
> Richard Daniel to Daniel Richard.  Are you sure he wasn't using a  
> funny
> looking R?
>
>

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