Locus sigilli "in place of the seal" Used on legal documents where a a seal would have been placed; i.e., in a recorded instrument to indicate the seal on the original document The S.G. on the tax list was an identifier. It referred to something that would identify your relative--i.e., sometimes this was a physical feature near where he lived. Barbara Vines Little, CG Dominion Research Services PO Box 1273 Orange, VA 22960 540-832-3473 (7-10 p.m.; all day Sunday) [log in to unmask] CG, Certified Genealogist, is a service mark of the Board for Certification of Genealogists, used under license by board certified genealogists after periodic evaluation, and the board name is registered in the US Patent & Trademark Office. Diana Bennett wrote: > Recently I was checking the tax rolls of the 1830's in King & Queen Co. VA. After my ancestor's name was "S.G." What does that mean? > > Another in Orange Co when signing a deed were the letters L S. ?? > > Diana Bennett > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html