HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld HBG, You wrote: "But I understood the question about Hatcher being made levy free had to do his being released from paying the tithable charge." You are correct. I will repeat the only ref I have to this William. 1755 Lunenburg "Hatcher Levy free On the Petition of William Hatcher and for Reasons appearing he is Exonorated from the Payment of Public & County Levies for the Future." To me, the above does not tell me what kind of "levies", taxes, tithables or property, real or personal, that he was exempted from. I just have no clue how to interpret this exemption. How does one interpret "public & county levies"? Nel To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html