Hennigs Statutes records that processioners are to be appointed by the church wardens and be "two intelligent, honest Freeholders." A Freeholder would be an owner of land and hence of age. Honest Freeholder is repeated in the wording of the statute and the reading by me appears to put a burden of honesty and accuracy upon the processioners. Further in the section covering processing is regulation pertaining to land owned by person under age, a woman, mentally deficient person, etc. which extends the time of boundary lines as processioned for 6 years. This is to protect the above persons. Freddie Spradling has posted these statutes on line---Bless his soul---for all of us to read. Tree Mother On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:07 PM, Thelma Glover <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Instructions for processioning land laid out in Hennings Statutes At Large, > Chapter XIII, Oct, 1710. > Subject: [VA-ROOTS] Processioning Minimum Age > > > What can we assume from the processioning records? Was the minimum age for > processioning 21? Or did they welcome the efforts of younger gentlemen? > Thanks for your thoughts! --Sally Phillips > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > -- "She is insane, of course. The family history has become a mania for her." Hercule Poirot http://www.FrontPorchRockerNews.blogspot.com http://www.familytreedna.com/public/Langford This project includes Lankford spelling also. "Truth and reason are eternal. They have prevailed. And they will eternally prevail; however, in times and places they may be overborne for a while by violence, military, civil, or ecclesiastical." --Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, 1810 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html