The original material sounded to me as  if the acreage included a  
parcel of land already his by right of a decision, legal suit, legatee  
of a will etc.

The explanation given of it as including land he previously settled on  
makes sense if you read it as an archaic phrase.

Janice


On Jul 26, 2010, at 4:15 PM, mnicholson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I don't understand, either.  Please explain.  m
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "nelhatch" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 1:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] An explanation, please
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> Thank you, Kathy. That's not at all what I thought it might mean :-)
>
> Nel

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