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]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Monday, July 26, 2010 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [VA-ROOTS] An explanation, please > > > Thank you, Kathy. That's not at all what I thought it might mean :-) > > Nel To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html