My great grandfather, from Powhatan County, was listed in childhood
records as Thomas C. Fowler. Once he joined the Confederate Army [I
believe he was 17] and forever after, he was Clifford T. Fowler. I've
had problems with several ancestors who are listed only with middle
initial, not middle name, and I suppose, based on the handwriting,
the middle initial is listed as different in several sources. It's
proving impossible [so far] to find the entire middle name spelled
out, which would solve the problem.
Nancy
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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
--Daniel Boone
On Feb 7, 2009, at 12:54 PM, Mickey Fournier wrote:
> You reminded me of a funny story. My ancestor, Richard Carter, was
> on the
> early tax lists of Halifax County as Richard Carter, Gunsmith. In
> later
> years that was shortened to G.S. sometimes. Somebody published a
> book of
> tax lists, last name first in lieu of an index. On Ancestry
> recently, I had
> to do a double take. Somebody shows him as Richard George Simeon
> Carter.
>
> But in a signature, I doubt it would have had another meaning.
> Sometimes
> people who were commonly called by their middle names turned them
> around.
> Richard Daniel to Daniel Richard. Are you sure he wasn't using a
> funny
> looking R?
>
>
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