probably 99.99% - Ha -----Original Message----- From: Rhio <rhioreh@mail.com> To: ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com <ARMARION-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, August 28, 2000 11:00 AM Subject: Land purchases in AR >Mysty, > >Is there a reason why land was purchased in 40 acre plots in AR? Why >would Thomas Jefferson buy 2 40 acre plots instead of one 80 acre >plot? I seem to recall a reason for this but it escapes me. > >Also, Thomas uses his middle initial of J., sometimes, but at other >times he uses no initial. I don't find him in Rutherford Co., NC as >using his middle initial. I also haven't found any record of him owning >property in Rutherford Co., NC even though he held office in that >state. When did the law change for having to own property to vote? I >know that many of the records for Iredell Co. were burned - another >burned county. I get all the luck. Two burned counties - what are the >odds of your ancestors ending up in two burned counties? > >B) >