Warren, Great point! I have inventories from two wills-1832 and 1840 and neither lists any guns. The one in 1832 (Deacon Benjamin Carter) lists several Bibles, hymnals, psalm books, but no guns. The other one (Silas Carter) only lists one Bible and gets down to the 17 cord of oak wood, but no guns. {Note: 1832 lists as Killingworth; 1840 is Clinton.} Could they have been called something else? Could it have been exempt from inheritance or tax? Janece Carter Streig [email protected]

There was no inheritance tax back then. The only thing I can think of is that the old men gave their guns away before they died. Maybe they were too old to fight or hunt and so passed them along to someone who could use them. Warren ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 9:38 PM Subject: [CTMID] Guns listed in Wills | Warren, | | Great point! | | I have inventories from two wills-1832 and 1840 and neither lists any guns. | The one in 1832 (Deacon Benjamin Carter) lists several Bibles, hymnals, psalm | books, but no guns. The other one (Silas Carter) only lists one Bible and | gets down to the 17 cord of oak wood, but no guns. {Note: 1832 lists as | Killingworth; 1840 is Clinton.} | | Could they have been called something else? Could it have been exempt from | inheritance or tax? | | Janece Carter Streig | [email protected] | | | ==== CTMIDDLE Mailing List ==== | Visit the Godfrey Memorial Library Website | http://www.godfrey.org | Middletown, Middlesex Co., CT | | ============================== | To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: | http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 | |