This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Curtis Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TmQ.2ACIB/2138 Message Board Post: Notes: some punctuation added. Homestead Book B, 1879 - 1914, Rabun Co., GA, p. 118 Georgia } Rabun County } To the Court of Ordinary of said County the petition of Marinda Curtis wife of A. J. Curtis is a citizen of said County and the head of a family of minor children, Claimes Homestead under Section 2040 of the code of 1873, and acts amendatory thereof as exempt from levy and sale and the following is a full and complete Schedule of the same. one cow & calf $15.00 10 head of Hogs $15.00 $30.00 " Yoke of Steer 30.00 " Wagon 10.00 and fifty dollars worth of Provisions & five dollars worth for each child named James, aged 15 years old, Lula aged 13 yrs old, Lelia aged 11 years old, Nelia aged 8 yrs old, Nancy aged 6 years old, Joseph aged 4 years old, Mary aged 2 yrs. old. 3 beds & Bedding & Common bed steads sufficient for the family, one loom & spinning wheel, 2 pairs Cards, 100# Cotton, common wols of trade of herself[?] and family, & arms of a Malitia Soldier and Troops Horse & ordinary cooking stove utinsils and table crockery ware & Wearing apparel of herself and family, Bible Religious works & school books, 50 bushels of corn, 1000 Bundles of fodder. Respectfully Submitted April 12th 1889. Marinda her x mark Curtis Petitioner My husband A. J. Curtis refusing to Petition Filed and Recorded April 12th 1889 W. S. Long, Ordinary ********************************************** Additional notes: My web sites: http://www.usgennet.org/usa/region/southeast/ http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ridge/3398/