That's what I thought it might refer to. With people moving around a lot, the heirs were not always about to protect their interest. This case involves land in VA and the heirs had already moved to TN & KY; some of them had been killed by indians and their heirs brought the suit after they grew up and found they'd been left out. HarryB >On second thought maybe he was weaseling in on someone else's part of the inheritance?<