Fred, I have several deeds like this between my father and his father. You probably won't ever find the reasons. The reason they appear to be done at the same time, is they were recorded at the same time. That doesn't mean they were written at the same time. Few people bothered to go to the courthouse to record a deed, unless there was a good reason to do so. (The grantor didn't want to pay taxes, etc.) Teresa Ghee Elliott Any information I give that you can't find in your version of TMG 5.14 is probably due to customization on my part. For Rutherford County TN Cemeteries www.Rutherfordcemeteries.home-page.org For TMG sentences <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rutherfordcemetery/TMG.html> -----Original Message----- From: Fred Rump [mailto:FredRump@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:43 PM To: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [DMU] Re: DEED-MAPPER-USERS-D Digest V04 #31 On 23 Jul 2004 at 11:55, Teresa Ghee Elliott wrote: > Yes, my parents and grandparents did that all the time. There were > various reasons for doing it. (All legal, I might add. <G>) One good > reason would be each child was given two acres when they married. > Grandpa gave the oldest child two acres when he had his first child. > But suddenly, the last child marries, and grandpa is out of land. The > last child is going to live in the home of the oldest child, who has > now moved to a bigger house on the second set of land. So the oldest > child sells the land to grandpa, who then gives it to the youngest > child. > Yes but these are different people involved, right? My people are identical. In my case the answer is probably behind finding out who these Webster people were who were deeded a property which they then deeded right back. The whole thing was done in one swoop. maybe there was money involved which I should be able to find in either a will or a mortgage. In any case, none of this is critical information to me. It's just that I want to know. Typical genealogist in action trying to solve a puzzle for no particular reason. :-) Fred 26 Warren St. Beverly, NJ 08010 FredRump@earthlink.net 609-386-6846 "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) ==== DEED-MAPPER-USERS Mailing List ==== To un-subscribe from DEED-MAPPER-USERS-D (in DIGEST mode), send a message to <DEED-MAPPER-USERS-D-request@rootsweb.com> with just the word "unsubscribe" (no quotes)in the text and turn off your signature. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237