This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Xd.2ADE/1490 Message Board Post: I have come across a phrase in this minute book that I'm not familiar with & wondered if anyone could help me with its meaning. "...Martha B. RUFFIN has committed waste and removed without the limits of Georgia.". What does "committed waste" mean?