Craig, I am probably older than you are and remember when Income tax started in the US and there was lots of folks who didn't like that. I had a cousin who sent some income tax in during World War 11 and said he did it because of the war but wouldn't continue when the war was over. LOL I joined the classmate .com thing a few years ago and was able to get in touch with class mates I had seen since high school. I enjoyed that very much but they started charging my credit card when they didn't have the authority to do so and they make it almost impossible to get in touch with them. So beware of clicking on anything to do with them. Frances In a message dated 12/12/2008 12:26:34 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, persisto@earthlink.net writes: Susi: To your list of possible ailments might be added narcolepsy. Also we could just take the words for just what they said. We don't know. We weren't there. I think the point here was that the clerk apparently did not like this man, and took it upon himself to write these words for ALL MANKIND TO REMEMBER (ironcially)...so he yet survives today on here, this internet list called Germanna. So that is a good thing. And, you must admit Susi, if you can't find some humor in this, you are really missing the point. Remember the index to this book simply said "Eleazar Robinson exempted from taxes". Well, since he was "dead and buried" I would certainly think so! Also remember, this was in 1782, the year Virginia enacted the property tax and this was April, before the list was made. I have a suspicsion that Eleazar Robinson was quite opposed to this new tax system, and this clerk, or this court, or both, did not appreciate his comments and for all we know, public tirades against it. Hence, his "being exempted" as he was now "dead and buried", etc. You really can't put your modern viewpoints on what what was going on then. The next entry for him was "WIll of Eleazar Robinson Found". This is in the index. The actual entry is a normal presentation of a will, though it was some 9 months later. You can just get a feel that this clerk hated this man, for some reason or another. But that we will probably never know. So......just take it all just for what it is, in those times. We shouldn't force our modern-day opinions on any of these people. I don't think they'd much appreciate it. Craig On Dec 12, 2008, at 3:00 AM, germanna_colonies-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > WEll that is sad. HOW intolerate we were of our fellow mans ills. > Today t > here is a term for that. > Sleep APnea for one. Diabetic another. I wonder are we really > more > tolerant and understanding. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GERMANNA_COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message **************Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000010)