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.