Marsha, I am very interested in tracking this John Henslee Sr. Have you had any luck in finding him? Cindy Henslee Stamps --- On Wed, 9/9/09, marsha moses <mosesm@earthlink.net> wrote: > From: marsha moses <mosesm@earthlink.net> > Subject: [HENSLEY] Pittsylvania County, VA > To: hensley@rootsweb.com, clan-mackenzie@rootsweb.com > Cc: mackenzie@rootsweb.com > Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 4:11 PM > I am reading through some pages that > I copied at the Library of  > Virginia on a visit last April. > > These pages were taken from a book called > > The Book of Estrays Pittsylvania County Virginia 1773-1782 > by Lucille C. Payne  1994 > > Ms. Payne explains that early settlers of Southside > Virginia allowed  > their domestic stock to roam free through the fields > and  > forests.  ....To identify their own animals, pioneer > residents  > marked .....with patterns of their own design.  On the > other hand,  > trouble was threatened when an animal bearing an unfamiliar > earmark  > mingled with the local herd.  THis might call for > legal action or,  > more likely, a confrontation with an armed individual who > had missed  > one of his animals. > > .....When a stray animal strayed onto a farm, the owner was > quick to  > report its prescence and free himself of suspicion.  > The event was  > recorded in a book reserved for this purpose.... > > In many instances, several persons of good character were > appointed to  > view the stray and set its value in current money. > > The book reserved for this purpose was title the Estray > Book or simply  > the Stray Book...THe two books of this nature in the > Pittsylvania  > County Courthouse have a great amount of information of > interest to  > the historian and genealogist.  Many persons are > listed by date and  > location, and many place names occur only in these > books.  No index  > for these books has been made.  ..... > > on page 35 of Ms. Payne's book is the following: > > George Herndon > Taken up by the subscriber on Stanton River near the mouth > of Pigg  > river a Chestnut Sorrell horse.....[description > follows]  George Herndon > > We the subscribers being first sworn before a justice of > the peace  > have appraised above Stray horse to ten pounds current > money of  > Virginia.  Witness our hands this 22nd day of May > 1777 > William Terry   John Henselee > Sr   Daniel McKinsey > > Can anyone tell me just who this John Henselee Sr. > is?  And who Daniel  > McKinsey might be as well? > > > On page 79 there is a reference to Aaron McKinsey who has > found three  > stray Cattle....any ideas who this man is?  Aaron is > found again on  > page 96 having found three year old stear on Turkey > Cock  > Creek....marsha Moses > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HENSLEY-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the > subject and the body of the message >