Don Kimes wrote 7 Nov: > > Jacob and his wife sold land in 1822. I never found when they > bought it, maybe they homesteaded it or as part of a land grant. > Brousing through the info on the Meigs Co, OH site, I found the above item and ran across another listing related to land - dated earlier: Jan 14, 1819. A John Kimes was listed as one of the trustees. See --> http://genealogy.org/~baf/deeds/deed_index.html#K Has another seen this document? What does it mean...... Abraham Kimes was leasing the land OR the trustees were leasing land that belonged to Abraham Kimes?