Here's one that I have been mulling over for years: My gr-gr-grandfather is listed in the 8th Election District, Worcester County MD (1850 Census). Anyone have any idea where one might find a description, or better still, a map of the 8th District in 1850? Roy C. Pollitt

Is the microfilm at Nabb organized in any way? Could I go there and search only in a specific area? Or do I have to go through everything in there until I get to what I am looking for? I know my Lynches were from around the Selbyville/Milford/Roxana area per a conversation with my grandfather (who was born in Clarkesville) many years ago. I want to search the tax records, I guess. I can't find any evidence that they owned any land but I know they farmed and I am sure they had to pay taxes. I cannot figure out any other way to look for them. So far, there is nothing. Any suggestions? Thanks for any input, Teresa

It is important work and since you are willing to share it what about at http://www.usgwarchives.net/de/sussex/index.htm On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 11:20 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, the summary is on 20 pages, so probably not the best idea. > > Here is a sample - Roll # 002 (It is being sent nicely lined up and with > bullet points. Lord only knows what it will look like when you receive > it!) > Andrew > > > 4535 000 000 Board of Assessments, Sussex County > Roll 0002 > Assessment Books Baltimore Hundred (Delinquent) to Nanticoke Hundred > Beginning: 1780 Ending: 1796 > Entry 131702 > * 1780 Baltimore Hundred - Delinquent > * 1780 Broad Creek Hundred - Delinquent > * 1781 Delinquent List > * 1781 Lewes & Rehoboth Delinquents > * 1782 Baltimore Hundred Delinquents > * 1784 County Rates for Taxables Continental Tax > * 1784 Cedar Creek Hundred Delinquent > * 1785 - 1790 Public Lists > * 1787 - Delinquents > * 1788 - Baltimore Hundred > * 1788 - Broad Creek Hundred > * 1788 - Broadkill Hundred > * 1788-89 Broadkill Delinquent > * 1788 Cedar Creek > * 1788 Dagsboro > * 1788 Little Creek Hundred > * 1788 Nanticoke Hundred > * 1789 Baltimore Hundred > * 1789 Baltimore Hundred Delinquent > * 1789 Broad Creek Hundred > * 1789 Broad Creek & Little Creek Hd. Delinquent > * 1789 Broadkill > * 1789 Cedar Creek Hundred > * 1789 Cedar Creek Hundred Delinquent > * 1789 Dagsborough > * 1789 Dagsborough Delinquent > * 1789 Indian River Hundred > * 1789 Indian River Hundred Delinquent > * 1789 Lewes & Rehoboth Delinquent > * 1789 Little Creek Hundred > * 1789 Little Creek Hd. Delinquent > * 1789 Nanticoke Hundred > * 1789 North West Fork Hundred > * 1789 North West Fork Hundred Delinquent > * 1790 Baltimore Hundred > * 1790 Broadkill Hundred > * 1790 Broadkill Hundred Delinquent > * 1790 Cedar Creek Hundred > * 1790 Cedar Creek Hundred Delinquent > * 1790 Dagsborough > * 1790 Indian River Hd. > * 1790 Indian River Hd. Delinquent > * 1790 Lewes & Rehoboth Delinquent > * 1790 Little Creek Hd. > * 1790 Little Creek Hd. Delinquent > * 1790 Nanticoke Hundred > * 1790 Nanticoke Hundred - Delinquent > * 1790 North West Fork Hundred > * 1790 North West Fork Hundred Delinquent > * 1791 Baltimore Hundred > * 1791 Broad Creek Hundred > * 1791 Broadkill Hundred > * 1791 Cedar Creek Hundred > * 1791 Dagsborough > * 1791 Little Creek Hd. > * 1791 Nanticoke Hundred > * 1791 North West Fork Hundred > * 1792 Nanticoke Hundred Delinquent > * 1794 Indian River Hd. Delinquent > * Cedar Creek - No Dates - Between 1795 - 1812 > * 1795 Baltimore Hd. > * 1795 Broadkill Hd. > * 1795 Broadkill Hd. Delinquent > * 1795 Cedar Creek Hundred > * 1795 Cedar Creek Hundred Delinquent > * 1795 Little Creek Hd. > * 1795 Nanticoke Hd. > > * 1795 North West Fork > * 1796 Cedar Creek Hd. > * 1796 Dagsborough Hd. > * 1796 Little Creek Hd. > * 1796 Nanticoke Hd. > > > In a message dated 6/29/2010 11:07:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Could you post it here? > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Pursuant to what Elizabeth suggested, I spent a great deal of time this > > past winter (at home; at night) going through the Sussex County Tax > Lists > > contained in Microfilm Rolls 001 - 008, purchased from the DE Archives, > > which > > covered the period from ~ 1767 through ~ 1861. I found them extremely > > helpful in placing people, and especially enjoyed and found helpful the > > occasional tax assessor's comment like "gon to sea" or "moved to Ohio" > or > > "gon to > > Caintucky" or "died". I was lucky to have found many entries on the > > people > > I was researching, and highly recommend their use (to those who have > very > > good eyes, and lots of time). > > > > As I went through the films, I kept a running list of which of what was > on > > each roll, in order. I'd be happy to email this to anyone who is > > interested. > > > > Andrew Huston > > > > > > In a message dated 6/29/2010 8:47:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > > [email protected] writes: > > > > > > Is the microfilm at Nabb organized in any way? Could I go there and > search > > only in a specific area? > > Or do I have to go through everything in there until I get to what I am > > looking for? > > > > I know my Lynches were from around the Selbyville/Milford/Roxana area > per > > a conversation with my grandfather > > (who was born in Clarkesville) many years ago. I want to search the tax > > records, I guess. > > I can't find any evidence that they owned any land but I know they > farmed > > and I am sure they had to pay taxes. > > > > I cannot figure out any other way to look for them. So far, there is > > nothing. > > Any suggestions? > > > > Thanks for any input, > > > > Teresa > > *************************************** > > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in > > the subject and the body of the message > > > > *************************************** > > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > -- > Marjorie > "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and > to > play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

Well, the summary is on 20 pages, so probably not the best idea. Here is a sample - Roll # 002 (It is being sent nicely lined up and with bullet points. Lord only knows what it will look like when you receive it!) Andrew 4535 000 000 Board of Assessments, Sussex County Roll 0002 Assessment Books Baltimore Hundred (Delinquent) to Nanticoke Hundred Beginning: 1780 Ending: 1796 Entry 131702 * 1780 Baltimore Hundred - Delinquent * 1780 Broad Creek Hundred - Delinquent * 1781 Delinquent List * 1781 Lewes & Rehoboth Delinquents * 1782 Baltimore Hundred Delinquents * 1784 County Rates for Taxables Continental Tax * 1784 Cedar Creek Hundred Delinquent * 1785 - 1790 Public Lists * 1787 - Delinquents * 1788 - Baltimore Hundred * 1788 - Broad Creek Hundred * 1788 - Broadkill Hundred * 1788-89 Broadkill Delinquent * 1788 Cedar Creek * 1788 Dagsboro * 1788 Little Creek Hundred * 1788 Nanticoke Hundred * 1789 Baltimore Hundred * 1789 Baltimore Hundred Delinquent * 1789 Broad Creek Hundred * 1789 Broad Creek & Little Creek Hd. Delinquent * 1789 Broadkill * 1789 Cedar Creek Hundred * 1789 Cedar Creek Hundred Delinquent * 1789 Dagsborough * 1789 Dagsborough Delinquent * 1789 Indian River Hundred * 1789 Indian River Hundred Delinquent * 1789 Lewes & Rehoboth Delinquent * 1789 Little Creek Hundred * 1789 Little Creek Hd. Delinquent * 1789 Nanticoke Hundred * 1789 North West Fork Hundred * 1789 North West Fork Hundred Delinquent * 1790 Baltimore Hundred * 1790 Broadkill Hundred * 1790 Broadkill Hundred Delinquent * 1790 Cedar Creek Hundred * 1790 Cedar Creek Hundred Delinquent * 1790 Dagsborough * 1790 Indian River Hd. * 1790 Indian River Hd. Delinquent * 1790 Lewes & Rehoboth Delinquent * 1790 Little Creek Hd. * 1790 Little Creek Hd. Delinquent * 1790 Nanticoke Hundred * 1790 Nanticoke Hundred - Delinquent * 1790 North West Fork Hundred * 1790 North West Fork Hundred Delinquent * 1791 Baltimore Hundred * 1791 Broad Creek Hundred * 1791 Broadkill Hundred * 1791 Cedar Creek Hundred * 1791 Dagsborough * 1791 Little Creek Hd. * 1791 Nanticoke Hundred * 1791 North West Fork Hundred * 1792 Nanticoke Hundred Delinquent * 1794 Indian River Hd. Delinquent * Cedar Creek - No Dates - Between 1795 - 1812 * 1795 Baltimore Hd. * 1795 Broadkill Hd. * 1795 Broadkill Hd. Delinquent * 1795 Cedar Creek Hundred * 1795 Cedar Creek Hundred Delinquent * 1795 Little Creek Hd. * 1795 Nanticoke Hd. * 1795 North West Fork * 1796 Cedar Creek Hd. * 1796 Dagsborough Hd. * 1796 Little Creek Hd. * 1796 Nanticoke Hd. In a message dated 6/29/2010 11:07:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Could you post it here? On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Pursuant to what Elizabeth suggested, I spent a great deal of time this > past winter (at home; at night) going through the Sussex County Tax Lists > contained in Microfilm Rolls 001 - 008, purchased from the DE Archives, > which > covered the period from ~ 1767 through ~ 1861. I found them extremely > helpful in placing people, and especially enjoyed and found helpful the > occasional tax assessor's comment like "gon to sea" or "moved to Ohio" or > "gon to > Caintucky" or "died". I was lucky to have found many entries on the > people > I was researching, and highly recommend their use (to those who have very > good eyes, and lots of time). > > As I went through the films, I kept a running list of which of what was on > each roll, in order. I'd be happy to email this to anyone who is > interested. > > Andrew Huston > > > In a message dated 6/29/2010 8:47:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Is the microfilm at Nabb organized in any way? Could I go there and search > only in a specific area? > Or do I have to go through everything in there until I get to what I am > looking for? > > I know my Lynches were from around the Selbyville/Milford/Roxana area per > a conversation with my grandfather > (who was born in Clarkesville) many years ago. I want to search the tax > records, I guess. > I can't find any evidence that they owned any land but I know they farmed > and I am sure they had to pay taxes. > > I cannot figure out any other way to look for them. So far, there is > nothing. > Any suggestions? > > Thanks for any input, > > Teresa > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? 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Could you post it here? On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Pursuant to what Elizabeth suggested, I spent a great deal of time this > past winter (at home; at night) going through the Sussex County Tax Lists > contained in Microfilm Rolls 001 - 008, purchased from the DE Archives, > which > covered the period from ~ 1767 through ~ 1861. I found them extremely > helpful in placing people, and especially enjoyed and found helpful the > occasional tax assessor's comment like "gon to sea" or "moved to Ohio" or > "gon to > Caintucky" or "died". I was lucky to have found many entries on the > people > I was researching, and highly recommend their use (to those who have very > good eyes, and lots of time). > > As I went through the films, I kept a running list of which of what was on > each roll, in order. I'd be happy to email this to anyone who is > interested. > > Andrew Huston > > > In a message dated 6/29/2010 8:47:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Is the microfilm at Nabb organized in any way? Could I go there and search > only in a specific area? > Or do I have to go through everything in there until I get to what I am > looking for? > > I know my Lynches were from around the Selbyville/Milford/Roxana area per > a conversation with my grandfather > (who was born in Clarkesville) many years ago. I want to search the tax > records, I guess. > I can't find any evidence that they owned any land but I know they farmed > and I am sure they had to pay taxes. > > I cannot figure out any other way to look for them. So far, there is > nothing. > Any suggestions? > > Thanks for any input, > > Teresa > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

Roy, Yes... I bought a used one fairly cheaply on eBay. It is manual, and very cumbersome, but it works. Another option for people outside of Delmarva (like me) would be to buy the films from the Archives, and then take them to a local library that has a microfilm reader. My local library is open short hours, so that wouldn't have worked for me. My microfilm reader does not have a printer attached (that version is quite expensive), so I kept careful notes of the pages I wanted to copy. When I get a chance, I will go to a place that has a reader/printer, and print out the pages I want. Andrew In a message dated 6/29/2010 10:46:08 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Andrew, Just curious. Do you own a microfilm reader? Roy C Pollitt *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Andrew, Just curious. Do you own a microfilm reader? Roy C Pollitt

Pursuant to what Elizabeth suggested, I spent a great deal of time this past winter (at home; at night) going through the Sussex County Tax Lists contained in Microfilm Rolls 001 - 008, purchased from the DE Archives, which covered the period from ~ 1767 through ~ 1861. I found them extremely helpful in placing people, and especially enjoyed and found helpful the occasional tax assessor's comment like "gon to sea" or "moved to Ohio" or "gon to Caintucky" or "died". I was lucky to have found many entries on the people I was researching, and highly recommend their use (to those who have very good eyes, and lots of time). As I went through the films, I kept a running list of which of what was on each roll, in order. I'd be happy to email this to anyone who is interested. Andrew Huston In a message dated 6/29/2010 8:47:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Is the microfilm at Nabb organized in any way? Could I go there and search only in a specific area? Or do I have to go through everything in there until I get to what I am looking for? I know my Lynches were from around the Selbyville/Milford/Roxana area per a conversation with my grandfather (who was born in Clarkesville) many years ago. I want to search the tax records, I guess. I can't find any evidence that they owned any land but I know they farmed and I am sure they had to pay taxes. I cannot figure out any other way to look for them. So far, there is nothing. Any suggestions? Thanks for any input, Teresa *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I would like to second Andrew's great suggestion for those who might have the opportunity to go through these lists. I did so at the Archives in Dover several years ago, and found them immensely valuable. The actual entries are often very descriptive. A couple examples of my ancestors: 1803 Nanticoke Hundred George Newbold "Valuation of George Newbold: 145 acres; 1 mare; 2 colts; 1 cow & calf; 1 sow & 10 shoats; 7 sheep." Tax $934. 1803 Dagsboro Hundred Francis Newbold "Valuation of Francis Newbold: 150 acres; 1 mare; 2 pair steers; 1 cow & calf; 3 sheep; 1 sow & pig." Tax $409. 1815 Nanticoke Hundred Francis Newbold "No land. Only personal poll tax applied." Tax $144. Review of these lists enabled me to track movements [I found both George and Francis in both Dagsboro and Nanticoke Hundreds]; enhance understanding of land ownership as found in Sussex land transactions [for instance, land sales by Francis Newbold in 1813 and 1815 -- the 1815 Tax list revealed he had no more land taxable]; and get a general idea of the relative wealth of the individuals I was interested in. I'm surprised that someone has not yet transcribed these lists into a publishable form. I seem to remember that the Del Genealogical Society had started such a project some time ago, but I never heard if it ever got anywhere. Anyway --- highly recommend anyone with Sussex ancestors between the dates these lists cover to review these if possible. Great source! Cree Newbold Franklin TN -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 9:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LDR] Nabb Center Pursuant to what Elizabeth suggested, I spent a great deal of time this past winter (at home; at night) going through the Sussex County Tax Lists contained in Microfilm Rolls 001 - 008, purchased from the DE Archives, which covered the period from ~ 1767 through ~ 1861. I found them extremely helpful in placing people, and especially enjoyed and found helpful the occasional tax assessor's comment like "gon to sea" or "moved to Ohio" or "gon to Caintucky" or "died". I was lucky to have found many entries on the people I was researching, and highly recommend their use (to those who have very good eyes, and lots of time). As I went through the films, I kept a running list of which of what was on each roll, in order. I'd be happy to email this to anyone who is interested. Andrew Huston In a message dated 6/29/2010 8:47:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Is the microfilm at Nabb organized in any way? Could I go there and search only in a specific area? Or do I have to go through everything in there until I get to what I am looking for? I know my Lynches were from around the Selbyville/Milford/Roxana area per a conversation with my grandfather (who was born in Clarkesville) many years ago. I want to search the tax records, I guess. I can't find any evidence that they owned any land but I know they farmed and I am sure they had to pay taxes. I cannot figure out any other way to look for them. So far, there is nothing. Any suggestions? Thanks for any input, Teresa *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John, thank you for taking another look at this. Yes, I meant Richard's Addition (sigh!) I have been looking at too many Additions! Murray's Addition was the name of James Murray Jr's resurvey in PA of what had been Addition 50 acres pat Wo 1760 by him. Then in Shankland's DE resurvey of Murray's Addition it was called new Addition and ended up with 276-45 for 231 acres. I found in a later DE deed that the final Addition included Bush, 22 acres pat 1755 by James SR., father of Richard. I was speculating that Richard's Addition was part of this but if it lay in MD then it was not. Your revised placement of Cow Quarter jibes with my notion of where it was when I visited my great uncle's farm in the 1940s. On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 5:40 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: By MURRAYS ADDITION, I take it you mean RICHARDS ADDITION (Wo Patented Cert 2156). It lay just south of the State line, touching U.S. 113 on its east. Its northern edge came close to what is shown as Morris Road when I look at Google Maps southwest of Selbyville. There's a little stream through there which would be (or have been called) Pig Pen Branch, of which RICHARDS ADDITION was "south". > > COW QUARTER, a Jehu (not John) Mumford survey, was Wo Patented Cert > 649, on the "NE side of Pig Pen Swamp near an Erasmus Harrison survey" > (which was HARRISONS OUTLET, Wo Cert 1219). Harrison's survey was also > just south of the State line, on the west side of RICHARDS ADDITION. > My sense years ago was that this description would place COW QUARTER > south of the line, too, but that really isn't possible, so it must have > been just above the line in Sussex, and thus "reasonably close enough" > to conform to its assertion of being "near" Harrison's land. I'd say > just north of RICHARDS ADDITION. > > Finally, your "William Stevens" reference is to the same COW QUARTER. > Stevens held the warrant, which he assigned to Mumford. > > All these should be findable in plats.net, with all images in order. > Just go to "Patented Certs" and find them by their cert numbers. > > John > > > -----Original Message----- > From: marjorie adams <[email protected]> > To: LDR <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 11:34 am > Subject: [LDR] Pigg Pen Branch > > > Would like to pin point Pigg Pen Branch on a map. It is mentioned in Wor > survey 15 Feb 1760 for Richard Murray, "Murray's Addition." I believe > this > tract was in DE after 1776, w of now Selbyville at the state line. Pig > Penn > Swamp is mentioned in David Murray's 1797 deed for "Cow's Quarter " and > described as "Cow Quarter" 100A bought fr Dagworthy Jones for 60#--low > ground NE of Pigpen (I think I have seen this as Pigeon) Swamp E of > Pocomoke > River near land surveyed for Erasmus Harrison. > ( CQ pat 14 May 1760 by William Stevens MSA) My sense is that Cow > Quarter > was south of now Gumboro Rd (Cypress Swamp Rd) > > Another mystery: where is the Cow Quarter pat 14 May 1760 by John > Mumford in > Dryden--no description? > > *************************************** > QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? > Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: > http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

Speaking only from memory, the films I have searched are organized by type of record, and by county. What sort of information do you seek on them? Just where exactly they were? I am not sure that the tax records would necessarily show that, judging from those I have reviewed (which were from the early 1800s). I think that the LDS also has this information, and perhaps it might be more convenient to work with them? The traffic in Salisbury is my worst nightmare. I do know that the tax records are available on film (for purchase) from the Delaware Public Archives also. Then you could take as much time as you want to go through them. Every time I nail down one person, I find 100 more at whom I need to look, so sometimes having everything makes it easier than going back. Elizabeth In a message dated 6/29/2010 8:47:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Is the microfilm at Nabb organized in any way? Could I go there and search only in a specific area? Or do I have to go through everything in there until I get to what I am looking for? I know my Lynches were from around the Selbyville/Milford/Roxana area per a conversation with my grandfather (who was born in Clarkesville) many years ago. I want to search the tax records, I guess. I can't find any evidence that they owned any land but I know they farmed and I am sure they had to pay taxes. I cannot figure out any other way to look for them. So far, there is nothing. Any suggestions? Thanks for any input, Teresa *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

By MURRAYS ADDITION, I take it you mean RICHARDS ADDITION (Wo Patented Cert 2156). It lay just south of the State line, touching U.S. 113 on its east. Its northern edge came close to what is shown as Morris Road when I look at Google Maps southwest of Selbyville. There's a little stream through there which would be (or have been called) Pig Pen Branch, of which RICHARDS ADDITION was "south". COW QUARTER, a Jehu (not John) Mumford survey, was Wo Patented Cert 649, on the "NE side of Pig Pen Swamp near an Erasmus Harrison survey" (which was HARRISONS OUTLET, Wo Cert 1219). Harrison's survey was also just south of the State line, on the west side of RICHARDS ADDITION. My sense years ago was that this description would place COW QUARTER south of the line, too, but that really isn't possible, so it must have been just above the line in Sussex, and thus "reasonably close enough" to conform to its assertion of being "near" Harrison's land. I'd say just north of RICHARDS ADDITION. Finally, your "William Stevens" reference is to the same COW QUARTER. Stevens held the warrant, which he assigned to Mumford. All these should be findable in plats.net, with all images in order. Just go to "Patented Certs" and find them by their cert numbers. John -----Original Message----- From: marjorie adams <[email protected]> To: LDR <[email protected]> Sent: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 11:34 am Subject: [LDR] Pigg Pen Branch Would like to pin point Pigg Pen Branch on a map. It is mentioned in Wor survey 15 Feb 1760 for Richard Murray, "Murray's Addition." I believe this tract was in DE after 1776, w of now Selbyville at the state line. Pig Penn Swamp is mentioned in David Murray's 1797 deed for "Cow's Quarter " and described as "Cow Quarter" 100A bought fr Dagworthy Jones for 60#--low ground NE of Pigpen (I think I have seen this as Pigeon) Swamp E of Pocomoke River near land surveyed for Erasmus Harrison. ( CQ pat 14 May 1760 by William Stevens MSA) My sense is that Cow Quarter was south of now Gumboro Rd (Cypress Swamp Rd) Another mystery: where is the Cow Quarter pat 14 May 1760 by John Mumford in Dryden--no description?

Hello List, I have 3 questions about the KING'S listed above. Q. Was Caldwell KING the actual father of the Sothey KING (who was born ca. 1790)? Q. Does anyone know the name of Caldwell's wife? (He may have been living in Somerset Co., MD during the above date). Q. Does anyone have the name of Sothey's first wife and the mother of his first 3 children? It was NOT Elizabeth JARMAN....as she was his 2nd wife. Thanks for any info that would prove lineage. Regards, Michelle Michelle Burris Kenerly 591 NC HWY 172 Hubert, NC 28539-3560

OK ... it is 4:49 AM and I am a bit punchy! I am wrong ----- I just looked at the 1850 Mortality Schedules again ..... the Somerset County PDFs are very readable. The Worcester ones are very hard to read (faded badly). Insomnia makes me see strange things ! RCP

Somewhere, somehow I have, on my computer, PDFs of the Mortality Schedules for Somerset County and Worcester County -- 1850. I believe these records were originally in the possession of the DAR Library but are now in the hands of the MSA. I am trying to get access to the 1850-1880 Mortality Schedules at the MSA ... we shall see how far I get. By the way ... the 1850 Somerset records are very difficult to read (faded) and the 1850 Worcester records are worse ... almost impossible to read. A pity. RCP

Roy wrote >I have searched, perused and otherwise poured [sic] over the National Archives website looking for the Mortality Schedules 1850-1880 for SOM, WOR and WIC< NARA disclaims having any microfilm of Mortality Schedules for these Counties except 1850 for Worcester. See their description here: http://www.archives.gov/genealogy/census/nonpopulation/maryland.html Ancestry.com does not have any MD mortality schedules. You can check the LDS' library catalog to see if they might have the existing mortality schedules on microfilm. Good hunting, Judy sent first time 6/28/2010 12:14:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time sent second time 6/29/2010 3:04 AM Eastern Daylight Time</HTML>

Plats..net is replete with duplicate pointers to properties, some of which are dead-end stubs with "0 direct scans". These might show up in various ways, depending on how your search was undertaken. To defeat this unhelpful "design feature" here, just use the Advanced Search link at the Worcester entry page and type "Johns Luck" in the description field that you're presented with. You'll be given both these properties with their real image links. There are dozens of tracts mentioning Pig Pen Branch, on both sides of the Worcester/Sussex border. I'll field the basic questions in this thread here by tomorrow, when I'll have a little more time to re-look at one of the original properties asked about, which it seems I left unguessed at about its location some years ago. (It seemed to claim to be where it could not possibly be, on the Worcester side, where it interfered with well-placed surveys. So I had to believe it was actually on the Sussex side. I just put it aside pending a later look. Looks like now's that time!) But recall that when we're looking at any Unpatented Certificate, we may be seeing something that was tossed out eventually upon discovery that it was, in fact, placed in a wrong spot. The survey records are not always complete as to the reasons for ultimate disposition of unpatented properties into the "rejected" file. John -----Original Message----- From: marjorie adams <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, Jun 28, 2010 9:58 pm Subject: Re: [LDR] Pigg Pen Branch John's Luck, 100 Acres Unpatented Certiifcate *Developer/Owner:* Hutson, John 1743 Unpatented Certificate 735 0 0 MSA S 1602-3611 <http://plato.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/cfm/dsp_unit .cfm?county=wo&qualifier=S&series=1602&unit=3611&p_ds_value=0&p_ms_value= 0> John's Luck, 120 Acres *Developer/Owner:* Mackaid, John 1756 Unpatented Certificate 737 0 0 MSA S 1602-3610 <http://plato.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/cfm/dsp_unit .cfm?county=wo&qualifier=S&series=1602&unit=3610&p_ds_value=0&p_ms_value= 0>Found above on plats net but no scan. Do you know how I can find the survey? On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: When I was growing up, I remember hearing about an area just south of Selbyville (almost on the line) that was called Pig Pen. (I think this is along Hotel Road now) There is a branch along the south side of that road. I believe that is called Pig Pen branch but I have no proof of that. The land grant that I read 'Pig Pen Branch in was for a John Hutson and called Johns Luck 1743 (1744) -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

John's Luck, 100 Acres Unpatented Certiifcate *Developer/Owner:* Hutson, John 1743 Unpatented Certificate 735 0 0 MSA S 1602-3611 <http://plato.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/cfm/dsp_unit.cfm?county=wo&qualifier=S&series=1602&unit=3611&p_ds_value=0&p_ms_value=0> John's Luck, 120 Acres *Developer/Owner:* Mackaid, John 1756 Unpatented Certificate 737 0 0 MSA S 1602-3610 <http://plato.mdarchives.state.md.us/msa/stagser/s1500/s1529/cfm/dsp_unit.cfm?county=wo&qualifier=S&series=1602&unit=3610&p_ds_value=0&p_ms_value=0>Found above on plats net but no scan. Do you know how I can find the survey? On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 8:46 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: When I was growing up, I remember hearing about an area just south of Selbyville (almost on the line) that was called Pig Pen. (I think this is along Hotel Road now) There is a branch along the south side of that road. I believe that is called Pig Pen branch but I have no proof of that. The land grant that I read 'Pig Pen Branch in was for a John Hutson and called Johns Luck 1743 (1744) -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke

When I was growing up, I remember hearing about an area just south of Selbyville (almost on the line) that was called Pig Pen. (I think this is along Hotel Road now) There is a branch along the south side of that road. I believe that is called Pig Pen branch but I have no proof of that. The land grant that I read 'Pig Pen Branch in was for a John Hutson and called Johns Luck 1743 (1744) In a message dated 6/28/2010 11:35:41 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Would like to pin point Pigg Pen Branch on a map. It is mentioned in Wor survey 15 Feb 1760 for Richard Murray, "Murray's Addition." I believe this tract was in DE after 1776, w of now Selbyville at the state line. Pig Penn Swamp is mentioned in David Murray's 1797 deed for "Cow's Quarter " and described as "Cow Quarter" 100A bought fr Dagworthy Jones for 60#--low ground NE of Pigpen (I think I have seen this as Pigeon) Swamp E of Pocomoke River near land surveyed for Erasmus Harrison. ( CQ pat 14 May 1760 by William Stevens MSA) My sense is that Cow Quarter was south of now Gumboro Rd (Cypress Swamp Rd) Another mystery: where is the Cow Quarter pat 14 May 1760 by John Mumford in Dryden--no description? -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke *************************************** QUESTIONS about POSTING GUIDELINES, SUBSCRIBING or UNSUBSCRIBING? Visit The Lower DelMarVa Roots Mailing List FAQ: http://www.tyaskin.com/handley/ldrfaq.htm ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Would like to pin point Pigg Pen Branch on a map. It is mentioned in Wor survey 15 Feb 1760 for Richard Murray, "Murray's Addition." I believe this tract was in DE after 1776, w of now Selbyville at the state line. Pig Penn Swamp is mentioned in David Murray's 1797 deed for "Cow's Quarter " and described as "Cow Quarter" 100A bought fr Dagworthy Jones for 60#--low ground NE of Pigpen (I think I have seen this as Pigeon) Swamp E of Pocomoke River near land surveyed for Erasmus Harrison. ( CQ pat 14 May 1760 by William Stevens MSA) My sense is that Cow Quarter was south of now Gumboro Rd (Cypress Swamp Rd) Another mystery: where is the Cow Quarter pat 14 May 1760 by John Mumford in Dryden--no description? -- Marjorie "Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars."~ Henry Van Dyke