Liz - Have you used <mdlandrec.net>? You need a password for the site, if you've never used it before. In the Worcester land tract index, there are several deeds listed involving Hog/Hogg Quarter/Quarters. If you followed the ownership of the tract(s), it might answer your questions. Lisa Just On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:40 AM, [email protected] wrote: > I was able to find a reference to what may be the same Hog Quarter > which was left by Ebenezer Cropper to his son William. This will > is from the ocean city museum site: (I have no idea if the > original Hog Quarter was sw/s Governors Branch!) > > Cropper, Edmund > > Edmond Cropper 21 July 1799w. 30 August 1799p > > To son Edmond Cropper, lands sw/s Governors Branch called Hog > Quarters: > part of a tract Mills Neglect. Ex. > > To Son Josiah Cropper balance Mills Neglect and part of Addition. > > To son John Cropper tract purchased of Edward Hammon, part tract > Delight. > > To daughters Leah Holland and Sarah Renyolds. > > To daughters Emila Cropper, Elizabeth Cropper, Sabrina Cropper. > > Son Ebenezer, deceased. > > Witness: William Cropper. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:57:24 -0000 (UTC) > Subject: Re: [LDR] Hog Quarter David Bowen 1783 Worcester Co. > > The 1783 Assessments are being a little misunderstood here, perhaps > because of the misleading emphasis on land in the on-line indexes. > They are household assessments, in which every male above age x (I > think 16, as in the colonial period, but I realize at this instant I > can't say how I know it) is listed, and female heads of household. > Each such individual, whether landed or not, or in someone else's > household or not, is assessed according to a county-wide rendtion of > assets, as well as a census headcount. Sometimes an unlanded party is > listed as "paid for" or the like by someone else , by which one might > well infer "living in household of"; others unlanded but not so > flagged > would include tenant farmers (or tradesmen sans land or townspeople), > living wherever they did. The lists are alphabetic by surname, so > there's no evidence there as to location. > > The statistical categories collected are different in each county. In > Worcester, they are: > > Taxpayer > Names of Lands (if any) > Acres > Slaves > Males and Females under 8 / Value > Males and Females 8 -14 / Value > Males from 14-45 /Value > Females from 14-36 /Value > Males above 45 + Females above 36 / Value > Plate Ounces / Value > Horses > Black Cattle > Value > Value of other Property > Total Amount > Assessment thereon > White Inhabitants > Male > Female > > In Somerset, the Assessments are finer-grained and well, just better. > But you take what's dealt. > > As a statistic, Queponco Hundred in Worcester, the subject of the > original inquiry here, had 211 named individuals, of whom 73 had no > land, sort of an average ratio across the county as a whole. The 138 > land owners had one or more parcels credited. In Somerset, but not in > Worcester, one got a lot of details on land use and breakout by > cultivated, forest, swamp, etc.., per tract, and even soil type (the > absolute earliest rundown of this kind); in Worcester, the assessors > were a little more casual. > > With respect again to the original query, the HOG QUARTER in question > was the 200 ac tract laid out for John Cropper on 20 Feb 1681/2 and > patented by him on 10 Aug 1683 (Patents 21:393 and CB#3:462). In 1783 > 100 acres of this was charged to William Cropper (son of Ebenezer), > who > had received his rights by his father's 1743/4 (proved 1752) LW&T (MD > Wills 28:262 and Wo Wills JW2:098), and 100 to David Bowen, who was > asked about. When I saw the query I looked at the title history I > have > for this, for which my data only goes up to the Revolution, and I > don't > see Bowen acquiring any of it by then. You may want to look at the Wo > Deed Index from 1776 to 1783 to see how he got it. I also noted that > my rundown of the tract history had a seeming parallel thread of > conveyances in conflict with Ebenezer's bequest to William above, but > all in-Cropper-family, which is a little mysterious. As William is > shown with the 100 ac in 1783, I infer that the other deed thread is > somehow a red herring, though I don't see how. I have no idea what > Ruth Dryden said; I never touch the stuff. > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 9:03 am > Subject: Re: [LDR] Hog Quarter David Bowen 1783 Worcester Co. > > > Liz wroge >when someone is listed in 1783 - e.g., Levin Bowen with no > land > name attached does this mean they were perhaps renting or using land > owned > by someone else?< > > It's possible he was renting/leasing, but usually the rent/lease > agreement > specifies that the tenant would pay the taxes. This does not always > mean > that the assessor was told to assess the tenant directly, or that the > assessor > wrote it into the 1783 roll in timely fashion (if the agreement was in > 1782 > or 1783, the assessor might not get it into the roll until, say, the > list > for 1784 - which regrettably does not survive). Sometimes lease > agreements > are recorded as deeds. > > It is equally possible that he was a hand living on someone's land, or > worked around as a laborer and rented a room or a small domicile that > was not on > > land he was working for himself. > > Good hunting, > Judy > *************************************** > 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 LOWER- > [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 LOWER- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message