Sometimes, in an assortment of places, one can find that so and so registered a cattle mark, occasionally with a description of said mark, but these usually seem to have involved slits in ears. For myself, I have never come across a description of brands. Interesting topic. Elizabeth In a message dated 7/7/2010 10:38:34 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: This sounds like a great place to slide tghis question in. Is there anyplace that has information on brands in colobnial times? We're trying to deterine if the James KNOTT b 1602 was our ancestor. My cousin in Oregon has (I think) our g-grandfathers branding iron from the KNOTTS/OWENS farm near Corvallis OR. Settled in abt 1847-48. Our g-grandfather was William KNOTTS, b 1805 in Queen Annes co. MD. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2010 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [LDR] HOGG Quarters..listings. > There was no gatekeeper preventing tract names being used again and > again. There were over 60 different patents titled HOG QUARTER (often > spelled then as HOGG ...) spread across Somerset, Worcester and > Wicomico, and a few now in Sussex. As I said in my earlier post, over > a third of these were in what's now Worcester. The most common tract > name, though, was just plain CHANCE, which seems to have been used 155 > times ... This is the sort of thing which can confuse things mightily > for researchers. One of the characteristic problems in Ruth Dryden's > published volumes is her assignment of deeds in title histories to the > wrong tract of the same name. Using that data carelessly has led many > people to barking up the wrong HOG QUARTER, or CHANCE, or whatever. > > Black cattle were among the Somerset 1783 collected stats, too. > Googling a bit, one finds that black Angus also became prized, but it > seems that was a little later breeding development. One wonders if > "black cattle" was somehow a more general term of agricultural art, > applied to "the best", whatever their breed, but this is beyond my pay > grade. I've always wondered about these assessment categories, with > questions like "What about sheep and hogs and oxen?" There was surely > method behind the particular madness of the chosen assets, and only > those. > > John > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michelle Burris Kenerly <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wed, Jul 7, 2010 4:55 pm > Subject: [LDR] HOGG Quarters..listings. > > > Members: > I have read with great interest your postings of property listed > as HOG > Quarters and HOGG Quarters. It appears that this may have been several > acres and > or passed down to a lot of different folks. > My ancestral records show that my GGGGG Grandfather Sothey KING > bought land > listed as HOGG Quarters on March 18, 1776. The deed showed that he was > living > in Worcester Co., MD at the time. He may have even lost the land later. > Actually, I'm not trying to get into the mix of things, just > thought it > interesting that so many people had ownership of this named property. > Regards, > Michelle > > > > > *************************************** > 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 > *************************************** 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