What is the meaning of the words found in the below deed abstract: execution-Coll? Or is it meant to be execution, Coll MCDOUGAL and others? Thanks for any help. _______________________________ 3 Nov 1845-G.W.Melvin, Esq. high Sheriff To John O. Daniel...execution-Coll McDougal & others-Charles ONeal-200A Wit: Durum Lewis. Feb Term 1846. H.H.Robinson, Clk

I can say pretty safely, without seeing the document, that (IF the deed is from Cumberland, Robeson, Bladen, Richmond or any county around the Cape Fear area) it means: "...execution – Coll McDougal and others...." The '–' was a dash used as punctuation in almost every single deed I've ever transcribed/seen, and I've read and transcribed thousands of them. Coll was a Scottish given name which was probably short for Collin/Colin, or may have been a given name in itself. There was a Coll McAllister in early Bladen/Cumberland County records of the mid 1700s. Some people have thought it meant Col. as in 'colonel' but Coll was his first name. Fran wrote: >What is the meaning of the words found in the below deed abstract: >execution-Coll? Or is it meant to be execution, Coll MCDOUGAL and >others? > >Thanks for any help. >_______________________________ > >3 Nov 1845-G.W.Melvin, Esq. high Sheriff To John O. >Daniel...execution-Coll McDougal & others-Charles ONeal-200A >Wit: Durum Lewis. Feb Term 1846. H.H.Robinson, Clk > > > > > >------------------------------- >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 can say pretty safely, without seeing the document, that (IF the deed is from Cumberland, Robeson, Bladen, Richmond or any county around the Cape Fear area) it means: "...execution – Coll McDougal and others...." The '–' was a dash used as punctuation in almost every single deed I've ever transcribed/seen, and I've read and transcribed 2 or 3 thousand of them. Deeds were "executed" ("the execution of this deed, etc") by way of being made legal, sometimes used to mean recorded within the records of the county. Coll was a Scottish given name which was probably short for Collin/Colin, or may have been a given name in itself. There was a Coll McAllister in early Bladen/Cumberland County records of the mid 1700s. Some people have thought it meant Col. as in the abbreviation of 'colonel', but Coll was his first name. It seems you've got some abstracts below. It's always a better idea, when possible, to go to the original deed at state archives and read it ALL and print a copy of it. Abstracts let you know the main facts, but there are lots of little, possibly important, details in a deed that an abstract omits. In having a copy of the original you'll have the call numbers of the property itself so that you can compare them to call numbers in a later different deed—that way you could possibly connect separate generations of the same family simply because they've kept the same piece of property in their possession. Fran wrote: >What is the meaning of the words found in the below deed abstract: >execution-Coll? Or is it meant to be execution, Coll MCDOUGAL and >others? > >Thanks for any help. >_______________________________ > >3 Nov 1845-G.W.Melvin, Esq. high Sheriff To John O. >Daniel...execution-Coll McDougal & others-Charles ONeal-200A >Wit: Durum Lewis. Feb Term 1846. H.H.Robinson, Clk > > > > > >------------------------------- >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 can say pretty safely, without seeing the document, that (IF the deed is from Cumberland, Robeson, Bladen, Richmond or any county around the Cape Fear area) it means: "...execution – Coll McDougal and others...." The '–' was a dash used as punctuation in almost every single deed I've ever transcribed/seen, and I've read and transcribed 2 or 3 thousand of them. Deeds were "executed" ("the execution of this deed, etc") by way of being made legal, sometimes used to mean recorded within the records of the county. Coll was a Scottish given name which was probably short for Collin/Colin, or may have been a given name in itself. There was a Coll McAllister in early Bladen/Cumberland County records of the mid 1700s. Some people have thought it meant Col. as in the abbreviation of 'colonel', but Coll was his first name. It seems you've got some abstracts below. It's always a better idea, when possible, to go to the original deed at state archives and read it ALL and print a copy of it. Abstracts let you know the main facts, but there are lots of little, possibly important, details in a deed that an abstract omits. In having a copy of the original you'll have the call numbers of the property itself so that you can compare them to call numbers in a later different deed—that way you could possibly connect separate generations of the same family simply because they've kept the same piece of property in their possession. Steve Fran wrote: >What is the meaning of the words found in the below deed abstract: >execution-Coll? Or is it meant to be execution, Coll MCDOUGAL and >others? > >Thanks for any help. >_______________________________ > >3 Nov 1845-G.W.Melvin, Esq. high Sheriff To John O. >Daniel...execution-Coll McDougal & others-Charles ONeal-200A >Wit: Durum Lewis. Feb Term 1846. H.H.Robinson, Clk > > > > > >------------------------------- >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 > > >