Someone had asked how old a male had to be to witness a deed, etc. This is an answer. Betty Pace --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Fredric Z. Saunders" <fzsaund@ix.netcom.com> To: ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 18:18:59 -0700 Subject: [RowanRoots] Age for signing as a witness? Message-ID: <01C09520.47594A20@pool-63.50.218.43.phnx.grid.net> Age 14 for a male to witness a document. [Arlene Eakle and Johni Cerny, " The Source," (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Publishing Co., 1984), 186] Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html Another message: While this holds for a witness, if the person was '"proving" a deed they would most likely be 21 or older. John Coates John@Coates.Net Another message: Fourteen was also the age for a male to testify in court. I agree that if given a choice, most likely the owner of the land would choose someone over 21 to prove the deed in court. I don't know that I have ever seen a case of someone known to be that young prove a deed, but I have seen cases of males not much over 14 give testimony in civil court cases. Rick Saunders http://genealogypro.com/fsaunders.html ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== The list administrator can be reached at john@coates.net. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.