>Resent-Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 06:38:44 -0700 >X-Original-Sender: BJMarkland@aol.com Tue Nov 27 06:38:43 2001 >From: BJMarkland@aol.com >Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 08:38:37 EST >Old-To: HARDISON-L@rootsweb.com, MARKLAND-L@rootsweb.com, NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com, > ncnr@yahoogroups.com, ROWANROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, SW_VA-L@rootsweb.com, > VAWASHIN-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 138 >Subject: [NCDOBBS] Projects >To: NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-From: NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com >X-Mailing-List: <NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/651 >X-Loop: NCDOBBS-L@rootsweb.com >Resent-Sender: NCDOBBS-L-request@rootsweb.com >Resent-Bcc: > >I am taking a break in the family genealogy (getting source documents >transcribed & online) to work on a couple of new projects for the web site. >I think several people on the various western NC, VA and east TN lists may be >interested in the one following. > >First, I am abstracting from Prince George's County, MD Inventory Book DD1 >1741-1744 lists of debts due to the various estates. So far, about half >through, I have about 200 names. Not all are residents of PG county, i.e., >Augustus WASHINGTON owed an estate 5 pistoles, but when they are not, most >seem to give the residence of the debtor. Also there are comments on some of >them such as "Deceased, no effects" & "Run". I assume "run" means the person >left town. I proofread the first half yesterday and hopefully will get the >remainder typed tonight to proof Wednesday (my night out..LOL). Once that is >online, I will get to DD2. Oh, a point. The people listed are usually just >people who owed money to the deceased when he/she died. They usually are not >hard core debtors...and since so much of the economy of that time was tied up >in trade/barter till the next crop was harvested there is an intersting group >of people from all social strata. > >Second and I need some help on this. There are many, many slaves listed on >these inventories giving, usually, name & age. I plan on going through all >the inventories again to abstract these in hopes of helping some of their >descendents. Does anyone know of a "clearinghouse" for data of this sort? I >will start that after the DD1 is "published". > >Best of wishes, > >Billy > >