Good morning, Dave!? Yes, this is ordinarily a good way to learn the Christian name of the wife; however, sometimes I've seen it as using the husband's name, like "Mrs. John Smith", which tells us nothing!? Alta -----Original Message----- From: Dave Kaylor <dwftree@yahoo.com> To: nclincol@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 9:49 am Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] Question concerning old land deal and certain procedures involved Hi Alta, It's a shame there aren't more of these types of records available because it would be a great way, in some cases, to determine the name of the wife. That information can sometimes be very difficult to find with these early pioneers. --- "Alta M. Durden" <altamdurden@aol.com> wrote: > Even today, a few of these somewhat?archaic laws are > still in effect.? For instance, in South Carolina > where I live, regarding?real estate transactions, it > is necessary for married women to be "examined" > privately as to their intentions and to sign what is > called a "Renunciation of Dower". > Alta Mitchem Durden ? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: sully1@carolina.rr.com > To: nclincol@rootsweb.com > Sent: Sun, 11 Nov 2007 10:23 pm > Subject: Re: [NCLINCOL] Question concerning old land > deal and certain procedures involved > > > > Dave Kaylor wrote: > > I recently ran across a document involving one of > my ancestors, Mary Herman, > that raised some interesting questions: > > > > In 1813, Mary Herman and her husband, William > Herman Jr., had sold some land > to her brother George Kaylor. This was land Mary had > inherited from her father, > Henry Kaylor. For whatever reason, they waited 13 > years to complete the process. > > They sold the land when they wanted to do so which > happened to be > thirteen years. > > > Then in April Court of 1826, Daniel Hoke, one of > the justices of Lincoln > County, was appointed by the court to personally > examine Mary Herman, separate > and apart from her husband, to ascertain if she > voluntarily approved of the > sale. Daniel Hoke determined that she did approve of > it and the deed of sale was > duly registered in July of 1826. My question is > this: Was it normal practice to > examine the wife separately in such cases, at least > if it involved land she had > inherited, or was there likely some unknown special > circumstances involved. I'm > not familiar with the laws and customs of that time > regarding such things, but I > just found it curious. > > > > Not a curious event at all. It was the law for > everyone not just for > William and Mary Herman. How the land was acquired > was not relevant > under the law because in 1826, a married woman could > not own real estate > in her own name. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of > the message > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check > out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email > to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCLINCOL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com