I just had a similar problem in 2's and 7's in some 1880 census records. I read the age of a head of household as 77 and was convinced of it until I found records for this individual in 1870, 1900 and 1910 which showed that this 1880 census taker made NO DISTINCTION between 2's and 7's. I looked at his numbers on several page. If you have other records that are consistant with another date, I'd trust them. Also, I'd look for other examples of penmanship by this writer (clerk). > [Original Message] > From: Jo Ann Whitworth <whitkid2@bigrivertel.net> > To: <ncwilkes@rootsweb.com> > Date: 10/16/2006 11:23:43 PM > Subject: Re: [NCWILKES] RECORD PROBLEM RE HARBIN SURNAME > > Sounds to me like the poor old guy was cheated out of his property, or that > William Byrd put it in writing that he gave his property to son in law, but > never had it recorded, then a long time later, someone found that piece of > writing and claimed to be William Byrd (maybe a relative of the William > Byrd). Hope someone can come up with a much better reason than mine for > this mystery and I am sure they will. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joan Marie" <my33har@open.org> > To: <NCWILKES@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 7:40 PM > Subject: [NCWILKES] RECORD PROBLEM RE HARBIN SURNAME > > > >I have in front of me a copy of a microfilm document that is sure > >presenting problems. It is from p49 of court records and is a "deed of > >gift" from an "old and infirm" Joshua Harbin to s-i-l Wm. Byrd for > >maintance of Joshua and his wife, and gives his s-i-l William Byrd > >essentially all his possessions. The problem is this: > > > > The deed was dated the 15th day of Sept 1872 - no question about the > > writing. It is listed under the Nov Term AD 1872, and the following deed > > is also dated Nov Term AD 1872. All the ones are ones, all the sevens are > > sevens. > > > > My records indicate Joshua was born in 1755 in MD, married Ruth Hoskinson > > in 1778 in MD, appears in deeds & censuses in Wilkes County 1778-1810, but > > not thereafter. He had a dau who married William Byrd. > > > > So are the court records dated incorrectly (1812 would make much more > > sense) or do we have two Joshua Harbins who married two Ruths and had two > > s-i-l's named William Byrd? > > > > Since both things sound abit unlikely to me, I would appreciate readers' > > comments on this. You know your early settlers - do you think the latter > > might have happened? Thanks so much! > > > > Joan Marie > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NCWILKES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message