> I assume that if the person was still living the order > would be against them, not against their estate. However, > I'm not an expert. Perhaps someone else can say for sure. You are probably right. At least it opens the possibility of more than one Richrd Pace who owned land, but I would require more evidence to say for sure. It would seem that there would be Roy -------------- Original message from James Blair <jnb05042000@yahoo.com>: -------------- > --- roy.w.johnson@att.net wrote: > > > > > I don't know enough legalese to know whether there can be > > a judgment against the estate of a living person, > > I assume that if the person was still living the order > would be against them, not against their estate. However, > I'm not an expert. Perhaps someone else can say for sure. > > Another possibility is that there might be an error in the > date of the record which says that Col. Thomas Swann was > granted an attachment agst the estate of Richard Pace in > 1675. I have only seen a transcription. It is from Surry > County Court Book 3 page 98, if anyone is able to check. > > > > > My records say that Richard died before November 1777. I > > do not have the source but have seen it. Is there any > > chance he died earlier and it got dragged out in court so > > that Mary did not get appointed dministration of the > > estate for a couple of years? I have not examined the > > records to know if there were records of Richard being > > alive in 1675. > > A living Richard Pace does appear in records in both Surry > County and Charles City Co. during 1677. > > So if Col. Thomas Swann was granted an attachment against > the estate of a dead Richard Pace in Surrey Co. in 1675, > and a live Richard Pace was serving on juries in Prince > Charles Co. in 1677, then we seem to have two men of > property named Richard Pace. > > But, as I say, there could be a mistake in the > transcription. > > James > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > ==== PACE Mailing List ==== > If you haven't done so within the last six months, please post a message > describing your Earliest Pace Ancestor and how you descend from them. Please > include dates, places, spouses, etc, if possible. Send the message to > PACE-L@rootsweb.com >