Are there examples of what this might have looked like? Virginia Court Records in PA Records of West Augusta, Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia 1795-1780, B CRUMRINE Genealogical Publishing Co.,Consolidated Edition,Library of Congress Card #74-7238, INBN 0-8063-0624-6 April 29, 1778 pg. 219 Upon the motion of Andrew Swearingen ordered that his Ear Mark a Crop in the Left Ear and a hole in the Right be recorded.
First, I'd read this sentence like this with my words in paranthesis. Upon the motion of Andrew Swearingen ordered that his Ear Mark (marks, plural) (which are) a (1) Crop in the Left Ear and a (2) hole in the Right be recorded. A "crop" I'd think would be any size of a "missing piece". For example, when cats fight and an ear is bitten or sliced with a cat's nail, it often leaves a "V" shaped "rip" or cut where the cartilage was torn and because the 2 sides could not be held together during healing, the injury leaves a wide "V" split in the tissues so it looks like it was purposely done. A man could get something like that when working near tree limbs; a cut from the hoof of an unruly animal; a fall onto a sharp object; a knife fight; a bullet that grazed and split the outer ear lobe. I'm not sure about the "hole" unless it was deliberately done? It may have resulted from a localized bacterial infection that ended up erupting through both sides of the ear cartilage. Or, a knife or bullet wounding....but someone would have to have really been off for where they were aiming! Where is this book? Judy On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 8:05 PM, DARWIN LOLA WEBER <[email protected]>wrote: > Are there examples of what this might have looked like? > > Virginia Court Records in PA > Records of West Augusta, Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia 1795-1780, B > CRUMRINE > Genealogical Publishing Co.,Consolidated Edition,Library of Congress Card > #74-7238, INBN 0-8063-0624-6 > > April 29, 1778 > > pg. 219 > Upon the motion of Andrew Swearingen ordered that his Ear Mark a Crop in > the Left Ear and a hole in the Right be recorded. >