The year for the court was 1738 and from the way the record looks, it seems to be that translation was from German maybe and it was a numerical account that he was translating. This is coming from the records of Germanna. Crystal -----Original Message----- >From: "Barbara P. Neal" <bp_neal@earthlink.net> >Sent: Dec 16, 2005 11:23 AM >To: POYTHRESS-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: James Porteus, Orange County, VA > >Crystal, I'm curious what date preceded the "August term following" -- >What year was this? > >And curious about your reference to "translated" -- Any indication of >the language being translated? If it was French, then I'd be inclined to >say he's not ours. If Scot or Irish, then I'd think again. > >At any rate, thanks for spotting these references. >Barbara (BPN) > > >==== POYTHRESS Mailing List ==== >The Poythress Genealogy List is hosted by RootsWeb. To learn more about Rootsweb please visit http://www.rootsweb.com/ >