This will probably be an easy answer for some of you but it has me stumped just now. The probate 1850 Wake Co., NC lists farm animals and crops provided for the widow's yearly support. Number of bushels of crops and cows etc. are specifically listed and then "a lot of vegetables". I am assisting a cousin in preparing an article about the contested probate and we need to know what "a lot" means. We assume it's a measurement; however, searches have not revealed any measurement except a very old one at Wiki where a "lot" is a term meaning only a few grams from Middle Ages to 1900. The entire list is so specific that I doubt it, but could a "lot" be simply used in 1850 as it is today?
Not a definitive answer, but something to contemplate: I would suggest that they are not referring to a measurement of vegetables (i.e., three bushels of potatoes, a bushel of carrots, etc.) but a measurement of the plot of land used to grow the vegetables, probably the plot of land set aside on the farm as the "kitchen garden". You may wish to pursue that as a possibility. [email protected] wrote: > > This will probably be an easy answer for some of you but it has me > stumped just now. The probate 1850 Wake Co., NC lists farm animals and > crops provided for the widow's yearly support. Number of bushels of > crops and cows etc. are specifically listed and then "a lot of > vegetables". I am assisting a cousin in preparing an article about the > contested probate and we need to know what "a lot" means. We assume it's > a measurement; however, searches have not revealed any measurement > except a very old one at Wiki where a "lot" is a term meaning only a few > grams from Middle Ages to 1900. The entire list is so specific that I > doubt it, but could a "lot" be simply used in 1850 as it is today? > > ===== > If you would prefer digest mode to mail mode, drop a note to > [email protected] and ask for the digest... > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message