>Can someone explain why my ancestors property is under threat by the >state? >Rowan Co., NC. court of pleas & Quarter Sessions. BK 4 page 351 >On 8-2-1783 among those cited to appear at November term last to " Shew >cause under act of Assembly why their estates should not be confisticated It means they were Loyalists. Under a 1777 act of the General Assembly, property could be confiscated of those who supported or aided the British. Rick Saunders http://pweb.netcom.com/~fzsaund/0.html