In a message dated 5/19/01 1:52:56 AM !!!First Boot!!!, Dgreen909h@cs.com writes: << Family tradition also states that when the Pledgers moved to TX they moved off and left the plantation, without selling it. So much for family tradition!! Of course, this was right after the Civil War. Times were hard. >> Wonder if the land was taken. Perhaps they could not pay the taxes on it. Would be interested in knowing what really happened. The farm that was in one of my family lines was bought in 1824 and not sold until 1975 or so. Betty.