"Carlyine Ritter wrote: > > <<As I recall, there were numerous references to tobacco in court records for Russell Co and sometimes defendants were ordered to pay the > plaintiff in tobacco, so this crop must have been used for cash as well > as sold for cash. (snip) ----- Do you recall the dates, or the earlies date, of these court records. (snip) > -eddie > -------- Eddie, I never documented the references to paying in tobacco, because none of them concerned the JESSEE family I was researching. But it was LDS film, which is easily obtainable. It might have been in one set of microfilm I found especially helpful (LDS #0809781) which was a collection of extracts by Judge Elihu Jasper Sutherland and included selected marriage, tax, and census data in addition to court records. I count it a blessing that I am fortunate enough to share ancestors with the Judge and his wife, whose work brought me great rewards and saved me years of research. Their careful extractions and interviews have provided a bonanza for newcomers to our science. A book which was fairly interesting was RUSSELL COUNTY: A CONFEDERATE BREADBASKET by Theodosia W. Barrett, LDS film #6089076. Hope this will be of interest to you. -- - - - Carlyine Ritter Jessee@harborside.com ICQ #9189377 JESSEE, BROWNING, HABRON/HAYTON - SW VA BLACK/SCHWARTZ, PARSONS - Ashe Co NC RITTER, MEIER, VANDER HEIU, SE IA, WA