This is in reply to Message 3 dated 4/17/07 12:12:33 AM in TNCLAIBO Re: Question about deeds from Faancy@aol.com with copy to phillip.walker@gmail.com My comment to Sharon is that I have seen the name Peter Sumay when researching Claiborne Co., TN, information. At first, I thought the name was a variation of the French name Chaumette, later changed to Shumate. However, apparently, it is not, and Peter is not related to the Shumates. If you haven't, you may want to look under the spelling, Sumay, for information. Polly Shumate Drucke SharonBryant@cox.net wrote > Do you have a copy of a deed for Summey (first name could have been Peter) > in Arthur TN or close by?  What about for Matthew Price Williams (married to > Orlena Summey Williams)? > > thanks for any feedback on this. > > Nancy Gilbert > > MP Williams was my husband's GG grandfather.  I am trying to trace  this > information for our children/grandchildren. > > thanks again, > > In a message dated 4/16/2007 9:12:54 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  > phillip.walker@gmail.com writes: > > I went  back and looked at some of mine and see dower rights barely > mentioned > --  unless the rights themselves are being sold at the time. Odd. The  dower > laws changed over time, but there definitely was a dower law through  1850 > and at least into the 1880s. Most of the deeds I have, though, are for  > extra > plots of land, rarely the plot where the home stood. > > On  4/16/07, Sharon Bryant <SharonBryant@cox.net> wrote: > > > > I  have been reviewing some old deeds which were copied and sent to me by > >  CD. > > > > I noticed that there were no relinquishments of Dower  rights for any of > > these deeds. > > > > Was this normal for  pre-1850 Claiborne Co., TN deeds? > > > > Thanks, > > > >  Sharon > > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.