I did a quick look Sat at deeds to see if I could find when a Hill or Doherty received land that could be this land, but didn't see it. I guess we'll hope that in the slower process of reading each deed maybe I'll find something. It would seem that they both inherited the land to both be selling it - Perhaps Jane was a Hill or Dutton's wife was a Doherty ? Renea At 08:58 AM 4/18/98 EDT, you wrote: >In a message dated 98-04-17 23:06:14 EDT, you write: > ><< I feel sure the men are all brothers but what do you know about a Doherty > connection? When Dutton Hill and Jane Doherty sold that piece of land in > 1869 he said they had a good right to sell it. I'd like to know where they > got it and how? Did they inherit it? I never could find a Jane Doherty in > the census records, perhaps she was in the 1870 census. I thought she might > have been in Henderson County but the deed says they were both of Decatur > Co. It gets very complicated!! > >> > >Good question.....Do you have a copy of that deed? I would like to do a >follow up on it. > > >==== TNDECATU Mailing List ==== >Problem? >Check your welcome message FIRST >THEN contact listowner, grburk@usit.net > > > Renea Burkholder TNGenWeb Coordinator for Decatur Co., TN http://www.netease.net/decatur/ Listowner: Decatur and Henderson Co, TN Mail list TNDECATU- L@rootsweb.com