Thanks, Renea, I think Dutton Hill and Jane Doherty must have been brother and sister. Dutton's wife was Miriam Lassiter, according to a death certificate in my possession. The person who furnished the info was a grandson of Dutton and his parents lived with him in their last years. He tried to help me once but was too ill to keep up the corresondence. We really should have made the effort to visit him. Phyllis -----Original Message----- From: Renea Burkholder <grburk@usit.net> To: TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com <TNDECATU-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, April 19, 1998 8:23 PM Subject: Re: [TNDECATU-L] Lunsford >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 > > > > >==== TNDECATU Mailing List ==== >Remember, praise in public and criticize in private! > >