This sounds similar to a story I was told about my great grandmother. Her husband died and he and his father had been in business together. My great grandparents had a very nice home in town with a good bit of land it sounded like, and also had a farm with a good bit of acerage. He evidently didn't leave a will and his father just took over. He had a guardian appointed for the three children, my grandmother was one of these children. It seems that my great great grandfather had lost his first wife and had remarried and they had about 12 children and he felt he needed what his son had left. A cousin of mine has seen the paper-work on this transaction. My great grandmother had an opportunity to leave that state and travel with her brother and his family to another state and start over. They moved westward. Dortha McElroy Greenlee ----- Original Message ----- From: "RMS" <rmstewart@myexcel.com> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 11:04 PM Subject: [LCT] STEWART and buying back personal belongings > This apparently happened to my GGG Aunt in about 1848 in Tuscaloosa Co, > Alabame. > I note that she, and an apparent relation not fully understood ( a David > Johnston or John Drish) are noted buying her own stuff back (Czarina M. > (Stewart) Aiken). I couldn't understand this until tonite when I saw > your > email. > > Dick Stewart > > > ================================ > Understand this. Even back then you could not die without paying the tax > man will or no. Your property was sold off and your widow had to buy back > even her own cooking utensils if there was no will. They had "crying > sales". These sells are great for it will tell you what kind of property > your ancestor had if there were book, stills, farm equipment or tools from > other trades as well as to who bought this stuff and who was in charge of > selling it and when it was sold. If there was any land, and sometimes > there > was not, many farmers rented their land from others. > ================================ > > > > ==== TNLINCOL Mailing List ==== > Other genealogical mailists and newsgroups: > http://www.CyndisList.com/mailnews.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >