I don't know how many cows you've tried to buy lately but I would suggest you have a little more in your bank account than $90 to $100. At least in this part of the country. -----Original Message----- From: Paul Drake [mailto:pauldrake@charter.net] Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 4:53 PM To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] divorce in Colonial VA As to your second question; I do not want to start an argument, yet my studies reveal that 2.00 in 1800 would have an approximate value today of about $90 to $100.00. So, yes, you could buy a cow for that sum. ----- Original Message ----- From: DAVID KAREN DALE To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] divorce in Colonial VA That is wonderful! "Dully satisfied," huh? Anything to get rid of her! I've got a deed in which a man used the terms of indenture and sale to give his three daughters away--but at least he didn't charge the "adopting" couple anything! Could you buy a cow for $2 in 1804? Karen ----- Original Message ----- From: Joel S. Russell<mailto:jsruss@mindspring.com> To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com<mailto:VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2005 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] divorce in Colonial VA Here's one way to get rid of a spouse I guess. It's from NC and after the Revolution, but quite curious. At least to me it is. http://www.mindspring.com/%7Ejsruss/carteret/wifesale.htm<http://www.minds pring.com/~jsruss/carteret/wifesale.htm> Joel ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== Do not post Advertisements, Chain Letters, Virus Warnings etc. to this list. If in doubt, Contact: G. Lee Hearl, Adm. at: glh@naxs.com<mailto:glh@naxs.com> Hosted by Rootsweb http://www.rootsweb.com<http://www.rootsweb.com/> ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx<http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.a shx> ==== VA-SOUTHSIDE Mailing List ==== USGenWeb Archives http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb Do Not Flame other Members on List. If you have problems or concerns with list posts, contact the List Administrator. glh@naxs.com ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.5/67 - Release Date: 8/9/2005 ______________________________

hahahahah. Hey, what do I know from cows. Still, I have several inventories from the very last years of the 18th Century in which cows and calves sold for amounts from 1.00 to 3.50. In fact, as late as 1849, my physician G-Gfather bought a mare for riding to and from his office and on business, and paid 20.00 for it. That would amount to about 800.00 today. Still, why not tell us what a young cow of ordinary quality and breeding and intended for family milk (there were virtually no pure bred cattle for sale to the ordinary citizen then) would now fetch, and would that vary a lot across the country? Thanks. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: Alice Sanders To: VA-SOUTHSIDE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:50 PM Subject: RE: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] divorce in Colonial VA I don't know how many cows you've tried to buy lately but I would suggest you have a little more in your bank account than $90 to $100. At least in this part of the country.

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