Many men sold their bounty land, I wonder if that would constitute "heir at law"? Eliz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hist Docs" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; "VACULPEP-L" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 9:38 PM Subject: [VACULPEP] Abraham, Issac, and Jeremiah Jenkins of VA | Does anybody know of a connection between the three individuals mentioned? Abraham and Issac both served in the Revolutionary War and both were granted bounty land. According to the bounty land certificates I have, Issac was deceased when the certificate was issued (1789). Jeremiah Jenkins was named "heir-at-law" for both Abraham and Issac. | | To be named "heir-at-law" would not Jeremiah have had a familial connection to both Abraham and Issac? I find it odd that Abraham assigned his land (and was allowed to do so ) to Jeremiah as he (Abraham) had a wife and children at the time. | | RBJ | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message | |
I found this definition in several different places: heir-at-law A noun 1 heir-at-law the person legally entitled to inherit the property of someone who dies intestate Hope this helps. Mary Swift Eliz Hanebury <[email protected]> wrote: Many men sold their bounty land, I wonder if that would constitute "heir at law"? Eliz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hist Docs" To: ; "VACULPEP-L" Sent: Friday, November 24, 2006 9:38 PM Subject: [VACULPEP] Abraham, Issac, and Jeremiah Jenkins of VA | Does anybody know of a connection between the three individuals mentioned? Abraham and Issac both served in the Revolutionary War and both were granted bounty land. According to the bounty land certificates I have, Issac was deceased when the certificate was issued (1789). Jeremiah Jenkins was named "heir-at-law" for both Abraham and Issac. | | To be named "heir-at-law" would not Jeremiah have had a familial connection to both Abraham and Issac? I find it odd that Abraham assigned his land (and was allowed to do so ) to Jeremiah as he (Abraham) had a wife and children at the time. | | RBJ | | ------------------------------- | To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message | | ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message