What would a vestry have to do with this? This phrase is throughout the vestry book from St. Paul's in Hanover, and I saw where one party would not allow this... Thanks Diane My understanding was that processioning was a way to indicate the size and location of the land so it could be taxed. After the Civil War records were burned, in 1867, Hanover County attempted to procession land by getting each landowner to write the acreage he owned as well as its location so the land could be taxed. I have read some of these at the Page Library in Montpelier Some are rather precise and others are very vague. Hope theis helps L. Gott ggottcha@aol.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VAHANOVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.20/508 - Release Date: 10/31/2006

That is not really what it was about but close. The definition is: A survey and inspection of boundaries formerly performed in some of the American colonies by the local authorities. It was analogous in part to the English perambulation (q.v.) and was superceded by the practice of accurate surveying and recording. [Black's Law Dictionary] The Vestry of the Parish was the "local authorities", and the processioning was a civic duty necessary to have property lines that each party on each side of the line could and did agree on. So a 3rd party and sometimes a 4th was assigned to "procession" a certain line, but they had to have the landowners on both sides of the line with them when they did the processioning. Exceptions were made for those who were infirm, and could not participate in the processioning of their lines. v/r, Beverly Alexander Culpeper, VA I hear ethereal voices, persuasive, soft and still Daughter, if you don't remember us, who will? alexlary@crosslink.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane S" <dsanfilippo303@adelphia.net> To: <vahanove@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 4:26 AM Subject: Re: [VAHANOVE] Vestry Book info? > What would a vestry have to do with this? This phrase is throughout the > vestry book from St. Paul's in Hanover, and I saw where one party would > not allow this... > Thanks > Diane > > > My understanding was that processioning was a way to indicate the size > and > location of the land so it could be taxed. > After the Civil War records were burned, in 1867, Hanover County > attempted to > procession land by getting each landowner to write the acreage he owned > as > well as its location so the land could be taxed. I have read some of > these at > the Page Library in Montpelier Some are rather precise and others are > very > vague. > Hope theis helps > > L. Gott ggottcha@aol.com > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAHANOVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.20/508 - Release Date: > 10/31/2006 > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > VAHANOVE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message