The names listed on the warrant # 27532 are: Luke, Philip, Daniel and Isaac Vannorman, Mrs. Hannah McMurry, Mrs. L. Omsted, Mrs Auria Russel, and Mrs. Susanna Chase. (as best I can transcribe them.) Arlene > Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 09:50:26 -0400 > From: stephe.w300@gmail.com > To: vannorman@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [VANNORMAN] Ana VanArnam married to Cornelius Russell > > Hi again! > > Sorry - MY BAD!!! Not enough Sleep! > > I'm confusing my families....... > > My Anna / Hannah comment still holds, but forget what I said about the > will - (I even switched from Isaac to William somehow) > > It was the "U.S. War Bounty Land Warrants 1789 - 1858" at Ancestry that gave > us this list of children. I'll have to pull my copy of the original and take > another look at it again.... > > Stephen > > [P.S. - Pete's comment is correct, however I still think it would be more > apt to be the couple's own children named in the petition, especially when > none of them would have been underage when it was written in the 1840's.] > > SW > > Off to bed now, ZZZZZZZZZZZ > > > > > > > > > On Sat, May 8, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Arlene Reeves <arkretired@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > >> > >> Hi > >> > >> Where would the will be? > >> > >> > Date: Sat, 8 May 2010 08:25:42 -0400 > >> > From: stephe.w300@gmail.com > >> > To: vannorman@rootsweb.com > >> > Subject: Re: [VANNORMAN] Ana VanArnam married to Cornelius Russell > >> > > >> > Hi! > >> > > >> > My two cents worth... > >> > > >> > I had speculated earlier that I wondered if it could actually read > >> > Maria on the original, if the writing was really poor, but I can also > >> easily > >> > see how Anna could be made from Auria - again with poor writing. I guess > >> > we'll have to purchase a copy of the will eventually to see what the > >> > original looks like....... > >> > > >> > The only drawback with it being the name Anna is that there is already > >> > a sister Hannah, and "back in the day", those two names could be > >> > interchangeable, and both weren't often used in the same family. [Not a > >> rule > >> > etched in stone, however.....] > >> > > >> > Stephen > >> > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to VANNORMAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail has tools for the New Busy. Search, chat and e-mail from your inbox. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_1