Hi Deb, English Common Law, 18th Century Virginia: http://www.usgenweb.org/researchers/misc.html Bill Allen <misterbill@pdq.net> koplend wrote: > >From Virginia County Records SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY 1721-1800 > WILLS > WILL BOOK E 1772-1798 > page 39 > LEAVELL, JAMES, Spotsylvania Co., d. Oct. 17, 1775. Executors Bond dated > Sept. 18, 1783. Wit. Henry Pemberton. Ex. William Pemberton. Leg. my mother; > sister Nancy Pemberton; brother John Leavell; and his children, and Edward > Leavell; brother William Leavell. (Page 545) > > Would Henry Pemberton have to be at least 18 or maybe 21 before he could be > a witness? > "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and > leave a trail." Ralph Waldo Emerson > > Deb Koplen > http://home.swbell.net/koplend/ > koplend@swbell.net > Grand Prairie, TX > MSN Instant Messenger: Freckles6932 > "Right Smak dab between Dallas & Fort Worth"