I just received those same ones today, also. Glad you wrote. I thought I had not received another note starting the "Rolling Houses" thread again. I have enjoyed this thread as I knew nothing about this topic. Charmaine On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:15:11 EDT Ms2001@aol.com writes: > Well - this is interesting - I sent this mail on the 21st and it just > came to > me through the list today. Seems somebody is having some trouble? > I got 2 > others on Rolling Houses too - I'm sure they were all sent over a > week ago. > > Bev > > ========Original Message======== > Subj: Re: [VAROOTS] Rolling Houses > Date: 8/27/2003 11:09:53 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: <A HREF="mailto:Ms2001@aol.com">Ms2001@aol.com</A> > Reply-to: <A > HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: <A > HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > They were probably regulated by law to keep everyone honest and make > sure teh > > tobacco was weighed correctly. > > Bev > > ========Original Message======== > Subj: [VAROOTS] Rolling Houses > Date: 8/21/2003 7:48:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time > From: <A > HREF="mailto:margaret.teat2@verizon.net">margaret.teat2@verizon.net</A> > > Reply-to: <A > HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> > To: <A > HREF="mailto:VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com">VAROOTS-L@rootsweb.com</A> > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > Eric, Flake & Others > Thanks for your help. > Tobacco was used as a currency, so that makes sense, but why: > Why were they ordered by law? > If a government warehouse why at individual farms? > How did the govenment "pay" for the tobacco from individual farms? > Hope my questions makes sense, > Derrell > > > A Rolling House was a tobacco warehouse. I think that the name > derived > from the fact that the huge hogsheads (barrels) of tobacco were > literally > rolled into the warehouses. > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go > to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >