Willie...there is no MILTON Cage. I tell you and tell you and tell you that it's WILSON Cage. "Milton" is a transcriber's mistake. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Wilma C. Hillman" <hillman@one.net> To: <YOUNGER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: [YOUNGER] John Henry Wilson Younger > > To clarify - so that no one will be confused - or feel obligated to > defend themselves against my (Willie Hillman) comments which are as > follows: > > Halifax County VA Deed Book 29, p. 485 > 22 July 1820 > I, Polly Younger, Halifax County, in consideration of the natural love > and affection I have for my son, John Henry Wilson Younger, I so convey > and make over one piece of same for Mrs. Huddleston's lifetime, also one > bed, one cow, four yearlings, a dozen pewter plates, one powder dish, > etc. - and anything that may be coming to me from William Sydnor as > administrator of Williamson Younger's estate, if any. Also anything that > my father's deed does not call for, I by these presents do warrant and > convey the same property for the use of the above mentioned John Henry > Wilson, his heirs and assigns forever free from the claims of any person > or persons. The condition of the above obligation is that if the above > John Henry Wilson should die without heirs, then the same property shall > go to my friend, Milton Cage, the father of the above John Henry Wilson > Younger. > Witnesses: Joseph H. Fuqua, John Cage, Dudley Glass, Winifred Fuqua. > > I have no desire to make Brownie angry nor do I have any vested interest > in the outcome of this discussion. It is my interpretation of the above > that a man named Cage (if there was a typographical error) is the father > of John Henry Wilson Younger. > > All I am asking is concrete documentation rather than hypotheses for his > parentage. I can not accept family legends for his relationship - > whatever it may be. Until I see something concrete it will remain my > interpretation. When that is produced I will happily make any necessary > changes to my data. > > Please, can we not have a civil dialogue based only on documentation? > That's what we are supposed to be about - clarification and refinement > of the data. > > > ==== YOUNGER Mailing List ==== > As we get older, we find out we are YOUNGER (Submitted by Karen Yerby) > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >