Amanuensis Monday
is a daily prompt at Geneabloggers which encourages the family historian to
transcribe family letters, journals, audiotapes, and other historical
artifacts.
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
Amanuensis: A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.
A homestead is the home and surrounding land, including
any related buildings such as barns, outhouses, spring houses, smokehouses, and
the like set aside for the family residence.
A “homestead exemption” prevents the forced sale of the homestead to
satisfy any debts of the householder.
John Wesley Jollett was my second great-granduncle, son of Fielding Jollett and brother of James Franklin Jollett, my second great grandfather.
John Wesley Jollett was my second great-granduncle, son of Fielding Jollett and brother of James Franklin Jollett, my second great grandfather.
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| Click to enlarge This document required 8 separate scans and was stitched together using Flip Pal . Not bad for my maiden voyage! |
Homestead of John W. Jollett April 1871
Page County
This Deed made this 5th day of April 1871,
Witnesseth that John W. Jollett of the County of Page and State of Virginia
being Householder and the head of a family claims as his Homestead under the
Constitution of Virginia and the Same possessed is __ thereof. The following
property Viz:
P. B. Borst
Witnesseth the following signatures and seals
the day and year first aforesaid.
John W. Jollett {seal}
John W. Jollett {seal}
State of Virginia
County of Page
I W. W. Hampton a Justice of the Peace for
the County of Page and State of Virginia, do hereby certify that John W.
Jollett whose name is signed to the within writing bearing date on the 3rd day
of April 1871, has acknowledged the same before me in my County aforesaid given
under my hand this 5 day of April 1871.
W. W. Hampton J.P.
W. W. Hampton J.P.
Page County To Wit
The within Deed was received in the Clerk’s office of said County with certificates of acknowledgement and United States Revenue Stamps of the value of twenty-five cents therein and admitted to record. April 5, 1871
Teste
J. W. Watson
The within Deed was received in the Clerk’s office of said County with certificates of acknowledgement and United States Revenue Stamps of the value of twenty-five cents therein and admitted to record. April 5, 1871
Teste
J. W. Watson
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I love this kind of list of their possessions. It gives a very concrete picture of their lives. Colleen
ReplyDeleteI have to laugh that the bedsteads and bedding is half the price of 600 acres of "indifferent" land. Wonder what that means?
ReplyDeleteI love how the list is all broken down this way. As Colleen said, it does tell us a lot about their lives.
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting that the two horses were worth more than all of the household goods put together.
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