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From: "Doris" <>
Subject: Re: [McElroy] Mary Muckle and John Belk
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:57:29 -0500
References: <000901c629ca$b3d10370$6401a8c0@BETTY>


Great! Thanks

----- Original Message -----
From: "Betty Stokes" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 3:36 PM
Subject: RE: [McElroy] Mary Muckle and John Belk


>I will see if I have something already set up that will be easy to send.
> Basically, John Mackelroy treated John Belk as a Son in Law. Daughters
> couldn't own land if they were married. They could own it if they were
> adult
> or widowed, but not married. If a father wanted his daughter to have
> something, a lot of times he gave it to her son. In this case, he had good
> dealings with John Belk.
>
> I'll send you something I can prepare quickly.
>
> Betty
>

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