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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [OREAR-L] William Addision O'Rear
Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 00:08:30 -0400
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Hi Betty -

You wrote:
>When you look at the documentation you have on William Addision ORear,
>particularly the documentation showing the name of the guardian of Mary,
>do you read that name as Samuel Lacy? My son, Michael, has suddenly
>gotten the research bug. He was in Hancock County last week and made a
>copy of some records there. After talking to him and looking at his
>records and the ones I already had we determined that this guardian's name
>was Samuel Lary, not Lacy. All this time I had the wrong name, but maybe
>you had it right all along.

All I have here is a transcription of that court record. What I have
indicates 'Lacy' but I can't be sure that it wasn't a misreading. Was your
son able to get a photocopy of the court record? Since this is what the
court clerk (?) recorded, compare the writing of Lacy and the clerk's (or
court's) signature title. If both end in 'ry' they should be the same and
not the same if the name is 'Lacy'.

Wonder what connection Lacy/Lary had with the family (other than as
guardian)?


Lee Hoffman/KY
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