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From: "Carol A. Morrison" <>
Subject: Re: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Deed & Land Records
Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 13:18:21 -0500
References: <LPBBIFCGINEBAGENOHAFAEGGDBAA.HarveyBottoms@CompuServe.com>


Sorry, Harvey,

I may be mis-reading what you wrote but it doesn't sound like you know what
Dower Rights are.

Dower rights were that portion of a deceased husband's real property that a
widow was/is legally entitled to use during her
lifetime to support herself and their children. At common law, dower
consisted of a one-third interest in all the land that the husband owned
during the marriage.

Carol


----- Original Message -----
From: "Harvey L. Bottoms" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 12:37 PM
Subject: RE: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Deed & Land Records


> Dower Rights went with the money. If the property was either her parents
or
> paid for by her inheritance, then she had dower rights.
>
> Harvey
>
>
> Researching the following families: Bottoms/Bottom/Longbottom, Keas,
> Stribling/Stripling, Chambers, Hodges, Golden, Sweeney, Lovelace, Welch,
> Pettit, Cagle and others.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
> [mailto:]On Behalf Of Fulton
> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 11:11 AM
> To:
> Subject: [VA-SOUTHSIDE-L] Deed & Land Records
>
>
>
> After reviewing several different kinds of deeds, b of s, etc. Can
> someone explain to me the term: messuage plantation or tract of land? Is
> messuage a certain type of land?
>
> Also, when a women hands over her right of dower on a piece of land, did
> she have dower rights because the property was originally owned by her
> parents?
>
> Just a beginner, learning how to shake the tree.
> Bebe
>
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