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From: "Lynne Hundley" <>
Subject: Re: [VACUMBER-L] Quarter Roads
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:02:02 -0000


Thanks, Libbie, that's what I was looking for. I guess the next step is to
see if there were Horne or Lind families in the county.

And thanks everyone for putting your heads together to think about this
with me.
Lynne

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> From: Libbie Griffin <>
> To:
> Subject: [VACUMBER-L] Quarter Roads
> Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 9:52 PM
>
> I believe the use of the term So&So's Quarter Road refers to Mr. So&So's
> farm or plantation to which that road led. You will find many references
in
> tithe lists and other colonial documents to the term "quarters" used for
> the names of farms. Usually they were called the (Something) Quarter --
> sometimes the name of a person, often (in the case of people who owned
more
> than one plantation) each "quarter" could be named for a river or other
> landmark in the area. In old letters, you'll see the various quarters
> referred to as a means of identifying a place. So, it's more like the
use
> in headquarters than a reference to one-fourth of something. In the
> examples you cited, Mr. Lind probably owned Lind Quarter, and Home
Quarter
> was probably the actual residence of one of the wealthy families in the
area.
>
> Libbie
>
>
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