From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Tue May 2 11:28:24 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k42HSOjb011866; Tue, 2 May 2006 11:28:24 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k42HSKeP000362 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 11:28:20 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k42EstFI009762 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 10:54:56 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k42EstmA009761 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Tue, 2 May 2006 10:54:55 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k42BnHFI009364 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 07:49:17 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k42EMVQ7019704 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Tue, 2 May 2006 08:22:31 -0600 X-Envelope-From: Kith-n-Kin@cox.net Tue May 2 08:22:30 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k42EMUjb019693 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 08:22:30 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (fed1rmmtao12.cox.net [68.230.241.27]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k42EMLhh023575 for ; Tue, 2 May 2006 08:22:21 -0600 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.155.47]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060502142217.IADF27919.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@TOWER>; Tue, 2 May 2006 10:22:17 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] the word "Gang" in 1739 Virginia Date: Tue, 2 May 2006 07:22:06 -0700 Message-ID: <001e01c66df3$cd10f940$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 In-Reply-To: <20060502051232.67342.qmail@web31810.mail.mud.yahoo.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 Importance: Normal X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I don't know why you feel dumb, Doris -- if I hadn't read up on this, and other activities of the parishes, I wouldn't know either. In other words, five years ago, I didn't know that. It is important that you recognized that the word "gang" might not mean the same as modern usage. That recognition is important to a researcher. Keep it up! Pat -----Original Message----- From: Doris Smith [mailto:dormarbil@yahoo.com] Sent: Monday, May 01, 2006 22:13 To: Kith-n-Kin; ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] the word "Gang" in 1739 Virginia Thank you to all who answered my question... boy, I feel dumb sometimes. Doris A. Smith dormarbil@yahoo.com Kith-n-Kin wrote: Each landowner was responsible for keeping up the public works, including roads. One person would be named as the leader/surveyor, but each landowner contributed muscle for building/repairing roads. I take this usage to mean that the mentioned people were assigned to one group, and are being re-assigned. So, John Glenn and Jacob King both had road crews (gangs/companies) and this was a "reallocation of resources". Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Doris Smith |Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 15:03 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: [ROOTS-L] the word "Gang" in 1739 Virginia | | |I have before me a copy of a page in the "Vestry Book of St. |Paul's Parish in Hanover County, Virginia, 1706-1786" and have |a question about word usage. The passage reads: "Ordered, that |Edw:d England and Robert Wade's people, & Timothy Williams be |taken out of JOHN GLENN'S GANG, and added to Jacob Kings |Company, on the Road he is Surveyor of." | | Can anyone shed any light on just what the part in all caps means? | | Thank you, | D.A. Smith | dormarbil@yahoo.com | |