Legacy of the Sacred Harp by Webb Chloe;
Author:Webb, Chloe;
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: TCU Press
Published: 2012-08-15T00:00:00+00:00
Attached to Mabelâs handwritten letters were some notes casually scrawled on discarded calendar pages for April 1 and 2, 1957:
1.Patrick Ryan, Grantor to Arnold Thomason 33 ½ acres
2.Will of Susannah Ryan, widow of Ben III Dumas. Susannah died 1805.
3.Deed Book I page 5âJune 20, 1807â120 acres, formerly Ryan property, B.H. Covington, Sheriff to Sons of Susannah Dumas
4.B.H. Covington Sheriff to Arnold Thomason 33 ½ acres.
So the sheriff set the record straight. The three orphaned sons of Ben III and Susannahâone of whom was my great-great-grandfather, Benjamin Franklin Dumasâregained the land that had been awarded to their mother, Susannah Dumas, the Revolutionary War widow. This must certainly have been the source of funds for Benjamin Franklin and Martha Ussery Dumas to move their family from North Carolina to Georgia.
Mabelâs incidental notes provided a relishing glimpse: somehow, Mr. Thomason even got the acreage he thought heâd already purchased from Patrick Ryanâperhaps the same land of the present-day Mr. Thomasonâs convenience store.
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