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Long Tooth
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Long Tooth asked in Arts & HumanitiesGenealogy · 1 decade ago

What does Relict mean, in Virginia court records?

The Virginia Colonial Abstracts by Beverly Fleet is all that is left of the lost Virginia records. These abstracts are full of abbreviations like JNO. Galloes, Ja. Mumford, and BBL. of corn or tobacco. Can anyone tell me what these mean?

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  • Bryce
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    "Relict" is an archaic term for "widow" or "widower." "Jno" was a common abbreviation for "Jonathon," "Ja." is probably "James" (though "Jas." is more common), and I think BBL is "barrels," like "pp" is "pages."

    Source(s): Librarian and amateur historian
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    7 years ago

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