One Quick Handwriting Transcription Challenge Every Day-for the genealogist in you
Monday, July 18, 2011
Setting Up My Husband's Affairs
What is the widow's name on this inventory from Davidson County, Tennessee in the early 1800s? She made her mark as the administratrix of her husband's estate.
Lutetia Cookely
ReplyDeleteLutitia Cooke ??
ReplyDeletemaybe it is Lutitea -- the "i" and "e" are very similar on this document!!
Lutetea Cooke
ReplyDeleteLetitia Cooke
ReplyDeleteLetitia Cooke
ReplyDeleteAgree with Tom--Lutitea (or Lutetia) Cooke.
ReplyDeleteLutitea Cooke is really what it looks like.
ReplyDeleteShe really went by "Lettie/Letty," but you can't know that from just this reference.