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Unnamed Cemetery, 62-4 Summary Report, page 22

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Note that Lipscomb neighbor Richard Holding (“Holden”) provided financial security for the transactions. It may be that there was some blood or marriage relationship between the two families, since such a heavy financial burden of the times would not be undertaken lightly, even among affluent plantation owners. However, it is known that Richard Holding's wife was a Martin by birth, not a Lipscomb, per the inscription on her tombstone. The Boardman Mills tract, as bought by the Lipscombs and described in the foregoing deeds, is outlined on the map segment inserted below: In 1869, Sarah Lipscomb transferred title of the NW/4 of Section 25 to Caroline Lipscomb. According to the 1860 census, Caroline was the first wife of Sarah's son John Lipscomb. Since the marriage records of Madison County do not contain listings for John Lipscomb, it is unknown when he 22 - (2320)    

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