- Joined
- Apr 21, 2013
- Location
- Eastern NC
Taken from the 1860 census.
Those were all the attributes I saw, too, when I was trying to piece the letter forms into a name.I have to disagree; granted, I don't see the other document which lists watch maker, but look at the sample above- the T in Troy matches the initial of the mystery word, and the last two letters in Joseph look very similar to the final two letters of the mystery word. The stroke above the final two letters doesn't really seem to go with either stroke, and there's not much of an indication of a C. Not sure what it could be though- but just doing the letter analysis I can't make it out as "watch."
Mmmm...in each of the green highlighted words there's a break between the T and H, and the only letters which dip below the line are the F in Lafayette and the P in Joseph (the Z and Y are obviously not the letter in question). I can maybe go with a terminal T as in Tenant, making it T**PT
What he said...I think it's T***pt Maker.
The letter on the end looks very much like the letter on the end of Tenant above. And the second to the last letter definitely has a descender, looking very much like the p in Joseph, as someone else has pointed out.
Some people were listed in the 1860 census as "turpentine makers." Could this be "Turpt Maker" as an abbreviation?
Boom!Some people were listed in the 1860 census as "turpentine makers." Could this be "Turpt Maker" as an abbreviation?
Anyone want to cross-check and see if turpentine was manufactured in that place and time?