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received 271 acres later known as the pry property as well as 144 acres known as the "Forest of
Needwood". Their father's 18 Georgetown lots (on Needwood Street) were bequeathed brother Thomas and grandchildren (by him as well as by his daughter/sister Mary L. Ringgold). Ultimately, John had difficulty paying the debt assessment and mortgaged the property, receiving only life estates in their Needwood property.
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