07 February 2007

Can You Read It?


This comes from a court document in Fleming County, Kentucky, in the early 1800s. This is the signature of the Justice of the Peace on a affidavit.

2 comments:

Miriam Robbins said...

This is a toughie. My guess is that the first name is an abbreviated Benjamin...or maybe just Bentz. Last name Pringe or Pringle.

Bubba said...

This one is really hard--there's no doubt of that. It is actually supposed to be Bertis[sic] Ringo. He was a justice of the peace in Fleming County, Kentucky--hopefully he did not write too many court papers.