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During the period 1835 - 1918, if livestock strayed into your possession
and no one claimed them, you could go through a series of steps to gain
legal ownership.
Example of an Estray entry. G. A. Lee claims a strayed blue heifer.
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Indexed and contributed by Terry D. Lee,
volunteer for the Madison County Records Center
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| NAME of FINDER | PAGE | DESCRIPTION of ESTRAY |
| Bates, G. A. | 26 & 27 | cow & calf |
| Branon, W. R. | 7 | bay horse mule |
| Brewer, Bill Joe | 32 | heifer |
| Cabiness, Drayton | 13 & 14 | chestnut sorrel mare |
| Chandler, Isiah C. | 8 & 9 | 3 head cattle |
| Cobb, J. C. | 31 | yearling |
| Dauson, Oregon | 4 & 5 | mare mule |
| Dawson, John | 25 & 26 | gray horse |
| Finney, Frank A. | 23 | dark yellow cow |
| Guthrie, George | 22 | bay horse |
| Hill, W. G. | 18 | sow hog |
| Jordan, Jim | 31 | mule |
| Lee, George A. | 2 & 3 | blue heifer |
| Mitchell, Reubin | 21 | Jersey bull |
| Morris, J. W. | 15 | black mare mule |
| Patterson, Andrew T. | 18 & 19 | red cow |
| Patton, A. B. | 29 | red cow |
| Phillips, Will | 32 | blue horse mule |
| Posey, C. R. | 17 & 18 | horse mule |
| Pully, Jim | 6 | dark brown cow |
| Reynolds, R. F. | 1 | heifer yearling |
| Roden, C. A. | 11 & 12 | spotted heifer |
| Roden, H. B. | 28 | yearling |
| Rodgers, W. A. | c. of ex, book 355 | 32253 (not in this book) |
| Sanderson, Walter | 16 & 17 | black mare mule |
| Simmons, Peter | 9 & 10 | young steer |
| Tribble, R. D. | 27& 28 | 2 mules |
| Wallace, O. M. | 23 | bay horse |
| White, Add. | 20 & 21 | brendle muly cow |
| Wilson, J. P. | 30 | white speckled cow |
| Worley, W. F. | 24 | b & w spotted cow |
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