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John Forehand (damaged livestock-mark entry; attributed)
Birth: unknownDeath: unknownUndated damaged livestock-mark registration; original recoveredThe recovered Pasquotank register entry preserves Forehand’s surname and part of an earmark description, but the given name is damaged and no date is legible in the entry. John is the attribution in the later family quotation; its circa 1740 date remains unverified. This record-specific profile is not identified with the Pasquotank tax John, Cornelius’s son or Edgecombe John.
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Three registrations dated 24 May 1765 preserve Thomas, Lemuel and Jarvis Forehand’s livestock marks. An illustrated guide explains their colonial purpose and a recovered—but incomplete—Forehand entry attributed to John.