CIPHER #3 CHALLENGE, THE FIRST 5 NAMES ON THE LIST. WHO WILL WIN ?

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WRONG! In the Shenandoah Valley, going NORTH... you have Augusta County, Rockingham County, Shenandoah County.
Shenandoah National Park!

Augusta County is a United States county located in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonweatlh of Virginia. It is the second-largest county in Virginia by total area, and it surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro. The Augusta county seat is Staunton,[1] although most of the administrative services have offices in neighboring Verona
 

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Shenandoah National Park!

Augusta County is a United States county located in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonweatlh of Virginia. It is the second-largest county in Virginia by total area, and it surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro. The Augusta county seat is Staunton,[1] although most of the administrative services have offices in neighboring Verona

LOL! SNP wasn't even "there", then... try again.
 

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Augusta County is a United States county located in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonweatlh of Virginia. It is the second-largest county in Virginia by total area, and it surrounds the independent cities of Staunton and Waynesboro. The Augusta county seat is Staunton,[1] although most of the administrative services have offices in neighboring Verona

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doverturtle

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Some say he was killed by Comanches in Texas in a hunting party 1815-1825
He was born in 1765 or so if he died in 1825 he was 60 years old ?
His son Peter W. Finch II born around 1886 or so Augusta VA.

How did Sr. father a child well after he died?
 

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1783-5, oops

1750's Augusta map may help here. VA1750a (1).jpg
 

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Question?

How long dose it take in the state of Virginia if a person has gone missing for his wife to declare him dead?
 

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I would. I will even give you the cyphers 31-W 11-A 106-L 81-T 191-E 224-R 328-O 18-T 75-E 52-Y


I went to Beford with a list of a dozen names I had decyphered from C-3 I was going to search for them at the Bedford City Museum but they did not open until 10 AM the library opened at 9 AM so I went there first. I ask the librarian for a book on old families of Bedford County. She handed me a book called, "Leftwich Turner Families in Virginia." I took those twelve names and started looking in the index. The very first name I found was "Walter Otey" Just about scared the hell out of me. I was able to find a total of 10 of the 12 names so I know for a fact my decypherment of C-3 is correct as I do know that my decypherment of C-1 is correct. I have all three of the Beale Codes completely broken on my CD book, "The Lost Diary of Thomas J. Beall" Yes his last name is spelled with two letter"L's" instead of an "E" on the end. He was from Bealestown, PA His brother Zephaniah's wife was from just SE of Buford's Tavern. So they had connections to the Buford's Area.

By the way TJB's oldest brother Resin was a General in the Indian Wars and saved our country from an attack from Ft. Detroit. He was later a Congressman of Ohio at the same time of the Battle of New Orleans.

The name immediately in front of Walter Otey was Joseph Miller and he was the first man that crossed the Great Divide. He lived on top of Porter's Mountain behind Buford's Tavern.

So, this person was lost out west and never seen again around 1822?
 

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I think you made your poin that Captain Thomas did in fact know this Peter Fitch as well as Jr's mother was in the south-east of that area as Franklin pointed out. I see how this is coming together for you John and i see you have been doing more reserch.
 

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Same as New Orleans I think 7 years.

Remember, this is subject to circumstances that could greatly alter the presumption of death. Also remember that present law isn't necessarily to be applied as it might have been in earlier times. So what were the circumstances of the proposed presumption of death? And what were the exact laws and practices during the effected period?
 

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Remember, this is subject to circumstances that could greatly alter the presumption of death. Also remember that present law isn't necessarily to be applied as it might have been in earlier times. So what were the circumstances of the proposed presumption of death? And what were the exact laws and practices during the effected period?

To fake a death at the time was not a hard thing. Then go to work for the Government was posibly what he did.
 

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It looks like Jean may have won this CIPHER #3 CHALLENGE.

We will give it some more time for others to get there information in!
 

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Enjoy a radio interview from Night Vision Radio with Rene Barnett and guest Kenneth Andrew Bauman:



An earnest challenge to a superior cryptanalyst...Cryptography, would that be you? :


Meet Legrand's "Iron Box" :


PTSNS,STSTOTTLTSAI,DSTSTOTLTA,TSHSSH,*STS

TOTA*AHD*SPSH,HSIO*TAHHHLTSHHLTYTSHTS,HP,O*N,L

T,SSAPTASTSTPTTLSAASI,TTS,HASI,TASI,TTS,HAHDTS,H

ASI,TTDSA,ISHOSALHSTS,STS,SHLTYHAATTLSATSHTSHA

HDTSHLSHHTDSA,A*OA*AS,HATA*NHO
 

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