'Torstein Nordadal er omtala fyrste gong i 1644, og han åtte da 2 1/2 tn. i garden. Året etter var han eigar av heile Nordadal på 5 tn. ...
'Forutan heile Nordadal, som han åtte og skatta av heilt til han døde i 1710, var Torstein frå 1648 og eigar av 1 1/2 tn. i Tveit i Flåbygd, konas odel. I 1650-åra løyste han inn 2 1/2 tn. i Nordre Årnes, som og var gammalt odelsgods i ætta. Meir enn desse 9 1/2 tn. jord kan ein ikkje sjå at Torstein sat med nokon gong. Tradisjonen vil ha det til at Torstein Nordadal var ein uvanleg rik mann, men det er ikkje rett.'
translation: Torstein Nordadal is referred to for the first time in 1644, and he owned then 2 1/2 tn. in the farm. The year after, he was owner of all of Nordadal at 5 tn. ...
Besides the entire Nordadal, which he owned and was taxed on all the way until he died in 1710, Torstein was, from 1648, also owner of 1 1/2 tn. in Tveit in Flåbygd, his wife's inheritance. In the 1650s, he bought out 2 1/2 tn. in Nordre Årnes, which was an old inheritance of his people. More than these 9 1/2 tn. of land one cannot see that Torstein had anything else. Tradition has it that Torstein Nordadal was an unusually rich man, but that is not correct.