There have be a few inquiries concerning the Barr's of Indiana Co., PA and especially the information included in the 1880 History of Indiana Co., PA by Caldwell. Most of the reference to the Barr family is under the chapters describing the Indian raids on Wallace and Barr forts around 1778-1781. The men involved were the original settlers of Derry Township which is right on the border of Westmoreland and Indiana Co's. The boundaries changing in 1804 and probably earlier county including this area was Cumberland and Lancaster Counties. The original settlers were Pomeroy (various spellings) and Wilson. After a number of years they went back to the original family area which was W. Conococheague Creek, Peters Twp. Franklin Co. PA and married women one a daughter of Thomas Barr and Janet Hutchinson; Isabelle Barr. Isabelle's three brothers also went back to Derry Township area; James Barr and wife Mary; Alexander Barr and wife Margaret Welsh (Margaret later married Uriah Matson). and my descendent Robert Barr and his wife Mary Williamson who are listed as being married 23 April 1771 at the Mercersburg Presbyterian Church, Franklin Co. PA. I did not find any of the other marriages listed. There was a second Presbyterian Church in the area that a lot of BARRS are listed in the pew register as well as a lot of the family names mentioned in the Derry Township area. The church was the Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church, Pew holders, 1794: Letterkenney Twp. A James Barr and William Barr were listed. The story of Alexander and Robert Barr are related in a number of places. Some of this information is also covered in other county histories with some differences. I have seen that Isabella married Pomeroy and in this history it was Wilson. All three Barr families had sons and daughters but I do not have much information on them. They would all have been born before 1781 when the two brothers were killed. They were not the first of the family to die under the attacks of the Indians. There mother was killed in an attach by King Shingas and Capt. Jacobs who burned the house in 1756. (House located in Peters Twp. on West Conocheague Creek, Franklin County, PA. between Mathew Patton's and Mesech James. King Shingas and Captain Jacobs burned house on March 1, 1756. Historical marker in place.) Robert Barr's Widow would marry Capt. John Boggs who had a family from his first wife Jane Irwin. Roberts son John Barr would marry Jane Boggs (they were raised together) and they would move to Ohio, and Indiana. Mary Williamson was the brother of Col. David Williamson who was involved with the Indians as follows: 2- Brother was Col. David Williamson, who fought Indians with Lord Dunmore in 1774. The Nov. 1781 campaign, 3- The march 1782 massacre at Gnaddenhutten. 4- The June 1782 retreat of Crawfords men. The following is said of Mary Williamson: About 1781 Mary was with her father on Buffalo Creek, where her brother, Col. David Williamson, was preparing to take prisoners to Pittsburgh. Thinking they were the Indians who had killed her husband, she seized a loaded gun and attempted to shoot one of them. "Someone knocked up the muzzle of the gun and the ball lodged in the overhead." She ran from the house and hid in the woods for three days before she was found and brought home. In September 1782 her son John, not yet eight, was injured in an Indian attack on nearby Rice's Fort. In 1785 Mary married Capt. John Boggs (1739-1826), a widower with several children, who lived on the Ohio River three miles below Wheeling ( see page 83). PICKAWAY PLAINS, OHIO. Mary's brother David had been in the Virginia militia when Lord Dunmore concluded his treaty with the Indians in 1774 on the Pickaway Plains. He described to Boggs the place where Chief Logan made his famous speech under a large tree, later known as the Logan Elm. In 1796 John Boggs and his son John explored that fertile territory, recognized the historic elm, and selected that site and adjoining land for their farms. Two years later they moved their family down the Ohio River in a keel boat, up the Scioto River to Chillicothe in a barge, and on to their new home, about six miles from Circleville. Years later the family erected the Logan Elm Monument, still visited by students of history. The Barrs and Boggses were outstanding citizens in their community, and within another generation some branches moved west to Indiana where again they were leaders in yet another frontier state. John and Mary were buried in the Boggs family cemetery. Hope this helps some of you looking for BARR's in PA area. Bill Baran Phoenix, AZ