Hi Cheryl, Isn't Brothersvalley in Bedford Co? If so, it's mid-central Pa in the mountains. Washington Co, Greene Co, and Fayette Co form SW Pa. If you have time, does the book mention surnames ANTHONY, LANE or LEHN, SEPTER? I also have BAKER (Beckar) and BAIL but no exact dates except grown children by 1790. Judy On 6/30/08, wsiebrass@aol.com <wsiebrass@aol.com> wrote: > > Beverly, > ? > > I've been reading "Two Centuries of Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren 1762 1962" by H. Austin Cooper over the past week or so. Cooper specifically talks about the mustering of Brethren youth during the time of the Revolutionary War. He states that "Young Dunkers flocked to the Drill Grounds. . .", this despite "great wrath from the fathers of the Church and parents of many of the youth." According to Cooper, "The desire was so great amonth the young men of the settlement and the flame had been fanned so high by the Indian trepidations . . .that the Brothers Valley Militia leaped into existence." > > > > Cooper says, "At least nineteen sons of these staunch Brethren and Seventh Day Baptists in Stony Creek and Brotherton joined the Brothers Valley Militia in 1774." He states, "All of them followed General George Washington through his campaigns, and some of them stayed with him at Valley Forge. Several of them were promoted up through the ranks from privates to higher officers." > > > BrothersValley was in southwestern PA, while your ancestor was in southeastern PA, but I suspect the situation was similar.

Hello Judy, Brothers Valley is in Eastern Somerset County, on the eastern edge of the Allegheny Plateau, after you climb the Allegheny Mountain. Somerset County was taken out of Bedford County to which it formerly belonged. This happened, of course, nearly 200 years ago, but I no longer remember the date. Emmert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> To: <brethren@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:13 AM Subject: Re: [BRE] church logo question > Hi Cheryl, > > Isn't Brothersvalley in Bedford Co? If so, it's mid-central Pa in the > mountains. > > Washington Co, Greene Co, and Fayette Co form SW Pa. > > If you have time, does the book mention surnames ANTHONY, LANE or > LEHN, SEPTER? I also have BAKER (Beckar) and BAIL but no exact dates > except grown children by 1790. > > Judy > > On 6/30/08, wsiebrass@aol.com <wsiebrass@aol.com> wrote: >> >> Beverly, >> ? >> >> I've been reading "Two Centuries of Brothersvalley Church of the Brethren >> 1762 1962" by H. Austin Cooper over the past week or so. Cooper >> specifically talks about the mustering of Brethren youth during the time >> of the Revolutionary War. He states that "Young Dunkers flocked to the >> Drill Grounds. . .", this despite "great wrath from the fathers of the >> Church and parents of many of the youth." According to Cooper, "The >> desire was so great amonth the young men of the settlement and the flame >> had been fanned so high by the Indian trepidations . . .that the Brothers >> Valley Militia leaped into existence." >> >> >> >> Cooper says, "At least nineteen sons of these staunch Brethren and >> Seventh Day Baptists in Stony Creek and Brotherton joined the Brothers >> Valley Militia in 1774." He states, "All of them followed General George >> Washington through his campaigns, and some of them stayed with him at >> Valley Forge. Several of them were promoted up through the ranks from >> privates to higher officers." >> >> >> BrothersValley was in southwestern PA, while your ancestor was in >> southeastern PA, but I suspect the situation was similar. > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Get's pretty confusing on PA counties.  According to "Handy Book for Genealogists" published by Everton Publishers, Bedford Co was formed in 1771, prior to that it was part of Cumberland Co.  Bedford Co at that time included the Somerset Co. area (until 1795), part of Cambria Co, Washington Co, etc. I prefer to show the present County designation where known as it seems to give the ordinary person a better clue of the geographical area where something happened.   Wayne Lucore --- On Tue, 7/1/08, Judy Florian <cageycat@gmail.com> wrote: From: Judy Florian <cageycat@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [BRE] church logo question To: brethren@rootsweb.com Date: Tuesday, July 1, 2008, 1:13 AM Hi Cheryl, Isn't Brothersvalley in Bedford Co? If so, it's mid-central Pa in the mountains. Washington Co, Greene Co, and Fayette Co form SW Pa.