Hi, Judy, Brothers Valley was in the OLD Bedford County. The old Bedford County was very large. I believe I've read that it held parts of 20 present day counties. Brothers Valley is located in present day Somerset County, and Somerset County was created in 1795 from the western part of Bedford County. To me, generally speaking, that area is southwestern PA - Greene and Fayette are the western most of the bottom tier of counties, but Somerset is next, just east of Fayette. I was just speaking in?general terms. The book has a surname index in the back. There are no entries for ANTHONY, LEHN, SEPTER or BAIL. There's one entry for LANE with a cross-reference: LANE, Adeline (Knepper, Peter) Entries for Baker and BECKER entries (some are cross-referenced in the index): BAKER BAKER,Abraham BAKER, Annie BAKER, Christine Louise (or Ronald) BAKER, David BAKER, Jonathan BAKER (Becker), John BAKER, Lewis BAKER, Mabel M. BAKER, Myra BAKER (Becker), Peter BAKER, Philip BAKER, Ronald (of David) BECKER (Baker), Peter BECKER, Ruth The general BAKER family reference is in the description of the formation of the Sipesville Church . . . "In 1790, about eight families moved into the area from the Friedens Church section, Shenandoah Valley, Virginia (near Harrisonburg). Among them were the Cupps, Bakers, . . ." The book does have specific birth and death dates on some individuals, it just varies. If you want me to check any of the above in more detail for you, just let me know. I've also been reading "The Stoner Brethren" by Richard R. Weber, and I recognize some of the surnames you've listed from that book also. Let me know if you're interested. Hope that helps! Cheryl Message: 1 Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 03:13:56 -0400 From: "Judy Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [BRE] church logo question To: brethren@rootsweb.com Message-ID: ??? <e3afe72a0807010013i6350cfeblb94212a6ba18391b@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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.