Fayette Co PA was called Redstone (Redstone Fort, etc). "Redstone" was used to describe the red banks along the Monongahela River running through Fayette Co and Washington Co, to Allegheny Co. The most red banks through were in Fayette Co. The Indians described it as redstone. Not a great explanation, but try the Fayette Co list on Yahoo and the Fayette Co website on Rootsweb (PAGenWeb for Fayette). Judy On 2/22/08, Mary Elizabeth Stump <liztuc@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > This is a letter of appreciation to Merle, Wayne - all the other people on > the Brethren List who have offered help and encouragement to me in trying to > put my husband's Stump line in helpful and usable order. > > 1. With limited information, my husband, left a brown 6x8 inch envelope > containing a photocopy of the will of David Stump of Clinton County Ohio - > 1845 - wife not named, but children:David, Samuel, Rebecca, Margaret and > Isaac; also miscellaneous search records on this family. Anyone interested > in this family's records, may contact me at: liztuc@sbcglobal.net. > > 2. My husband left a penned memo as I've copied: > "IGI - Patron's Sheet Johannes Stump - Philadelphia > Batch #7707517 (S/S 89) > Batch C 504861 0165 > Barbara and Johannes had a son, Johannes" > > Can anyone identify this and explain it to me? > > Was the "Redstone Region of Pennsylvania" in Bedford, Fayette, and/or > Somerset Counties? > > Is there any way to check for a marriage record of a SECOND Francis Stump > - grandson of Francis, the Elder-Minister - probably in Muhlenberg County - > to a first wife, by whom he had one son - and with the son, but not the wife > - he migrated to Edgar County, Ill. about 1825? > > Thanks again, - Most Sincerely Liz Stump > > ------------------------ >