I grabbed this snippet off the Vermont list (VERMONT-L) at Rootsweb, posted by Gary Bushaw ([email protected]). =================================== Many from Vermont traveled down the military turnpike from Plattsburgh into Franklin Co. (Malone)and then into St. Lawrence Co. to find land to farm. > If one left Orange County Vt. in the 1820`s for NY State was there > a certain area that one went to or could it be anywhere? =================================== So was this William's route to Malone? What would he be doing in Plattsburgh (on Lake Champlain's western shore) to begin with? Ex-soldier? And which one of you is it that's researching this particular William? Inquiring minds want to know. Chris |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| Christopher Hapgood Brooks Researching BROOKS Families of New England ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||