In a message dated 5/11/04 5:13:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time, sburns@neo.rr.com writes: > Subj: [BURNS] "Burns ford" or "Burns Tract" > Date: 5/11/04 5:13:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time > From: sburns@neo.rr.com > Reply-to: BURNS-L@rootsweb.com > To: BURNS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent from the Internet > > > > > > Has anyone any info on a Burns ford at the Youghiogheny River in or around > Fayette Co.,PA. This is mentioned in the > "REPORT OF THE COMMISSION TO LOCATE THE SITE OF THE FRONTIER > FORTS OF PENNSYLVANIA: Vol II, Part 10" > "Sparks Fort" > > "Spark's Fort was near Burns' ford, in what is now Perry > township, Fayette county. > > > > > > Also from Ellis Franklin's book "History of Fayette County" page 711-this is > listed > > "Thomas Burns, it being a part of the Burns Tract, which extended to the > Youghiogheny River, and on which the Burns ford is located. > > thanks > steve > > > > > > > > > > thanks > > steve > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > Hey Steve, One of the right places to ask. You might also try the Fayette-L and possably the Washington-L lists. Seems theres a lot of knowledgeable people out there. Don