I hope to spend some time in PA records on my next trip to SLC. Would love to know of other Germanna families or those from Culpeper to the ten mile creek area of Pa. It takes alot of research because the land changed hands so many times. While I am looking for my Thomas, Hupp, Debolt, Christler, Smith families, I'll be glad to look for anyone else. Here is a look at the areas that were involved in the development of western PA. If you have already researched your family in this area, it would be so very helpful if you could share it with me in the hopes of connecting some of my dots. I learned yesterday that Jesse Baumgarden mentioned with Michael Thomas in that area -- was actually a Clore descendant. (Do I have that right, Cathi?) Take care. Marilyn Here is a little background on the area -- again not easy to research. Michael Thomas has events in almost every item in the history list. Does anyone else? Anyone else have any clarifying facts about this area of PA or ideas for research? IMPORTANT EVENTS IN WASHINGTON COUNTYBEFORE 1800 by Raymond Martin Bell 1769 Land office openedfor applications 1771 Bedford Countyformed 1773 Westmoreland Countyformed from Bedford 1774 Dunmore'sWar against the Indians 1775 West AugustaDistrict of Virginiaformed, including present Washington County 1776 Yohogania, Monongaliaand Ohio Countiesformed from West Augusta Pennsylvania land office closed. 1777 Militia organized Indian attacksbegin 1779 Virginia issues land certificates 1780 Virginia makes land surveys 1781 Washington Countyformed from Westmoreland, includes present Washington, Greene and southernAllegheny Virginia jurisdiction ends 1782 Registration ofslaves required 1784 Land officereopened 1788 Registration ofslave children required >From James Veach's The Monongahela of Old or HistoricalSketches of Southwestern Pennsylvania to the Year 1800 (Pittsburgh, 1910edition) In 1772, and until WestmorelandCounty was established in 1773, Bedford Countyencompassed all of southwestern Pennsylvania. All of present Fayette County - east of astraight line from the mouth of Redstone to the mouth of Jacob's Creek -consisted of two townships, Springhill and Tyrone. Here, the division line wasRedstone Creek, from its mouth to where it was crossed by Burd's Road, and fromBurd's Road to Gist's, then Braddock's Road to the Great Crossing. The counties of Greene and Washington, west of Fayette, wereevidently included in Springhill. History of Bedford Co., PA Spring Hill Twp, Beginning at themouth of Red Stone Creek and running thence a Due west course to the WesternBoundary of the Province, thence south with the Province line to the SouthernBoundary of the Province, then East with that line to where it crosses theYoughiogeny, then with the Youghiogeny to Laurel Hill, then with the line ofTyrone to Gist's and thence with that line to the beginning. Virginia Land Grants in Pennsylvania by Raymond M. Bell Southwestern Pennsylvania was claimed by both Pennsylvania and Virginiaat the time of the Revolution. Pennsylvaniabegan giving land grants in 1769. This came to an end about 1774, when thedispute with Virginiaheightened. In 1779 and 1780, Virginiagranted land certificates to settlers in the disputed territory. Nearly 830 were granted in what is now Pennsylvania. The certificates (mostly for400 acres) listed the name of the applicant, date of certificate, date ofsettlement and location (generally by name of stream). After the boundarydispute was settled Pennsylvaniaresumed land grants about 1784. Two types of grants were made: those based onVirginia Certificates, which were honored by Pennsylvaniaif there was no prior claim, and those granted directly based on Pennsylvania claims. In 1776, Virginia had set up three counties: Yohogania,north of a line drawn from Follansbee to Washington to Brownsville toUniontown: Ohio, south of Yohogania and west of a fine drawn from Washingtonslightly southwest, and Monongalia, south of Yohogania and east of Ohio [thesethree counties made up the District of West Augusta]. In granting certificates to settlers in these counties in1779 and 1780, Virginiarequired the settlers to list the bona fide date of settlement on the land. Monongahela River, which flows through the eastern part of Washington County,rises in Randolph County, Virginia,at the foot of the Laurel Mountain, and flowing northwardly for about threehundred miles, empties into the Allegheny River at Pittsburghand forms the Ohio. It is nearly four hundred yards wide at itsmouth, and is navigable for light boats sixty miles, to West Brownsville, in this county, and for small boats nearly twohundred miles from its mouth. Its principal tributaries are the Youghioghenyand Cheat rivers, which enter into it on the east side, but on the west side,in Washington County, are TENMILE CREEK, Pigeon Creek, Baker and Fish Plotruns, Pike Run, South Fork and Maple Fork, Mingo Creek.

Yes Marilyn, that is correct. His mother was a Clore. :>) ----- Original Message ----- From: <gneolog@aol.com> To: <germanna_colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2011 6:15 PM Subject: [GERMANNA] Germanna people in PA I learned yesterday that Jesse Baumgarden mentioned with Michael Thomas in that area -- was actually a Clore descendant. (Do I have that right, Cathi?) Take care. Marilyn >