(Originally posted on this List, 14 Dec 2002, by Thom Faircloth.) Sorry for the delay, but the Ice Storm has had me stymied. This is Day five of The Little Fork Colony by B.C. Holtzclaw published in the Germanna Annual Report of 1960. In my last posting, Day 4, I mis-typed a date the 1534 should have read Sept. 23, 1734, my apologies and thanks to Hugh for catching the error. Further details regarding the 13 men directly connected with the Little Fork colony are summarized as follows: 1. Harman Back. He was an appraiser of the estate of John Huffman, father or brother of Henry Huffman, in 1741 (Orange Co. W. B. 1, p. 161); was deeded land by Jacob Holtzclaw in 1748 (Orange Co. D. B. 11, p. 85); and he and his wife Katherine sold the land in 1789 (Culpeper D. B. "P", p. 86). The tax-lists of Culpeper Co. show Harman Back, Jr., and Joseph Bach as probably his sons. John Back and Henry Back, owners of 150 acres apiece in Culpeper in 1779, may have been older sons. 2. Joseph Coons (Cuntze). He was probably a relative of Joseph Cuntze of the 1714 group, but apparently not a son or grandson, for the will of Joseph Cuntze in 1730 mentions only sons Henry and Tillman Cuntze, both under age. Joseph Coons of the Little Fork was granted the land on which the town of Jeffersonton now stands in 1747 (N. N. Grants, "G", p. 7), and in 1783 he and his wife Elizabeth deeded it to their son, Joseph Coons, Jr. (Culpeper D. B. "L", p 246). The wife, Elizabeth was probably identical with an Elizabeth Catherine Cuntze who appears as a daughter and heir of Rev. John Casper Stover, the first pastor of Hebron Lutheran Church in 1739 (Orange Co. W.B. 1, pp. 237-8). Culpeper Co. deeds and tax-lists show three other sons of Joseph and Elizabeth Coons. Jacob, John, and Henry Coons. Jacob and Henry married daughters of Jacob Hanback. 3. John Crim. Crim is probably the German name, Grimm. Hermann Grimm of Trupbach was godfather of Harman Fishback of the 1714 group in 1693, and John Crim may have been a relative. John Crim was granted land next to Joseph Coons in 1747 (N.N. Grants, "G", p. 8), but he, his wife Gertrude ("Caretrout"), and son John Crim, Jr., had all moved to Fauquier Co. and deeded the land way in 1767 (Culpeper D. B. "E", p. 219). The Little Fork land seems to have come back to the Crims, however, for it was in the possession of George Crim, probably another son, in 1783 (D. B. "L", p. 246). A third son was probably Jacob Crim, who appears in several Culpeper deeds from 1779 to 1782. 4. Frederick Fishback (1716) - 1782), as mentioned, was eldest son of John Fishback of Germantown, and married Ann Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Jacob Holtzclaw. His descendants are given in the Fishback genealogy. 5. Jacob Fishback. It is uncertain whether Jacob Fishback was the Hans Jacob Fischbach who landed at Philadelphia in 1734, or whether he was the young "cousin Jacob Fishback", who was apprenticed to John Fishback of Germantown and who was left a small bequest in the latter's will, dated Mar. 11, 1733/4. It seems certain that Jacob was not a son either of John Fishback of Germantown or of his brother Harman. Jacob Fishback's wife Katherine and his sons, John and Frederick, are mentioned in the Holtzclaw deed to them in 1748 (Orange Co., D.B. 11, p. 88). The Tax-lists of Culpeper Co. show Jacob Fishback in 1785 as an old man, exempt from taxes; in 1786 they show only "John Fishback son of Jacob", so that Jacob probably died in 1785 or 1786. I have found nothing further regarding this branch of the Fishback Family. 6 Jacob Hanback. On April 17, 1757, John Green and Susannah his wife deeded 400 acres in the close neighborhood of the Little Fork Germans to Jacob Hanback, Harman Young, and John Hanback, and the three men divided the land in 1785 (Culpeper D. B. "C", p. 43; D. B. "N", p. 46). Jacob Hanback died in 1785. His will, dated Nov. 1, 1785, and probated in Culpeper Co. Dec. 19, 1785 (W. B. "C", p. 152), mentions sons John, Jacob and William; daughters Susannah Hanback, Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Coons, Mary, wife of Henry Coons, and "the children of my daughter Catherine, deceased"; wife and Jacobs Coons, executors. Judging by the 1757 deed above, the deceased daughter, Catherine, was probably the wife of Harman Young. A deed in 1792 shows that Jacob Hanback's wife was named Mary (Culpeper D. B. "R", p. 96). {to be continued.} Thom Faircloth