Kathryn: There was a Daniel McClain living around the South Fork of the Licking River around 1800. He married Elizabeth (Betsy) King, d/o Edward King. (THE PIONEERS OF PENDLETON CO, published by the Pendleton Co. Historical Society in 2000) I also did a quick search of the Pendleton Co. Genealogy site maintained by Bonnie Snow - it had a couple of references to Daniel McClain as well as several other McClains. You might want to take a look there and see what you can find. Nancye Gray ----- Original Message ----- From: Kathryn Weiss To: KYPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2004 8:12 PM Subject: [KYPENDLE] Pendleton County 1800 Hi folks, I have a couple of general questions, maybe you can help me. I find reference to meeting at "McClain's Schoolhouse" in the 1797 Forks of Licking Church records. Who was McClain? Any chance anybody knows where McClains schoolhouse was? Was it in Falmouth? This, before the FOL Meeting House had been built, apparently. Which grown man in Pendleton County in 1800 was the most likely to be a teacher or a professional man, well-educated, particularly trained & highly skilled in mathematics? Who among your ancestors was a mathematician of one skill-set or another? Especially if there was a man who lived near the general area of the the Licking R., and north of Falmouth. Considering that in 1800 the population was 1,613, with a population density of 2.7 people per square mile, I'd guess neighborhoods by definition were larger than we are used to thinking of today. I'll be very interested in your responses. Kathryn ==== KYPENDLE Mailing List ==== If you wish to unsubscribe from this list, send only the word UNSUBSCRIBE to KYPENDLE-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM or if you are on the Digest List to KYPENDLE-D-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM ============================== 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