Daniel Boone was a surveyor and he had a third or fourth grade education. I think you are reading to much into this. But good luck anyway. Wouldn't the land deeds show who surveyed the plots? Charles On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 08:48:09 -0800 Kathryn Weiss <buckeye@thegrid.net> writes: > Hi Herm, Thanks for the thought about Presby. ministers. Can you > tell > me the names of those Princeton-educated men, or a brief > background?? > Or about where they lived in relation to Falmouth? I'd been > considering > surveyors or engineers being highly trained/skilled in mathematics, > was > hoping for some names. I hadn't really thought about ministers > other > than the broad classical education that many received -- hadn't > really > connected them to math. > > Bob, thanks for replying, but I am not sure what point you were > trying > to make. Could you enlighten me? I do understand that 1,613 pop. > was > not all grown men. > > Any thoughts on who/where this "McClain" guy was? [variant > spellings, I > am sure!] > > Kathryn > > -------------------- > > > > Subject: Re: [KYPENDLE] Pendleton County 1800 > > Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:37:24 -0500 > > From: Hermon B Fagley <hermfagley@juno.com> > > To: KYPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > A Presbyterian minister?. I can think of Princeton educated > ministers in > > Mason and Bourbon.The one in Mason Co surveyed. Or,simply because > he was > > my ancestor, and thus > > had to be smart, and tall,dark,and handsome,Thomas Hitch. > > The county surveyor. > > > > ========================================= > Subject: Re: [KYPENDLE] Pendleton County 1800 > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 21:41:00 EST > From: BoMarRegan@aol.com > To: KYPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com > > > > Kathryn: Check any of the census' of the 1800s or early 1900s. It > was > not unusual to find a farming family with 9 or 10 children. > Bob > ========================== > Subject: [KYPENDLE] Pendleton County 1800 > Date: Sat, 13 Mar 2004 17:12:07 -0800 > From: Kathryn Weiss <buckeye@thegrid.net> > To: KYPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com > > 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. > > Here's another question, > Who, as a grown, likely successful man, in 1800 in Pendleton County > would have had books - philosophy, religion, mathematics, etc.? > Any > mention in the later estate records of these guys, of books in the > inventory, [other than account books or Bibles]? > > Kathryn > > > ==== KYPENDLE Mailing List ==== > NOTICE: Posting of virus warnings, test messages, chain > letters, political announcements, current events, items for > sale, personal messages, flames,etc. (in other words - spam) > is NOT ALLOWED and will be grounds for removal. Consideration > for exceptions, contact Kathleen Burnett > kathleenburnett@earthlink.net > > ============================== > 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 > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!