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