F W Wallace, I found your post on the Madison Co., KY list interesting as I have an Elizabeth Goss/Gass b 1778 Where??? I have no idea who her parents were, but she md John Hedges b. 1772 in Frederick Co. MD. I have no further info on Elizabeth, such as when or where they married. John d. in 1847 in Bloomfield, Jefferson Co., OH. This John Hedges G. Grandfather immigrated from Glocester London, England, lived in NJ, then in Chester Co, PA. He married then went to Monoguacy Creek, MD. This G. Grandfather's sons' info are that Joshua patented over a thousand acres of land in VA in 1743. Jonas founded Hedges Villa (Hedgesville) in 1746. This was info found in Biography of Joseph Hedges, Charles Joseph Hedges in the History of Kentucky by E. Polk Johnson. (I need to get my hands on a copy of this book) I would then assume they had something to do with KY if it is in the KY history. -JO (Jeanne) I have collected some brief information about David Gass as his daughter Susannah was married to James Harris, one of the many children of my ancestor Christopher Harris (d. 1794 in Madison co., KY), formerly of Albemarle Co., VA. Seemingly David Gass resided there before migrating to Kentucky. Is David Gass originally of Pennsylvania???