Peter: To make matter worse all three of the colonial colonies claimed land in this area and it wasn't until the Mason & Dixon survey was made that this land was declared in Maryland. You need to check land warrants for Washington County and try and pinpoint it that way. Gordon Crooks ----- Original Message ----- From: "MOREAU, PETER" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2012 12:54 PM Subject: Re: [MDWashin] Rattlesnake Springs - Stove Pipe > > > ---- Original message ---- >>Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2012 11:13:32 -0400 >>From: Pat Thompson <[email protected]> >>Subject: [MDWashin] Rattlesnake Springs - Stove Pipe >>To: [email protected] >> >>Excerpt from obituary for George Washington Hahn, noted on > Find-A-Grave, mentions land belonging to George's grandfather > William Nichols, called "Nicholas Contrivance, resurveyed in > 1964. >> >>This place called Rattlesnake Springs is described in > "Colonial Records of the Upper Potomac Vol. 2 by William H. > Rice, 2012" >> >>In this book it says: "Also on that day (23 Oct 1739) Dent > survey 75 acres called "Nicholls Contrivance" for Edward > Nicholls near Rattlesnake Spring about two miles from where > NEALS FRIEND lived between Antietam Creek and the > Conococheague (Ibid., Patented Certificate #1563) >> >>Since Neals (Nicholas) Friend was my 6th great grandfather I > am interested in pinpointing this location. >> >>Does Rattlesnake Spring appear on any modern maps? >> >> Patty Friend Thompson >> >> >> >>********* >>Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN >>********* >> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/MDWASHIN > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message