---- 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