Harry, you and others on this list have been so helpful re: this part of the CHAMBERS family history.  Can't tell you the number of times we have driven around the area.  We have picnic  at Fort Fredrick in the summer when down for reunions.  Have more avenues to pursue on our next trip. Thank you all for your input. Mary Ellen Chambers ________________________________ From: Harry Pontius <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, May 17, 2011 10:57:43 AM Subject: [MDWashin] Green Springs Furnace Here is some data based on Internet searches: Green Spring Furnace -In 1770, Governor Johnson and a Mr. Jacques erected a furnace on Green Spring Run, one mile above its entrance into the Potomac River. The neighboring ore not being of good quality, the furnace was abandoned in 1775. Green Springs Furnace road is off 56 Route Big Pool Road and on the south side of I-70 west of Fort Frederick State Park.  It may now be known as McCoys Ferry Road and appears to parallel Green Springs Run. Lancelot Jacques House Route 56, Big Spring "Three miles south of Clear Spring, at Green Spring Furnace, is located a log and clapboard house built before 1750 by Lancelot Jacques, a French Huguenot refugee, who came to America and became a great friend of Thomas Johnson, later Governor of Maryland. Together they operated Catoctin Furnace and were partners in many business ventures, not dissolving partnership until 1776. Lancelot Jacques kept the Green Spring property and his nephew, Denton, lived there after him. The house was admirably situated for defence against the Indians, as it was on a hill close to a fine spring. Three miles southwest was Fort Frederick, offering refuge if the attack on the dwelling proved too much for the small group of pioneers to cope with. When Braddock marched to his death he passed near here, camping under Fairview Mountain." Green Spring Furnace ceased operation in 1873. The Green Spring Ore bank appears to be under or along side I-70 on Cove Road about 1200 feet from Green Spring Furnace Road. Don't know if any of this is of value More is out there using the big search engines. Harry ********* 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