My computer just swallowed the Strickland.doc file I was printing. And the scrap with the att.net address of the writer has disappeared In short,I was attached a large .doc file of Samuel Strickland,of Galloway twnsp, and trying to prove seperation with Michael Strickland,blacksmith,of the Great Egg Harbor,and 1805, my sw ohio neighborhood. . I think oppisite,but can not so prove 1780 Samuel Strickland,carpenter, [ships] is repairing pumps at the Rev War salt works. I have the journal. Think you will find Nehemiah Blackman repairing wagons at the same time. Job should qualify for "Public Service" entry into the DAR-SAR. Samuel Strickland was renter on John Higbee's land. 1805,in Ohio,Michael Strickland's 200 acres[not 600] were a mile from Isaac,of John Higbee's 400 acres. Indeed,Michael Strickland picked an Ohio neighborhood aleady settled by Leeds Point- Port Republic,Collins Mills,Smithville,Galloway township NJ people.One was,1806,my own James Leeds m 1786 Rhoda Byard. Siblings included Rachel m Sam Ely,and settled across the Ohio creek from Isaac Higbee-Sophia Somers. And,sons JOHN [j.p.],Timothy, Dr Peter Turner Leeds,and also son,James Baremore Leeds m Cl Ohio Eva Grebor, AND MOVED,WITH James Sr,to Ripley Co,Ind. We have the Irish Elenor Cullin. Maybe just an endentured servant sold at Philadelphia, but,suppose the Irish Catholic Richard Collins,of Collins MilsGalloway,NJ,father of the Methodist Rev John Collins m Sarah Blackman,who led the 1803 colony to Ohio. Suppose Cullin and Collins were one. Samuel Strickland used Collins nearby NJ mills. wAR OF 1812 Samuel Strickland-did he serve with my own NJ SHIP'S CARPENTER,James BLACKMAN-1815 TO JOIN HIS SISTER IN OHIO. MICHAEL STRICKLAND bought,I'm sure 200 acres,and half of what Swing,Justice, Page,Collins,Albertson,Higbee,McCOLLUM bought,but twice the 100 acres my JAMES LEEDS,and his friend,'the" Peter Turner bought. Justice was 540 acres increasing to 700. [640 acres to a square mile]. Jesse Parker m Strickland may have been here. John S Parker m Harriett Bunting,1833 by John Leeds,J.P. [above] Harriett was grandaughter of Edward Doughty,of Absecon,NJ AND 1803-04 Clermont,Oh. Michael Strickland's Ohio brick was smaller than Thomas Page's,and Jesse Justice's,and the size of REV JOHN COLLINS' STONE house.. Byron Williams 1913 history overplays Michael Strickland's wealth. He was about average with that part of the colony whose homes survivied until my memory. . HOPE STRICKLANDis buried in the pioneer emetary in the town of Bethel [Baptist] Indeed,Rev Moses Edwards,of Lyon's Farm,Essex Co,NJ AND Bethel,Ohio 1821 married Pres Grant's parents [Baptist] Jesse Justice's son,Robert Justice,and Bethel's saddler Moses Warden,and one of Michael Strickland's married Anderson sisters-my wife's line. ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.