Hi Jean, I am from that area. I now live in Illlinois but my family still lives there. I visit every summer. It is known to be a great wilderness...then and now. It is very rustic. I was wondering if you contacted the Feinberg Library in Plattsburg or Addie Sheilds, the Clinton Co Historian? I don't remember hearing the Saunders name in the area...but it has been awhile. It might be worth a try with Elizabethtown area...the main Essex co. records are there. Good Luck, Pat -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 2:18 PM Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO-L] Fwd: [VT-L] POEM/PIONEERS VT to NY >Yes, Pat, that is very helpful. I am looking for the Sanders family and the >only lead I have is that POSSIBLY James Sanders was with Ethan Allen and then >, when given a grant of land after the war on Two Heroes, I can not find any >trace of him. I thought perhaps he might have crossed over into Plattsburgh >area. I find an Oliver Sanders in 1798 who was in the Peru area and the name >Oliver is also in my family (also, Jasper Sanders, etc.) I just had a hunch >that this might lead me down a path. I am "thirsty" for information about my >father's people who grew up in the Adirondack Mountains. >Thanks again for your kind consideration of my request. >Jean Sanders (in Haverhill MA) > >