> Bob, > Thank you for the information regarding John Wesley HERRON. The gentleman you have referenced is not the son of David HERRON b Lancaster, PA 1788 m Lydia GRISSELL Lancaster, PA 1812 and the grandson of John HERRON and Rebecca CLARKE. David's son, John Wesley HERRON, was b 1813 > Lancaster County, PA, d 1836 Ohio, IN. Perhaps your John fits in later in the lineage in an as yet undiscovered tie. Regards, Ed HERRON > Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] Migration from Lancaster to Clermont Co, OH - HERRON > Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2001 01:42:21 -0500 > From: "Bob Anderson" <rmorris@ptd.net> > To: PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com > > Mr. Herron, > > Was yourn ancestor's full name John Wesley Herron? If so, this man took out > two warrents of land in Ohio, one in 1835 for 40.12 acres, and one in 1848 > for 39.78 acres. The 40.12 tract was in Paulding County, Ohio(lying in > Indiana). The39.78 tract was located in Ross County, Ohio, and John Bacler > was his backer in this transaction. Later, in 1872 he obtained a homestead > warrent for 160 acres of land in Benzie County, MI. Copies of these > warrents can be obtained at the BLM website at www.glorecords.blm.gov. > > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E. B. Herron" <ebherron@home.com> > To: <PALANCAS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 12:36 PM > Subject: [PALANCAS] Migration from Lancaster to Clermont Co, OH - HERRON > > > Walt, > > > > I was interested in your reference to the migration pattern from > > Lancaster, PA to Clermont Co, OH: > > > > " We do not know that Timothy Conner, my 3rd Great > > Grandfather, was born in Lancaster. We only know that he was born in > > "PA". Our Conner family was closely associated with the Jacob Light > > family in Clermont Co., OH, in the early 1800s and we are only > > guessing that the families may have known, been associated with each > > other, before coming to OH. The Lights were in Lancaster, once > > owning the area where Churchtown, PA, is located, then Westmoreland > > Co. and finally Allegheny Co., before coming to OH." > > > > I am researching the HERRON family that followed this pattern. From a > > family biography of the John and Rebecca CLARK(E) HER(R)ON family: > > > > "It was, (I think) in 1790 that they reached Philadelphia, and went > > immediately to lands in Pennsylvania, previously purchased with > > reference to farming or to coal and iron. John Heron's portion fell in > > Lancaster County. > > > > Glowing accounts of the new Northwest Territory had for years been > > traveling eastward, and in 1816 John HERRON determined to remove > > thither. With his family he crossed the mountains in the great > > Conestoga wagons of that time, and took raft at Pittsburgh for > > Cincinnati. In accordance with previous arrangement with former > > neighbors he found his way to Clermont County, and purchased a farm near > > the Ohio River, where he passed the remainder of his life." > > > > While I have not been able to determine where in Lancaster County the > > HERRONs settled, this biography and Bible records make reference to New > > Richmond in Clermont County. > > > > Regards, > > > > Ed HERRON > > > > researching: > > > > John HERRON: Scot > N Ire > Lancaster, PA c 1785-90 > New Richmond, > > Clermont Co, OH 1816 > > John m Rebecca CLARKE or CLARK, sister of James and Frank CLARKE, > > Strasburgh, PA > > > > Children of John and Rebecca: > > David m Lydia GRISSELL c 1812, Lancaster, PA > > John m Elizabeth CALDWELL > > James m Margaret ARCHERD, 1833, New Richmond, Clermont Co, OH > > Andrew > > William > > Anna, spinster > > Rebecca m Moses Rardin, 1833, New Richmond, Clermont Co, OH > > Joseph m Elizabeth RODGERS or ROGERS, 1828, New Richmond, OH, m Cordelia > > WEEKS c 1839, principal of HERRON's Seminary, Cincinnati, OH