Does anyone know the children of Lewis K. McCoy? Looking for the family of a Nancy McCoy who married Robert Beckwith in Columbiana Co. OH in 1843. Warm Regards, June L. Beckwith In a message dated 8/4/2003 7:11:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, OHJEFFER-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: > In the early 1700's settlers were already arriving and settling up and down > the Ohio River Valley. The early settlers came mostly from New England of > Scotch-Irish and German descent. From the East to the West came a flow of > settlers using the waterway of the Ohio River as their chief means of > transportation. > One of these early settlers was Lewis K. McCoy who bought a section of land, > at the mouth of Jeremy's Run, namingt it "Stumptown"because the grove of > maple trees had been cut down leaving an area of tree stumps. Stumptown's > location would be north of the present route 152. The parcel of land lying south of > route 152 was bought by a Scotchman, Alexander Stewart. At the present time > this section of land is owned by 84 Lumber Co. The Village of Empire is > located on McCoy's land. This little settlement at the mouth of Jeremy's Run grew > and prospered because of its busy and convenient water transportationof the > Ohio River. > The village has had so many names. 1. Stumptown,2. Shanghai, Olive > City,(McCoy changed the name of Shanghai to Olive City in honor of his youngest > daughter.) Soon after the naming of Olive City, McCoy laid out the town into lots > 50X100 ft and streets 60 ft wide. Then it was called McCoy's Station, then > Empire City and last of all Empire. >