Phyllis, Found this in my notes: l) pg.275 The Monongalia Story Vol II, by Earl Core: 'Joseph Coon (of Philip), b. Apr. 4, 1720 near Philadelphia, d. Apr. 6, 1798, bur. nr. the old fort, in Harrison Co.. He married Catherine Cu(o)nrad and they had seven children " ( names them). I have the book, if you need more. This makes me believe in my Custer research even more. Hope Erik pops in on this!! Warm regards, Carolyn > Seeking ancestry of subject Catherine Cunread (spelling of surname not certain.) Can anyone help me find her father > Anthony b. about 1710? > Catherine married about 1748-1750 a Joseph Coon/Koon/Kuhn of near Phila. PA. It is said in the family history of the Coon > family that she was the d/o Anthony Cunraed said to have been born about 1710. Catherine, her husband and their children > remained near Phila. during most of the 1750s before moving westward. They were in Hampshire Co. VA (now WV) in the > 1760s and they arrived in then West Augusta District in the early 1770s to meet up with Joseph's father, Philip Coon. They > settled in the area which became Coon's Creek and where Coon's Fort was built about 1774 (became Monongalia Co. VA, > now WV, until about 1783 when it became Harrison Co. (W) VA. Joseph, born in 1720 died in 1798. Catherine died after > 1798. > > Thanks for any help. Phyllis Vines > >