Jerry, Thanks for the info. I will check Augusta Co., Ave and no longer ignore W. Va. I have ancestors in All. Co. and Wash Co. in the late 1700's and can find nothing about them. Will go this route. Clare in Fla. ========================== On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 06:13:42 -0400 "Jerome Dittman" <[email protected]> writes: > Clare > > The area south of the Ohio River and west of the Monongehela River > through > West Virginia and parts of eastern Ohio were originally part of > Augusta > County, VA. > > There is a three volume book of records for Augusta County, VA in > print the > author of which was Shakley, or something similar. At one time the > contents > of the book were being put on line. A Google search for "Augusta > County VA > Records" should turn them up, IF, they are still there. Carnegie > Library > should have a copy. > > Jerry Dittman > Boonsboro, MD > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 9:29 AM > Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] VA and PA line > > > > Al, > > So are you are saying that the Point was Ft. Duquesne; then Fort > > Necessity, then Fort Pitt? Was the VA line prior to the Rev. War, > just > > south of the Point? If that is so, was the southern part of > Washington > > Co. and Allegheny Co. in VA at that time? > > > > Clare in Fla. > > (Jeanne is on us now. I'm in Clearwater in the Tampa Bay Area.) > > ================ > > > > On Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:11:56 -0400 Al Lenkner > <[email protected]> > > writes: > > > --=======6ACA3A63======= > > > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-4D246445; > > > charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > > > > > Clare, > > > > > > Both were on the Point. If I recall my history correctly, the > > > French built > > > Ft Duquesne around the time of the French-Indian War which is > called > > > an > > > entirely different thing in Europe but I forget which, 7 Year > War is > > > > > > possible. After Braddock got his butt kicked and Washington > built > > > and > > > holed up in Fort Necessity for a while, the English finally > took > > > over the > > > French Fort. I believe that it was General Forbes who led the > > > winning > > > expedition. But that was even before Mac's time! > > > > > > Al > > > > > > > > > At 03:11 PM 9/25/2004, you wrote: > > > > > > >Al, > > > >Thanks for replying. I recall years ago that I saw a map > showing > > > >Virginia claimed the land right up to Pittsburgh. Everything > that > > > I have > > > >read says that Ft. Pitt was in PA and I seem to recall that is > on > > > the > > > >point in Pittsburgh - or was Ft. Duquesne on the Point? > > > > > > > >Clare in Fla. > > > > > > --=======6ACA3A63======= > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; > > > x-avg-checked=avg-ok-4D246445 > > > Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > > > > > --- > > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > > Version: 6.0.769 / Virus Database: 516 - Release Date: > 9/24/2004 > > > > > > --=======6ACA3A63=======-- > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > > > If you need to contact the listowner, send an email to Sue* at: > > > [email protected] > > > > > > ============================== > > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration > > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn > more. > > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > > How to unsubscribe. Send a message > to:[email protected] > that contains ONLY the word, 'unsubscribe' in the text area. > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new > Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > If you need to contact the listowner, send an email to Sue* at: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >