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. ===================== On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:58:11 -0400 Al Lenkner <[email protected]> writes: > --=======32C32B98======= > Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-43FD498A; > charset=us-ascii; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Clare, > > I don't know the date but I believe it was shortly after the > Revolutionary > War. Check the history of the Mason Dixon line. > > I saw a map recently showing Virginia claiming all of the land south > of the > Mon and Ohio Rivers, which was more than I originally thought. > > Al > > > At 09:39 AM 9/25/2004, you wrote: > > >Hi All, > >Could someone please tell me when the area south of Pittsburgh > became > >part of PA. Where was the line between VA and PA in the 1770's? > > > >Thanks, > >Clare in Fla. > > > > > >==== 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 > > > > > > > > > >--- > >Incoming 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 > > --=======32C32B98======= > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; > x-avg-checked=avg-ok-43FD498A > 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 > > --=======32C32B98=======-- > > > > ==== 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 > > >