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 > >