Joyce, In the ealy days, prior to the French and Indian War, that strip of Pennsylvania that is on the shore of Lake Erie and south and all points west (Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois) was claimed by the Virginia Colony. The western edge of Pennsylvania at that time was the eastern edge of that section. To get details use your search engine. Message to Lee Anne Center: please use a vaid email address when communicating to mail lists. Your <lacenter@comcast.net> does not work. At 09:00 AM 8/27/03 -0600, you wrote: >Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 23:27:32 -0400 >From: "Joyce Anthony" <rainbow@velocity.net> >To: PAARMSTR-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [PAARMSTR-L] was Armstrong Co. ever part of VA? > >Can someone please elaborate on this one??? It is something new to me (I >know I should have paid closer attention in geography!!!). When was this?? >It might help me solve a few mysteries!!!! Thanks :-) Joyce >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Fred H Held" <fhheld@netzero.net> >To: <PAARMSTR-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 10:23 PM >Subject: Re: [PAARMSTR-L] was Armstrong Co. ever part of VA? > > > > Yes > > > > At 08:00 PM 8/26/03 -0600, you wrote: > > >From: "Lee Anne Center" <lacenter@comcast.net> > > >To: PAARMSTR-L@rootsweb.com > > >Subject: [PAARMSTR-L] was Armstrong Co. ever part of VA? > > > > > >Was Armstrong Co. ever part of VA? > > > > > >Lee Anne > >