Dear List: I'm researching a Westmoreland ancestor who served in the Cumberland Militia in 1777. It appears to me that he was living in Hempfield at the time. Is this possible? Might he have joined earlier while migrating through Cumberland, and then gone back and forth during periods of service? Of could there have been a number of men in Westmoreland who comprised a unit of the Cumberland militia? If Westmoreland patriots wanted to serve, what organization would they have joined? As best as I can tell, there was no local organization, so they would have to hook up with one in the East. Cumberland County then extended as far west as Venango. Did it also encompass Westmoreland for any period of time, or was it close enough to envelope Westmoreland patriots? Tom Please excuse the list overlap, if any.