At 01:10 PM 3/20/98 -0700, you wrote: >Does anyone know if Brady's Bend was ever part of Butler County. I have >the John Oliver Miller family and the papers the family has handed down >through the years has noted that the children, specifically my >grandmother, Susie Miller, was born in Brady's Bend, Butler County. I >looked in the census for Butler County, and Brady's Bend is listed in >Armstrong County only. The family is not in the 1870-1880 census in >Brady's Bend, Armstrong County. I found my gggrandfather, Nicholas Snow >and family, Nicholas Snow is the father of Nancy Elizabeth Snow Miller, >wife of John Oliver Miller. > [snip] Maureen, According the 1870 PA Census Index, Nicholas SNOW, age 37, is on page 41, roll 1300. That is Bradys Bend Twp., Armstrong Co. There is also a Nicholas SNOW, age 62, in Perry Twp., which is just north of Bradys Bend Twp. He is on page 321, roll 1301. Have you checked out these two? There are other SNOWs in these two townships. On roll 1300, they are on pages 43, 44, 56 and 82. On roll 1301, they are on pages 317(twice), 318, 321(again) and 397. On roll 1301, page 293, there is a John O. MILLER, age 27. That is Perry Twp. also. On the same page there is a Rudolph MILLER, age 2. They only indexed children if they had a different last name than the head of household. I would check this household out if these MILLERs were of interest. On the same page there is also an Alex MILLER, age 22. Between 1787 and 1800, this area was part of Allegheny Co. Since 1800, it has been in Armstrong Co. HTH, Jim