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    1. [PABEAVER] ROLL CALL - but read the instructions
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    3. Time for a ROLL CALL. But - don't respond to this message. Folks see ROLL CALL in the subject line and just delete the email. Type your surnames into the subject line like this: SMITH - JONES - BAILEY - ROBERTS and info about who you're looking for in the body of the email. Best of luck. Maybe we'll make some new connections.

    01/26/2007 04:08:32
    1. [PABEAVER] Book McConahy McKay Hennon Morrow Moore Van Eman
    2. Donna Mohney
    3. Peter Book was born in 1765 and died 15 Aug. 1844. In 1802 and 1803, he appears on the Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania tax records. He settled on 394 acres, 96 perches in what became Wayne Township, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, locating on one of the few tracts which was not part of the Chew district. This tract was called "Hope". They built a small log cabin on the bottom near the Beaver River. Later they built a stone home on up the hill near where John Glass and Barbara (Book) McConahy later lived. Peter Book is listed on the 1800, 1810 and 1820 Censuses of North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Thomas McConahy b. 1781 d. 11 Dec 1856 m. Agnes McKay b, 1784 d. 28 Mar 1842 Twentieth Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County, 1908, pages 354-365 "Thomas McConahy came from County Antrim, Ireland, in 1817, leaving his family there. They followed him two years later (1819), and came to Beaver Town, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Joseph Hennon (Nov. 1761-28 June 1841) m. Margaret Morrow ( 31 Oct 1767-28 May 1851) 1803 and 1805 tax records of North Sewickley Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Charles Morrow (20 Sept. 1762-20 Apr. 1847) m. Rebecca Moore About 1795, Charles, along with his brother-in-law, John Moore, Robert and Samuel Gaston, William Cairns, Benjamin and William Cunningham, and Abel Hennon, among others, traveled north on horseback to Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Their families remained behind, waiting for them to plant crops and erect lodgings. These men either took up their land grants for Revolutionary War service or bought land. After the planting was done, they returned to their homes and, in the spring of 1796, moved their families to Wayne Township. History of Lawrence County, PA page 121 Taylor Township, Lawrence County "among the early settlers were: Charles Morrow, who settled about a mile below Moravia, about 1800. Rebecca Moore Morrow was the daughter of John Moore and is buried in the cemetery of Rocky Springs near New Galilee. Nicholas Van Eman b. 18 Mar 1764 d. 24 Aprl 1832 m. Catherine Riddle b. 11 Mar 1770 d. 3 Oct. 1809 He first appears on the tax lists of Beaver Township in 1800 and in Neshannock Township in both 1801 and 1802.

    01/26/2007 12:20:49