Please post responses to this message on the rootsweb message board for Beaver County -where the post originally came from - to reach the person looking for the information http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.beaver/1886/mb.ashx ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Morrow" <jcm21.akm12@comcast.net> To: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com>; <pabeaver@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2006 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [PABEAVER] Georgetown churches, 1850s > Hi Laura, > > History of Beaver County PA, Warner, 1888, Pages 562 and 563, > identifies two churches in early Georgetown. > St. Luke's Protestant Episcopal Church, organized in 1814 > Georgetown Methodist Episcopal Church, organized about 1830 > > The borough was incorporated on 25 Feb 1850 > > There is an old cemetery in Georgetown. You might check with the > Beaver County Research Center to see if they have any listings of > burials there. They can be reached at 724-847-9253 or: > > Research Center of Beaver County > 1301 7th Avenue > Beaver Falls, PA 15010-0640 > > Jim > > > > On Dec 13, 2006, at 11:34 AM, gc-gateway@rootsweb.com wrote: > >> This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. >> >> Surnames: Haney, Koonse, Kountz >> Classification: queries >> >> Message Board URL: >> >> http://boards.rootsweb.com/ >> localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.beaver/1886/ >> mb.ashx >> >> Message Board Post: >> >> Hello, >> >> I am trying to learn what churches existed in Georgetown in the >> 1850s. Was there a Methodist church? >> >> My ggg-grandmother Sarah Catherine KOONSE (or KOUNTZ, many >> variants) was born at Wellsville, Columbiana Co., OH on 15 May 1831 >> and was married to Capt. David Clinton HANEY in Columbiana Co., OH >> on 19 Aug 1851 by James A. SNEAD, Minister of the Gospel. >> >> This couple appears in the 1860 census in Georgetown borough, >> Beaver, PA with children Viola and David, Jr. Another child, >> George Washignton HANEY was born about 1853 and died abt 1855 and >> is said to be buried in "Pennsylvania". I am guessing that this >> occurred in Georgetown, but not sure. Perhaps if I can find a >> local church I can find a record of baby George Washington HANEY. >> I would love to find where he is buried. In all these years he has >> never been forgotten, but we just don't know where he is. >> >> Capt. Haney was a steamboat pilot and Captain. At this time, in >> the 1850s, he may not have been a Captain yet. But in the 1860 >> census, his occupation is listed as SB Captain. Haney later went >> to St. Louis and ran his boats up to the headwaters of the Missouri >> and down to New Orleans. I have copies of some 1860s log books, >> memoirs and copies of a very few precious photos of Haney and his >> two children & one postcard of his stemboat the "Mollie Moore". >> Some of this was donated in the 1970s to the Durham Western >> Heritage Museum in Omaha, Nebraska and goes on display every now >> and then. >> >> I would be happy to share the info I have with anyone interested. >> Any suggestions as to a cemetery used in the 1850s in Georgetown or >> churches in the area would be most welcome. >> >> Thank you, >> Laura >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PABEAVER- >> request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PABEAVER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message