I have the papers from Cameron County Press and I ran across a Nanny's Run. The names are not familiar to me can anyone give me an idea where Nanny's Run is? Nancy Reed-Tracy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Bloom" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 1:56 PM Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Hollows & Runs > According to the American Heritage Talking Dictionary———————————————————— > > run (r¾n) > > REGIONAL NOTE: Terms for "a small, fast-flowing stream" vary throughout the eastern United States especially. Speakers in the eastern part of the Lower North (including Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania) use the word run, as in Bull Run. Speakers in New York State are liable to call such a stream a kill (a Dutch borrowing). Brook has come to be used throughout the Northeast. Southerners refer to a branch, and throughout the northern United States the term is crick, a variant of creek. > > ———————————————————— > > hol·low (h¼l"½) > > Appalachian Mountains. A small valley between mountains > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >

From Royally Rugged Cameron County Nanny Run named after Billy Nanny who settled there about 1806. It is off the Bennett's Branch along route 555 a few miles out of Driftwood in the Castle Garden area. Mike Wennin Come Visit the Cameron County Genealogy Project! http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Tracy" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 8:40 PM Subject: Re: [PA-CAMERON] Hollows & Runs > I have the papers from Cameron County Press and I ran across a Nanny's Run. > The names are not familiar to me can anyone give me an idea where Nanny's > Run is? Nancy Reed-Tracy > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Robert Bloom" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2004 1:56 PM > Subject: [PA-CAMERON] Hollows & Runs > > > > According to the American Heritage Talking Dictionary———————————————————— > > > > run (r¾n) > > > > REGIONAL NOTE: Terms for "a small, fast-flowing stream" vary throughout > the eastern United States especially. Speakers in the eastern part of the > Lower North (including Virginia, West Virginia, Delaware, Maryland, and > Pennsylvania) use the word run, as in Bull Run. Speakers in New York State > are liable to call such a stream a kill (a Dutch borrowing). Brook has come > to be used throughout the Northeast. Southerners refer to a branch, and > throughout the northern United States the term is crick, a variant of creek. > > > > ———————————————————— > > > > hol·low (h¼l"½) > > > > Appalachian Mountains. A small valley between mountains > > > > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > > Celebrating Our 4th Year! Come check us out! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero > > > > > ==== PACAMERO Mailing List ==== > List your surnames in the Queries section of the Site to get the full benefit of what there is to offer. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacamero >