I stumbled upon a rootsweb file of "xmisc" info containing a fair number of references to Clearfield surnames, which may be of interest to the list. The URL is: (http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/1pa/xmisc/1839laws.txt) and the title of the file is "History: 1839: Genealogical Data contained in the Statutes at Large, Commonwealth of PA" Below are a few examples of Clearfield surname mentions; the file contains many surnames from many areas in the state of PA. --Luann --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 196. An act to incorporate the Clearfield and Allegheny Turnpike Road company. That WILLIAM BIGLER, ROBERT WALLACE, WILLIAM L. MOORE, PHILIP ANTES, CHRISTOPHER KRATZER, JAS. T. LEONARD, JOHN MITCHELL, JOSEPH IRWIN, JOSHUA J. TATE, SAMUEL TATE, AMOS REED SEN., JOHN R. BLOOM, JOHN R. REED, WILLIAM SPACKMAN, THOMAS REED, WILLIAM DUNLOP, JAMES CATHCART, and JOHN W. WRIGHT, of Clearfield county, are hereby appointed commissioners to lay out a road from the town of Clearfield to the Curwensville and Waterstreet turnpike road. 2 Jul 1839. That the electors of Beccaria twp., Clearfield county, shall hold their elections at the house of WILLIAM M. SMILEY. That the electors of Chest twp., Clearfield county, shall hold their elections at the house of JAMES CURREY. That the electors of Decatur twp., Clearfield county, shall hold their elections at the house of WILLIAM KEPHART. That the electors of Covington twp., in Clearfield county, shall hold their elections at the frame house now occupied by JOHN HIGGINS, at Karthouse. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- I wanted to share it with the list in case it's of interest