. An ever-decreasing Bloom Township existed as such an entity until" "March 4, 1870, an act prepared by Hon C. R. Bucalew, was passed by the legislature, in which the limits of the town are defined . . . by a single declaration, 'that the Town of Bloomsburg shall hereafter include all the territory now included within the limits of Bloom Township.'" (Extract from History of Columbia County, J.H. Battle, 1887. p 161 reprint by The Bookmark, 1978.) Bloom Township, existed in 1813 when a portion of Northumberland County was separated a new county, Columbia was formed. It remained in existence in some form until March, 1870 as noted above. In the intervening years a portion was removed in 1818 to the new Mt. Pleasant Twp; in 1840 another piece to the new Orange Twp; 1844 saw a portion go to the new Center Twp and the last piece in 1853 to a new Scott Twp. It remained as such until the legislative act of 1870 dissolved it into the Town of Bloomsburg, also the County Seat. In 1813, however, which you request, Bloom Twp - Northumberland County would have remained intact but then (1813) found itself residing in Columbia County who's County Seat at that time was Danville. Kathleen Woodside Freiburg woodside.1728@home.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Muir" <dmuir@intelligented.com>, Thursday, March 29, 2001 9:32 AM > If a person lived in Bloom township, Northumberland county in 1810, died > in 1813, and the county became Columbia in 1813? What township would now > included the old Bloom township whose name was evidentially done away > with? > > Diana

Hi Kathleen, Thanks for the information. That's very interesting that it should affect the events in 1813 so significantly. Another person on the list is also looking for someone's probate who died in 1813. I'm going to make a wild quess and say that we should be looking in Montour county as well, as that's where Danville is currently the county seat. My reasons are: When counties separated (especially out here in Iowa) new counties began their new records, but the old records stayed in the original county. If by chance records were recorded in Danville, the current county seat of Columbia in 1813, and then it became the county seat for Montour, the records we're looking for are actually in Montour! It became so hectic here in Iowa that in 2 particular counties a madman thieved the county land records from the prior courthouse in the middle of a thunderstorm on horseback across 12 miles of dirt road. He was struck by lightning and the records scattered. Some were retrieved, other were not. To this day, there is a book of land records with one county's name sitting in the other county's vault and when I asked the recorder why it wasn't transferred back her reply was "It's been here for 100 years and I'm not about to give it back!" Whoa!!! So this is how I've discoverd records aren't always where they're supposed to be. Thanks for the insight! I appreciate the time you took to explain it. Sincerely, Diana Mother Hubbard's Cupboard http://www.rootsweb.com/~genclass/ 8 Free Online Genealogy Classes Kathleen Woodside Freiburg wrote: > . > An ever-decreasing Bloom Township existed as such an entity until" > > "March 4, 1870, an act prepared by Hon C. R. Bucalew, was passed by the legislature, in which the limits of the town are defined . . . by a single declaration, 'that the Town of Bloomsburg shall hereafter include all the territory now included within the limits of Bloom Township.'" (Extract from History of Columbia County, J.H. Battle, 1887. p 161 reprint by The Bookmark, 1978.) > > Bloom Township, existed in 1813 when a portion of Northumberland County was separated a new county, Columbia was formed. It remained in existence in some form until March, 1870 as noted above. In the intervening years a portion was removed in 1818 to the new Mt. Pleasant Twp; in 1840 another piece to the new Orange Twp; 1844 saw a portion go to the new Center Twp and the last piece in 1853 to a new Scott Twp. It remained as such until the legislative act of 1870 dissolved it into the Town of Bloomsburg, also the County Seat. > > In 1813, however, which you request, Bloom Twp - Northumberland County would have remained intact but then (1813) found itself residing in Columbia County who's County Seat at that time was Danville. > > Kathleen Woodside Freiburg > woodside.1728@home.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Diana Muir" <dmuir@intelligented.com>, Thursday, March 29, 2001 9:32 AM > > > If a person lived in Bloom township, Northumberland county in 1810, died > > in 1813, and the county became Columbia in 1813? What township would now > > included the old Bloom township whose name was evidentially done away > > with? > > > > Diana > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB -- Dr. Diana J. Muir, Ph.D. ******************************************* What good is magic if it can't save a unicorn? ******************************************* Intelligent Education, Inc. http://www.intelligented.com/