Hi. I've recently received new information on some family members from Crawford County but we still have a few missing pieces. Does anyone out there have any information on a Lucy Ann HARRIS, she married Caleb THOMPSON. They had three children and they were from Corry. We've received information on the THOMPSON family, but nothing about Lucy Ann HARRIS, if it helps any, Caleb THOMPSON is the son of Joel THOMPSON and Mary MULVIN. Any information that anyone can share would be wonderful. Thanks, Eleanor Brown e-mail sezme@oakharbor.net

In a message dated 4/29/1999 11:26:21 PM Eastern Daylight Time, PACRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << Again, the surnames of the families who married into this branch of the Bollard family were: HERRICK, CROCKETT, MANNING, OWENS, GEHR, >> We have GEHR in our family tree. There were two related branches, one in Linesville area and one in Saegertown. We descend from the Saegertown branch. Capt. Joseph Gehr...from the Rev War, then a generation later Capt. John Gehr...from the War of 1812. What Gehr or Gehrs do you have? Dolores

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Second installment . . . The second line of Bollards to come out of Crawford County, Pennsylvania began with: David ___ Bollard (1829-1907) was born on 12-23-1829 in __________, England. He came to the U.S. at age 20, a farmer by day and a shoemaker by night. He settled in Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania in 1850. He married Hannah Jane Groves (1841-1890) on ___- ___-1854 in __________. She was born on 2-___-1841 in __________, the daughter of __________ and __________. They had seven children, (1) Lydia Marie Bollard (___-___), (2) Lewis Grove (probably Groves) Bollard (1859-1917), (3) Charles F__ Bollard (1862-1927), (4) Winchester D__ Bollard (1865-1873), (5) Mary J__ Bollard (___-___), (6) Minnie ___ Bollard (___-___) and (7) Frank D___ Bollard (1874-1917). Hannah died on 7-29-1890 (at the age of 59 years, 5 months and 28 days) in __________ and was buried in the Conneaut Center Cemetery with her son, Winchester, who had died in 1873. David died on 7-23-1907 in __________ and was buried in the Conneaut Center Cemetery with his wife and son. I have a theory that David Bollard was the son of one of the brothers of John H__ Bollard, but it is only a theory. The person I have the most information on is #2, Lewis Grove Bollard who married Lillian Martha Crockett. Their story is as follows: Lewis Grove ("Groves"?) Bollard (1859-1917) was born on ___-___-1859 in __________. He married Lillian Martha Crockett (1864-1946) on 11-5-1882 in Penn Line, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. She was born on 4-4-1864 in Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania, the daughter of William B__ Crockett (1841-1898) and Susan Augusta (Norris) Crockett (1845- 1878). They had 5 children, (1) William David Bollard (1883-1944), (2) Clarence Band Bollard (1885-1960), (3) Riley Lewis Bollard (1887-1968), (4) Velma Augusta Bollard (1897-1985) and (5) Myron Crockett Bollard (1905-1989). He was a prosperous farmer. Lewis died on 8-27-1917 (at the age of 58) in __________, Pennsylvania and was buried on 8-29 in the Linesville Cemetery. Lillian died on 4-11-1946 in Linesville (at the home of her son, Myron) and was buried on 4-13 with her husband. Don't get me wrong, I do have information on the other 6 siblings of Lewis. Again, the surnames of the families who married into this branch of the Bollard family were: HERRICK, CROCKETT, MANNING, OWENS, GEHR, HUTCHISON, CARLSON, LADNER, FLOWERS, GILLILAND, HORTON, SCHAUB, HUEY, STOKELY, ROBERTSON, RAGER, PUCKETT, HENRY, WILFRED, LOOMIS, ROBERTSON, STORLL AND HERBOLD. Don Bollard 816-471-6900 (daytime) 4107 W. 102nd Street 913-648-6312 (evenings) Overland Park, Kansas 66207 Again, thanks for any help you can give me no matter how small the piece of information. Don Bollard dcb@gvi.net or johnreb@sound.net stb@gvi.net

Good morning. Here is my contribution to the roll call: Two lines of BOLLARDS came out of Crawford County, Pennsylvania. They are no doubt connected, but I have not found the common connector yet. So I will answer the Roll Call in two parts. Maybe someone out there has the connection. The first line involves the descendants of John H__ Bollard and Elzina __ (Barnum) Bollard. This branch is having its 100th Family Reunion on 17 July 1999 in Linesville. JOHN H__ BOLLARD (1811-1878) was born on 12-31-1811 in Hampton Parish, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England. John was a shoemaker by trade, working seven years to learn his trade in England. He came to America in 1837. John landed in New York, went to Canada for a short time, then by way of Buffalo and Niagra Falls to Ashtabula County, Ohio. He bought a farm in Geneva and lived there for eight years. John married ELZINA ___ BARNUM (1819-1869) on 2-2-1841 in Geneva, Ashtabula County, Ohio. She was born on 10-10-1819 in Geneva, the daughter of Enoch ___ Barnum (1786-1875) and Emma Amelia (Hotchkiss) Barnum (___-___). They then moved to Harpersfield, Ashtabula County, Ohio for a year and then, in the Fall of 1850, they moved to Conneaut Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania near Linesville. They had 8 children (1) ANN ELIZABETH BOLLARD (1841-1926), (2) MARY JANE BOLLARD (1843-___), (3) RICHARD D__ BOLLARD (1847-1924), (4) HOMER ENOCH BOLLARD (1849-1926), (5) FRANCES EMMA BOLLARD (1854-1869), (6) JOSEPH BENJAMIN BOLLARD (1858-1903), (7) JOHN E__ BOLLARD (1859-1892) and (8) SARAH ELZINA BOLLARD (1861-1937). Elzina died on 1-24-1869 (at the age of 49 years, 3 months and 10 days according to her gravestone) in Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania and was buried in the Conneaut Center Cemetery (also known as the Thayer Cemetery). John died on 9-20-1878 (at the age of 67 years, 8 months and 20 days according to his gravestone) in Linesville and was buried with Elzina. Incidently, RICHARD D__ BOLLARD (#3 above) married EMMA __ LAWRENCE and moved to Pocahontas, Pocahontas County, Iowa. They are responsible for a huge pocket of Bollards there. They are having a reunion the weekend after the Linesville Reunion. ALL BOLLARDS ARE RELATED AND, THEREFORE, I AM INTERESTED IN ANYTHING THAT HAS TO DO WITH A BOLLARD. Obviously, down through the years, others have married into this branch of the Bollard family. Those surnames are: WYATT, WATERS, LAWRENCE, BEAN, BOTT, TYLER, EARLY, STREAM, MCCLELLAN, MCCORMICK, STRICKLER, LYON, LUCAS, FLAHERTY, WALROD, LIKE, BUCHOLZ, CARNES, MCCONNELL, PENEFIELD, GREBL, GREINER, GRABLE, WINEGARDEN, WISER, COLLINS, STELPFLUG, EICHLER, CARNEY, FELTON, OLESON, BRETTHAUER, STARR, LITWILER, AND WHEELER. I have a great deal of information on all of these names. If any of you see a possible hit, please get in touch with me. I will share anything that I have in return for whatever research you have. Don Bollard 816-471-6900 (daytime) 4107 W. 102nd Street 913-648-6312 (evenings) Overland Park, Kansas 66207 THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION! Don Bollard dcb@gvi.net or johnreb@sound.net stb@gvi.net

Barb, list an all, I would like to have another site to post to,search,etc. I know that we ( all ) cannot have a list of our own, but, two or more lists would mean twice as much info, I would hope. PACRAWFO, has not yielded any info yet, David in Sc.

To Whom It May Concern: I am interested in communcating with anyone with knowledge about the Stewart family of Crawford County, PA. Adam Stewart came to Pennsylvania (from Ireland) c.1776. He eventually settled in Crawford County, PA. He was Scotch-Irish, according to records found in Chautauqua County about his descendants living in Silver Creek, NY. Doug Arters

I am new at this, so hope I do it right this time. Thank you Barbara. I am looking for my Rachel Morris family. She was married to Castle Wescott. Her obiturary does not tell of her parents, but her death certificate of Oct. 26, 1916 shows her having been born in Ohio and her father as Lawrence Morris born in Ohio and mother as Cassiah Relyah birth place unknown. I do know there was a Rev. War solider of the name of David Reyla who came to Crawford Co. from New York, but I have not been able to find Cassiah as one of his children. I wonder if anyone out there knows of this family and can shed some light for me. Thanks in advance. Betty Other Crawford lines are Wescott, Anderson, Jackson, Smock, Henry, Blair, Christie (Christy), two different Hall families, Mattocks, and Herrington

Yes, Yes,Yes. we need a 2nd choice. David in Sc. -----Original Message----- From: Vanda444@aol.com <Vanda444@aol.com> To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com <PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 27, 1999 7:30 PM Subject: [PACRAWFO-L] Re: PACRAWFO-D Digest V99 #110 Yeah Barbara! Another site would be terrific! Vanda vanda444@aol.com

Yeah Barbara! Another site would be terrific! Vanda vanda444@aol.com

Crawford Rotoers: I found this site tonight and thought maybe some of you had not seen it. Loads of queries etc. http://www.genexchange.com/pa/databases.cfm Let me know...what you think. Barbara -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC NodineNewsNetwork http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA On The Web too!

Dear Crawford County Researchers, The SC, Gary Steiner has once again rebuffed any notion of supporting a USGenWeb Crawford County site . He simply states, there have been no complaints and there is no reason to make any changes. I will now attempt to find us space and we will succeed in having a web site that represents the Crawford County family researchers and we will make it work. Look how far we have come in continuing what Val set out to do! I appreciate all the support for Crawford County and will continue to support you. Barbara -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC NodineNewsNetwork http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA On The Web too!

Looking for help in Crawford County. I believe a Mary Ann Myers was born about 1827 in Venango Pennsylvania, Cranberry Twp. I found a family tree listing for George Singrey Myers married to Eleanor Burns. Their were many children, of which it list a Mary Ann Myers without date or place of birth. Others preceding her listing and after her listing are showing a birth location of Venango, Pennsylvania. According to the lineage, it shows the census for 1850 (26 Sept. 1850) Rockland Township, Venango, Pennsylvania lists the sisters of Mary Ann, Saraha Myers, and Esther Myers. I believe if they are listed Mary Ann should be also. This might produce a date of birth corresponding to the date I have for Mary ( 1827) Any help would be appreciated, thanks again, Bill bstill@ctaz.com

To Sandy and others - I have also been wondering about the migration from New Jersey. My Dennis and Williams ancestors came from Sussex Co.,NJ to Conneaut Lake in 1839 and 1856. I would like to know more about what the lure was, how they traveled, what living conditions were like. Does anybody know more? -- Marilyn Mills Hesse mmhesse@snet.net Windsor, Connecticut, USA Researching: HAMILTON/McQUISTON/MILLS/MOORE/WILSON - in Pennsylvania (Crawford Co.& Mercer Co.);N.Ireland;Liverpool,UK CRAIGHEAD/LYNCH/MOODY/ROBINSON - in PA (Beaver Co) and N. Ireland DENNIS/WILLIAMS/LEWIS - in PA (Crawford Co and Bucks Co) and New Jersey BRENNER/GLASS/GUNTERMANN/HESSE/MUELLER - in Louisville, KY and Germany

Since there are so many New Jersey transplants, I thought someone might be interested in this from another list: BELEVILLE REFORMED CHURCH, BELLEVILLE ,NEW JERSEY In 1927, a plaque with the Revolutionary Soldiers names on it was placed on the front of the church building by the" Daughters of the American Revolution" which was later moved inside the vestibule of the church. Also placed in front of the building, 1972, was a plaque stating the 1697 organization of the congregation and a sign stating the church is a National Historic Site in 1981. The following is a list of the Revolutionary Soldiers buried in the rear of the church. John Bayley Henry Brown Isaac Brown John Brown Henry Cadmus Issac Cadmus John P. Cadmus John H. Cadmus Peter Cadmus Lt. Col. Thomas Cadmus James Campbell Neward Cohen Capt. Amos Dodd Thomas Doremus Anthony Francisco John Francisco Jacob Freeland John Garland Garrabrant Garrabrants John Harrison James Hornblower Josiah Hornblower James Jacobus John Jacobus Henry Jacobus Richard Jacobus Capt. Henry Joralemon Helmich Joralemon Lt. Capt. James Joralemon Capt. John Kedney Abram King Aurey King John King William King Isaac Kingsland John Luker Joseph Miller William Nixon Ensign John Peer Jacob Pier Jacob Riker Daniel Rutan Capt. Thomas Seigler Capt. Abraham Speer Capt. Cornelius Speer Capt. Hemry Speer Francis Speer Lt. Herman Speer James Speer John Speer John Spier Lt. John Spier ,Jr. Christian Stimets Daniel Tuers Thomas Van Riper Simeon Van Winkle Micheal Vreeland Capt. Ezekial Wade Samuel Ward John Wenne

Hello Crawford County, Presently, members of the HENRY surname list are building a web site that contains an index of their HENRYs. When completed, it should be helpful to many HENRY family historians. I have been asked to conduct a search for links to HENRY online resources like personal web pages, and county and local genealogy association resource pages. If you have substantial HENRY information on your web page or know of HENRY information on your county or other local web site, please send the links to Judy Henry at jchenry@flash.net , so that they might be included in the new HENRY site. If you have some HENRY data that is not on a website, you may wish to subscribe to the list by sending an email to: HENRY-L-request@rootsweb.com containing as the only text the word "subscribe" (no quotes) in the body of the message. After you get a message confirming your subscription, post your information by email to HENRY-L@rootsweb.com . Thank you. Doug Garber, dmgarber@ac.net Researching GARBER/GERBER (SWITZ>PA>OH) HOPKINS (ENG>MA>CT>VT>NY>OH), HENRY (SCOT>VA>PA>OH), MCCOLLUM (NJ>OH>KY>OH) http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/g/a/r/Douglas-M-Garber/

Cousins, When using the GenConnect try using subject lines that are reflective of the content subject. For example when you post a Will; don't just put WILL. Use the name of the person i.e William Crawford 1880. Instead of DEED; put William Crawford - Venango Co. PA. We know it is a WILL or DEED simply by the fact it is posted there. The idea is to get someone to click on your posting and either respond or gain information. The key is to get them to look at it. Thanks for supporting the boards. Remember the Mormon Church does NOT have all the records. Barbara -- Barbara Farthing Bonham Summerville SC NodineNewsNetwork http://www.tfsweb.net The Family Snitch's Web http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bfbonham Crawford County, PA On The Web too!

In a message dated 4/21/99 11:25:35 PM, PACRAWFO-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << As I delve deeper into the ancestors, I find more and more coming to Crawford County from New Jersey in the 1790's. I am trying so find the parentage of Stephen and Rueben Carman and do have a great lead. But this great lead also touches on the Dunn's, Alward's for a couple. Is there anyone out there searching these lines (besides Bryan)?? >> I am also searching for Carman. William Carman married my ancestress, Esther Ann Bolster abt. 1827 in NY state, probably Cattaraugus Co. Is this a relative of Stephen or Rueben? M. Bolster

I thought some of you might find it interesting to see what was paid for items in my GGGrandfathers estate auction. Jacques Joseph PIE (pronounced Pee-ay) came to the United States in 1846 from Courfaivre, Switzerland which is close to the border with France and about 30 - 35 miles from Basel. With him was his married daughter, Marie Anne (Mary Ann), wife of Joseph Ferlin and his 5 remaining children: Eleanor (Later wife of Francis Anderhalt), Francois Joseph, Agustus (Justin) Joseph, Blair (Blawshaw/Blashan) Joseph, and Martin Jean. His wife, Marie Citherlet Pie had died prior to his emigration to Crawford County, PA. The surname evolved into Pee * Pees. However, as indicated by a hand drawn copy of his passport and his own signature on his will, it appears that the original spelling of the surname was PIC. A later biography of Justin Pie, his son, indicates that the family came up out of Italy in the 13th Century. After his death on either the 1st or 3rd of Aug 1852, his executors, Francis and Justin Pee held a public auction to resolve his estate. It is interesting to note that the Purchaser's names were listed. Perhaps some of you are related to these purchasers. On to the Auction: List of articles sold at a public vendue the 19th day of August 1852 being the pesonal property of Joseph Pee dec'd & sold by Francis Pee & Justin J. Pee Administrators of the estate. ________________________________________________________________________Articl es Sold Purchaser Amount___ One Clock Francis Pee $ 1.50 One Butcher Knife Justine Devillars .25 2 Hoes Justine Devillars .121/2 1 Dung Fork Justine Devillars .20 1 Spade John Messerall .621/2 1 Pitch Fork Joseph Ferley (couldthis be Ferlin?) .44 1 Hoe & Pitch Fork Isaac Kiser, Sr .25 2 Hoes Alexander Johnson, Esq .25 1 Axe Eleanor Pee .16 1 Dung Fork Joseph Money .31 2 Scythes & 3 Snaths Michael Schaffer .19 1 Scythe Michael Schaffer .59 1 Churn Justine Devillars .31 2 Scythes & Snath Susannah Monroe .20 1 Plough Francis Pee .32 1 Plough (tongs patent) Joseph Ferley 2.061/4 1 Armed Chair Eleanor Pee .51 1 Basket Michael Schaffer .18 1 Log Chain John Masseral, Jr 1.80 1 Peck measure Michael Schaffer .061/4 1 Ox Yoke, steepl & ring Peter Cuny .79 1/4 inch Augur Daniel Monroe .13 Augur & Pair of Shears Joseph Ferley .40 Plane & Augur Daniel Monroe .31 Chisels, Steeples, hooks etc J.R. Messerall .41 Looking glass, Frame & Cow Bell Jacob Beerbower .12!/2 Hammer & Drill Michael Schaffer .16 1 Shot Gun John Messeral, Sr 1.18 1Grind Stone & Rigging Michael Schaffer .86 Shovel, Smoothing Iron, etc Israel Thurston .50 1 Stove & fixings Thomas Messeral 5.31 1 Bed Stead & Bed Eleanor Peas 8.00 Cradle & Scythe Peter Cuny 1.00 Wagon, Box & ladders Thomas Messeral 32.01 1 Cow Jacob Glenn 13.00 2 year old steer Alexander Davis 9.31 1 Calf Francis Pee 1.83 1 Red Cow Francis Pee 16.00 1 Grey Mare Francis Pee 26.00 1 Cupboard Jacob Beerbower 2.00 1 Hog Joseph Ferley 2.60 1 Hog Michael Schaffer 1.03 1 Hog Francis Pee 2.01 1 Stack of Hay Isaac Kiser 7.80 1 Stack of Hay Isaac Kiser 7.83 1 Stack of Hay Francis Pee 4.07 1 Wood Saw John Messerall, Sr .32 1 Clevis Joseph Ferley .67 1 Log Chain Adam Gumber 1.39 Lot of Crockery on Shelves Eleanor Pee .59 2 Bags Joseph Ferley .40 Total: Approx $159.00 (Some items were crossed off and I did not include them.) Hope you've enjoyed this travel back in time. Karen Jewell Ahlgren KAhlgren@aol.com

As I delve deeper into the ancestors, I find more and more coming to Crawford County from New Jersey in the 1790's. I am trying so find the parentage of Stephen and Rueben Carman and do have a great lead. But this great lead also touches on the Dunn's, Alward's for a couple. Is there anyone out there searching these lines (besides Bryan)?? Sandy Roche Schroeder (SamiWV) slschroe@intrepid.net Volunteer for Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/index.htm