To Joyce Westmyer robertw1@ix.netcom.com and others researching MATTOCKS/MATTOX. In the "History of Crawford County, PA, 1885" I found the following references that surname. On page 272, in the history of Crawford County: "As an evidence of the enterprise often exhibited by the pioneer fathers in navigable matters, we copy the following item from the "Crawford Weekly Messenger" of December 4, 1828: "Cleared from the port of Meadville, the fast floating boat 'Ann Eliza:' all the materials of which this boat was built were growing on the banks of French Creek on the 27th ult. On the 28th she was launched and piloted to this place before sunset by her expert buildings, Messrs. MATTOX & Towne. Her cargo consisted among other things of 300 reams of crown, medium and royal patent straw paper, with patent books and pasteboards. She left Meadville early on the 30th ult. for Pittsburgh, with about twenty passengers on board." Truly this was quick work, to build and launch a boat in two days, while on the third day she was loaded, and started on her trip early on the fourth. It must not be supposed that very much labor was expended in fancy work, though, doubtless, her passengers were as well contented with their accommodations as the average traveler of to-day is with those furnished by the palatial steamers that navigate our western rivers." On page 275 of the same section: "The completion of the first letting of the French Creek Feeder was celebrated by the citizens of the county on the 28th of November, 1829. A boat of large size was procured b Messrs. R.L. Potter, Nathan Fitz Randolph and John Masters, and launched upon the water of the canal at Lord's basin, just above Meadville. it was fitted up with great dispatch for the accommodation of passengers, but not proving sufficiently capacious for all who desired to take the first ride on the canal, J.H. MATTOCKS, assisted by Messrs. Patch, Sexton and others, built and launched a fine boat, fifty feet in length, at the Chestnut Street, Meadville basin, within less than two days from the time the timber was growing in the forest, thus providing for a large number who wished to go. " On page 314 of the same section: Sheriffs (my note - County Sheriffs) - Alexander Stewart July 1800 to October 1803 Chambers Foster, October 19, 1803 to November, 1803 James Quigley, November 15, 1803 to October, 1806 Henry Hurst, October 20, 1806 to November 1809 James Burchfield, November 14, 1809 to November, 1812 Henry Hurst, November 10, 1812 to November, 1815 Samuel Torbett, November 24, 1815 to November, 1818 Hugh Brawley, November 26, 1818 to October, 1821 Samuel Withrow, November, 1821 - died in summer of 1824 Coroner David McFadden served out the term Hugh Brawley, November 1824 to October, 1827 David McFadden, November, 1827 to October, 1830 Andrew Smith, November 1830 to October 1833 David McFadden, November, 1833 to October, 1836 George Henry, November, 1836 to October, 1839 James Porter, October, 1839 to October, 1842 John H. MATTOCKS, October, 1842 to October, 1845 Samuel B. Long, October 1845 to October, 1848 Charles F. Adams, October 1848 to October, 1851 John C.C. Brooks, October 1851 to October, 1854 Andrew L. Smith, October 1854, to October, 1848 William Hurst, October, 1857 to October, 1860 F. Shattuck, October 1860 to October, 1863 S.J. Krick, October, 1863 to October, 1866 Fred C. Peck, October 1866, to October, 1869 F.W. Ellsworth, October 1869 to October, 172 Orlondo Reed, October, 1872 to December, 1875 George P. Ryan, January 1876 to December, 1878 Andrew G. Apple, January 1879 to December, 1881 David R. Herron, January 1882 to December, 1884." More to follow on MATTOCKS/MATTOX! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net