To Mart (maram@phoenixat.com) and other Sutton researchers. Here are the references to SUTTON in the "History of Crawford County, PA, 1885." See the ABBOTT information, pages 553 and 554 in the history of Greenwood Township already transcribed. See the ABBOTT information, page 556 (History of Borough of Geneva) already transcribed, plus on the same page: "In 1863, when the Atlantic & Great Western Railroad was constructed, SUTTON'S Corners, as the place was then called, contained seven or eight families. Peter and Sylvester, in the spring of 1860, had started the first little store, teaming the goods from Meadville; the establishment changed ownership several times in as many years. Miller SUTTON was blacksmithing in a little shop on the site of Armour's Hotel, the southwest corner of Main and Center Streets, and several farmers and laborers were living on the site of the village. John SUTTON and John Gelvin were the proprietors of farms comprising what is now the south part of the village, SUTTON west and Gelvin east of Main Street, while the north part was owned by C.G. Bolster and J.D. Christ. Since the railroad was completed the progress of the village has been steady, and it now contains six general stores, a drug store, a furniture store, three hotels, a harness shop, two shoe shops, four blacksmith shops, three wagon shops, a stave factory, a planing-mill and manufactory of horse rakes, washing-machines, picket fences, etc., started by Alfred and Daniel Hafer about 1873 (now owned by D.E. Smith), two physicians, a graded school, two churches and two societies." On page 559, in the history of Hayfield Township: "Geneva Lodge, No. 408, K. of P., was instituted September 27, 1873, with ten members: W.W. Gelvin, D.W. Harround, C. McMichael, L.D. Strayer, B. SUTTON, H.W. SUTTON, W.A. McKay, W.K. Bolster, A.B. Cushman and J. Carman. One hundred and thirty-one members have been initiated, and the membership is now seventy. Meetings are held every Saturday evening." On pages 670 and 671, in the history of Troy Township: "From 1820 to 1830 a few more settlers were received. Stephen Atwater came from Connecticut about 1823 and settled on 500 acres, Tract 130, in the Seventh Donation District. He was a carpenter,, and well advanced in life when he arrived. His death occurred on Sugar Creek, this township, a few years later. Oliver Cowles, his son-in-law, came about the same time and afterward removed to the West. William Williams when a year old came with his father Ellis from Huntington County to Erie County, five miles from Waterford. In 1822 he came to Troy Township and settled on Sugar Creek. The next year he married Eliza Luse, and remained in the township until his death in 1859. He was a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church. Charles day about 1825 emigrated from Whitehall, N.Y., and settled on Tract 1186. He afterward removed to Sparta Township. George Kees came from near Pittsburgh about 1825 and took up an abode on Tract 1305 near Troy Center. In after life he removed to Cherry Tree Township, Venango County, where he died. Joseph Crecroft in 1826 or 1828 settled in the northern part of the township. He was killed by the fall of a tree, and his family is now scattered. Tract 1342 was undrawn and possessed successively, a number of early occupants, first of whom was James Adams, afterward George Evans and others. John S. SUTTON came about 1830 to Tract 1199. The above, with a few of their descendants, were in 1830 all the taxpaying residents of what is now Troy. About 1840 settlements were made more rapidly, thought there are yet a few tracts unsettled." More to follow on SUTTON! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net