To all those interested in the Morris family from Crawford County, PA: on page 231-233 in the "History of Crawford County, Pa, 1885," in the section dealing with the history of Crawford County: " At the close of the Revolution, the United States owed a large sum of money to a syndicate of Dutch merchants, who had loaned it to Robert MORRIS, the distinguished financier of that period to assist in carrying on the war. These capitalists consisted of Wilhem Willink, and eleven associates, among whom were Nicholas Van Staphorst, Peter Stadnitski, Christian Van Eeghen, Hendrick Vollenhoven, and Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck of the city of Amsterdam. Preferring to keep this money invested in this country, they formed themselves into a corporation called "The Holland Land Company," and purchased under the law of 1792, about 900,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania, besides a much greater amount in the State of New York." "The company's lands in Crawford County were located in the Holland Land Districts Nos. 2 and 7." "The subscriptions for stock were opened in May, 1792, and closed December 22 of the same year. The original subscribers were: P.C. Van Eeghen, 150 shares; George Meade, 50 shares; Tench Francis, 10 shares; A. Gibson, 4 shares; James Wilson, 20 shares; Robert MORRIS, 100 shares; T. Kitland, 80 shares; J. Kitland, 21 shares; Ebenezer Denny, 2 shares; Robert Bowne, 100 shares; Aaron Burr, 524 shares; J. Ashton, 3 shares; C. Gau, 1 share." More about Morris to follow! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net