To Mark Jefferson (wisjeff@mags.net) and other HUGHES researchers. I found the following references to that surname in the "History of Crawford County, PA, 1885." On page 490, in the history of Titusville: "Titusville Branch, No. 1, C.U.B.A., was chartered June 1, 1879, with these officers: William Moran, Pres.; William Dillon, 1st V.P.; James Kennedy, 2d V.P.; Martin T. Carroll, Rec. Sec.; James Leslie, Asst. Rec. Sec.; D.D. HUGHES, Fin. Sec.; John Theobald, Treas.; William H. Slatery, Marshall; Ephraim Robinson, Guard. Monday evening is the date of regular meetings; the membership is 107." On page 523, in the history of Conneaut Township: "The following statement shows the condition of the Population tracts in 1812, when the company (my note here - the American Land Company) closed its business - the number of the tract, name of settler, date of contract, number of acres, contracted for and its final disposition. Each tract contains an area slightly exceeding 400 acres. Tract 683, Ezekiel Murdock, October 27, 1797, 200 acres, deed granted Amos Line, assignee of Murdock; 684, Eliphalet Beebe, November 9, 1797, 200 acres, deed granted Amos Line, assignee of Beebe; 685, Samuel Hungerford, November 9, 1797, 200 acres, slightly improved, then abandoned; same tract, George Cook, March 27, 1805, 100 acres, abandoned. 687, Caleb Luce, September 23, 1797, 100 acres, settled under contract and deed granted Alexander Johnson, assignee of Luce. All of the above, except the last named, were intruded upon in 1801, 1802 and 1803, but abandoned after a two or three years' settlement. 689, David Luce, September 23, 1797, 200 acres, settlement completed; 690, John Reed, November 7, 1797, 100 acres; 691, Sam Hunt, 200 acres 692, Samuel Hunt, Jr., 100 acres, November 9, 1797, settled three or four years and abandoned, intruded on in 1801, 1802 and 1803, and since abandoned. 693, Amos Line, November 9, 1797, 200 acres, settled and deed abandoned. 694, John Shotwell, November 20, 1797, improved but abandoned and settled by an intruder; 695, Daniel Casey, November 9, 1797, 200 acres, deed granted Casey April 11, 1804; 696, Isaac Hunt, November 9, 1797, 200 acres, settled and deed delivered to Amos Line, assignee of Hunt; 697, James Reed, November 7, 1797, 200 acres, settled under contract, and deed granted Ralph Martin; 698, Isaac Parr, November 9, 1797, 100 acres, settled under contract; 701, John Parr, November 9, 1807, 200 acres, settlement completed under contract; 702, small improvement under contract and abandoned; 703, William Burnsides, August 20, 1798, 100 acres, slightly improved and abandoned, intruded on and again abandoned; 704, Dennis HUGHES, October 7, 1797, 200 acres, settled by an intruder; 705, Robert Martin, December 2, 1809, 100 acres, settled under contract; 706 and 707, William Latta, April 27, 1805, 100 acres each, settled under contract; 708, William Shotwell, November 20, 1797, 200 acres, deed granted Shotwell, but land settled by an intruder...." On page 621, in the history of Sadsbury Township: "The two Holland Land tracts located in the northeast corner of the township were sold in 1800 to S.b. and A.W. Foster, of Meadville. Of the four tracts of the Pennsylvania Population Company, 200 acres of Tract 755 were contracted for by Joseph Allen, October 23, 1797, and a deed granted him March 25, 1802; 200 acres of 756, under same date, by Daniel Williams, who settled under contract; 200 acres, Tract 761, by Samuel Williamson, under contract of October 23, 1797, settled and deed delivered. The east half of Tract 767 is also in Sadsbury; it is marked a swamp in the records of 1812. All the above settled on their tracts and remained for years. Samuel Williamson operated a distillery; he came from the southern part of the State. Dennis HUGHES, originally from Ireland, directly from New Jersey, came in 1802, and settled in the northwest part of the township." That's all for HUGHES in this reference! Kathy Brubaker Volunteer Genealogist Linesville Historical Society kbrbkr@toolcity.net -----Original Message----- From: Mark Jefferson <wisjeff@maqs.net> To: PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com <PACRAWFO-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, October 22, 1998 7:09 AM Subject: [PACRAWFO-L] History of Crawford County, PA >Kathy, >I bet you are learning a lot about Crawford County, PA! I have early >ancestors in Crawford County by the last name of FISHER and BONNEY. One >of my FISHER (actually my Great Great Grandmother married a GEHR or GEAR >then my Great Great Grandfather by the last name of BONNEY (who was >previously married to a HUGHES). Could you check on what information is >available on any of these names? I would really appreciate it. >Thank-you, >Carolyn