Hello Wilmer - By any chance, do you have access to the 1798 Index to Cumberland Taxes? If so, might a family by the name of CROTHERS appear there? I've been trying to trace my James Crothers, who may have had a brother John. They owned farms in Phelps, New York next to each other. In 1836,they split; James took his family to Canada, while John moved to Rochester. But both claimed they were born in Pennsylvania, and another researcher thinks she traced John to Cumberland County. I haven't been able to find any birth records, thusfar - James was born circa 1806, and John 1810. Thanks for any information you might have! Julia Julia Mosman, OPC for St.Austell,Charlestown, and Treverbyn Website at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~staustell W. Briton newspaper transcripts at http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~wbritonad Please visit the OPC website at http://cornwall-opc.org I'm a volunteer for FreeCens - why don't you join, too? >From: [email protected] >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [PACUMBER] MAHON/MAHAN >Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:31:41 EDT > >The 1778 Index to Cumberland County taxes; >William, Archibald, and Widow MAHAN listed in Lurgan Twp. >David MAHAN in Hopewell Twp >John and John, Jr. MAHAN in Letterkenny Twp. > >The 1798 Window Tax record: >Archibald and two Davids are listed in Southampton Twp. Note all of the >above townships border on each other. >Archibald had a currying shop and bark house. David had a still house and >malt house. > >The Middle Spring Presbyterian Church records: >There were nine MAHANs listed, so this was their church, the FIRST >Presbyterain Church to be established in Cumberland County in 1738!. A >record in the >church session book tells of Archibald testifying to the drunkenness of >another church member in July, 1745! The Belle Swope book, History of the >Middle >Spring Presby. Church, is on the Internet. You can find burials, weddings, >births and baptisms here: > >_http://www.protosight.com/middle%20spring%20web%20page/wylie'ssketch.htm_ >(http://www.protosight.com/middle%20spring%20web%20page/wylie'ssketch.htm) > >Archibald and David were shown as Privates in the PA Militia. > >Wilmer Maxwell, Carlisle, PA > > >==== PACUMBER Mailing List ==== > Search this mail list. > Just type in pacumber or PACUMBER. > http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >============================== >Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >New content added every business day. Learn more: >http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >