Joe: My thoughts below. Kathy In a message dated 12/30/02 4:34:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, jpatter@comcast.net writes: > Which County[s] in 1773 would the following locations be? ... > > 1. Where would east side of Monongahela River abt 2 miles below Old Fort be? > [apt to be several possibilities here?] The Monongahela River was entirely within the limits of Westmoreland County in 1773. Today the river bounds Allegheny, Washington, Fayette and Greene counties as well. As for forts, I know that there was Fort Pitt, and a fort in Brownsville..... > 2. West of Fishing Creek bounded on East by Barrens? This is tough. There is more than one Fishing Creek in PA. Sometimes I will punch all the names on the old deed or will into the LDS site to see if a particular location comes up frequently. Off base, perhaps, but provides a place to start looking. There is a Fishing Creek that empties into the Susquehanna on both sides at Marysville. The west branch is in Perry County, formerly Cumberland. The east branch is in Dauphin County. > > 3. 4-5 miles of Susquehanna River bounded on northward by Whitenridge in > Upper > Beckstine? Upper Beckstine? Sounds like Germany. I looked at the Susquehanna, and thought that Upper Paxton in present day Dauphin County could sound a bit like Upper Beckstine. However, I didn't see anything resembling a Whites Ridge (my guess there). > > 4. Kish (couldn't read) _____ town and Blackleges Creek? There is a Blacklog Creek on the east side of Blacklog Mountain. It is half in Juniata, and half in Huntingdon County today. In 1773 it would have been in Cumberland County. The town of Kishacoquillas in the Kishacoquillas Valley is about 12 miles north of the Black Log headwaters, but geographically there is nothing to connect them. > > Any hints appreciated. > >