Sharon Dani and JP wrote: > Hi Sherry J! > Was Kersey in ELK Co. in 1826?? > Thanks, > Sharon in Canada What is now Elk County -- 1784 Purchased from the Native Americans and called Northumberland County 1790 Still part of Northumberland. 1798 Lycoming County carved out of Northumberland and what is now Elk was called Lycoming. 1800 Still calleld Lycoming. 1843 Elk set up out of Lycoming. Lloyd Yost

Weeell, not quite. In 1790, Elk was part of Northumberland. In 1795, Lycoming was carved out of Northumberland and covered pretty much of the northern middle section of PA. Half of Clearfield was included in this 1795 split into Lycoming county-- the other half of Clearfield was located in Huntingdon county. By 1800, Lycoming still covered Jefferson, Elk, Cameron, and part of Clearfield. The counties of Clearfield, Jefferson, McKean and Potter were created in 1804 out of Lycoming county. The area that is now Elk County was then part of three different counties in 1804-- the western half or so of Elk County(current Elk twps of Highland, Millstone and Spring Creek) was Jefferson County, the current twps of Horton, Fox, Jay and Benezette were part of Clearfield County, and from about Ridgway northward was McKean. And of course this situation remained until 1843, when Elk was created out of Jefferson, McKean, and Clearfield counties. So depending upon where your ancestors lived in the present county of Elk, you may find records for them in five different counties-- Northumberland, Lycoming, Clearfield, Jefferson, McKean, and after 1843, Elk County. I feel that it is quite doubtful that you would find any records in Northumberland county or Lycoming county because there were no white settlers here that early for there to be records. However, records for pre 1843 inhabitants of Elk County can and DO exist in Jefferson, Clearfield and McKean counties. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lloyd H. Yost <lhyost@nfdc.net> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 7:18 PM Subject: Re: [PAELK] Kersy in Elk County???? > > What is now Elk County -- > 1784 Purchased from the Native Americans and called Northumberland County > 1790 Still part of Northumberland. > 1798 Lycoming County carved out of Northumberland and what is now Elk > was called Lycoming. > 1800 Still calleld Lycoming. > 1843 Elk set up out of Lycoming. > > Lloyd Yost > > > ==== PAELK Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Elk Co., PA mailing list, send an e-mail to paelk-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail. (minus the quotation marks!) > > ============================== > The easiest way to stay in touch with your family and friends! > http://www.myfamily.com/banner.asp?ID=RWLIST1 > >