I am not sure what this area was called in 1826 but in the late 1870-1880 time period, Kersey was known as Centerville. I am not at all sure why the name Centerville was changed, but the name of the town was then changed to Kersey, in honor of William Kersey who lead the first intrepid settlers into this area. The first settlers came to this area between 1811-1817 and were primarily Quakers from the York Co. and Centre Co., PA area. The first permanent settler of Fox Twp is considered to be Elijah Meredith. In 1826, the area that Kersey lies in (Fox Twp) was part of Clearfield Co., PA (very early on I think this whole area was referred to as Chincleclamoose-- loosely translated it is Seneca for "Buffalo Swamp") , and continued to be part of Clearfield until 1843, when Elk Co., PA was formed. Even so, there is still a Fox Twp., Clearfield Co., PA on the 1850 census. SO....if you are looking for "Kersey" on the 1830 census-- you will need to look at the Clearfield Co., PA census. Am I rambling? :-) Are you thoroughly confused now? Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Dani and JP <amuckdjp@sympatico.ca> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 2:26 PM Subject: [PAELK] Kersy in Elk County???? > Hi Sherry J! > Was Kersey in ELK Co. in 1826?? > Thanks, > Sharon in Canada > > > ==== 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!) > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com > >