Hello The records for burials, ages, when known is now an active search site SHERMAN Cemetery, Sherman NY there are many odd and also familiar names, and look for every possible spelling of your surnames, you may be surprised at WHO you find http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Cem_list.htm#SHERMAN Buried here is Abraham LINCOLN (No not THAT one,) Horace GREELEY VanWINKLE (no Rip) Lots of Van Names, Many old familiar and many surnames I have not seen anywhere else. It's in 2 parts and a large cemetery, A-M and N-Z I hope it helps. Dee

Corydon - A township and a village. Named for Corydon township in McKean county. As it has been impossible to track down how the McKean county township received it's name, it seems likely Corydon was adopted from Greek and Roman poetry, as this was the name of the shepherd in Theocritus's Idyls and Vergil's Eclogues, and became virtually standardized as the typical name for an enamored rustic. The boundry line between Warren and McKean counties was in dispute and by act of the legislature April 16, 1845, a commission was appointed to settle the matter. Andrew H. Ludlow of Warren and John Williams and Jonathan Marsh of McKean county constituted the commission with authority to establish the new line. On March 20, 1846, the new boundry having been established, part of Corydon township of McKean county became the newly-formed Corydon township of Warren county. The first settler was Philip Tome who came from Lycoming county in 1827 although he had resided briefly at Kinzua as early as 1815 and probably before that date. Tome was a famed hunter and interpreter for Chief Cornplanter and Governor Blacksnake for fifteen years. In 1854, with the aid of a relative, believed to have been Miss Juliet L. Tome, first teacher in the State school on the Cornplanter Indian Grant, he wrote Pioneer Life, or Thirty Years a Hunter. This is an excellent account of early hunting and thrilling experiences in northwestern Pennsylvania. The book was published at Buffalo, New York, on rather poor paper and copies are scarce today. The village of Corydon really boomed in 1881 with the grading of the Buffalo, New York & Philadelphia Railroad past the place. The business section was destroyed by fire in 1892. In the winter of 1918, an ice jam in the Allegheny River caused considerable damage to many houses in the town. With the building of the Kinzua Dam and Allegheny River Reservoir, Corydon was wiped off the map in 1965 in preparation for the waters of the dam. Deerfield - A township. Named because deer were in great abundance in this region. Organized by the court March 8, 1821, and first called Number Eleven. Donaldson's - A small settlement in Sheffield township. Named for Andrew Donaldson who owned a large farm in this area and came here from Kittanning, Pennsylvania, in 1848. During 1881, an oil excitement started on the farm with some twelve productive wells having been drilled. The place is marked today by several crude oil collection tanks owned by the Valvoline Oil Company Division of the Ashland Oil & Refining Company. Dugall - A small settlement located halfway between Pittsfield and Wrightsville, in Pittsfield township. Orginally the vicinity was known as The Dugway as most of the houses were located along a dug road. Gradually the name was slurred and abbreviated and became Dugall. The post office was so named and operated from 1886 into 1903. East Branch - A small settlement located on the East Branch of the stream Spring Creek, in Spring Creek township. To be continued.......... Dennis R. Davis R8459@aol.com

I have a copy of "Forest County, Pennsylvania Cemetery Inscriptions" compiled by Eugene F. Throop, Heritage Books, 1987. I will be glad to do look-ups for anyone needing help in this area. Walt Grand Island, NY

Hello You-All, Several years ago, John Mallery took over as superintendant of public schools in Warren County, PA; John is the husband of a lady in my family tree. When he took over, he discovered the famous painting of Chief Cornplanter hanging in a small schoolhouse which was to be shut down as it only was used by 4 - 5 students. Thereafter, he took the painting to his office, where it hung for about 12 years. Then, he donated the painting to the Warren County Historical Society, where it can be seen to this day. John told me at our "Tidioute History Tour" last July 1999 that the painting of Cornplanter was done in Philadelphia, PA. Doug Cornplanter Indian Grant - In the northwestern part of Warren county. Named >for Chief Cornplanter, A Seneca chieftain to whom the lands were given by the >Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1791. Located in Elk township, nearly all of >the Grant Lands were taken by the United States Corps of Engineers when the >Kinzua Dam-Allegheny River Reservoir was constructed in 1966. The few acres >of Grant Lands not taken are nearly inaccessible and are not inhabited. The >story of Cornplanter and his people is a most interesting one and not well >known, so it is presented briefly here. Cornplanter was a half-breed whose >Dutch father was John Abeel of Albany and his mother was a Seneca woman from >an important family. Born near Avon, New York, about 1752, the young >half-breed lived, fought, thought, and finally died as an Indian. >Fortunately, he inherited the best virtues of both the white and Indian blood >from which he stemmed. After the British victory at Quebec and the peace of >1763, the French withdrew from what is today northwestern Pennsylvania. >Later, the Seneca joined with Pontiac who led an unsuccessful conspiracy in >an attempt to expel the English from the Ohio Valley region. Defeated in this >attempt, the Seneca traveled in greater numbers than before into the >Allegheny River area and by 1775 were generally settled in towns from the >present Kinzua Dam site to Olean, New York. At a council meeting at Oswego in >July 1777, the greater part of the Six Nations decided to fight on the side >of the British during the Revolutionary War. Cornplanter and a few others >seemed loath to approve this decision but they were outvoted and after the >matter was settled, they fully supported the Indian cause. Cornplanter was >among the Indian leaders made a Captain by the British. By 1779 the Seneca >found they had guessed wrong in siding with the British. General Sullivan in >New York State and Colonel Daniel Broadhead in Western Pennsylvania had >burned their crops and towns, defeated them in battle, and made life >extremely difficult. It must be remembered that west of the Alleghenies, the >Revolution was chiefly an Indian fight with Mohawk Joseph Brant, serving the >British interest among the tribes. When peace came in 1782, these western >Indians had trouble believing the British had been defeated, for the >Americans were still holed up in Fort Pitt and did not act like victors! >About this time Cornplanter moved to the upper Allegheny River region and >became the spokesman for the Seneca located there. His leadership, though >several times taken away from him for short periods when he did not follow >the wishes of his people, was solidly based. For one thing, his uncle was >Kiasutha, who had been a brilliant leader of the western New York Seneca, and >for another, his mother and wife both came from prominent Seneca families. >More important, Cornplanter had shown his prowess in battle, and his >diplomatic skill and his ability to speak for his people were demonstrated at >Oswego and Fort Stanwix. Recognizing his ability, the Americans supported >Cornplanter and relied on his influence. They used his services often. Joseph >Brant's British leanings were increasingly unpopular and he did not attend >the meetings at Fort Stanwix. His place was taken by a Mohawk chieftain and >Cornplanter. Cornplanter's determination to live at peace with the Americans >seemed to be gaining favor. Cornplanter was called on to aid Pennsylvania at >the treaty of Fort Harmar (Marietta, Ohio) in 1789. At this assembly >Pennsylvania materially bettered its title to Indian lands included in the >now famous Erie Triangle area. Following the treaty, one of the >commissioners, General Richard Butler, wrote President Mifflin of the >Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council suggesting a gift of land to the >Seneca leader for past services and "to fix his attachment to the State." On >January 22, 1791, Mifflin, who had now become governor, recommended that a >land gift be made by the new legislature. In place of land within the Erie >Triangle, however, Cornplanter requested three separate tracts elsewhere, and >an act granting this request was passed January 29 and approved three days >later. A survey of the tracts was ordered two days after that. As finally >surveyed, one tract was called " Richland", near the present site of West >Hickory in Forest county, and this was promptly sold by the chief to his good >friend, General John Wilkins Jr. Another, the "Gift" tract, was the site of >the present Oil City and included a famous oil spring much used by the >Indians. This was sold in 1818, and it is said Cornplanter received worthless >money and notes as payment, but neither he nor his heirs ever succeeded in >recovering the land or securing suitable payment. The third tract, "Planter's >Field", comprised six hundred acres on the west side of the Allegheny River, >beginning just south of the New York state line. It included Jenuch-Shadega, >the main town of Cornplanter and his people, and two river islands called >"Donation" and "Liberality". These lands were given Cornplanter in fee, and >the land remaining at the Grant is still owned by his heirs. It is tax-exempt >but not an ordinary reservation and the national government has no special >jurisdiction over it. The fact that Cornplanter personally owned the land >made it a natural haven for many Indians who were fearful of the gradual but >steady encroachment upon their lands by white settlers. In 1866 Pennsylvania >erected a monument on the Grant in memory of Cornplanter and this was the >first monument erected in honor of an Indian in the United States. Off and on >over the years the Quakers conducted a school on the Grant. In 1857 the >Commonwealth supplied a teacher and building and continued to do so until the >Indian school closed forever in 1953. With the construction of the Kinzua Dam >in 1966, all but a few acres of the Grant Lands have disappeared beneath the >waters. > >To be continued................ > >Dennis R. Davis >R8459@aol.com > >

Conewango - A Stream and a township. Conewango is Seneca for " in (or at) the riffles". This came from an indian name orginally rendered as Kanonogan. The French called Conewango Creek Schatacoin, and the English wrote it Conawagy, Conewanga, Conewagoo, Canawago, and Conewango. The present spelling dates from about 1795. The name and orginal boundries of the township were established by a commission appointed by the Venango county court in 1806 with the recommendation of the commission confirmed by that court two years later. The township embraced the eastern half of the county, and the first township election was held in the home of Daniel Jackson in the spring of 1808. On March 8, 1821, Brokenstraw and Conewango townships, which included the entire county, were divided into twelve townships. Cornplanter Indian Grant - In the northwestern part of Warren county. Named for Chief Cornplanter, A Seneca chieftain to whom the lands were given by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1791. Located in Elk township, nearly all of the Grant Lands were taken by the United States Corps of Engineers when the Kinzua Dam-Allegheny River Reservoir was constructed in 1966. The few acres of Grant Lands not taken are nearly inaccessible and are not inhabited. The story of Cornplanter and his people is a most interesting one and not well known, so it is presented briefly here. Cornplanter was a half-breed whose Dutch father was John Abeel of Albany and his mother was a Seneca woman from an important family. Born near Avon, New York, about 1752, the young half-breed lived, fought, thought, and finally died as an Indian. Fortunately, he inherited the best virtues of both the white and Indian blood from which he stemmed. After the British victory at Quebec and the peace of 1763, the French withdrew from what is today northwestern Pennsylvania. Later, the Seneca joined with Pontiac who led an unsuccessful conspiracy in an attempt to expel the English from the Ohio Valley region. Defeated in this attempt, the Seneca traveled in greater numbers than before into the Allegheny River area and by 1775 were generally settled in towns from the present Kinzua Dam site to Olean, New York. At a council meeting at Oswego in July 1777, the greater part of the Six Nations decided to fight on the side of the British during the Revolutionary War. Cornplanter and a few others seemed loath to approve this decision but they were outvoted and after the matter was settled, they fully supported the Indian cause. Cornplanter was among the Indian leaders made a Captain by the British. By 1779 the Seneca found they had guessed wrong in siding with the British. General Sullivan in New York State and Colonel Daniel Broadhead in Western Pennsylvania had burned their crops and towns, defeated them in battle, and made life extremely difficult. It must be remembered that west of the Alleghenies, the Revolution was chiefly an Indian fight with Mohawk Joseph Brant, serving the British interest among the tribes. When peace came in 1782, these western Indians had trouble believing the British had been defeated, for the Americans were still holed up in Fort Pitt and did not act like victors! About this time Cornplanter moved to the upper Allegheny River region and became the spokesman for the Seneca located there. His leadership, though several times taken away from him for short periods when he did not follow the wishes of his people, was solidly based. For one thing, his uncle was Kiasutha, who had been a brilliant leader of the western New York Seneca, and for another, his mother and wife both came from prominent Seneca families. More important, Cornplanter had shown his prowess in battle, and his diplomatic skill and his ability to speak for his people were demonstrated at Oswego and Fort Stanwix. Recognizing his ability, the Americans supported Cornplanter and relied on his influence. They used his services often. Joseph Brant's British leanings were increasingly unpopular and he did not attend the meetings at Fort Stanwix. His place was taken by a Mohawk chieftain and Cornplanter. Cornplanter's determination to live at peace with the Americans seemed to be gaining favor. Cornplanter was called on to aid Pennsylvania at the treaty of Fort Harmar (Marietta, Ohio) in 1789. At this assembly Pennsylvania materially bettered its title to Indian lands included in the now famous Erie Triangle area. Following the treaty, one of the commissioners, General Richard Butler, wrote President Mifflin of the Pennsylvania Supreme Executive Council suggesting a gift of land to the Seneca leader for past services and "to fix his attachment to the State." On January 22, 1791, Mifflin, who had now become governor, recommended that a land gift be made by the new legislature. In place of land within the Erie Triangle, however, Cornplanter requested three separate tracts elsewhere, and an act granting this request was passed January 29 and approved three days later. A survey of the tracts was ordered two days after that. As finally surveyed, one tract was called " Richland", near the present site of West Hickory in Forest county, and this was promptly sold by the chief to his good friend, General John Wilkins Jr. Another, the "Gift" tract, was the site of the present Oil City and included a famous oil spring much used by the Indians. This was sold in 1818, and it is said Cornplanter received worthless money and notes as payment, but neither he nor his heirs ever succeeded in recovering the land or securing suitable payment. The third tract, "Planter's Field", comprised six hundred acres on the west side of the Allegheny River, beginning just south of the New York state line. It included Jenuch-Shadega, the main town of Cornplanter and his people, and two river islands called "Donation" and "Liberality". These lands were given Cornplanter in fee, and the land remaining at the Grant is still owned by his heirs. It is tax-exempt but not an ordinary reservation and the national government has no special jurisdiction over it. The fact that Cornplanter personally owned the land made it a natural haven for many Indians who were fearful of the gradual but steady encroachment upon their lands by white settlers. In 1866 Pennsylvania erected a monument on the Grant in memory of Cornplanter and this was the first monument erected in honor of an Indian in the United States. Off and on over the years the Quakers conducted a school on the Grant. In 1857 the Commonwealth supplied a teacher and building and continued to do so until the Indian school closed forever in 1953. With the construction of the Kinzua Dam in 1966, all but a few acres of the Grant Lands have disappeared beneath the waters. To be continued................ Dennis R. Davis R8459@aol.com

Dee was asking about Beebe and Pease, It sounds like there could well be a connection between those mentioned in Dee's message and relations of mine. Cyrus Emory Jones, my third cousin thrice removed born in Ellicott, Chautauqua County married in 1891, Mary Ella Beebe born 1869 in either Bayonne, NJ or Brooklyn, NY. They are both buried in Lake View Cemetery, Jamestown. Cyrus' great-great grandmother was Mary Pease 1763-1831 who married John Hayward. I just thought that I would throw that in. - Ed At 13:23 09/12/99 +0000, Dee Davidson wrote: >Hello >I have just been going over some old names I had looked up for others and >came across these web Pages, There are also family ties to Warren Co PA >The BEEBE name keeps popping up in my mail box., >Amon BEEBE is buried in Tefft Cemetery, French Creek, Chautauqua Co NY >born May 7, 1750, died Jan 21 1830, Soldier in the Revolutionary War, >husband of Eunice PEASE born July 1749, died 1827 >ALSO >Eunice PEASE the wife of AMON Beebe, was born July 1749, Dau of Job Pease >and Eunice PHELPS, but there is an LDS Ancsetral file that states she is >married to AARON Beebe. >Not correct; >The DAR has placed Bronze markers on hers and AMON'S grave. >I have a photo of her marker lying next to Amons. >Notes for Eunices Dad; >The women are are always forgotten; > >Notes for Job Pease: >" Descendants of John Pease" >JOB PEASE,4 (BENJAMIN,3 DAVID,2 JOHN,1 of Martha's Vineyard,) son of >BENJAMIN and PEASE(*) of Martha's Vineyard, was born about 1718. It is >said he spent a few of his early years before his final leave of Martha's >Vineyard in whaling. In 1745 he had removed to Stafford, Ct.,(+) a town in >Tolland County next east of Somers. He was living there in 1750 with his >wife Eunice.?? It is probable he left Stafford not long after this and >removed to Norwich, Ct. In 1778 he was living in that part of Norwich >called New Concord, and which is now in the town of Bozrah. Not far from >this date he removed to Ludlow, Mass., and in 1783 he removed to that part >of Springfield, Mass., which is the site of the village of Chicope e Falls >where he died. His wife Eunice "died Feb. 7th 1791 in the 71st year of her >age."º (*) Hon. Richard L. Pease. (+)Stafford Town Records. ??Stafford >Town Records. Old Hampshire C ounty Land Records. > >ºTombstone in Springfield Cemetery. >Page 49 >He married second, Widow Abigail Cooley, 1782.(*) He "died Oct. 11 1793 in >75th year of his age."(+) His will mentions as > > > >these web pages cover mainly the Pier family with many other ties >here.with soures. > > >http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1353/pier.htm > >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/s/WilliamL-Passauer-Centreville/GE >NE3-0009.html > From these web pages, : >Notes for Unknown Beebee:from the URL; >Perhaps it was Abel Beebe, who came from Connecticut to Buffalo in 1800, >and in 1811 had a son named Justus, but, there has been no firm evidence >of that found. >And >YES there is, Justus is in >Cassadaga Cemetery, born 1811 died 1886 >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Cassadag.html > >And MY question WAS who is this Beebe in Christian Cemetery, Arkwright >Chaut. Co NY > >Beebe, Abel, June 7,1853, ae 69 > Sarah Morse, his w. 1783-1860. > Julia E. their da. July 1,1825, ae 1-8. > Orpha, their da. Sept.15,1822, inf. > Sophia, their da. Aug.20,1815, ae 5-8. > >Well I found this answer also, >here; >http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/e/e/Jeanie-H-Reed/GENE2-0008.html > >Just some tid bits for any interested, No one else is using our cyber >space :} >Dee Edward Coates Sinker Church Lea Bosbury, Herefordshire HR8 1PX UK

Hello I have just been going over some old names I had looked up for others and came across these web Pages, There are also family ties to Warren Co PA The BEEBE name keeps popping up in my mail box., Amon BEEBE is buried in Tefft Cemetery, French Creek, Chautauqua Co NY born May 7, 1750, died Jan 21 1830, Soldier in the Revolutionary War, husband of Eunice PEASE born July 1749, died 1827 ALSO Eunice PEASE the wife of AMON Beebe, was born July 1749, Dau of Job Pease and Eunice PHELPS, but there is an LDS Ancsetral file that states she is married to AARON Beebe. Not correct; The DAR has placed Bronze markers on hers and AMON'S grave. I have a photo of her marker lying next to Amons. Notes for Eunices Dad; The women are are always forgotten; Notes for Job Pease: " Descendants of John Pease" JOB PEASE,4 (BENJAMIN,3 DAVID,2 JOHN,1 of Martha's Vineyard,) son of BENJAMIN and PEASE(*) of Martha's Vineyard, was born about 1718. It is said he spent a few of his early years before his final leave of Martha's Vineyard in whaling. In 1745 he had removed to Stafford, Ct.,(+) a town in Tolland County next east of Somers. He was living there in 1750 with his wife Eunice.?? It is probable he left Stafford not long after this and removed to Norwich, Ct. In 1778 he was living in that part of Norwich called New Concord, and which is now in the town of Bozrah. Not far from this date he removed to Ludlow, Mass., and in 1783 he removed to that part of Springfield, Mass., which is the site of the village of Chicope e Falls where he died. His wife Eunice "died Feb. 7th 1791 in the 71st year of her age."º (*) Hon. Richard L. Pease. (+)Stafford Town Records. ??Stafford Town Records. Old Hampshire C ounty Land Records. ºTombstone in Springfield Cemetery. Page 49 He married second, Widow Abigail Cooley, 1782.(*) He "died Oct. 11 1793 in 75th year of his age."(+) His will mentions as these web pages cover mainly the Pier family with many other ties here.with soures. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/1353/pier.htm http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/p/a/s/WilliamL-Passauer-Centreville/GENE3-0009.html >From these web pages, : Notes for Unknown Beebee:from the URL; Perhaps it was Abel Beebe, who came from Connecticut to Buffalo in 1800, and in 1811 had a son named Justus, but, there has been no firm evidence of that found. And YES there is, Justus is in Cassadaga Cemetery, born 1811 died 1886 http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Cassadag.html And MY question WAS who is this Beebe in Christian Cemetery, Arkwright Chaut. Co NY Beebe, Abel, June 7,1853, ae 69 Sarah Morse, his w. 1783-1860. Julia E. their da. July 1,1825, ae 1-8. Orpha, their da. Sept.15,1822, inf. Sophia, their da. Aug.20,1815, ae 5-8. Well I found this answer also, here; http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/r/e/e/Jeanie-H-Reed/GENE2-0008.html Just some tid bits for any interested, No one else is using our cyber space :} Dee

Hello Does anyone have any more info on MAHLON J. or MALON MOULTON, in 1850 he is in the 1850 index for Chautauqua Co Ny and in 1860 he is in the 1860 census for Warren Co PA town of Columbus.page 676 Also in 1860, Warren Co is JUDITH Moulton, page 997 Pleasant Twp. In 1850 there also is an Eglandius MOULTON in Chautauqua Co, page 049, town of Ellicott. These are indexes only I have and no real info, this is a major find for me in looking for my KANISTANAUX. Mary( Mar-Le-Ah) MOULTON was the daughter of Eli Moulton and wife Katie (Dr. Mrs. Tal-ic-awk) who are buried in Greenwood Cemetery,Stockton. Mary/Marleah is thought to have been the mistress of MAHLON Neff in Canada, before marriage to Laton KANISTANAUX Dee Chautauqua Co NY

Before I continue, several have asked for the source of this information. It comes from the book " Place Names In Warren County, Pennsylvania" By: Ernest C. Miller. Clarendon - A borough in Mead township. Named for Thomas Clarendon of New York City, a partner with F.H. Rockwell of Honesdale, Pennsylvania; they were joint owners of large land and timber tracts in the vicinity. The place was first called Pattonia for the railroad builder, William Patton, who had the contract to build the rail line through the area. Patton announced in the Warren (PA) Mail for June 2, 1860, that he was selling all his building equipment since his railroad construction contract had been completed. The borough was chartered March 6, 1882. Much of the town was destroyed in a disastrous fire on July 4, 1887. Present-day Clarendon was previously called North Clarendon. Old Clarendon, unidentified today, is about three-quarters of a mile southwest of the Clarendon railroad depot and was at one time the site of the chief settlement. Cobham Station - A small settlement and a former railroad stopping place in Deerfield township. Named to honor Brigadier General George A. Cobham of Warren, who was killed in the Civil War the day after he had been promoted to General, at Peach Tree Creek, Georgia, in 1864. The GAR post in Tidioute, Pennsylvania was named the " General George A. Cobham Post 311" in his memory. The Cobham family history is most unusual. Henry Cobham of England, a descendant of Lord Henry Cobham, died in 1825 leaving his wife, Catherine, and two sons. Within a few years, a younger brother and law graduate, George Ashworth Cobham, married the widow. Upon the death of an aunt, the Cobhams inherited her estate and properties until the boys had reached legal age. Catherine and George Cobham spent their fortune lavishly and soon he was thrown into debtor's prision; at the same time, the authorities tried to have the marriage annulled in the Ecclesiastical Court. To avoid more trouble, the Cobhams and their sons, now three in number, fled to France and thence to America in 1836. After spending some time in Jamestown, New York, George Cobham finally found the land he liked - eleven hundred acres near Warren, Pennsylvania. Here Cobham Castle and many out-buildings were erected, all from lumber cut and milled on the Cobham lands. When sons Henry and George reached manhood, they were told that Henry Cobham was their true father, not George. Stepfather George also had to tell the boys he had been receiving and spending their income without settling any of the past English debts. When this shocking information blew over, the boys worked harder than ever before at lumbering and farming operations. In 1856 a panic hit the country and suddenly unpaid bills flooded in upon George Ashworth Cobham. The stepsons were astounded at the amount of these debts and George took what funds he could and left home forever. Henry stayed on and completed the building program and in 1862 he enlisted in the Union Army and served for a short time. Lady Cobham died in 1866 and her husband four years later. Though George Ashworth Cobham died broke, he left a grandiloquent will and many detailed instructions. Stepson Henry, the real Lord Cobham, was sued time after time by his half-sisters and the court struggles relating to the Cobham estate continued into the 1920's. The late Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, Robert H. Jackson, wrote a learned article on this subject titled "Falstaff's Descendants in the Pennsylvania Courts", which was published in the University Of Pennsylvania Law Review for December 1952. Cobham Castle stands proudly on its Warren County hilltop today. It is privately owned and not available to the public. Columbus - A township and a village. The township was named in a most unusual manner. Two of the early settlers each wished to name it for their former places of residence. David Curtis had come from Sherburne, New York, and favored that name while Kimball Webber had come from Columbus, New York, and favored it. After an angry debate, the two decided that the one who furnished the most whisky on election day would name the township. Webber supplied five gallons and therefore named the township Columbus. The first post office in the township was called Coffee Creek, but after the naming of the township it became Columbus, too. The township was organized by the court March 8, 1821, and orginally called Northwest township because of it's location within the county. It was organized as a separate township, Columbus, on May 30, 1825. Columbus borough was incorporated March 19, 1853, but gave up its charter January 1, 1925, and became part of the township again. More to follow.................. Dennis R. Davis R8459@aol.com

Thanks, Dee, for transcribing the Sherman Cemetery records. I found members of the Munger family there, who married into the Bush family. Do you know who I would contact to get the cemetery records? I sent to Chautauqua County for a death certificate (date 1911) but they couldn't find anything. I'm hoping the cemetery might be able to provide more information. Any assistance you can offer would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!! Thanks, Doug

Hi I am back online, with a fixed email, FINALLY. I reformatted my hard drive 4 times to fix it and I have lost several email addresses. If we have had a recent conversation please re-contact me so I can add you to my list again. Debbie "CLOUGH" where are you?? I have just submitted to Jay Priest the final installment of the Sherman Cemetery N-Z, it will soon be added to the Chautauqua Co GenWeb archives. this is a very large cemetery, and there are a lot of familiar and also a lot of NOT familiar names, when searching use every possible spelling, Many families are in the same plots with totally different spellings of the same surnames. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nychauta/CEMETERY/Cem_list.htm#SHERMAN Dee Davidson Chautauqua

What do we put down for a reference for this information, maybe I missed the book it came from in an earlier e-mail. Would you please send the information. Thank you, Bonnie Kidder

Chandlers Valley - A Village ten miles northwest of Warren in Sugar Grove township. Named for John Chandler, a Revolutionary War veteran who settled here shortly after arriving from Connecticut about 1815. From 1848 through 1852, a considerable number of Swedish families emigrated to this area and for a few years the place was also known as Swedesburg. When the Swedes talked of the area, they generally referred to it as the Vallan or valley. Chandlers Valley is considered the oldest Swedish settlement of a permanent nature in the eastern United States. Chapman Dam - (Chapman Dam State Park) - Located on the West Branch of Tionesta Creek, five miles west of Clarendon and U.S. Route 6. Named for Dr. Leroy E. Chapman, a long time physician in Warren, who, as a member of the Pennsylvania Senate, introduced the bill that made this park possible. Completed in 1951, the place provides swimming, boating, camping, picnicking, hiking, and hunting and fishing in season. Cherry Grove - A township. Named because of the great profusion of cherry trees in the vicinity. Erected from Sheffield township by an order of the court confirmed December 7, 1847. During 1882-1883, in this township took place one of the greatest oil booms ever witnessed in Pennsylvania. William T. Falconer and Frederick Morck of Warren owned leases in the township and they sub-leased their lands to George Dimick and Captain Peter Grace who operated as the Jamestown Oil Company. Early in January 1882, this firm started to drill a "wildcat" well on map tract 646, miles from other productive territory. In March, watching oil scouts found the new well tightly boarded up and armed guards protecting it. On March 29 the well made a large flow of oil but as sufficient tankage was not available, the well was plugged; finally, on May 17 the plug was removed and the drill went a bit deeper. The well commenced flowing wildly and by June 13 a conservative estimate placed its daily production at over two thousand barrels. The Buffalo (N.Y.) Express proclaimed it as "The Largest Well on Earth". The discovery of this new field sent prices on the oil exchanges reeling downwards as oil men rushed to the region through Sheffield and North Clarendon. Over six hundred wells were drilled in the Cherry Grove area and five different pipeline companies rushed into the field to handle the output. By September 1, 40,000 barrels of crude oil were moving from the field daily and this was its largest production. The chief pipeline struggle was between the Tidewater Pipe Line Company and the United Pipe Lines, but the latter, being a subsidiary of the potent Standard Oil Company, eventually won the leadership and did the greatest business. At Vandergrift, it installed huge boilers and pumps and created the largest crude oil pumping station in the world. A narrow gauge railroad, The Warren & Farnsworth Valley, was built from North Clarendon to Cherry Grove to haul freight and passengers, and the thirteen-mile road was constructed in just over ninety days. The ephemeral villages in the Cherry Grove region included Farnsworth, Garfield, and Vandergrift. But by October, the great gusher wells were yielding only moderate amounts daily, and water from many abandoned wells was seeping through the field wrecking other wells. Real Estate values collapsed, equipment was taken down and moved into Forest county where the Cooper Tract was the new oil excitement, and gradually the area decreased in activity and production; by the end of 1883, the great 646 well was giving only five-eighths of a barrel daily! An oil magazine of that day, "The Petroleum Age" reported, "The field surpasses any ever previously discovered in the capacity of the wells to produce." There is nothing at Cherry Grove today to indicate the turmoil of 1882-1883. Time and nature have done a remarkable job of camouflage. To be continued............ Dennis R. Davis R8459@aol.com

I asked the same question a couple of months ago & received about 10 answers, all with different addresses and 9 of which were incorrect. The only address that worked was: mailto:refroom@penn.com I thought they had a website as well but, after searching for a couple of minutes, I can't seem to locate anything more than just a mailing address. Good luck! Linda Emerson Twain Harte, CA > Does anyone happen to have an E-mail address for the reference desk, Warren > County Public Library?

Hello You-All, Does anyone happen to have an E-mail address for the reference desk, Warren County Public Library? Doug

Dennis, Thanks for your brief discussion of the Akeley family. What brought it on? Yours-truly traces back directly through Levi Akeley; the curve in Akeley was named "Akeley Corner," or some such thing. The primary ancestor, Francis Akeley, died at the Battle of Bunker Hill and is believed to have been a "Mohawk" Indian during the Destruction of the Tea (now known as the Boston Tea Party). By the way, the Akeley-Briggs family reunion is set for the 1st Sunday of June 2000. We're presently searching for the names and addresses of more Akeley descendents. Doug http://www.LastWatchWarriors.com At 10:11 AM 12/7/99 EST, you wrote: >Akeley - A village in Pine Grove township. Tradition says the crossroads at >Akeley got its name from Levi Akeley, Jr., who settled here after his father >and mother came from Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1828. The family originally >settled on the east side of Conewango Creek, opposite Russell, which land was >owned by Levi's older brother, Joseph, who arrived in 1815 and purchased six >hundred acres of land. While Joseph Akeley spelled his name as Akeley, the >form now in use, there was a period of years during which some of the family >spelled it Ackley. The post office was Ackley Station from 1878 to 1904 but >during that year the name changed to Akeley. The Grange, however, still >clings to Ackley. The first bridge across Conewango Creek at this point was >built prior to 1846 and three bridges have stood here, one having been built >as a covered bridge. The present steel bridge was built about 1900 and was >heavy enough to carry the track of the Warren and Jamestown Street Railway >Company from 1905 to 1929. > >Alcuin - A small and brief utopian settlement on the Homer Preston farm, near >Lander, Farmington township. Named for Alcuin, the English scholar who aided >Charlemagne in the revival of learning at the Court of Franks, 735-804. On a >farm of thirty-six acres that had been given to the Order of St. Benedictine, >Inc. St. John's Abbey, of Collegeville, Minnesota, a small band of devoted >Roman Catholics, chiefly from the New York City area, established a >craft-agrarian community in February 1940. The group learned farming methods >from Rod Carlson, a farmer who had been living on the farm. Although they >worked hard and long, the advent of World War II doomed the society; some of >the members were drafted, others became discouraged and left to take good >paying jobs in industry, and new recruits could not be obtained. Following >the end of World War II, the farm was sold to Robert Sukoski, one of the >original members of the community, and he operated it until 1953 when he sold >it to Calvin Penly, a farmer from Ohio. > >Althom Station - A small settlement in Deerfield township. Named by the >railroad, this was a shipping point for lumber and silica sand. The AL part >of the name came from the Allegheny River and THOM came from Robert Thompson, >hence AL-THOM. Thompson, an early settler engaged in the lumber trade, was a >river pilot, and owned large tracts of land. > >Dennis R. Davis >R8459@aol.com

Babylon - Once a small village west of Tidioute in Triumph township, now only a house or two stands at this location. Here was the resort of the infamous Ben Hogan, often called "the wickedest man in the world". He maintained a house of ill repute at Babylon during the oil boom in the area, chiefly 1866-1868. A clergyman riding past Hogan's place one day was stunned to observe naked women playing in the yard and is said to have proclaimed, "This is the wickedest place I have ever seen! I name it Babylon!" Barnes - A village in Sheffield township. For postal purposes Barnes was called Sheffield until 1872 when it became Barnes in honor of Timothy Barnes who has aptly been called "the pioneer of Sheffield township." He was born at Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1780 and later lived in Cooperstown, Clinton, and Italy Hill, in New York State, and at one time held a commission as Captain in the New York Militia. By 1828 he had settled along Tionesta Creek in Warren county where he built sawmills, operated them a few years, and then generally sold them. He died at the home of his son, Erastus Barnes, at the age of ninety-three. Beantown - A small village in Mead township. This name has often been used in place of Weldbank and both names refer to the same location. Years ago the Clark Bean farm was located here and the Beans had many children. They often traveled to Erie and back by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the evening train from Erie to the east came through Weldbank about 8:30 pm Bean children were so often on the train that one of the conductors started to announce the stop by crying, "Weldbank and Beantown!" and thus the second name for the place was derived. Bear Lake - Borough located partly in Columbus and partly in Freehold townships, and a lake located in Freehold township one mile east of the borough. The village was called The Summit until 1872 when it was named Bear Lake, taking this name from the nearby ten-acre body of water; it was a feeding and watering place for bears before the big timber was removed from the area. The village was organized as a borough on September 6, 1887. Brokenstraw - A stream and a township. From the Indian word Cushanadauga, meaning "broken grass". The French rendered it as Kachinodiagon and as Gachinantiagon from expeditions through the region in 1739 and 1749, and to them it was paille coupee or "cut straw". The English called the place Buckaloons, a corruption of a Delaware Indian name. Brokenstraw was the orginal Warren county township organized in 1800. In 1808 it was divided into Brokenstraw and Conewango townships by order of the Venango county court. The two were then split into twelve townships on March 8, 1821, but only seven were organized at that time. To be continued.......... Dennis R. Davis R8459@aol.com

Akeley - A village in Pine Grove township. Tradition says the crossroads at Akeley got its name from Levi Akeley, Jr., who settled here after his father and mother came from Brattleboro, Vermont, in 1828. The family originally settled on the east side of Conewango Creek, opposite Russell, which land was owned by Levi's older brother, Joseph, who arrived in 1815 and purchased six hundred acres of land. While Joseph Akeley spelled his name as Akeley, the form now in use, there was a period of years during which some of the family spelled it Ackley. The post office was Ackley Station from 1878 to 1904 but during that year the name changed to Akeley. The Grange, however, still clings to Ackley. The first bridge across Conewango Creek at this point was built prior to 1846 and three bridges have stood here, one having been built as a covered bridge. The present steel bridge was built about 1900 and was heavy enough to carry the track of the Warren and Jamestown Street Railway Company from 1905 to 1929. Alcuin - A small and brief utopian settlement on the Homer Preston farm, near Lander, Farmington township. Named for Alcuin, the English scholar who aided Charlemagne in the revival of learning at the Court of Franks, 735-804. On a farm of thirty-six acres that had been given to the Order of St. Benedictine, Inc. St. John's Abbey, of Collegeville, Minnesota, a small band of devoted Roman Catholics, chiefly from the New York City area, established a craft-agrarian community in February 1940. The group learned farming methods from Rod Carlson, a farmer who had been living on the farm. Although they worked hard and long, the advent of World War II doomed the society; some of the members were drafted, others became discouraged and left to take good paying jobs in industry, and new recruits could not be obtained. Following the end of World War II, the farm was sold to Robert Sukoski, one of the original members of the community, and he operated it until 1953 when he sold it to Calvin Penly, a farmer from Ohio. Althom Station - A small settlement in Deerfield township. Named by the railroad, this was a shipping point for lumber and silica sand. The AL part of the name came from the Allegheny River and THOM came from Robert Thompson, hence AL-THOM. Thompson, an early settler engaged in the lumber trade, was a river pilot, and owned large tracts of land. Dennis R. Davis R8459@aol.com

Jim The answer to your question is that they probably don't exist. In 1866, the county seat changed from Marienville to Tionesta amid much acrimony. The story is that a lot of the records were never transferred and that they then burnt in a fire. According to the "HISTORY OF FOREST COUNTY" -Ronald Childs "This change was not made without controversy. The story is still told that "some of the good citizens of Tionesta with an ox team went to Marien in the dead of the night, loaded the courthouse and brought it to Tionesta."". It could be presumed that if anything close to this actually happened, some documents may have been overlooked or ignored. -----Original Message----- From: Jim Turner <jnturner@gte.net> To: PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com <PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 05, 1999 10:52 PM Subject: Changing County Boundaries in 1866 >Hi, >I am new to this list and have a question. > >Where are the county records (vital stats, deeds, probate, etc) for >persons residing in Tionesta during the period 1855-1866 currently >located? In Venango County or Forest County? > >I would appreciate if someone could help me out on this. > >Jim Turner >

Jim Turner wrote: > > Hi, > I am new to this list and have a question. > > Where are the county records (vital stats, deeds, probate, etc) for > persons residing in Tionesta during the period 1855-1866 currently > located? In Venango County or Forest County? > Jim, Forest Co. was formed of parts of Jefferson and Venango Counties on April 11, 1848. Part of Venango was added by act approved October 31, 1866 Eileen Mesa, AZ __________________________________________ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html