At one time, Warren Co. was part of Venango Co. and we have found records there in Franklin that pertain to early Warren Co. Good luck! Madeline ---------- > From: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman <gwenbj@seanet.com> > To: PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Jamon and Mary Ann Beeman, 1838, Warren Co. PA > Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 10:02 PM > > Hi Charlene: > Thank you so much for replying to my request and giving me some clues to > work on. Jamon and Mary Ann BEEMAN did sell 50 acres in 1838 and the > witnesses were Jason ANDRUSS and Serval FISHER. Serval Fisher is a Justice > of the Peace. I have never traced out these witnesses and I will try to do > that. I have long tried to find when Jamon Beeman bought this land, but > have never been able to find it. I thought that he might have purchased it > from the Holland Land Company, but apparently there are no records. The > Bureau of Archives and History in Harrisburg, PA sold me a warrantee > township tract map for Elk Township, Warren County. Tract #5547 was shown > as last purchase of 1784, Warrant #116 dated March 18, 1794 to John DORSEY > for 1000 acres on Conewango Creek in Allegheny, now Warren County. Surveyed > August 10, 1795 for 1000 acres. Patented to Joseph CLARK on August 14, > 1816. The Deed Index for Warren County begins in 1819 and there was no deed > to Jamon BEEMAN for his 50 acres in Tract #5547. > > This Tract #5547 was right on the New York line with Allegany County, but I > guess this Warrant is saying that early records would be in Allegheny > County, Pennsylvania. Has anyone on the list tried researching early deed > records for Warren County in Allegheny County before 1819? The Handy Books > says that Warren County was formed in 1800. Does anyone know if there is an > earlier deed book for Warren County from 1800 to 1819? > > Gwen Boyer Bjorkman > gwenbj@seanet.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Charlene Pinkowski [mailto:charpink@gte.net] > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 4:42 PM > To: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman > Subject: Re: Jonathan Marsh, 1830, Warren Co. PA > > > Gwen > I recently read that there could be hints as to the maiden name of a woman > when her husband buys land from her father as part of the dowry settlement. > The deed will often have names of parties who have interest for both the > husband and the wife. The first witness is usually for the husband and the > second for the wife. Frequently the witness for the wife is a close family > member. I have just such a problem in my lineage, although I know the > surname of my 3 ggmother. However, I do not know the names of her parents. > Nevertheless, her husband bought land in 1807 from a James and Nancy GAMBLE > [Betsey GAMBLE is the 3gg mother]. Since I just learned about this witness > thing, I have to go back and look at the court copy of the deed for the > witnesses, as I did not record that information the first time around. > > The reason I am writing you, is perhaps you can find the earliest deed > relative to the marriage of your Mary Ann, and see whether or not the > information found therein fits your theories. > Charlene Calvert Pinkowski > charpink@gte.net > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gwen Boyer Bjorkman <gwenbj@seanet.com> > To: PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com <PAFOREST-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 6:01 PM > Subject: Jonathan Marsh, 1830, Warren Co. PA > > > >This is my biggest genealogical problem. > > > >WHAT IS THE MAIDEN NAME OF MARY ANN?? > > > >Since Mary Ann says on the 1880 census that she was b. in PA about 1813 and > >her parents in N.J. , I believe she may have been living in Warren Co. when > >she m. Jamon Beeman in 1831. I checked all families in the 1830 census who > >lived in Kinzua or Elk Townships (Warren Co.) and traced them to their > >roots. Then I traced the ones from N.J. and eliminated all but JONATHAN > >MARSH. (This eliminated Sylvanus Marsh, Stephen Hadley and Jonathan > Pound). > >I believe Jonathan Marsh may be her father. They did not have any info on > >his family in the Warren Hist. Soc. I believe that I have checked all > >histories of McKean and Warren, all census, all deeds, but not all wills. > I > >have corresponded with the Warren Co. Historical Society and have bought > >their publications, but I have not corresponded with the McKean Co. > >Historical Society and maybe they have something to help. Also > corresponded > >with cousin Donald Beeman of Lewis Run, PA in 1971 when I wrote my Beeman > >book. > > > >The Marshes are a Quaker family and since Sarah Beeman Anderson (dau of > >Jamon and Mary Ann Beeman) said in the article in THE GENEALOGICAL AND > >PERSONAL HISTORY OF NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA that she and her brother were > born > >at Quaker Hill Warren Co., I believe that they may be Quakers. QUESTION: > >WHERE WOULD THE QUAKERS FROM N.J. HAVE LEFT THEIR RECORDS WHEN THEY CAME TO > >WARREN COUNTY ABOUT 1813 WHEN MARY ANN WAS BORN? I have not found any > >records of a Meeting in Warren Co. HISTORY OF N.W. PA says p.638 that John > >and Hugh Marsh were first settlers about 1795 in Warren Co. History of > >McKean Co. p.280 says that Jonathan Marsh was one of the persons to lay out > >the road through the center of McKean Co. in 1838. Jonathan Marsh is on > the > >1850 census in Lafayette twp, McKean Co. close to Rufus Beeman, father of > >Jamon Beeman. > > > >The Andersons were prominent and I do have a copy of Sarah Beeman > Anderson's > >obituary and write-ups from local histories, none of which mention her > >mother. Since her biographies say that either she or her husband (Sarah or > >Abraham Anderson) belonged to the Masonic Lodge, Equitable Aid Union, Union > >Lodge No. 334 and the Methodist Episcopal Church, in Bradford, and all > >before her death in 1917, I had thought of checking with those > organizations > >to see if anywhere there might be a record of her mother's name with some > >membership application. QUESTION: WHERE COULD THOSE RECORDS BE FOUND? > > > >Hope I have described the problem or let me know if you need any other > >information. I would love to hear from anyone with some clues that might > >provide a solution. > > > >Gwen Boyer Bjorkman > >gwenbj@seanet.com > > > > > > > > > >