Hi All, I just noticed that on the same pg as my John White Bio I also have the Bio's of Casper, James,James(not a typo there are 2 of them), and John Welsh. If anyone is interested just email me & I will be happy to send a copy! Sincerely, Sharon Lantzy Wygant SSchu22739@aol.com Surnames: Anderson, Hasselor, Kingston, Lamer (Leamer, Lehmer), Lantzy (Lenzi), McAnulty,McCullough, McLane (McLain,McLean, McLene), O'Cain Patton, Robertson/Robinson, Shankle, Simpson, Sitter, Steen, Stuchell, Thompson (Thomson), White, Wygant.

Hi All, I am looking for info on Andrew Simpson b. c1728 lived in Franklin Co. from abt the 1730's until probably the 1770's or 80's. Would love to trade info. Thanks! Sincerely, Sharon Lantzy Wygant SSchu22739@aol.com Surnames: Anderson, Fluke, Hasselor, Horton, Kingston, Lamer (Leamer, Lehmer), Lantzy (Lenzi), McAnulty,McCullough, McLane (McLain,McLean, McLene), O'Cain Patton, Robertson/Robinson, Shankle, Sheckler, Simpson, Sitter, Steen, Stuchell, Thompson (Thomson), White, Willett, Wygant.

Does anyone know where I can obtain copies of Hayes R. Eschenmann's books: "Indians! Indians!" (1992) and "The Battle of Sideling Hill" (1997)? I have his other three books. I know that Mr. Eschenmann does not have any copies left of these two books, however, I thought maybe someone out there would know where I could purchase them. Thank you so much, Phyllis

From M'Auleys' 1878 "Historical Sketch of Franklin County" p 180. "the act of asseembly for the erection of the 'house for the comfort and support of the poor' of our county was approved by the governor, 11 Mar 1807. five persons to be elected, three persons to be directors.... The farm of Thomas Lindsey was selected. Long lists follow with Directors of the Poor House, Stewards of the Poor House, Treasurers, chaplains etc. Some of the names I recognize and would guess that most were part time volunteers or paid a small sum for their services. The Directors may have been full time, but not certain. The 'poor house' has been called the 'county home' and 'Franklin County Farm' Could not find it in the phone book, but there is a Franklin County Nursing Home, 210 Franklin Farm Lane, Chambersburg, 17201, (717-264-2715) in the phone book. It is just north of Rt 30 and just east of Interstate 81. I don't know what the qualifications were for admitance, but in general you were, by definition, too poor to support yourself. I remember visiting a women in the 1950's who probably was, as I now think back on it, suffering from some kind of bipolar disorder. She could not hold down a job and her parents were in a nursing home but she was not 'insane' therefore not placed in a home for the insane, but in the county home. Sorry, I have no idea where the old records might be kept - possibly at the county dept of Health. The toll-free number for Franklin County Information & Referral is 1-800-458-9800.

Can anyone advise me on how too find a Poor House that was in Franklin, CO? Would this be in the Census? How do these Poor houses get started? And how were they run? If they had a Director of the poor house did that mean She/He owned it? I am a little confused about who was let in and who wasnt. Also if you were in an Asylum did that mean you were insane or maybe just handicapped? If it makes a difference the years I am inquiring about are from about 1908 to 1915. Thanks for any info SLR

Ok everyone, I got a death cert. for my Jacob L. WOLF and he was born July 24, 1831 and died May 11, 1914. He is buried at Salem Church Cemetery. His father was John WOLF. All from Chambersburg. Didn't have his mothers name. I found a John WOLF in 1860 census age 66. No wife. Could this be his father??? Does anyone have any info on John WOLF b. ca. 1794??? Does anyone live close enough or have a list of the cemetery to see who else is buried there?? I've already written the Kitt. Hist. Soc. 3 times about my WOLF family and I think they are tired of hearing from me! I was trying to avoid writing them again. Any help at all is greatly appreciated!! :-)) Sharon Frank in Fl. sharon@kua.net

I am trying to find any living descendant or anyone who is researching the George family in Franklin County. I am certain that Margaret George who was born Margaret Gift on 3 July 1826 - daughter of John Gift and Mary. Margaret married Jeremiah W. George in 1846 and had two sons and two daughters. She died on 17 Sept 1912 in Waynesboro and the person who signed her death certificate as to the accuracy of the facts was Edward B. George, her son. If anyone can help me with this lady I would appreciate hearing from them. Janet in Baton Rouge, LA jeheck@eatel.net

> From: weberc_r@clark.net > > Seeking descendants of (Dunker) Elder William Stover of Antirim Twp > (d.1800). > > Richard R. Weber I, too, am interested in the STOVER/STOBER family that resided in Antrim township, although they are not my direct line. Probably the earliest of this surname in the area that I know of, was Wilhelm (William) born in 1726. He was the son of Valentine STOBER and resided early on in Lancaster county. There, he married Anna Margaretha SUSS in 1746. They had at least two children, Johan Georg, born 1747; and William, born 1749. This family moved into Antrim township probably in the early 1750s. It was then Cumberland county, but later became Franklin county. William Stover was mentioned in the estate papers of Christopher Seize (Suss) -- his brother-in-law and my 6GG -- as having adjoining land in Antrim Township, Cumberland county, PA, abt. 1770.. I see that in the 1790 Census for Franklin county, there were the following STOVERS listed: Daniel, Emanuel, George, Jacob, Michael, William Jr. and William Sr. This is likely the same family. I would enjoy hearing from you, Richard, as well as anyone else descended from this family. Kathy -- ************************************************* Visit my web site for Genealogy and Azores Information: http://www.pacifier.com/~kcardoz and The Azores/World GenWeb Project: http://www.pacifier.com/~kcardoz/azoresindex.html Make your little corner of the world a better place today! *************************************************

Richard, The Pedigree Resource File, Disc 1 (LDS Church) has 3 listings for a William Stover (Elder). They all show Judith Schaffer (or Schaeffer) as his spouse. If you don't have access to this Disc, send me an email to my address john.allen.rn@worldnet.att.net and I'll send you a GEDcom file. Combined, there are 39 individuals, making it just a little too big to place in this e-mail. John Hewes > Seeking descendants of (Dunker) Elder William Stover of Antirim Twp > (d.1800). > > Richard R. Weber > >

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Does anyone know what the cost is for a copy of a death certificate from Franklin County? Is anyone going to the courthouse and be willing to look up a death certificate and make a copy for Me? Janet in Baton Rouge, LA

Ece is in the second column - 1 male over 16, 3 females . Nothing on the surname (checked everything under SH - in Will Books A, B, and C. thru 1826. Nothing in Seilhammers county history. -----Original Message----- From: s.s.burke@juno.com <s.s.burke@juno.com> To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, February 05, 2000 4:42 PM Subject: [PAFRANKL] 1790 census >On a whim, does anyone possibly have this 1790 census page >for Franklin County PA ???? > >SHEDRICK, ECE >pg. 119 >No Township Listed > >Yeah, I know it's a long shot, but it never hurts to try! >Thanks! >Sheila > >

On a whim, does anyone possibly have this 1790 census page for Franklin County PA ???? SHEDRICK, ECE pg. 119 No Township Listed Yeah, I know it's a long shot, but it never hurts to try! Thanks! Sheila

Hi Listers! I'm new to your list. I'm researching SHADRACH / SHEDRICK and all variant spellings. My Shadrach line appears in Westmoreland in 1810, but I'm checking out the possiblity that they came from Franklin. If anyone has any info on the surname, please write me. Thanks! Sheila (Freezing in....) Cleveland

Janet Heck wrote: > Does anyone know what the cost is for a copy of a death certificate from > Franklin County? Is anyone going to the courthouse and be willing to look > up a death certificate and make a copy for Me? > > Janet in Baton Rouge, LA Janet, I don't know the cost, but for PA Vital Records, visit: http://vitalrec.com/pa.html that will be mostly for post 1906. Pre 1906, try The Kittochtinny Historical Society at 175 E. King Street, Chambersburg PA. 717-264-1667 If you write, be sure to include a sase. Bill

Seeking descendants of (Dunker) Elder William Stover of Antirim Twp (d.1800). Richard R. Weber

Hello Fellow Listers: The address below was sent to me personally concerning the query that was placed on the Franklin Co., PA. List requesting info on an orphanage. From what I seen, the list deals mainly with Allegheny County but states that it has info on orphanages from counties surrounding Allegheny... Don't know for sure, as I haven't checked out all of the list. Hope this will be of help to someone out there... Thanks to the person who sent it to me! Appreciate it! Best Wishes to all on your family quest... Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. http://www.clpgh.org/clp/Pennsylvania/pastaff/ai/orphan.html

Hello Fellow Listers: You will find below a mailing that I received recently concerning my posting of the "IOWA Records Closing". Since I received this, I feel I should probably explain why I am concerned about this possibility and have copied the correspondence that I sent back to a fellow lister. My apologies to the lists for posting the original mailing if you feel this is not related to genealogy whether it be for Pennsylvania Lists or not. Sincerely, Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hi Arlene: The reason why I placed that posting on the PA County Lists was that several of my ancestors and relatives went West and several settled in IOWA. If you read up on some of the histories of some of the Nation's Western towns and villages you will find that many were settled and established by Pennsylvanians. These Pennsylvanians were encouraged to leave their hometowns and relatives here and "go west" to establish "colonies" there. Also if there is a possibility of the Vital Records closing in that or any other state... then sooner or later it may "come to" your state or mine, Pennsylvania. Best Wishes on your family quest... Donna HELLER ZINN of Newville, Cumberland Co., PA. *********************** Arlene Gemmill wrote: > > Donna - > > With all due respect, I subscribe to PENNSYLVANIA genealogy lists - a > dozen at least - to learn about PENNSYLVANIA. I got r-e-a-l-l-y tired > of hearing about IOWA about the third posting about a long week ago. > > Please. Cease and Desist. > > Arlene

Ken, The Leedy book says (page 41) "Revolutionary War pension records in the Nat'l Archives provide details of 2 bros. in another family whose presence in several places confounded our research. Cousins of ours these 2 patriots may have been, sharing our origin in Switz., but they could not have been desc. of (1) John. A Leidey in Bedford Co., PA One bro., was Samuel Leidey, who res. in Morrison's Cove, Woodbury Twp., Bedford Co., PA, in 1833, at the time of his Revolutionary War pension application, which he signed with his mark. Census enumberations place him nr. John Holsinger therre in 1810 (Lighty), 1820 (Lydy) and 1830 (Lidig). In 1840 he lived in Cambria Co., PA. Samuel was b. in Sept. 1757 in Northampton Co., PA, and enlisted in 1779 while living in Greenwich Twp., Berks Co., PA. He enlisted a 2d time in Sheopherdstown, VA (now WV). Samuel was perhaps father of Daniel Leidy, b. c. 1809, who appears in the 1850 Bedford census with sons, David, Daniel and Samuel. The other bro., whose wid. Barbara filed for a pension, was Simon Lidy. He and Barbara had 6 ch., but Simon d. of a fall in 1814 while res. in Peters Twp., Franklin Co., PA. It was in this co. that he m. Barbara Stenger in 1785. Ch. named in his will were Samuel, George, John, Daniel, Hannah Smith and Polly, Catherine and Betsy Lydey." Sorry, I can't find anything to really help you. Unless you see a clue here that I missed. The book (700 pages) is about the descendents of John Lidi or Leedy (1715-1760) Jacob, Christiana, Jacobina, John, Samuel, Abraham, Barbara, and Eva. Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: <HHite94965@aol.com> To: <seich@email.msn.com>; <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2000 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Lydie/Lidie/Lyday surname > Do you have anymore info. on Simon Lidy? Specifically his daughter Catherine. > She was married to my GGG Grandfather in 1816. I'm looking for birth and > death dates for Catherine. Simon was married before Barbara, does your book > list her name? Does it list a middle name for Betsy? I have her as Elizabeth. > I know this is a lot to ask but anything would be helpful. > > Ken Hite, Jr. > York, Pa. > HHite94965@aol.com

I have a HOCH line in Franklin so collect all spellings. The last will in this iformation may be the one you need. Franklin County, Pennsylvania Will Abstracts, 1784-1826 George Adam Cook of Washington Twp, Cumberland County. w/w 6 Aug 1784. W/p 31 Oct 1785. Son George, money plus mill and plantation where he now lives, adj. Daniel McCoy, John Siegrist, and Samuel Hershberger, and the South Mt land adj. Lodwick Stoll and John Smith. Son Adam 145 Acres adj. David Hinman, Jacob Hoch and Alexander McClintock. Sons Michael, Jacob, John, Christian, Daniel, Peter. Daughter Catherine and her husband Peter Benebregh, Bau. Barbara wife of Jacob Snyder, Daughters Mary and Margaret. Son Peter to live with his brother George until he is 21. Exec: Sons George, Adam and Michael. Wit: Anthony Snider, a German name and Samuel Royer. Will Bk A, p 49. Jacob Hauck of Hamilton Twp, now of the Boro of York, York County, wagonmaker. W/w 10 Nov 1794, w/p 13 may 1795. Wife Salome, all my estate that I purchased from William Archibald of Hamilton Twp., Exec: trusty friend Michael Klebeaddel Jun and Peter Shearer. Wit: Mathia Snyder and Casper Creager. Will Book A, p 331-2. [The executor is most likely Michael Klapsaddle] Philip Houche. W/w 23 Dec 1797, w/p 1 Feb 1798. Wife Motlena (Magdalena?) Daughters Christiana, Elizabeth, Mary and Rachel. Sons Philip and John to have my plantation. Exec: Sons. Wits: Joseph Graham, William Archibald and Daniel Gallentien. Will Bk B, p 46. John Hauk of Antrim Twp, blacksmith. W/w 26 Nov 1798, w/p 5 feb 1799. Wife Margaret, all my estate and at her death to the children of sister Hanna Foss. Exec: Wife Margaret. Wit: Rosanna Byers, Fredk. Byers Jr. Will Bk B, p 68. Christopher Weiter, Greencastle, w/w 4 May 1807, w/p 25 Sep 1807. Sons Jacob, George and Michael (each to get 68 cents) soninlaw and daughter Frederick and Elizabeth Hauk the income of the residue. If Frederick died, Elizabeth is to receive the principal. If both died, principal to be divided among the children of my three sons. Exec: Michael Tice and George Beck. Wit: Michael Birely and James Walker. Will Book B, p 330. William Stacy of Franklin County. w/w 28 Oct 1809, w/p 17 Nov 1809. Books and bookcases to Moses Murphy, watch to Mathew Stacy, case of instruments to William Murphy. Exec: Moses Murphy and Michael Hoke. Wit: Mathias Bridenhall and George Hoke. Will Book B, p 386. Catherine Houk, widow renounces her right to administer on the estate of her husband Jacob Houk, 8 Nov 1810. Letters of administration granted to Jacob Zent, 8 Dec 1810. Sureties: Jacob Leidr and John Bender. Will Bk B, p431. 28 Jul 1813. Letters of adm. on the estate of Jacob Hauk granted to John Stump and Frederick Hess. Will Bk C, p 143. 22 Dec 1823. Letters of Adm. granted on the estate of John Burkholder to Abraham Barkman. Sureties: Henry Habecker and Jacob Hauck. Will Bk C, p 693 Same date and page – Letter of adm on the estate of Mathias Houk granted to Abraham Barkman. Sureties: Henry Habeker and Jacob Houch. -----Original Message----- From: Bill Hawk <whsaxman@philly.infi.net> To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, February 04, 2000 12:07 PM Subject: [PAFRANKL] HAWK, Elizabeth, d. 1837, Letterkenny Twp. >>From the Franklin Telegraph, March 13, 1837: > >On Tues. the 28th ult., in Letterkenny Twp., Mrs. Elizabeth Hawk, Aged >91 years, 1 month, 16 days. > >Does anybody know any more about her or her family? My Hawk family was >from Pleasant Hall in Letterkenny Twp., but this lady was too old at 62 >to have born my gg grandfather John S. Hawk, in 1808 and his brother >Jacob in 1812. Perhaps she was their grandmother. > >-- >Bill Hawk > > >