Hello Everyone! Mr. Foreman wrote a series of books about the Fulton/Franklin county areas. They are all very interesting, some history, some genealogy, lots of information. I have a friend who purchased the entire set of books a few years back. I don't know of anyone who has the entire set now (besides the Fulton Co Historical Soc. "Kitchokenny" - mispelled, I know, but that is close to the name of the historical society there) The Hoenstine Library in PA will sometimes have a set of his books to sell, I know they have them to rent. The early MCGEE/MAGEES are mentioned in his books. Patrick McGee & Patrick Magee (yes, there were 2 of them) were very early (pre Rev. War) in the PATH VALLEY area & both served in the Rev. War. I understand that some of the McGees might have been involved with the famous BLACK BOYS (where local settlers dressed up as indians & painted their faces black; raided British wagon trains that were trading arms to the indians - which the indians were then using against the settlers.) If anyone has any interest in the McGees, I sure would appreciate hearing from them! Eilene In a message dated 9/29/99 7:50:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, PAFRANKL-D-request@rootsweb.com writes: << I just asked for Fort Loudon Sidelights by Harry E. Foreman. Mr. Foreman did live in Chambersburg but he has since passed away. Is there someone in that area who is known as a historian in the stripe of Mr. Foreman? Kathryn ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike & Tammy <mikej1957@mindspring.com> To: 'kestuart' <kestuart@coshocton.com> Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 7:23 PM Subject: RE: [PAFRANKL] Early Settlers of Path Valley > Please send me the info on the book - I would like to get it on loan as well > or is the title and author all I need > > -----Original Message----- > From: kestuart [mailto:kestuart@coshocton.com] > Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 12:42 PM > To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Early Settlers of Path Valley > > > Am I correct then in assuming that this is the area later dubbed "Burnt > Cabins" ? > > I am presently reading the book, "Fort Loudon Sidelights" by Harry E. > Foreman and some of the men mentioned below are mentioned in this book; > it gives information on their land - probably when they came back and > did it right. <G> Got this book on InterLibrary loan. > > Kathryn > ----- Original Message ----- " > From: Carolyn K. Shearer <awscks@erols.com> > To: <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, September 27, 1999 10:46 AM > Subject: [PAFRANKL] Early Settlers of Path Valley > > > > > Here is a list of settlers in Path Valley in 1750. (Does anyone know > how to > add this type of material to the Franklin County site so that others > can > find it more easily? Please let me know - I have other primary > material.) > > "History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, > Adams and > Perry Counties" by I. Daniel Rupp; Gilbert Hills, Pub, Lancaster, 1846. > Chapter 24, History of Cumberland County, p 382. > > Letter of Richard Peters, Secretary of Pennsylvania to James Hamilton, > Esq., Governor of Pennsylvania. > > "Mr. Weiser and I have received your Honor's orders to give information > to > the proper magistrate against all such as had presumed to settle and > remain > on the lands beyond the Kittochtinny mountains not purchased of the > Indians, > in contempt of the laws repeatedly signified by proclamations and > particularly by your Honor's last one, and to bring them to a legal > conviction, lest for want of their removal a breach should ensue > between the > Six Nations of Indians and this Province. We set out on Tuesday, the > 15th > of May 1750 for the new county of Cumberland, where the places on which > the > trespassers had settled, lay. > (there follows a long section about the trip and various meetings, and > other > settlers who were not in compliance) > > "On Wednesday the 30th of May, the magistrates and company, being two > days > detained by rain, proceeded over the Kittochtinny mountains and entered > into > the Tuscara (Tuscarora) Path or Path Valley, through which the road to > Allegheny lies. Many settlements were formed in this valley and all > the > people were sent for, and the following persons appeared, viz: Abraham > Slach, James Blair, Moses Moore, Arthur Dunlap, Alexander McCartie, > David > Lewis, Adam McCartie, Felix Doyle, Andrew Dunlap, Robert Wilson, Jacob > Pyatt, Jacob Pyatt, Jr, Wiliam Ramage, Reynolds Alexander, Samuel > Patterson, Robert Baker, John Armstrong, and John Potts, who were all > convicted by their own confessions to the magistrates, of the like > trespasses with those at Shearman's creek and were bound in like > cognizances > to appear at court, and bonds to the Proprietaries to remove with all > their > families, servants, cattle and effects, and, having all voluntarily > gives > possession of their houses to me, some ordinary log houses, to the > number of > eleven, were burnt to the ground; the trespassers most of them > cheerfully > and a very few of them with reluctance, carrying out all their goods. > (More pages of the trip naming settlers in various places, and > additional > evictions follow ) > > > > > > > ______________________________ -------------------- X-Message: #2 Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 14:40:09 -0700 From: "C. Brockfield" <cbfield@interx.net> To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.19990928144009.007bd8b0@interx.net> Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] Early Settlers of Path Valley Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" An historian of the stripe of Harry E. Foreman would be a tall order. All of his books on the area are noteworthy. W.W. Britten wrote an exceedingly helpful little history of Upper Strasburg, using the notes of his father (?) grandfather (?)--don't have it in front of me right now--but he died a few years ago. (I wished so that Harry E. Foreman's line was my Foreman family! But no... .) Carol in CA >>