Dear Listers, I'm interested to know if anyone knows in what townships the "Ten Mile County" is located. I believe it is somewhere within Greene and/or Washington Counties. I have PETTIT ancestors and possibly SWEARINGEN ancestors who lived in this area before coming to Tuscarawas, Harrison, and Meigs Counties Ohio. My WILSON ancestors were associated and married into these families and I'm trying to see if my Wilsons also came from this area. I don't know their parental information but they were born in PA and some in Ohio. William B. Wilson (b. 1811 PA) married Sarah HILL in Tuscarawas County OH 1831 James Wilson (b. 1815 PA) m. Susan HILL in Tuscarawas County OH 1837 John B. Wilson (b. 1818 PA) m. Letitia JONES in Harrison County OH 1840 Robert Wilson (b. 1820 OH) m. Jane RIGGS in Meigs County OH 1847 David Wilson (b. 1825 OH) m. Ruth HUTTON in Meigs County OH 1847 Thanks in advance, Rick Wilson New York, NY _rwilson7@aol.com_ (mailto:rwilson7@aol.com)

"Ten Mile Country" (note, NOT county) got its name because Ten Mile Creek runs through that area and because an author referred to that area as Ten Mile Country". It's better thought of as the Ten Mile area. Ten Mile Creek runs through both Washington and Greene Counties. The area of Ten Mile in Washington County included the original Amwell Twp and West Bethlehem Twp (and West Bethlehem Twp line "moved" -- I believe slightly more away from Rt 40 E.) The area of Ten Mile, I *think* would at least extend from Rt 40 East to Amity, to Marianna and back to Rt. 40 near Scenery Hill, PA (old name Hillsborough, PA). SWEARINGEN were in the general area of Amwel Tp, West Bethlehem Tp, East Bethlehem Tp. HILL were definitely nearer Scenery Hill PA. I've not researched these, nor have I paid any attention to WILSON in the area. I'm not sure where Ten Mile Creek runs through Greene Co except for Clarksville, Rices Landing, and ?Fredericktown? So if you look at a paper map, find Ten Mile Creek and extend your search on both sides of the creek, from Washington to Greene Co. There were major migrations from Washington County west during each decade. Families went whole-- or-- just certain generations and some relatives stayed behind in PA. Judy Florian On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 11:02 AM, <RWilson7@aol.com> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > I'm interested to know if anyone knows in what townships the "Ten Mile > County" is located. I believe it is somewhere within Greene and/or > Washington > Counties. I have PETTIT ancestors and possibly SWEARINGEN ancestors who > lived in this area before coming to Tuscarawas, Harrison, and Meigs > Counties > Ohio. > > My WILSON ancestors were associated and married into these families and I'm > trying to see if my Wilsons also came from this area. I don't know their > parental information but they were born in PA and some in Ohio. > > William B. Wilson (b. 1811 PA) married Sarah HILL in Tuscarawas County OH > 1831 > James Wilson (b. 1815 PA) m. Susan HILL in Tuscarawas County OH 1837 > John B. Wilson (b. 1818 PA) m. Letitia JONES in Harrison County OH 1840 > Robert Wilson (b. 1820 OH) m. Jane RIGGS in Meigs County OH 1847 > David Wilson (b. 1825 OH) m. Ruth HUTTON in Meigs County OH 1847 > > Thanks in advance, > > Rick Wilson > New York, NY > _rwilson7@aol.com_ (mailto:rwilson7@aol.com) > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PAGREENE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- WASHINGTON COUNTY PA WEBSITES::: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~florian/ Coordinator of the Washington County PAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/