For info on Fort Shirley see: http://www.huntingdonheritage.org/fortshirley_heritage_assoc.htm My info says Major George Croghan defended Fort Stephenson in the war of 1812 when he was 21: "The defense of Fort Stephenson by 21 year old Major George Croghan with his garrison of approximately 160 men, and one cannon - against General Proctor's far superior forces, and his Indian allies, is one of the most amazing victories any war has ever known. " Alan ----- Original Message ----- From: "the Holleys" <Holley@pa.net> To: <PAHUNTIN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 3:30 PM Subject: Re: [PAHUNTIN] placename: Shirley > Is the town of Shirley the same as the Ft Shirley defended by George > Croghan? > > Holley > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Alan: My interest goes back to my college days when I did a paper on George Croghan. Somewhere in the piles of papers I kept is the info I gathered on Croghan. As best as I remember: He was probably born in Ireland, arrived in Lancaster circa 1750?; worked for Shippen; went out on his own as an Indian trader (plantation in East Pennsboro Twp, Cumberland Co) through Path Valley, Aughwick, the Ohio and onto Ft Detroit. All information I encountered listed a white daughter and a daughter by a Native American woman (that daughter was somehow connected to Cornplanter). Croghan died penniless in Lancaster, so he isn't the 21 year old Croghan who fought in 1812! If someone is interested in the data I have on the George Croghan (including info from his diaries) who was commissioned by the PA Colonial governor to establish forts along the Tuscarror during the French & Indian War, I'll be glad to dig out my old files. Thanks, Holley