Hello Kim in Salmon Arm, You are correct: Juniata Co. was taken off of Mifflin Co. on 2 Mar 1831. >From 1750-1789 that area was within Cumberland Co.: county seat in Carlisle. (For the McClellan patent written in 1755, you may need to search in the State Archives in Harrisburg.) From 1789 to 1831, the area of the McClellan farm lay within Mifflin Co.: county seat Lewistown. Documents about this property written after 1831 should be sought in Juniata Co.: county seat Mifflintown. The town of Patterson was laid out in Milford Twp., Juniata Co., in 1849. It lay directly across the Juniata River from Mifflintown. Patterson was renamed Mifflin. Because some townspeople resisted the change of name, you might find anachronistic references to "Patterson" in some documents after it was officially renamed Mifflin. It became a borough on 17 Mar 1853. Your easiest access to the area is to take Rt. U.S. 22/322 to the Mifflintown exit, proceed west on Rt. 35 through the center of Mifflintown, and continue west on Rt. 35 across the Juniata River bridge into Mifflin. The word "below" in the patent will refer to a riverbank location in the southern end of present-day Mifflin, or just downstream from the borough. You can count on it not looking the same as in the days of your John McClellan, but you should be able to get a "feel" for the "lay of the land" which hasn't been changed too much by bulldozers and earthmovers. If you can manage it, the best times to visit that portion of Pennsylvania are in the Spring when dogwood and redbud trees - and sometimes daffodils- are blooming; or in the Fall when the leaves are putting on their display. The mix of hardwoods and evergreens in that area make for spectacular viewing in Autumn. Cordially, Nelson R. Sulouff Born and raised in PA. Retired in AZ for reasons of health: otherwise I'd be retired in PA! ////////////////////////////////////////////// Andy Mills wrote: > > I'm hoping that one of you can help me pinpoint the location of my > 6Xgreat-grandfather's homestead. > > It was in Milford Township, which I believe was (is?) in what is now Juniata > County. I seem to recall that Juniata was once part of Mifflin County. > I cannot find a town called Patterson on my map of Pennsylvania. > > This quote is from a history of the Juniata Valley: "John McClellan had > previously lived in Franklin County, He belonged to a family still > numerously represented in that region. He settled on the river-bank, at the > present site of Patterson. His warrant, September 8, 1755, called for five > hundred and fifteen acres below, on the river." > > If any of you can help me figure this out, I'd greatly appreciate it. My > husband and I hope to travel to Pennsylvania next year, and I want to visit > the homes of my ancestors! > > Thanks in advance. > Kim in Salmon Arm, British Columbia, Canada

Nelson wrote: >You are correct: Juniata Co. was taken off of Mifflin Co. on 2 Mar 1831. >>From 1750-1789 that area was within Cumberland Co.: county seat in >Carlisle. (For the McClellan patent written in 1755, you may need to >search in the State Archives in Harrisburg.) From 1789 to 1831, the area >of the McClellan farm lay within Mifflin Co.: county seat Lewistown. >Documents about this property written after 1831 should be sought in >Juniata Co.: county seat Mifflintown.... <snip> in response to "Kim in Salmon Arm", who wrote, among other things: >> This quote is from a history of the Juniata Valley: "John McClellan had >> previously lived in Franklin County, He belonged to a family still >> numerously represented in that region. He settled on the river-bank, at the >> present site of Patterson. His warrant, September 8, 1755, called for five >> hundred and fifteen acres below, on the river." I'm not sure of the routing this message, but if "Kim in Salmon Arm" is on this list, would you please e-mail me privately? I have a McClellan(d) connection in the Juniata area and would like to talk to you about yours. Thanks, Tom Thomas C. Robison Ossian, Indiana