The river that runs through Jamestown is the Shenango River which feeds into the Pymatuning Resevoir which is located in Jamestown and the Shenango River also feeds into the Shenango Lake further south in Mercer County. Jamestown is on the Mercer County and Crawford County line. Sandra Barnes wrote: > IT WAS THE GREAT FLOOD OF JOHNSTOWN, PA, not Jamestown! As to the "river" I > think that it was probably the CANAL that went through there.....Maybe I am > wrong but I always thought that Jamestown was still inside the Mercer County > line. Too late to look it up right now but will double check in a.m. and post > that info then. But, yes, Jamestown is at the intersection of 322 and 58. > > Charlene Kolterman wrote: > > > Thank you Becky, > > Sorry, my map must have something wrong with it, as I show a Jamestown > > located in the very north edge of Mercer Co,PA, being at the intersection > > of Hwys 322 and 58, and this map also shows a river running thru the area, > > from the Pymatuning Reservior, (name of river not labeled on my map). > > Can someone tell me: if this Jamestown is not located in Mercer Co, then is > > it supposed to be in Crawford County,PA??? On my map it appears to be > > inside the Mercer County boundary. Our family record says that a marriage > > occurred in or near Jamestown, Mercer County,PA. I am trying to determine > > if I can locate a copy of this marriage record. > > Thanks > > charlene > > ---------- > > > From: btgool@mail.swbell.net > > > To: Charlene Kolterman <ckknfk@kdsi.net> > > > Subject: Re: [PAMERCER-L] YOKE > > > Date: Friday, October 23, 1998 7:10 AM > > > > > > I am not aware of a Jamestown in Mercer County PA....it is definitely not > > the > > > Jamestown of the great flood, that much is true. Can anyone else input > > > anything here? > > > > > > Becky > > > > > > Charlene Kolterman wrote: > > > > > > > Would like info on families/descendants of George YOKE who resided in > > > > Shenango Twp, Crawford Co.,PA. His daughter Sarah or Sally married in > > 1818 > > > > to James Coleman, in or near Jamestown, Mercer Co,PA. Would like to > > find > > > > record of this marriage or know is the marriage records are still in > > > > existance for this time period. I was told there was a Jamestown flood > > and > > > > the records do not exist. Is this true? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Charlene > > > > > > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > > Any questions/problems regarding the Mercer County, Pennsylvania list, > > > > contact the listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert@stlnet.com > > > > > > > > Visit the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy web site at: > > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > mailto:btgool@swbell.net > > > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > > > > Any questions/problems regarding the Mercer County, Pennsylvania list, > > contact the listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert@stlnet.com > > > > Visit the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy web site at: > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/ > > ==== PAMERCER Mailing List ==== > > Any questions/problems regarding the Mercer County, Pennsylvania list, > contact the listowner, Michael L. Hebert mailto:mhebert@stlnet.com > > Visit the Mercer County, Pennsylvania Genealogy web site at: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pamercer/ > > This list is sponsored by the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative. > Please help support Rootsweb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html -- Janet Stanko janets@infonline.net Look up person for all Mercer County, PA cemetery information. Also do obituary look ups for Mercer County, PA. Please e-mail me for more information. Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times the email newspaper of obituaries from around the world! To subscribe: send a message to: GEN-OBIT-Request@apple.rootsweb.com with the message: subscribe