Forgot to mention - "Orrstown" is an abstracting error. It is NOT nor ever has been in Fannett Twp. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carolyn K Shearer" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 6:27 PM Subject: Re: [PA-Perry] Re: McElhany- Horse Valley - Civil War > My Great Grandfather was Jerome P. McElhany (born 1864) who lived in the Horse Valley area of central PA. He is buried in the East Waterford,PA cemetery along with his wife and son (my grandfather) and daughter-in-law. I was in the area this past weekend to attend a Family reunion in the village of Granville. Horse Valley is near East Waterford > > > I do not know anything about HorseValley in Perry County, but there are two such places in Fannett Twp, Franklin County which borders on Perry County. Here is the 1870 census for your Jerome and his family: > 1 Ferdinand McElheny 45 M white Farmer 4000 1560 Pennsylvania no no no yes no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 395 September 9, 1870 > 2 Mary McElheny 39 F white Housekeeper 0 0 Pennsylvania no no no no no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 395 September 9, 1870 > 3 James McElheny 15 M white Farm Hand 0 0 Pennsylvania yes no no no no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 395 September 9, 1870 > 4 Bertha McElheny 9 F white 0 0 Pennsylvania no no no no no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 395 September 9, 1870 > 5 Jerome McElheny 6 M white 0 0 Pennsylvania no no no no no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 395 September 9, 1870 > 6 Ferdinand McElheny 3 M white 0 0 Pennsylvania no no no no no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 395 September 9, 1870 > 7 Irene McElheny 0.25 F white 0 0 Pennsylvania February no no no no no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 395 September 9, 1870 > 8 Martha McElheny 50 F white Housekeeper 0 0 Pennsylvania no no no no no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 395 September 9, 1870 > 9 Ellen McElheny 68 F white 0 0 Pennsylvania no no no Insane no no no no Franklin Fanette Township Orrstown 157 400 > > > If you will send your address to [email protected], I will send the rest of the file and the address of another researcher working on Ferdinand. > > > ============================== > 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 >