Posted on: Venango Co. Pa Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/USA/Pa/Venango/2640 Surname: Buchanan, Blood, Masterson, Komtern or Komtow ------------------------- Please correct my e-mail address. Have new server. John Blood born 1807 in Venango Co PA, put out by indenture at age 6 months!! to Francis Buchanan and Eleanor who raised him until grown. He went by the name Buchanan until 1835 when he changed it back to Blood. His mother was Catharina Komtern or Komtow - hard to read the paper of indenture. He mar'd Elizabeth Masterson under the name Buchanan and she died in 1834, he then mar'd Carolyn August and began using the name Blood.