This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/0dB.2ACI/298.131.1 Message Board Post: George and Margaret (Bowman) Power were the first permanent white settlers in Franklin, PA, Venango County. They were the parents of Catherine Power. She married George Brigham in 1891. George Brigham arrived in America on 3-17-1817 from Liverpool on "Minerva." George Power befriended Chief Cornplanter, if my information is correct. I have much geneology on these folks.