Assuming you are coming from Pittsburgh or from North or Northwest.... >From I-79S take I-70 West, go to 2nd Exit West Chestnut St. -- all the Washington Motels are there. The one behind Denny's isn't bad but the beds were getting slightly saggy 2 years ago. But it's safe and walking distance to Denny's and Wendy's. Other motels are within 1000-1500 feet further up the street. I'd go through Wash on Rt 40 for the scenic route to either Bentleyville or go on to Fayette. Or if you want to spend a little more, Scenery Hill PA still has the old Inn on Rt 40 which is less than halfway to Fayette. Or take 70-E to Bentleyville-- there's a motel there and you're about halfway to Fayette then. Wbg is I-79 South. Only one motel right at the exit. Not a bad place. Has internet... but 627 exchange is local toll back to Washington, so check if fees. Rates on all for 1 to 2 people I think ranged from $55 to $70 per night; might ask for discounts like AARP if you have it. Need reservations for each because truckers & travelers use all 3 locations. Expect heavy trucker traffic at I-70/I-79 exchanges. Both are dangerous to make the transition since you're merging in... I-79 to I-70E is the worst of the two IMO because traffic hides behind the hill behind your left shoulder--almost have to have eyes in back of head. Right ahead, people will be exiting onto Murtland ave/Rt 19 / Washington Mall, so you got to get over while avoiding people who want to exit. I-79 to I-70 West can be bad because the first exit is Jefferson Ave and it's too close to your merge point (plus they are coming down a slope behind you). In both, if you don't intend to use the first exit, try to go to the left lane IF you can as soon as you merge and stay there until the right lane clears out. I forget if the Wash location was Best Western or Super 8. Best Western I think is Wbg. I forget Bentleyville's one. Judy On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 8:09 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I am planning a genealogical visit to Southwest Pennsylvania the week of > January 17. Does anyone have any hotel recommendations for Washington, > Waynesburg, and Uniontown? > > I am primarily interested in court and land records as I've done all that I > can do from books at my local library and microfilms from LDS. I will be > going to the respective courthouses in the area. Does anyone have any > additional suggestions for locations other than the courthouse that are > worth > visiting for Washington, Greene, and Fayette Counties? > > Thanks in advance, > > Rick Wilson > New York, NY > Researching: Wilson, Hill, Eckleberry, Pettit, Hopton, Swearingen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- -- WASHINGTON COUNTY PA WEBSITES::: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~florian/ Coordinator of the Washington County PAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/

Desperately looking for records for my MILLER ancestor. I am having a really hard time finding records for this fellow. His first name is Ludwig, Ludwick, Ludowich, Lodowich & later changed to Lewis He was b abt 1724 perhaps in Dauphin or York Co, PA d 1813 Fayette Co, PA m. abt 1742 PA wife's name prob. Barbery b ab 1730 children born abt 1742-1765 Fayette Co, PA Samuel Miller Nicholas " Catherine " Hannah " Elizabeth " Solomon " David " Mary " Jacob " Abraham " Rebekah " thanks, Patti

I am planning a genealogical visit to Southwest Pennsylvania the week of January 17. Does anyone have any hotel recommendations for Washington, Waynesburg, and Uniontown? I am primarily interested in court and land records as I've done all that I can do from books at my local library and microfilms from LDS. I will be going to the respective courthouses in the area. Does anyone have any additional suggestions for locations other than the courthouse that are worth visiting for Washington, Greene, and Fayette Counties? Thanks in advance, Rick Wilson New York, NY Researching: Wilson, Hill, Eckleberry, Pettit, Hopton, Swearingen

Hello Judy & the list. I seen your request for someone to take photos of this tombstone for you & I have a GREAT tip/suggestion for whoever lives near there willing to try this for Judy on that tombstone that is hard to read. it will turn out better than any photo you can take. I just did a program for My local Genealogy Society called a "Sunset Tour of our local Cemetery" in Western OKla & I found this tip for the handout I was preparing for our tour. For doing a tombstone rubbings using Pellon Interfacing. You should always ask permission of the cemtery office if rubbings are allowed & on stones that are crumbling would not be good to try this on. Soft non-fusible Pellon interfacing material is perfect for tombstone rubbings. It folds neatly in a bag without wrinkles, takes crayon beautifully and can even be ironed when you get back home to melt the wax into the fabric and preserve the rubbing for years to come. It is readily available from your local fabric store. Be sure to get the non-fusible variety. use the side that isn't fuzzy. Use masking tape (not duct tape) to hold it in place on the stone while you rub the wax crayon across it gently. You iron it by placing a old towel on top of the rubbing & apply the iron down directly on the towel & don't use a side to side motion when ironing so it won't smear the wax. Use the older wax crayons. I'm not sure if the new washable crayons would work on this. We tried it on a 1905 tombstone that you could no longer read & it came out wonderful. The lady buried there was murdered & a local bridge bears the name of Dead Woman's Crossing. makes for a good ghost story around halloween. <G> I've also have wonderful success with a special blue paper from the monument company for rubbings they use to make a sketch when they need to add new dates or info to a stone. but it wrinkles easy. You just use a soft rag to rub over the paper to get the indentions of the writing. I sent some to a distant cousin from near Wash co. PA who did a rubbing of one of our early Joseph Ralston's who died in 1843. 3 Different cemetery readings we had gathered reported he was 28 yrs old but we have his will & he had over 16 kids (2 wifes) & knew the age was wrong on the cemetery readings. With the blue paper the real age shows he was 78 yrs old. It worked wonderful too. I cut strips of this blue paper for the kids on our tour to do rubbings & they had so much fun. Our Sunset tour started at 6 & ran about 1 hour, we read over obits & family stories on several of those buried there who were present in 1900 census here & info on the Civil war soldiers & early founders of the town. We had a huge crowd both nights we did the program. We think it was a hugh success & going to do it again next year. Hope this might work for you too. Kim Ralston Dresser Okla. > From: "J.A. Florian" <[email protected]> > Subject: [PAWASHIN] Mystery in Convalescence > I wondered if someone who lives down in/near Washpa could go out before > the > weather turns colder and take some more pictures for me-- and take many > photos from as many angles as you can? Also, I need the person who goes > to > really look at the "shield" area and footer of the stone to see if it > possibly has more recent (1950s to 1990s) graffiti overlapping the > original > engraving on the stone. The shield outline is very distinctive-- just > think > of one of the PA Interstate signs and it's a similar shape as what's on > the > stone. > > If someone does go to take photos, Lola's directions to the location are > on > the WashPAGenWeb with the cemeteries. This one is in Cooke Burial Ground. > The basic location is: The sign in the cemetery is visible from > Interstate > 79 north before the Meadowlands exit. From intersection at Rt. 19 South at > Washington Mall/Home Depot, make right onto Oak Springs Road. At end of > Oak > Springs Rd. at intersection, make a right onto Locust Ave. Travel a few > hundred feet and make a left onto Country Club Rd. (Proceed to Enterprise > Rd. a short ways past Fairway Drive.) Make left onto Enterprise Road. The > cemetery is over the hill behind the Washington Country Club Clubhouse. > It's in a thicket-- i.e. a path goes through an opening of trees. > > Like I said, I'm getting stubborn with trying to "read" this stone from > the > photo. Since it has the PA Shield (from the PA State Seal), it's likely a > soldier's grave so I'd really like to ID him. The tombstone is in the > center of the cemetery near Hon. Isaac Leet who died June 1844-- but I'm > pretty sure it does NOT have the name Leet on it. The graves at Cook > aren't > my family, but-- I guess I love a challenge. LOL > > Thank you in advance if you go out to do the photos. > > Judy > -- > -- > WASHINGTON COUNTY PA WEBSITES::: > http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~florian/ > Coordinator of the Washington County PAGenWeb: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/ >

Looking for old pictures of the Golf Club of Washngton! Can you help? The Citizens Library, The Wash. Golf Course, the Wash. Co Historical Society, Washington & Jefferson College and the genealogy society have not been able to help. Need picture: The Washington Golf Club building quite possibly was the home of ancestor Sarah Swearingen and John L. Cooke; the land originally owned by Andrew Swearingen. Wanted are pictures that may have been taken prior to the remodel/s of the Golf Club. If you can help, please contact me: Lola M. Weber, 106 Victoria St., Longview, WA 98632; email: [email protected]<about:blank>; phone 360-423-8359

Hoge Memorial in Washington PA (2010) Does someone know the history behind this Memorial? I was told that this was the site of the "old graveyard" in Washington and that bodies had been moved. Does anyone know where there might be a listing of those buried?

Boy Scout - clean up of Cooke Burial Ground When Gina Nestor did the survey of Cooke Burial Ground in 2003, she indicated that a Boy Scout had cleaned up the little burial ground some years prior. Through the efforts of the editor of the newspaper in Washington; two gentlemen associated with the Boy Scouts in that area and the Boy Scout headquarters in Pittsburgh, I have been given the name of the young man who cleaned up the cemetery as part of his badge process. His parents live in Washington today and I've called and left messages and now am sending a letter with pictures and a request to contact me. My hope is that he may have taken pictures back then of the stones -- they would have been in better condition than in 2010. And, I'm hoping he can share with me what it was like when he was there AND I want to thank him for making and posting the Cooke Burial Ground sign that was posted. During the Bicentennial Celebration in Washington this year, on a whim, I attended an event near a church. The church owns the land around it and a Boy Scout had organized a clean up (for a badge project) and walk ways etc. for that cemetery. He had taken photos and actually put a book together about the event. What a treasure if that were your family cemetery. Stay tuned! Celebrate Your Family History!

I was asked if croup is the same as whooping cough (Petussis). No, it isn't. See: http://croup-cough.info/difference-between-croup-and-whooping-cough/ In the past, both viral croup and bacterial Petussis were illnesses of babies and children. Medical journals now say that croup is hitting more adults. Although it is still "rare" in adults, the outcomes can be more severe in adults than in kids because it makes the adult airway swell (for some reason) even more than what it does in kids. Basically, if your symptoms are literally from the throat to upper chest (but NO head cold or nasal sysmtoms), it's a classic pattern for croup. Brochitis is more "middle chest". Pneumonia is more "middle to lower" chest. Whooping cough (Pertussis) involves all lobes on both sides of the chest (2 lobes left side; 3 lobes right side). Whooping cough's type of cough persists in a long spell of coughing until there's no more air in the lungs. Croup's type of cough is "barking" but there's still air returning to the lungs. Bronchitis and Pneumonia produce restricted airflow; there can be wheezing and reduced breath sounds. It can feel like there's a "cement block" sitting in the mid-chest. In pneumonia, there is typically an area of consolidation where the body has tried to "wall off" the bug (viral OR bacterial) that is causing the pneumonia. The consolidation means little to no oxygen can get to the aveoli in that area. When people don't turn or move, the secretions in the lungs can restrict airflow even more. The more consolidation, the higher the chance for death to occur. Note: This subject isn't totally off-topic. These illnesses killed many people in the past because no one knew yet about viruses and bacteria. They had no vaccinnes or antibiotics. They had no ICUs or "respiratory care" services. They instructed pts to get "bed rest", and because patients felt so badly, were short of breath and so weak, they stayed in bed, often not even turning off their backs. So, many of our ancestors died, when today most of us live through croup, bronchitis, and pneumonia. Babies and the elderly are still at high risk today for death as a result of lower (i.e. chest) respiratory infections (upper resp inf. usually mean the common cold-- sinus, nose, ears, throat and the majority of people can survive those now unless they get a secondary infection). Judy On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 3:30 PM, J.A. Florian <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi List, > > First, thank you for the well-wishes some of you sent. Whatever bug I > caught seems to one that hangs on. My doc is treating numerous people every > week who came down with the same bug back in Aug-Sept. like I did. We're > all still sick due to the way this specific virus seems to change once it's > in the body. Adult croup is very rare but occuring more frequently in > adults (and it can kill in adults more than kids because it can make the > throat tissues swell). It seems to start with croup then develop into a > difficult to treat bronchitis after several weeks. Like in babies, this > flu-based croup bug causes a distinctive dry persistent cough and shortness > of breath as the primary 2 symptoms (throat and upper lung areas). It's hit > in the middle NE states, first in school-age kids. So if you or someone you > know has a dry hacking cough, it could be this bug. It is *highly* > contagious since it is airborne and spread mostly by coughing. The same > person can get sick over & over or it can seem to "get better" for a few > days then gets worse again. >

Hi List, First, thank you for the well-wishes some of you sent. Whatever bug I caught seems to one that hangs on. My doc is treating numerous people every week who came down with the same bug back in Aug-Sept. like I did. We're all still sick due to the way this specific virus seems to change once it's in the body. Adult croup is very rare but occuring more frequently in adults (and it can kill in adults more than kids because it can make the throat tissues swell). It seems to start with croup then develop into a difficult to treat bronchitis after several weeks. Like in babies, this flu-based croup bug causes a distinctive dry persistent cough and shortness of breath as the primary 2 symptoms (throat and upper lung areas). It's hit in the middle NE states, first in school-age kids. So if you or someone you know has a dry hacking cough, it could be this bug. It is *highly* contagious since it is airborne and spread mostly by coughing. The same person can get sick over & over or it can seem to "get better" for a few days then gets worse again. Anyway... while I've been ill, I'm still slowly working on webpages. I haven't had the energy to do announcements so just check the sites every few weeks. I've mostly been doing cemeteries and obituaries. The last couple weeks, I've been trying to clean up a tombstone photo that Lola submitted -- and I'm getting stubborn to get the deceased's name! The tombstone face was/is pretty bad when she visited and took the photo. I've gotten the image cleaned up a lot using a photo program-- but unfortunately, it's still too messy to read an inscription. I wondered if someone who lives down in/near Washpa could go out before the weather turns colder and take some more pictures for me-- and take many photos from as many angles as you can? Also, I need the person who goes to really look at the "shield" area and footer of the stone to see if it possibly has more recent (1950s to 1990s) graffiti overlapping the original engraving on the stone. The shield outline is very distinctive-- just think of one of the PA Interstate signs and it's a similar shape as what's on the stone. If someone does go to take photos, Lola's directions to the location are on the WashPAGenWeb with the cemeteries. This one is in Cooke Burial Ground. The basic location is: The sign in the cemetery is visible from Interstate 79 north before the Meadowlands exit. From intersection at Rt. 19 South at Washington Mall/Home Depot, make right onto Oak Springs Road. At end of Oak Springs Rd. at intersection, make a right onto Locust Ave. Travel a few hundred feet and make a left onto Country Club Rd. (Proceed to Enterprise Rd. a short ways past Fairway Drive.) Make left onto Enterprise Road. The cemetery is over the hill behind the Washington Country Club Clubhouse. It's in a thicket-- i.e. a path goes through an opening of trees. Like I said, I'm getting stubborn with trying to "read" this stone from the photo. Since it has the PA Shield (from the PA State Seal), it's likely a soldier's grave so I'd really like to ID him. The tombstone is in the center of the cemetery near Hon. Isaac Leet who died June 1844-- but I'm pretty sure it does NOT have the name Leet on it. The graves at Cook aren't my family, but-- I guess I love a challenge. LOL Thank you in advance if you go out to do the photos. Judy -- -- WASHINGTON COUNTY PA WEBSITES::: http://freepages.misc.rootsweb.com/~florian/ Coordinator of the Washington County PAGenWeb: http://www.rootsweb.com/~pawashin/

Pall bearers... ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, October 31, 2010 3:00:52 AM Subject: PAWASHIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 249 If you are having problems reading the digests please UNSUBSCRIBE then SUBSCRIBE again so you will receive digests in plain text format. Additional list information is on http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/pawashin.html Today's Topics:   1. 1803 - Washington County PA - funeral items (DARWIN LOLA WEBER)   2. Re: BROWNLEE ([email protected]) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 12:37:56 -0700 From: "DARWIN LOLA WEBER" <[email protected]> Subject: [PAWASHIN] 1803 - Washington County PA - funeral items To: "Washinton County" <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="iso-8859-1" Based on this information, what might you interrupt this to mean for a funeral in 1803? Why all the gloves?   Washington, Oct 20, 1805 - Estate of Thomas Swearingen Dr, to the Estate of ? Cunninham 1803 Apr 13: 1 pair black silk gloves 0.9.47 1 Price Ribbon 20 yds 1/3 yds 1.5.0 4 pair men's gloves 0.15.0 Funeral Expences 2.9.47 (pounds/shillings/pence) Admn. of the estate of Thomas Swearingen, decd. to David & Thomas Achesons 1803 April 12th to 4 yards lambs muslin 9/4/2 5.00 1 1/2 yard (ditto) 7/6 1.50 2 yards Iaconet muslin 6/6 1.74 3 yards ribband 1/3 .50 4 yards (ditto) /2 .9 11 pair white gloves 3/9 5.50 8 yard black crape 4/8 5.0 $19.33 The above merchandise was got by Miss Elizabeth Gordon for the funeral of the decd. Washington 1803 - The Estate of Mr. Thomas Swearingen decd. to L. Lawson Dr For 8 pairs black gloves for the funeral $4.00 Celebrate Your Family History! ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2010 22:15:26 -0000 From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [PAWASHIN] BROWNLEE To: <[email protected]> Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: franny01 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3899.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not related but found a William E. Brownlee obit for Jan 15, 1844 he lived in Dunbar Pa, which is Fayette County >From The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa) Jan 15, 1944 William Ernest Brownlee, 67 years old, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning at his home on Bryson Hill, Dunbar, after an extended illness. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Alice Brownlee; two children, Mrs. Beatrice Prinkey of Connellsville and William Brownlee, Jr., of Dunbar, and five grandchildren. He had been employed at the Dunbar plant of the Pennsylvania Wire Glass Company more than 30 years. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board. ------------------------------ To contact the PAWASHIN list administrator, send an email to [email protected] To post a message to the PAWASHIN mailing list, send an email to [email protected] __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of PAWASHIN Digest, Vol 5, Issue 249 ****************************************

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: franny01 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3899.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not related but found a William E. Brownlee obit for Jan 15, 1844 he lived in Dunbar Pa, which is Fayette County >From The Daily Courier (Connellsville, Pa) Jan 15, 1944 William Ernest Brownlee, 67 years old, died at 7:30 o'clock this morning at his home on Bryson Hill, Dunbar, after an extended illness. Surviving are his widow Mrs. Alice Brownlee; two children, Mrs. Beatrice Prinkey of Connellsville and William Brownlee, Jr., of Dunbar, and five grandchildren. He had been employed at the Dunbar plant of the Pennsylvania Wire Glass Company more than 30 years. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

Based on this information, what might you interrupt this to mean for a funeral in 1803? Why all the gloves? Washington, Oct 20, 1805 - Estate of Thomas Swearingen Dr, to the Estate of ? Cunninham 1803 Apr 13: 1 pair black silk gloves 0.9.47 1 Price Ribbon 20 yds 1/3 yds 1.5.0 4 pair men's gloves 0.15.0 Funeral Expences 2.9.47 (pounds/shillings/pence) Admn. of the estate of Thomas Swearingen, decd. to David & Thomas Achesons 1803 April 12th to 4 yards lambs muslin 9/4/2 5.00 1 1/2 yard (ditto) 7/6 1.50 2 yards Iaconet muslin 6/6 1.74 3 yards ribband 1/3 .50 4 yards (ditto) /2 .9 11 pair white gloves 3/9 5.50 8 yard black crape 4/8 5.0 $19.33 The above merchandise was got by Miss Elizabeth Gordon for the funeral of the decd. Washington 1803 - The Estate of Mr. Thomas Swearingen decd. to L. Lawson Dr For 8 pairs black gloves for the funeral $4.00 Celebrate Your Family History!

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: KathleenGardnerBrown57 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3900/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Browns are from Ireland and have a skin problem on feet and hands a missing gene is the cause. Gardner from Scotland settled all over the state. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: dan_willis_270 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.washington/3899/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Not sure of the spelling of the name Bwownlee but looking for imformation on William Brownlee around 1944-45 thank you Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.

The dividing line for the original township of Strabane and Chartiers Twp. is Chartiers Creek; the Swearingen home was on the South Strabane side of the creek, the county home was on the Chartiers Twp. side of the creek. Pam Nixon Whispers From The Past Family History Research Service Westland, PA 15378-0008 Genealogy research services provided covering the southwestern Pennsylvania counties of Allegheny, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland.

You might find that reference could be made to him in the PA Archives military rolls. However, it could have been some type of local group. Sometimes people were given titles like this as an honorary designation. Ellen

Could he have been a riverboat captain? On Mon, Oct 25, 2010 at 1:35 PM, DARWIN LOLA WEBER <[email protected]>wrote: > Where might I look for a military record for John COOKE/COOK b 1771 d 1858. > > He is referred to as "Captain Cooke/Cooke" in obits of his children. > > He was too young for the Revolutionary War; age 41 for the War of 1812; > deceased by the Civil War. > > -- is there a source for the militia of Washington County? > > Appreciate any ideas. >

Where might I look for a military record for John COOKE/COOK b 1771 d 1858. He is referred to as "Captain Cooke/Cooke" in obits of his children. He was too young for the Revolutionary War; age 41 for the War of 1812; deceased by the Civil War. -- is there a source for the militia of Washington County? Appreciate any ideas.

!DIED: The Examiner newspaper, Washington PA, Died on Monday the 18th of Aug. 1823 in the 24th year of his age Andrew Swearingen Cooke, son of John Cook, Esq. of Chartiers Twp. -- Not many months hae elapsed since it was his mournful duty to attend to the silent grave (of) two of his sisters. WHERE did these people LIVE??? Chartiers Twp or So Strabane Twp??? (everything else I have on the John Cook/Cooke & Sarah Swearingen family indicates they LIVED in South Strabane) Did the township lines change? If so, when & how do I find that information? A family searcher Celebrate Your Family History!

Does anyone have postcards or photos of the County Home? I found this information by Boyd Crumrine. History of Washington County, PA with Biographical Sketches of Many of the Pioneers and Prominent Men. Edited by Boyd Crumrine, Philadelphia 1882. p. 468 - The County Home - An act passed the Legislature of PA April 6, 1830, authorizing Washington County to erect a house for the employment and support of the poor. The commissioners appointed in the act to locate a site for the farm on which to erect suitable buildings were Gen. James Lee, Alexander Reed, Col. Joseph Barr, Gen. Wallace McWilliams, Zephaniah Beall, Esq., William Patterson, of Ten-Mile, and David Eckert. After due examination, these commissioners selected a track of land in the township of Chartiers and North Strabane, then belonging to Robert Colmery. It contained one hundred and seventy-two acres, and was purchased for the sum of two thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars. It was a part of a tract of land originally owned by Andrew SWEARINGEN, and was inherited by Thomas Swearingen, who sold it to John Cook in 1801, from whom it passed respectively to Joseph Swearingen, Joseph Henderson (sheriff), and Robert Colmery. The land was purchased on contract, Aug. 19, 1830, and deed given therefor March 26, 1831. The directors of the poor and of the house of employment (William Hunter, John Watson, and Stephen Wood), advertised Jan. 15, 1831, to receive bids for the erection of a poor-house, at the store of William Hunter, Feb. 1st of that year. A house was erected soon after, which with repairs, answered its purpose unitl 1874, when the present house was erected. On the 28th of June, 1832, the directors of the poor purchased two acres adjoining the other land. Nov 2, 1861, one acrre was purchased, and on the 26th of April 1865, six acres (part of the Wallace patent) was also purchased, and April 1, 1867, a lot of twenty-eight acres additional was bought of John Cooke, making two hundred and nine acres now belonging to the farm...........(more) In the year 1837, in accordance with the presentment of the grand jury made June 23rd of that year (Robert R. Reed, foreman), a department was added for the better treatment of insane persons and those having contagious diseases. The estimate of expenses made for the year 1830-31 for the poor-house and building was $1500. For 1832 it was $5000........(more) The annual expense of the county home from 1874, including the cost of buildings, has been as follows: 1874, $17,553.63........; 1881, $14,406. Celebrate Your Family History!