My dictionary gives me two meanings for the word Sachem............. 1. A chief of a Native American tribe or confederation, especially an Algonquian chief. 2. A member of the ruling council of the Iroquois confederacy. Sachem is not a tribe. Funny - when white men married an Indian woman - she was always a 'Princess.' When white women were captured and claimed as a wife by an Indian - he was always a 'Chief.' His government pension file # is 7292. He appears on the following Tax Lists of Whitely Twp. 1820 - 200 acres, a house, a cabin, one horse, one cow and a dog. 1821 - 200 acres, house, 1 horse, 2 cows. 1822, 1823 - 200 acres, house, 1 horse, 1 cow. 1824, 1825 - house, 1 horse, 1 cow [no land]. 1826, 1827 - 1 cow. 1830, 1831 - no taxable property. 1835 - 100 acres charged to Isaac Wright. 1836 - 90 acres. 1837 - 18 acres, 40 acres of Isaac Wright, transferred his own 200 acres. 1838, 1839, 1840 - 18 acres, 1 horse, 1 cow. 1841 - 18 acres, house, 2 horses. 1n 1842 he moved to Perry twp. His birth and death dates are from his Revolutionary War pension papers. Joseph and Jennie are buried in the Fox Cemetery on Fox Run, about 3 miles NW of Mt. Morris, Pa. His stone was read on 22 August 1965 by Dorothy and James Hennen. Joseph Fox, Born in New Jersey, Died in Greene Co., Pa. 1847. A soldier of the Revolution, Member 11th Va. Regt. Military: Rev War: Pennsylvania Pensioners, 1835: Greene Co, PA. Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by M Burns. mburns@tea-house.com Name: Joseph Fox, Rank: Private, Annual Allowance: 80.00 Sums Received: 240.00. Description of service: Virginia Continental Line. When placed on the pension roll: April 11, 1833. Commencement of pension: March 4, 1831. Age: 77 He enlisted, ".... below where Brownsville now stands." Redstone Old Fort (modern Brownsville) Jocelyn in Ohio ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com