Saw this in the 1890 Veteran's schedule and thought it was interesting. Jacob Rollinson, Private, Comapny C, 204 PA INF, Aug 30, 1964-July 6, 1965. Length of service 10 mo. 6 days Scottdale, under comments is- Transferred to the heavy artillery captured in 1863 and escaped from Andersonville Prison to Mexico and joined the french? army and was never discharged from US Army Service Also listed from Scottdale were two Confederate soldiers- Richard Kerfoot Jackson Goswick, ,Company K, 60 Ga Inf., date of enlistment May 13, 1862. Dawne

As I said before, I am sure these lists are not complete. Korean Veterans Beatty, George S. Blackburn, James R. Gainey, Monroe Jr. Gant, George W. Ghrist, Charles R. Hixson, James R. Jr. Kepner, James E. Murray, Gerald C. Vance, Jesse Jr. Walker, Nathaniel Vietnam Veterans Thomas, Robert H. Vance, Melvin J. Dawne

When I was at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh I copied the Veterans that were buried at the Scottdale Cemetery according to a transcript in their collection. I am sure that the Korean and Viet Nam lists are not complete. G. A. R. Veterans Albig, William K. Lohr, Milton B. Bair, David R. May, Benjamin B. Bair, Jonas May, Thomas B. Bell, ? Merritt, Jonathan Bennett, John Might, John Booher, John Patton, William I. Cowan, Robert Plummer, George J. Eicher, Samuel R. Porter, Samuel D. Fairchild, Samuel R. Rager, James W. Farrar, J. G. Ridenour, George W. Freeman, William Robertson, John Graft, George L. Rollinson, Isaac Greenawalt, Cyrus M. Runge, Alexander R. Gusdanovic, ? Rush, Samuel O. Hall, Jackson Sager, George W. Heffelfinger, Jos. Sisley, Adam Hough, George W. Smith, Nathan Jaquette, Anthony Stauffer, Henry W. Jones, Gabriel Sterrett, Josiah G. Jones, James H. Stevenson, Samuel G. Keagy, John L. Stewart, James Kinkead, Alfred Stewart, Thomas H. Klingensmith, James Tedrow, John K. Kuhn, Daniel Thomas, Charles W. Layton, Martin E. Trimble, Murry Lessig, George Walter, John Wilson, Perry B. more to come..... Dawne

According to this link, miners were sometimes recruited at the port of entry. http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:sBS55DLhquoJ:www.lib.iup.edu/spec_coll/iupmag.html+scotland+coal+miners+western+pa&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=4 Dawne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann HeInz" <agatha1@flash.net> To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:27 AM Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] Scotch and Irish miners > I have found many young Scotch and Irish coal miners located in several > small towns along the Youghiogheny River in the 1850's. > Has anyone done research on these miners and families? Are there any > materials , books or papers on this group? > I am especially interested in where they came from prior to > Westmoreland, when they arrived (though many of the miners on the 1860 > census claim birth in Scotland or Ireland), and how they were recruited. > My great grandfather is among this group from 1850's on through the > Civil War. His father also seems to be a miner or rock worker and in > Cumberland county in 1835. > I would appreciate any help on this. > Ann > agatha@flash.net > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > > > >

I have found many young Scotch and Irish coal miners located in several small towns along the Youghiogheny River in the 1850's. Has anyone done research on these miners and families? Are there any materials , books or papers on this group? I am especially interested in where they came from prior to Westmoreland, when they arrived (though many of the miners on the 1860 census claim birth in Scotland or Ireland), and how they were recruited. My great grandfather is among this group from 1850's on through the Civil War. His father also seems to be a miner or rock worker and in Cumberland county in 1835. I would appreciate any help on this. Ann agatha@flash.net

Is anyone on this list searching the Wallace or Gabel family? Grant

Jan, Thanks so much for the information. I had no idea that companies were doing this. I used to be an adjuster, but that was some time ago. However, if a huge and expensive stone was damage and the loss was substantial, several family members could all put a claim in and collectively cover the damage. I was thinking like a large granite stone that may cost about $2500 to $5000 to repair or replace. Of course, if it was going to be collectively below your deductible you would not want to do this. It is too bad that Homeowners is now being targeted for high risk and cancellation. I guess with all the hurricanes and fires throughout the U.S. the insurance companies have taken a real hit. I think that this is one reason why everyone has to be cautious with losses and also, cemeteries need to do more to prevent vandalism. I do not know what the answer is, but maybe outdoor cameras, tighter security and stiffer penalties if a person is caught. There is too much money and loss at stake.

This is true, your homeowner's policy does cover this. I am an insurance agent, and I want to offer a word of caution. Please, before you turn in a claim to your homeowner's policy, get an estimate of what it will cost to repair the damages. Also find out your deductible without telling your agent why you want to know. Insurance companies are really cracking down on claims, and you can be cancelled for turning in too many claims. A lot of people don't realize it, but turning in claims that are below your deductible and having nothing paid out still count as a claim against your policy, and you can be cancelled even tho you have received no benefits. For example... your tombstone repair is $450 and your policy deductible is $500, you are not going to get any financial help with the repair, yet you have a claim on your record for vandalism. It used to be that if you weren't negligent, or the claim was weather related, it didn't count against you, but that is in the past. I often get homeowner's who come to me to get homeowner's insurance because they have gotten a cancellation notice from their current company for claims that were not in their control. Often I find that they have turned in claims for things that are under their deductible, or for flooded basements (because they haven't added the back up of sewer & drain coverage). I know that this is way off topic, but I thought it important to make sure that you knew...."The rest of the story"! Jan -----Original Message----- From: PSUmom901@aol.com [mailto:PSUmom901@aol.com] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 4:18 AM To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] RE: {PAWESTMO-L} Fennelltown Cemetery Damage Update That is really sad to hear. I hope that they find out who was involved with this and stop it. Usually, teenagers and young kids are involved with this activity. The good news is that homeowners insurance has a coverage for vandalized cemetery stones. I hope that the cemetery kept record of family members who made inquiries of graves over the years. They could notify these people and collectively, they could file a claim. It is really worth a try! Something really needs to be done to stop this activity. We need to have stiffer penalties for people involved in it. I don't think these people have any idea how important family graves are. I know that I would be devastated to find my family's cemetery plot destroyed. It has been the only place that my family could go for several generations, and call home. ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ====

That is really sad to hear. I hope that they find out who was involved with this and stop it. Usually, teenagers and young kids are involved with this activity. The good news is that homeowners insurance has a coverage for vandalized cemetery stones. I hope that the cemetery kept record of family members who made inquiries of graves over the years. They could notify these people and collectively, they could file a claim. It is really worth a try! Something really needs to be done to stop this activity. We need to have stiffer penalties for people involved in it. I don't think these people have any idea how important family graves are. I know that I would be devastated to find my family's cemetery plot destroyed. It has been the only place that my family could go for several generations, and call home.

When I came home from work on Monday, 8 May 2006, KDKA-TV2 was running a story on their newscast that Fennelltown Cemetery in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania had been vandalized. The report was that 62 stones had been knocked down, with others being spray painted. Since many of my ancestors are buried in this cemetery, I knew that it was my family duty and obligation to get to this cemetery as soon as possible, to access the damage done to the tombstones of my ancestors. The good news for me was that none of the tombstones belonging to my ancestors had been vandalized, HOWEVER, the amount of destruction that I did see just tore my heart apart. While I did not count all of the tombstones that were down, it certainly seemed to me as if that number could have easily been 62 tombstones. Many stones that were large and high standing had been knocked down and in a few cases the bases had pulled completely from the ground when the tombstones fell over. What I did not see was any spray painted tombstones. For those of you who may not know about this cemetery, it is a very old cemetery, and I am sure that many families have long since died out or moved on, so I am not sure of the fate of those tombstones that have all been knocked down. The news report said that there was a Fennelltown Cemetery Association and I will see if I can find out more about them, as I am sure that they most likely are a small organization and they may be searching for ways in which to raise money in order to lift and repair those tombstones that had been damaged. Basically speaking, the vandals must have started at the first row in the cemetery (the one near the cemetery sign) and must have gone row by row, working their way in from the road towards the back of the cemetery. If anone has family buried in this cemetery, please visit this cemetery, if at all possible, to see if your ancestors tombstones have been damaged. Mickey 74bug@nauticom.net

The Chestnut Ridge Historical will hold its monthly meeting on May 16th at 7:00 p.m. at the Cook Twp. Community Center in Stahlstown. The center is located along Rte 711 approx. 4 miles north of Donegal. The speaker this month will be Greg Grim. He will be speaking about the history of blue grass music and a group of local musicians will perform. The public is invited to attend and there is no fee. Dawne Temple CRHS, VP

Hi Listers. My name is James Morgan, of Bridgend, Wales. I would like some help from some kind person. My request is that in the 1920 census for New Kensington, Westmoreland there is a family listed as living on Taylors Avenue a Thomas MORGAN, age {32/52} Wife Margaret MORGAN, age {52} Daughters Mary age {25} and Elizabeth MORGAN age {22}. Supervisors District No19, Enumeration District No 177 Sheet No 17 or 18A Ward of City 4th. If any one can give me any information on this family I would be most pleased. Many Thanks. James Morgan Bridgend Wales. www.angelfire.com/mt2/morganjt --------------------------------- Win tickets to the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany with Yahoo! Messenger.

Janet, Thanks for letting us know about the CD and that the images on the website that Smith posted were the same. I wasn't thinking American Revolution when I asked my question about the warrants. Lee Anne

Yes Fennelltown exists, but not in the terms you would think of town now days. There are no stores, streets ect., it is just a rural community that kept the name from 200 years ago. Here is an excerpt from 200 years of History 1776-1976(New Alexandria, Pa) John Fennell and his wife Elizabeth became the owners of a large tract of land situated about six miles west of Saltsburg and here at these crossroads grew the town known as Fennelltown. About 150 years ago, a church building was erected by the Fennells in which Lutherans and the members of the Reformed Church held their services on alternate Sundays. Later the Reformed Church sold out their share to the Lutherans and erected a new building. I hope this helps. Laney ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelly Niehart" <shellym2006@yahoo.com> To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:20 AM Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] Fennelltown-just a church name or is it a place in Salem? > Hello, > > My Gr. Grandmother, it is said, was born in Fennelltown. I've never been > able to figure out where that was until I saw the posting about the > cemetery(my sympathies to anyone who has relations there that were > vandalised) I was wondering if anyone could tell me if Fennelltown was > referred to as a town or what? I see there is a road, a cemetery and a > church all with that name. I know my gr. gr. grandmother lived with a > family in Salem twp. when she was 11 so this would all fit. Her name was > Annie Leighty and she lived with John and Elizabeth Bush and their two > sons Jacob Saul and Jeremiah. > > Thanks for your time, > Shelly,OH > > > --------------------------------- > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates. > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > > >

I realize I am posting a Washington Co. PA question to the Westmoreland site but the Listers here are most helpful so I thought I would try. I am looking for a connection between the families of: Adam Swinehart - found in W. Bethlehem, Washington Co., PA in 1802 Warrantee Records And Tobias, Philip and Stopel Friend - found in W. Bethlehem, Washington Co., PA in 1807 & 1813 Warrantee Records. If anyone researches these families I would appreciate knowing if anyone has a marriage between Milton Friend and Elizabeth Swinehart, m. about 1849. They married in Ohio but I believe the families knew each other from living in W. Bethlehem PA. Pat (Friend) Thompson www.friendfamilyassociation.org

The link to the PA archives site contributed by "Smith" seems to be the same thing as the CD provides -- the page images for the Westmoreland Co. portion are identical. Nice to know this is available free online. Janet

Also check out Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission Bureau of Archives and History Pennsylvania State Archives http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/di/r17-88WarrantRegisters/r17-88AllCountiesInterface.htm#BaynWhar Records of the Land Office WARRANT REGISTERS, 1733-1957. [series #17.88] *Document Images for Each County* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Below are links to the scanned Warrant Register pages for each county. These Warrant Registers serve as the basic index to the original land warrants, surveys and patents for about 70% of the land in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for the dates 1733-ca.1957. (For the pre-1733 period, consult the Old Rights Registers {series #17.78 and 17.19} and the Proprietary Rights Index {series #17.110}. For late-twentieth-century warrants and patents, contact the Pennsylvania State Archives at: (717) 783-2669 or (717) 783-3281.) The scanned Warrant Registers for 1733-1957 {series #17.88} are arranged alphabetically by the surname of the person who got the warrant (warrantee). More specifically, entries are grouped by the first letter of a person's surname, and thereunder arranged in rough chronological order by warrant date. Although the Warrant Registers also provide the name of the person who received the patent (patentee), they do not include an index by this name. You must use the Patent Indexes {series #17.147, 17.154 and 17.155} to look up properties by patentee name if that is all you know. The geographical area covered by any particular warrant register includes the boundaries of the county as it existed at the time of the warrant. Parent counties contain entries for properties that eventually ended up in other counties, breaking off from the parent at a later date. For example, a 1765 warrant for land now in Lebanon County would be entered in the Lancaster County warrant register. When a new county was formed, the earlier records were not transferred from the parent county. So be aware of county boundary changes as you consult the Warrant Registers. You may want to refer to our list of county formation dates. Other Related Indexes: In addition to the county warrant registers, several other volumes index warrants and claims for the same time period. When searching for a particular individual or property, consult both the county warrant register and the pertinent index listed below if one covers the area and time period in which you are interested. The series descriptions to which this list is linked will provide more information on each index.

Lee Anne -- "PA Land Applications Vol. 2: New Purchase Applications, 1769-1773" does not include "bounty land", as this was before the Revol. Land sold here was that purchased from the Indians in 1768 through the Treaty of Fort Stanwix. If you are interested in land warrants & surveys for the entire state of PA, there is a new CD available from ancestortracks.com, titled "First Landowners of PA: Colonial and State Warant Registers in the PA Archives, Harrisburg, 1682-ca. 1940". It includes .pdf files of Original Purchases, Old Rights Purchases & the State Warrant Registers of all 67 counties in PA. These are the master indexes to original warrants, survey & patents for all land transfers from PA to private owners. The registers have the names & dates for the warrant & patent (often the patent went to a different person several years later), dates, acres & where the warrants & surveys are recorded (needed for ordering a copy from Harrisburg). I recently purchased this CD, and am finding it interesting to browse through. You can get to each county, and then select the letter of the surname to browse, but there is not a master index (unfortunately). However, these are digital images of the actual state land registers. You can find out more about this at the website for AncestorTracks. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: Lee Anne Center To: PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2006 1:05 PM Subject: FW: [PAWESTMO-L] Westmoreland Co. land applications, 3 Apr. 1769 -- what did land cost? Janet, Thanks for the names of the books on land purchases. They sound good. Are warrants for bounty land included in these books? The warrant would allow a person to be awarded free land for military service. Lee Anne ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ====

Hello, My Gr. Grandmother, it is said, was born in Fennelltown. I've never been able to figure out where that was until I saw the posting about the cemetery(my sympathies to anyone who has relations there that were vandalised) I was wondering if anyone could tell me if Fennelltown was referred to as a town or what? I see there is a road, a cemetery and a church all with that name. I know my gr. gr. grandmother lived with a family in Salem twp. when she was 11 so this would all fit. Her name was Annie Leighty and she lived with John and Elizabeth Bush and their two sons Jacob Saul and Jeremiah. Thanks for your time, Shelly,OH --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.

On KDKA news today at 5:00 there was a story about the Fennelltown Cemetery in Salem Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania being vandalized. Many of my ancestors are buried at this cemetery and I do plan on making a trip to the cemetery just as soon as my work schedule permits, so that I can access the damage possibly done to the tombstones of my ancestors. IF there was a story printed in the newspaper about this, I would appreciate it if someoneone could cut it out and mail it to me. Please let me know, and I will give you my snail mail address. Thank You Mickey 74bug@nauticom.net