I'm looking for info on Guy Failor B 1899 I believe Westmoreland Area Mother Daisy Myrtle Cline email me _nutmeg239@aol.com_ (mailto:nutmeg239@aol.com) thanks Dcoy

Those interested in names of settlers who applied for warrants in what is now Westmoreland Co., and other southwestern PA counties, should look for this book, available for $40 from the Genealogical Soc. of PA -- "Pennsylvania Land Applications Vol. 2: New Purchase Applications, 1769-1773" by Kenneth D. McCrea, 2003, 418 pages. The question of price of the land is shown in Figure 1, 'Original Advertisement for New Purchase Application Program' , page iv. It reads: "ADVERTISEMENT. The Land-Office will be opened on the Third Day of April next, at Ten o'Clock in the Morning, to receive Applications from all Persons inclinable to take up Lands in the New Purchase, upon the Terms of Five Pounds Sterling per Hundred Acres, and One Penny per Acre per Annum Quit-Rent. No Person will be allowed to take up more than Three Hundred Acres, with the Special Licence of the Proprietaries or the Governor. The Surveys upon all Applications are to be made and returned within Six Months, and the whole Purchase-Money paid at One Payment, and Patent taken out within Twelve Months from the Date of Application, with Interest and Quit-Rent from Six Months after the Application. If there be a Failure on the Side of the Party applying, in either procuring his Survey and Return to be made, or in paying the Purchase-Money and obtaining the Patent, the Application and Survey will be utterly void, and the Proprietaries will be at Liberty to dispose of the Land ! to any other Person whatever. And as these Terms will be strictly adhered to by the Proprietaries, all Persons are hereby warned and cautioned not to apply for more Land than they will be able to pay for in the Time hereby given for that Purpose. By Order of the Governor, Janes Tilghman, Secretary of the Land Office. PHILADELPHIA, Land-Office, Febr. 23, 1769. N.B. So long a Day is fixed to give the Back Inhabitants Time to repair to the Office." The New Purchase also covered some present counties in mid-central and northeastern Pa. It ran diagonally across the state, from NE to SW. There is an earlier work by this author, published in 2002, "Pennsylvania Land Applications Vol. 1: East Side Applications, 1765-1769", 541 pages. This one I purchased from The PA Chapter of Palatines to America. It covered the oldest counties in SE PA -- old Northampton, Berks, Bucks, Phila, Chester, Lancaster as they were in 1765. The Southcentral counties of PA are included in the "West Side Applications", and the book on this section has not yet been published as far as I know. Janet Warter

Hello List, I am new to the list and am looking to connect my gggggg grandmother to her family. I am looking for information on Anna Elizabeth FREY who often went by Elizabeth she was born 1763 Westmoreland Co,according to her headstone and died June 9,1852 in Crawford Co,Pa.She married Andrew HORN I believe about 1788 in Westmoreland Co,Pa.They had at least 11 Children.I a trying to find her parents.Also anything on her husband who was Andrew HORN b Nov 30,1731 again this is according to his headstone and died Nov 29,1851 again this comes from his headstone he died in Crawford Co,PA but I believe he may have been born in Westmoreland Co. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Staci

Here is a link to some census and tax lists. Most of them are in the eastern part of the state like Northumberland. There are also links to other helpful sites too. http://www.stonecabin.com/keystone/main/census.html Dawne

     Here is a death notice & obituary of Leverne J. KING: 13 Dec 1993 -- Death Notice for Leverne J. KING KING On Sun., Dec. 12, 1993 L. J. KING; beloved husband of Helen J. KING; brother of Leola K. DEWALT of New Kensington. Friends will be received at John A. Freyvogel Sons, Inc. 4900 Centre at Devonshire St., Tues. 2-4 & 7-9 p.m. Funeral weds. Mass of Christian Burial St. Paul Cathedral, 10 a.m. Ref: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 13 Dec 1993 -- Obituary for Leverne J. KING L. J. KING, was U.S. Steel executive, vice president        L. J. KING, a retired executive of. U.S. Steel/USX Corp., died yesterday of congestive heart failure at Forbes Nursing Center, He was 90.        Mr. KING, of Oakland, served as a vice president and assistant comptroller at U.S. Steel, which is now called USX, until his retirement in 1968.        He is survived by his wife, Helen J. KING and a sister, Leola K. DEWALT of New KENSINGTON.    Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. tomorrow in John A. Freyvogel Sons, 4900 Centre Ave, Shadyside.  A Mass will be celebrated in Oakland.  Entombment will be in Calvary Mausoleum. Ref: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Helen M. (Webber) Imburgia 396 Derry Drive Aston, PA 19014 (610) 358-1102 HMWEBBER@aol.com Professional Genealogist Local Historian Founder of the     Delaware County Genealogical Society (on-line) Index for Wills in Delaware Co., PA 1789 - 1900 Index for Administrations in Delaware Co., PA 1789 - 1900 Index for Naturalization Records in Delaware Co., PA 1795 - 1926

I don't know if this will help but found it farther back on this message board: >>>> From: "Marie A Robinson" <DisplayMail('frontiernet.net','marier');marier@frontiernet.net> Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] Old German Cemetery/Old Union Cemetery/Greensburg Cemetery Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 12:16:57 -0500 In trying to unravel the mystery of where our Nicholas Silvius is now buried, after he and his wife, Catherine, were moved from the Old Union Cemetery (a/k/a Old German Cemetery and I've also seen it referred to as Greensburg Cemetery), in Greensburg, Pa., and in looking at the USGenWeb site's URL for some of the inhabitants of the Old Union Cemetery, I see that about 36 names are missing from the site. (URL: http://www.pa-roots.com/westmoreland/townships/hempfield/oldunion.html ). The source of the list at the above URL could have come from anywhere, as these lists get reproduced over time in other publications, I suspect, but I have an alphabetical list that was published in Volume VI, No. 1, of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, March 1915. This publication has virtually the same names and in the same order and format as what is at the above URL (with a few minor typographical discrepancies), but includes 36 more names beginning with the names after Jonathan Sarver Senr, which is what the list at the above URL ends with. Within these 36 names is listed Nicholas Silvius! I haven't typed up the 36 additional names yet but I will if the person in charge of the on-line cemetery listings would let me know. I suspect that the person who submitted the list to the USGenWeb cemetery project had the complete list of names to upload--but the server chewed up the last 36 when no one was looking. Marie Robinson" <<<< Hitudy@comcast.net wrote: Hello List, We are trying to locate information on the Old German Cemetery that used to be on South Main Street in Greensburg. Does anyone have any old pictures or information about it? The cemetery was located next to the City Hall. It was plowed under around the end of the 1940's early 50's. Some of the bodies were moved to Union Cemetery and St. Clair Cemetery. There is a parking lot located there now. We are attempting to put a book together on the cemetery. We have three listings of the cemetery, one by Della Fischer, one by the D.A.R. and one that was published in the City of Greensburg Sesquicentennial book done in 1949. These records all differ slightly and I am sure they are not complete records. If there is anyone that has additional information we would be most appreciative. Thank you! Helen Howard, Volunteer Baltzer Meyer Historical Society ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== Don Sheffler858-602-6518 www.Sheffler.orgDon@Sheffler.org

Hello List, We are trying to locate information on the Old German Cemetery that used to be on South Main Street in Greensburg. Does anyone have any old pictures or information about it? The cemetery was located next to the City Hall. It was plowed under around the end of the 1940's early 50's. Some of the bodies were moved to Union Cemetery and St. Clair Cemetery. There is a parking lot located there now. We are attempting to put a book together on the cemetery. We have three listings of the cemetery, one by Della Fischer, one by the D.A.R. and one that was published in the City of Greensburg Sesquicentennial book done in 1949. These records all differ slightly and I am sure they are not complete records. If there is anyone that has additional information we would be most appreciative. Thank you! Helen Howard, Volunteer Baltzer Meyer Historical Society

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------020108070208070604000407 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --------------020108070208070604000407 Content-Type: message/rfc822; name="Re: [PAWESTMO-L] Re: Moving ever Westward..." Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="Re: [PAWESTMO-L] Re: Moving ever Westward..." Message-ID: <440FA969.5010309@socal.rr.com> Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 20:04:57 -0800 From: Tom Chapman <SurfCityTom@socal.rr.com> User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (Windows/20050716) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: DONALD SINCLAIR <DSINCLAIR@indy.rr.com> Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO-L] Re: Moving ever Westward... References: <23a.81ae44a.313e6ad7@aol.com> <001e01c64201$0711ded0$71501d41@DGTQPG41> In-Reply-To: <001e01c64201$0711ded0$71501d41@DGTQPG41> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Several people have suggested that the migration to Westmoreland was prompted by "free land" - which in my opinion is a misconception. There was no "free" land - or very little. Prior to the opening in 1769, it was illegal for anybody to even live in Westmoreland except for a relatively few that were supporting the military and had temporary use of land for that purpose. 1769 was the big opening when a lot of people began streaming in, but they had to buy the land. The process was to apply for a patent by describing the boundaries of the property that you wished to claim for purchase. Sometimes this was done by family syndicates, with one or a few persons going ahead to survey the land, dividing it into patents, then doling them out to other families back in Berks or Northamton. That's why we often see clusters of migrants from one location back east settling near each other in Westmoreland. For example, my Milliron ancestors were part of syndicate from Tulpehocken that included several other allied families - such as Thomas, Herrold, and Long. It's said that Nicholas Long came first and eyeballed the land, then he went back to Berks and they all drew up their patents together. All these patent applications were gathered, sent to Philadelphia, and drawn from a big trunk by lottery. Then the winners got an option on their parcels, which they eventually had to pay for. Tom --------------020108070208070604000407--

In the case of my Troxel migration of two very large families leave Lehigh after only 23 years yet their property was vast. The family had 776 acres. They didn't split the family in a move to get larger farm tracts. They had established the Egypt reformed Church and were vital in it. The Lambing family, at least, accompanied them to Adams Co. and then on to Westmoreland. Has anyone read the newspapers of the area for 1760's to see if there is mention of some problem? Our family tradition is of the Troxels building their large house while the Indians sat near by and watched. Peaceful relations, and Indians generally left in 1742. There are no records of Indian fights in the Jordan Valley. The area they built on was officially opened for settlement in 1734. In 1737 300 acres was purchased by Troxel. There were only 6 other settlers there in 30 square miles. Ann agatha1@flash.net

I'm old enough to have seen three generations of young men in my family enter manhood. It seems the rite of passage has been to travel with peers on a voyage of discovery. Did they get this from their Western PA ancestors or their ancestors who were brave enough to get on a small wooden boat in Europe and sail off with the faith there would be an adventure when they got off the boat? Times change, but human nature seems to me to be on a steady course. In this latest generation of family, the women are doing it too, only the young women seem to want to see where their ancestors came from, they go to Europe. Read George Washington's own account of his trip to Ft. LeBeouf. I think he was 21 yrs. old at the time he did it. You really get a feel for the attraction of the frontier. I think it was the "Harley Experience" of the times. If he had been 25 yrs. old, he probably would have had better sense than to go on the expedition. His description of crossing the Allegheny River as the Spring ice was breaking up probably can only be fully appreciated by some one who has seen the geography/terrain and the snow and ice of Western PA.

I have encountered the Frederick Wise to whom you refer, his widow, and children in my research. I have been trying to figure out if there was a relationship with my Wise family. I know the Court appointed a Frederick Wise as the Guardian of the Deceased Frederick's children. I did not know the Deceased had a father also named Frederick. If my memory serves me, the deceased and his widow were probably the age of my Henry Wise's children, so does that mean the grandfather of the children, Frederick Wise was possibly a sibling to my Henry Wise? I believe they may be possibly be related, also to a George Wise who was a farmer in an outlying district of Greensburg. I say this because John H. Wise was some how involved in the real estate of the George Wise. I have not concentrated on these possible relationships because I have been trying to find my Henry Wise's parents. My family oral history states the Wise ancestors migrated "from VA near the water, to the PA mountains! where he and his bride raised 14 children." If my Wise family members were not Gamblers in land speculation, they were a well financed family because they had substantial real estate in Westmoreland County and Jefferson County, PA. I have not had the time to check the surrounding counties to see if they had any land in those jurisdictions. This is the time line of my Henry Wise family: Gen. I....Henry Wise born 1763- died 1831 married Barbara Rohrer Gen. II...#1. John H. Wise born (know but date not handy)....died 1833 (not found any marriage or children for John H. Wise...many, many real estate transactions over the years.) He served in the War of 1812 as a Lieutenant, was active in the local Militia and was known as General John H. Wise. He served in the PA State Legislature in early 1800's. Gen. II...#2. Frederick A. Wise born in Greensburg, .....died in Missouri. His Probate records and will can be viewed on the web via the Missouri on line records. He served in the War of 1812 as a Lieutenant. He was the publisher of one of the Greensburg newspapers. He moved to Palmyra, Missouri with his entire family. He started a newspaper there that lasted for two years. He then moved to St. Louis County where he farmed. I thought he was the Guardian of the Deceased children, but now that you tell me the deceased Frederick Wise had a father named Frederick, perhaps the Guardian of those children was their Grandfather. Gen. II...#3 Jacob Michael Wise married Margaret Covode Williams. He was an attorney, he also had many real estate transactions. He replaced his brother John H. Wise in the PA State Legislature. Their combined time holding the seat was I believe, 20 years. Gen. II...#4 Mary Wise. I had not been able to find her, but recently a researcher of the Rohrer family has told me that she married a gentleman named Saylor. I have not had the opportunity to review his findings. I would think the Westmoreland County, PA Orphans Court Records might be a place to learn about the deceased Frederick Wise family since the children's estate was over seen by that court for a long time. If my recall is right, the children were quite young when their father died. I hope this helps. Shirley

Hello All! While all stated here is true I'm adding this note. Prior to 1769 this area was not settled & was a real wilderness. This is when the PA land office opened for business. It continued to be open until the start of the Revolutionary War. Then it closed until the war was over. In the meantime, if people wished to buy & sell land they still could do it between people but if a person had a warrant for land & the patent had not come through it may not have been patented to the same person. It should be noted also that until the government had made an agreement with the Indians the settlers were not to cross the Ohio River & the military did stop them until that was accomplished. Those parties like trappers took their lives in their hands to go in to land that was not agreed on by treaty with the Indians. Even then you had no guarantees that you would not be harmed. Ellen (ETHS) Visit my web site at: http://www.familytreetracer.com <http://www.familytreetracer.com/>

What about the Indian Problems? Would this have been a factor? Jackie Mitchell ----- Original Message ----- From: "DONALD SINCLAIR" <DSINCLAIR@indy.rr.com> To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO-L] Re: Moving ever Westward... > These familes often times moved to FREE land. The sons of larger families > had to start out on thier own and get thier own land. If you had four or > five sons, dividing your own land to them after you died or were infirm, > would not give them each enough to raise enough crops to support thier own > large family to be. As for feeling threatened, I think it must have been > something else. Westmoreland County at the 1767 era would have been just > 10 years or so removed from the French and Indian War. This was an outpost > type area and the Penn family was looking for a "buffer" between the > Indians and the established areas from Lancaster and on Eastern. Free land > was offered to those people brave enough to settle there under direct > threat from the Indians. This threat went on all the way until the turn of > the next century. The Germans were known as great farmers, the Scots and > Irish as great fighters. Together, these are the people that tamed > Westmoreland County. > > Donald Sinclair, Indianapolis > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <RoverLSmith@aol.com> > To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:49 PM > Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO-L] Re: Moving ever Westward... > > >> The families were large, and needed more land to survive. The next >> generation >> of many of these families would move on to Ohio and further west. Imagine >> how >> overcrowed eastern PA would have been had all these large families >> stayed, >> married, and had large families of their own. Even families described as >> "farmers" didn't necessarily farm for a living. They "farmed" to survive >> rather than >> making a living selling grain and they didn't exactly eat as well as we >> do >> today. Remember, these people didn't have tractors. They walked around >> with a bag >> and threw out seed. They also raised animals, which could graze on poor >> soil >> if the farm were large enough, and they hunted for the meat as well as >> the >> pelts. The Truxals (etc.) may have had other occupations such as >> shoemakers, >> saddle makers, merchants, lawyers, doctors, weavers, gunsmiths, etc. >> Greensburg >> was fairly prosperous. There were also coal fields around Greensburg. >> None of my >> ancestors who resided in the area did poorly, although within a couple of >> generations many moved on -- the members of the families who did stay >> didn't seem >> to starve to death. Families or parts of them did move on as land opened >> up >> for settlement. Another thing to take into consideration with German >> families >> is that they tended to isolate themselves a bit as they did not speak the >> same >> language as many of the people surrounding them. >> >> Debbie >> The sudden move in 1767 from rich farmland toa poorer area is something >> that cannot be answered by land suddenly opened for settlement. I can >> imagine a waunder lust son or two doing this but not the whole family. >> They >> must have felt threatened by something >> >> >> ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== >> >> > > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > >

Oh, I see I didn't actually provide the obit, but the index. A research partner told me she looked at the actual obit in the newspaper, and there was no additional information. Tom

<<I was wondering if somebody might be able to look for an obit for George Milliron>> Here are all my notes on George - concluding with his obit George is the earliest proven ancestor in this line. There's no documentation about his parents, but I've assigned him to Peter Milliron for several reasons: (1) Peter is the only known Milliron in Wheatfield in 1840; (2) Peter has a son of the appropriate age; (3) Peter's father-in-law is named George; (4 ) in 1840, Peter lives relatively near the location where George emerges in the 1850 census; (5) George and Eliza are seemingly tied to Hices and Dicks by names of their children and where they lived - next to Mary Ann Hice in 1850 and near William Hice and Margaret Hice Dick in 1860. Civil War veteran, 2/26/1864 to 5/31/1865, Company F, 55th Regiment, 50 Pennsylvania Volunteers, wounded in the hip at Petersburg, applied for disability pension in 1870, enlisted as "Millison." Farmer before the war. He became a butcher and established a general store in Cokeville that was ultimately owned and operated by son Samuel. Operated a ferry in Cokeville. It's recalled he used to let his granddaughter Flora ride up front in the wheelhouse, "where the Indians won't get you." This story was related by Katheryn Milliron Campbell/Long, his great granddaughter. Possibly named Peter George or George Peter. Could not read or write. Applied for a Civil War pension February 21, 1870, App # 152986, Certificate # 108317, as an invalid. His wife, Lucy M. Milliron, applied for a widow's pension March 12, 1892, App # 543518, Certificate # 385219. 1850 CENSUS PA Indiana C Wheatfield T pg 217 Family 1548 George Milliron, 21, laborer, PA Eliza, 19 1860 CENSUS PA Indiana C Brushvalley T Mechanicsburg PO Image 17 Family 2078 George Milliron, 29, farmer, 600/262, PA Eliza J., 25; Margaret, 9; John, 7; Dixon, 6; James, 4; Samuel, 6/12 1870 CENSUS PA Indiana C Cherryhill T pg 2 Family 14 Penn Run PO George Milliron, 35, farmer, 2000/500, PA (indexed as Millison) Eliza J., 35; Margaret, 18; John, 16; Discon, 14; James, 12; Samuel, 10; Thomas, 7; Mary J., 6 The location variation from Brush Valley in 1860 to Cherryhill in 1870 indicates that George's property was close to the township line. His location was the same, but the township line moved. 1870 Sequence - Gawin Hadden, George Hobaugh, William Hadden, John Martin, Michael Sweeny, Isaac Menck, Catherine Kellar, GEORGE MILLIRON, John Johnston, William Kelly, James Dicky, David Allen, Samuel Isaac, Alexander Ewing, Charles Sweeny, Levi Fry. 1880 CENSUS PA Westmoreland C Derry T Coketon District ED 114 pg 35 Family 315 George Milioron, 48, head, married, butcher, PA Lucy M., 47, wife; Samual, 19, son, butcher; Thomas, 17, son, drawing coke Possibly affiliated with the Cokeville Methodist Church. History of the 55th Regiment from the time of George's enlistment until when he was wounded: Fought on 09 April 1864. Fought on 14 April 1864. Fought on 23 April 1864 at Richmond, VA. Fought on 25 April 1864. Fought on 03 May 1864. Fought on 09 May 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA. Fought on 09 May 1864 at Swift Creek, VA. Fought on 13 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA. Fought on 14 May 1864. Fought on 15 May 1864. Fought on 16 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA. Fought on 18 May 1864 at Drewry's Bluff, VA. Fought on 19 May 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA. Fought on 20 May 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA. Fought on 20 May 1864 at Foster's Farm, VA. Fought on 22 May 1864 at Foster's Farm, VA. Fought on 26 May 1864 at Bermuda Hundred, VA. Fought on 02 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 03 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 03 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 04 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 05 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 06 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 10 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 12 June 1864 at Cold Harbor, VA. Fought on 13 June 1864. Fought on 15 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 16 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 17 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 18 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 19 June 1864. Fought on 23 June 1864 at Petersburg, VA. Fought on 28 June 1864. June 30, 1864 at Petersburg, VA From June 21st to the 25th of July, the regiment performed picket duty in front of Petersburg. It was then relieved by colored troops and proceeded to the extreme left of the Union lines, where it was again engaged in picket duty. After the initial attacks on Petersburg by Union forces ended on June 18, a portion of the IX Corps picket line, built under fire, was established only four hundred feet from Elliot's Salient, part of the main Confederate line. The Federals decided to construct and explode a mine underneath the salient in an attempt to surprise and overwhelm the Confederates and seize the heights above Petersburg and thereby shorten the siege. (This action was portrayed in the recent film "Cold Mountain.") On the 29th it proceeded to the rear of the mine, and upon its explosion on the following morning, was ordered in to the support of the troops led to the charge. It reached the crater; but, with other troops, was forced back, losing three killed and a number wounded. George was wounded on the 29th. Portions of his application for pension: On this 29th day of January A.D. one thousand eight hundred and seventy, personally appeared before me, Clerk of the Orphans Court, a Court of Record within and for the County and State aforesaid, George Milliron, aged 38 years, a resident of the township of Cherryhill, Indiana Co., in the State of Pennsylvania, who, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical George Millison who enlisted in the service of the United States at Indiana, Indiana Co. in the State of Pennsylvania, on or about the 12th day of February in the year 1864, as a Private in Company F commanded by Capt. J. S. Nesbit in the 55th Regiment of the Fifty Penna Vol. commanded by Col. R. White in the war of 1861, and was honorably discharged at McClellan U.S. Genl. Hospital Phila., in the State of Pennsylvania, on or about the 31st day of May in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-five; that while in the service aforesaid, and in the line of his duty, at Petersburg Va., whilst laying in the rifle pits, he received a wound from a shell striking the left hip - tearing an opening in the hip, which afterwards was affected with gangrene, eating away the flesh to the bone. That said wound now causes him much pain - making the left leg weak, and in a great measure unfitting him for labor or walking. That he was first treated at Hospital at Fortress Monroe from July 4, 1864 for three months. Then was sent to Willets Island New York Hospital (probably Willets Point, Grant Hospital) where he remained about ten or fifteen days - then sent to McClellan U.S.A. General Hospital, Philadelphia Penna, where he remained until May 31st 1865 when discharged. That he received said wound June 29 1864. That since leaving the said service, this applicant has resided in the County of Indiana in the State of Pennsylvania, and his occupation has been in good part idleness by reason of said wound. That prior to his entry into the service above named, he was a man of good, sound physical health, being when enrolled, a farmer. That now he is greatly disabled from obtaining his subsistence from manual labor in consequence of his above named injuries, received in the service of the United States. George Milliron, Feb. 26, 1864; dis. by general order, May 31, 1865. Civil War Veterans' Card File: F55, I; enrolled 2/12/64 at Indiana, PA; discharged 5/31/65; age at enrollment 34; height 5'7"; hair brown; complexion sandy; eyes blue; residence Westmoreland Co.; occupation farmer Obit index: MILLIRON, George of Cokeville d 2-19-1892. PA ARGUS (3-2-1892)

I was wondering if somebody might be able to look for an obit for George Milliron died Feb 19, 1892 or March 2, 1982. He was born in Indiana Co., PA and died in Coleville, Westmoreland Co., PA. He also served in the Civil War. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank You Tricia

A slight correction to my pervious post. Henry Allshouse Sr was buried at the First reformed Church cemetery Easton Northampton Co., PA. The granite marker mentioned was for Henry Allshouse Jr. in Westmoreland County. The graveyard (near the corner of Frothingham and Margaret Street) where Henry was buried was at the junction of lands of Daniel Klingensmith, John P.Klingensmith, "Richfield", and John Klingensmith. The Allshouse family owned a tract of land there in 1806, a part of "Richfield". The granite marker for Henry Allshouse was placed by E. E. Allshouse (attorney in Greensburg) in 1945. It is the last and only marker on what once was the graveyard for burial of early settlers and their families. With the years an alley and a street shrank the area. Relatives removed bodies to Brush Creek and other cemeteries. A few remained, with records faulty or missing. Others who came at the same time as the Allshouses were the Klingensmiths, and are buried in the same private cemetery as the Allshouses. This cemetery was located on Margaret Street, in Jeannette, Pa. Where a lagre plot of land was set aside by City officials with a suitable monument and placed by Elmer E. Allshouse, a grandson & Attorney. The plot of land was originally said to have been donated by two or three of the Klingensmiths, between 1790 and 1810, for burial purposes, with wives laid to rest ther too. Henry Jr's body is no longer at Market street it was moved to a common vault at Brush Creek cemeteries only the headstone remains. Sorry for any confusion. Laurie Beth Roman

In a message dated 3/7/2006 11:06:26 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, DSINCLAIR@indy.rr.com writes: As for feeling threatened, I think it must have been something else. Westmoreland County at the 1767 era would have been just 10 years or so removed from the French and Indian War. This was an outpost type area and the Penn family was looking for a "buffer" between the Indians and the established areas from Lancaster and on Eastern You also hit on a reason I've read about The new settlers, Germans and Scots, resented being told what to do by the Quakers who held a tight grip on the government in colonial PA. Not only that, the colonial Virginians were trying to establish their original claim of land granted by the king that included everything not already owned by the other colonies. Colonial Virginians sold or granted land to encourage its own citizens to migrate to the disputed area. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA

These familes often times moved to FREE land. The sons of larger families had to start out on thier own and get thier own land. If you had four or five sons, dividing your own land to them after you died or were infirm, would not give them each enough to raise enough crops to support thier own large family to be. As for feeling threatened, I think it must have been something else. Westmoreland County at the 1767 era would have been just 10 years or so removed from the French and Indian War. This was an outpost type area and the Penn family was looking for a "buffer" between the Indians and the established areas from Lancaster and on Eastern. Free land was offered to those people brave enough to settle there under direct threat from the Indians. This threat went on all the way until the turn of the next century. The Germans were known as great farmers, the Scots and Irish as great fighters. Together, these are the people that tamed Westmoreland County. Donald Sinclair, Indianapolis ----- Original Message ----- From: <RoverLSmith@aol.com> To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 11:49 PM Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO-L] Re: Moving ever Westward... > The families were large, and needed more land to survive. The next > generation > of many of these families would move on to Ohio and further west. Imagine > how > overcrowed eastern PA would have been had all these large families stayed, > married, and had large families of their own. Even families described as > "farmers" didn't necessarily farm for a living. They "farmed" to survive > rather than > making a living selling grain and they didn't exactly eat as well as we do > today. Remember, these people didn't have tractors. They walked around > with a bag > and threw out seed. They also raised animals, which could graze on poor > soil > if the farm were large enough, and they hunted for the meat as well as the > pelts. The Truxals (etc.) may have had other occupations such as > shoemakers, > saddle makers, merchants, lawyers, doctors, weavers, gunsmiths, etc. > Greensburg > was fairly prosperous. There were also coal fields around Greensburg. None > of my > ancestors who resided in the area did poorly, although within a couple of > generations many moved on -- the members of the families who did stay > didn't seem > to starve to death. Families or parts of them did move on as land opened > up > for settlement. Another thing to take into consideration with German > families > is that they tended to isolate themselves a bit as they did not speak the > same > language as many of the people surrounding them. > > Debbie > The sudden move in 1767 from rich farmland toa poorer area is something > that cannot be answered by land suddenly opened for settlement. I can > imagine a waunder lust son or two doing this but not the whole family. > They > must have felt threatened by something > > > ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== > >

Debbie.. Thank you, thank you, for catching that. It's not a nitpick and your absolutely right. The typo probably would have spread all over. Franzina (or Francina) Rugh to Abraham Bowman is absolutely what my fingers should have typed. Phil xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Typo, Phil. It's FraNzina / Francina, etc. (Frany in one census if I remember >correctly). Petty, but these things can be repeated all over the Internet if >we're not cautious. I have personally caused a mother and daughter >to be mixed >up for eternity because of one little mistake, so I thought it best to >correct. I'm not trying to nitpick. > >Debbie >Anna Frazina Rugh to Abraham Bowman. Phil Knox <pknox@earthlink.net> My Web Page: http://home.earthlink.net/~pknox/ My genealogical database on WorldConnect: http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=pknox NOTE: E-mail and attachments are automatically scanned by McAfee Antivirus software.