In a message dated 7/30/2008 8:08:47 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Shirley / yes, thanx, i did that when i was working on The Greensburg Route. What was the cooper's name ?? His German name was Johannes Konradt (Conrad) Mohr when he left Germany, but years in Lebanon Co. changed it in various ways in the baptismal records.. I think by 1860 it had settled into John C. Moore, but some of the boys still spelled it in different ways, such as More, Moor. . He had a cooperage shop at the foot of Chestnut Ridge not too far from the Michael Hill farm (now the Sportsman's Lodge I think). He was "farming" for lumber around 1840 and in 1855 or thereabout, he and his son, Samuel, purchased additional land (one square mile) on Chestnut Ridge for the shop and more lumber. By 1860, he was listed in the Agriculture census, but his estate had cooper tools listed in 1865. His son, Koon, Jr. (John K. Moore, Jr. married Mary Busse Hill) farmed for lumber to sell to the railroad later. But this isn't Greensburg. Shirley Maynard Hampton, VA **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)