Art,      From the 1782 Petition for A New State in "The Ten Mile Country and Its Pioneer Families" by Howard L. Leckey, the name JOHN MCCLELLAND is listed four times.  This could be the same person or different people as this petition was circulated from 1780-1782 before being presented to Congress on January 23, 1783.  There is also a JAMES MCCLELLAND, GEORGE MCCORMICK and JAMES MCCORMICK who is listed twice.  None of your other names appear on this petition.      The other petition of the Virginia inhabitants is known as Petition No. 8 and was presented to the then Govenor of Virginia Harris in June 1782.  The petitioners were asking the Govenor of Virginia that since their lands were now above the Mason-Dixon line should they pay allegience to Pennsylvania or were they still Virginians.  A list of names on this petition is found in "Yohogania County A Short Lived County" by Raymond M. Bell.  There is a copy of this book at the Citizens Library in Washington, PA.  I don't have the names on this list at my fingertips, but I will look for your names the next time I am at Citizens and let you know if I find them.      Both petitions were also published in their entirety in the "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania" by Boyd Crumrine (1882).   Editions of this book are found in several libraries across the country. If you go to WorldCat (www.worldcat.org) and search this title and then click on one the title links,  it brings up a page where you can put in your zip code  and it will give you the libraries in your surrounding area that have a copy of the book.      Both petitions are very interesting reading and really give insight into the frustration of the settlers in the upheaval and confusion caused by the land dispute between Pennsylvania and Virginia.   Pam Nixon Westland, Pennsylvania USA [email protected]