After magnifying the word I decided it was Kahwunshannock. Pronouncing it as it was spelled, I realized what he was trying to spell. COWANSHANNOCK, which is now in Armstrong county! I'm still wondering about the location of the "South district of Huntingdon Township". . . James R. Baker, Jr. Free Searchable Genealogy Databases http://www.jrbakerjr.com . . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawne Temple" <dtis4me@zoominternet.net> To: "James R. Baker, Jr. (jrbakerjr)" <jim@jrbakerjr.com>; <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 10:37 PM Subject: Re: [PAWESTMO-L] Rahannshonneck? > There is a Rappahannock in Westmoreland County Virginia. Could there have > been something like that in PA? > > Dawne > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James R. Baker, Jr. (jrbakerjr)" <jim@jrbakerjr.com> > To: <PAWESTMO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 5:10 PM > Subject: [PAWESTMO-L] Rahannshonneck? > > >>I have a copy of a 1774 Westmoreland County land record for John Baker. >>The only mention of a location is: "at the head of the east branch of >>Rahannshonneck". The handwriting is bad and the a's, o's and e's are >>questionable. A list of watercourses in modern Westmoreland has nothing >>like that. >> >> Can anyone tell me the name of that watercourse and it's location? I >> realize that Westmoreland was divided into several counties later, but on >> the tax lists from 1783 through 1789 he is in the "South district of >> Huntington twp.". Would that be the present South Huntingdon twp.? What >> happened to Armstrong township? It isn't on modern maps. >> >> Any help would be appreciated. >> >> Jim >> >> . >> . >> James R. Baker, Jr. >> Free Searchable Genealogy Databases >> http://www.jrbakerjr.com >> . >> . >> >> >> ==== PAWESTMO Mailing List ==== >> >> >> >> >