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/>