Perhaps it has something to do with the land titles in the disputed areas between VA and PA (York County, PA). They weren't "forced" out but could not obtain land title so they moved to where they could get more secure land. At 11:48 PM 6/17/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Marilyn, >what is the source of your information re "Paxtons run out of Va."??? My >family have been in this state since 1746 and I >have never heard of this legend. there were Mormons in the valley of Va. in >the 19th century who were forced to leave, >but to my knowledge there were no Paxton members of that sect. I will be >most interested to learn more about this if >there is factual evidence for such a statement. >J. Paxton Fisher >[email protected] > >Marilyn Blackburn wrote: > >> Posted on: Paxton Queries >> Board URL: >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/Paxton?read=68 >> >> Surname: Paxton >> ------------------------- >> >> Does any7one know why the Paxtons were run out of Virginia between 1787 >> and 1790? >> >> ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== >> You may search the PAXTON-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: >http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> In the surname field, type in PAXTON > > >==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== >Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! >http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html **************************************************************** Diane Smith [email protected] http://www.halcyon.com/dianes Seattle, WA Foundation for Educational Choice - http://www.halcyon.com/maywood Kidlink KIDPROJ Assistant/Webmaster - http://www.kidlink.org/ Foster Tukwila Presbyterian Church - http://www.ftpc.org/ ICQ UIN# 23270571 ***************************************************************** Researching Clark,Paxton,McIlvaine,Campbell,Morrow,Morrison *****************************************************************