I took the liberty of copying and pasting an answer given by another patron of the list, that might help with your Redland's question. It is listed below and also would like to contribute this bit of information. I have a record of the Thomas family that was moving from PA to Kentucky that referred thus..in 1750's,..."They had first settled near the Old Restone Fort, which is Brownsville, in Fayette County and according to an old researcher, "It (Old Redstone Fort) was first a storehouse for the Ohio Company and later was a rendezvous for the English when they gathered to march against the French in 1754. Subsequently, the French burned the fort. It later became famous as the meeting place of the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion in 1734." Also, "Phineas Thomas at first located in Pennsylvania, but later, hearing glowing accounts of the rich soil of the Kentucky country, migrated thither with several other pioneer families and laid claim to a tract of land upon which he erected a small cabin and made a few improvements. Kentucky was the Indian name given by the Indians for the "dark and bloody ground". At that time the "dark and bloody ground" was the common battlefield of numerous hostile tribes, all of which in an early day combined for the purpose of driving the hated white settlers from the land. It was during one of the most terrible periods that the Thomas family settled on the disputed territory. Fearing that massacre would eventually overtake them as it had so many of the pioneers of Kentucky, Mr. Thomas, during a lull in the war, loaded up his family and a few belongings on a wagon and returned without serious hindrance to Pennsylvania where he and wife died a great many years ago." Dottie This is from another list owner: Redstone MM in Brownsville was the most prominent monthly meeting in Fayette County, PA, and the Redstone Quarterly Meeting held there (consisting of Redstone and Westland MMs) was the jumping-off point for many Friends moving to Ohio and the Northwest Territory to be "ever free of slavery."  For example, the Trent MM in Jones County, North Carolina (1792-1800) left no known records, but in 1800 Redstone QM received a final minute from Trent saying all its members were moving to Ohio and asking that the meetings in western Pennsylvania take them under their care.  I searched my Monthly Meetings in North America database to pull up the four MMs with a final meeting place in Fayette County: http://www.quakermeetings.com/search_display?MeetingName=&County=Fayette &StateOrProvince=Penns&generalSearchWord= (two-line URL)         Tom Thomas C. Hill 425 Walnut Street, Suite 1800 Cincinnati, OH  45202  U.S.A. e-mail: tomhill@nuvox.com www.quakermeetings.com

Dottie: I shall respond to your 3-posts of 12/08/2004, of which one was to me, and other two were to Q-R. ************************** BEALE found in http://www.rootsweb.com/~mdstmary/ (We relocated to St. Mary's County, MD in December 2003. I have Darnall & Robie Families, who were early settlers in Charles Co,m MD. Colonial St. Mary's included present day Calvert, Charles & St. Mary's Counties and [robably part of Prince George's County, MD/) ********* http://www.rootsweb.com/~quakers/ The Quakers at "Monoquesey". Excerpts from "Pioneers of Old Monocacy: The Early Settlement of Frederick Co., Maryland 1721-1743 by Grace L. Tracey and John P. Dern, Genealogical Publishing Co., 1987 page 3 of 6: George Williams, a Welsh Quaker who signed the 1742 petition to divide Prince George's Parish, had no land surveyed or patented in the Frederick County area. He may even have lived a little south of Monocacy Quakers when his son Richard Williams was born in their area in 1726. The records of the New Garden Meeting of North Carolina on December 11, 1746 reported the marriage of Richard Williams and Prudence Beals, daughter of John Beals," of Monoquosy, Prince George's County in Maryland or Virginia." "Geographically, John Beall was also not living in the Quaker area, but his religious association linked him there. Not to be confused with the Beall Family of southern Maryland, he was a Pennsylvania Quaker, the son of Robert (??-JTR) Beall, and lived on the west side of Catoctin Creek, along the Potomac. His land "Chance" was surveyed on January 12, 1732/33. It was probably his son Thomas Beall who married Sarah Ancrum. The list of witnesses to thismarriage is especially interesting for its identification of a number of the Quakers from Monocacy: Oliver, Thomas, Mary and Elizabeth Matthews, Francis Henley, Amos Jenny (Janney), Evan Thomas, John Wright, Sarah Beals, Hannah Ballenger, Susanna Moon and Mary Tannyhill". ^^^ These are Quaker BEALLs and Quaker THOMAS families: I descend from Quakers, John III & Margaret (HUNT) BEALS and Margaret's parents are William HUNT md. Mary WOOLMAN, who is related some way to the Quaker Minister WOOLMAN. John III & Margaret (Hunt) Bealls are may 5G-Granparents. ^^^^^^ "Evan Thomas" - never noticed that name before!!! I shall post my line below, as with an "Evan" in the line, who knows!: 1. Thomas ap Evan Piers 2. Richard Ap Thomas came to Philadelphia from Wales (Richard Thomas I - died soon after arriving in America and providing care for his son), 3. Richard Thomas II (came with his father, was orphaned at 10 yrs, and became a Medical Doctor ) md. Married Grace Atherton, who also came from Wales. 4. Hannah THOMAS md. James J. MENDENHALL , East Caln, PA>Guilford Co., NC>Wrightsborough, GA. are my 5G-Grandparents. There are a lot of THOMAS family members in the Wrightsborough Quaker Settlement. (Jeff Guy & I have long studied the MOORE family of PA & The Wrightsborough Colony, who went on to OH/IN Area. Maybe you saw a recent correspondence with SHASTA4737@aol.com (Susan). Hannah's sister married a Howell, also in Guilford Co., NC -- I have info in a NC book, which I purchased at a MENDENHALL Reunion in 1999. Wrightsborough, GA URLs: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2064/wrights.htm http://www.mendenhall.org/mfa/ Menedenhall (refereranced as one of numerous Family Association) http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2064/wrightlist.htm Wrightsborough's Residents, a listing.. http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/2064/squaker.htm Violet Moore Guy 12/19/2004 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dott114029@aol.com> To: <QUAKER-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 18, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: Re: [Q-R] Trivia question for John Woolman fans > > > I took the liberty of copying and pasting an answer given by another patron > of the list, that might help with your Redland's question. It is listed below > and also would like to contribute this bit of information. > > I have a record of the Thomas family that was moving from PA to Kentucky that > referred thus..in 1750's,..."They had first settled near the Old Restone > Fort, which is Brownsville, in Fayette County and according to an old researcher, > "It (Old Redstone Fort) was first a storehouse for the Ohio Company and later > was a rendezvous for the English when they gathered to march against the > French in 1754. Subsequently, the French burned the fort. It later became famous > as the meeting place of the leaders of the Whiskey Rebellion in 1734." > > Also, "Phineas Thomas at first located in Pennsylvania, but later, hearing > glowing accounts of the rich soil of the Kentucky country, migrated thither with > several other pioneer families and laid claim to a tract of land upon which > he erected a small cabin and made a few improvements. Kentucky was the Indian > name given by the Indians for the "dark and bloody ground". At that time the > "dark and bloody ground" was the common battlefield of numerous hostile tribes, > all of which in an early day combined for the purpose of driving the hated > white settlers from the land. It was during one of the most terrible periods > that the Thomas family settled on the disputed territory. Fearing that massacre > would eventually overtake them as it had so many of the pioneers of Kentucky, > Mr. Thomas, during a lull in the war, loaded up his family and a few > belongings on a wagon and returned without serious hindrance to Pennsylvania where he > and wife died a great many years ago." > Dottie > > This is from another list owner: > Redstone MM in Brownsville was the most prominent monthly > meeting in Fayette County, PA, and the Redstone Quarterly Meeting held > there (consisting of Redstone and Westland MMs) was the jumping-off > point for many Friends moving to Ohio and the Northwest Territory to be > "ever free of slavery." For example, the Trent MM in Jones County, > North Carolina (1792-1800) left no known records, but in 1800 Redstone > QM received a final minute from Trent saying all its members were moving > to Ohio and asking that the meetings in western Pennsylvania take them > under their care. I searched my Monthly Meetings in North America > database to pull up the four MMs with a final meeting place in Fayette > County: > > http://www.quakermeetings.com/search_display?MeetingName=&County=Fayette > &StateOrProvince=Penns&generalSearchWord= > > (two-line URL) > > Tom > > Thomas C. Hill > 425 Walnut Street, Suite 1800 > Cincinnati, OH 45202 U.S.A. > e-mail: tomhill@nuvox.com > www.quakermeetings.com > >