Wee bit of subscription trouble so this was diverted to me. Thanks to Sally for her submission Edward Andrews -----Original Message----- From: Sally Brandon [mailto:sbrandondc@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 3:40 PM To: Scotch-Irish-L@rootsweb.com Subject: {not a subscriber} Blunston Licenses Hey folk, I generally lurk and learn, have done so for years. Thanks Linda! Shout out! For those searching their Scotch-Irish in colonial Pennsylvania, I thought I'd put it out there that I'm tracking down a source I'd not heard of before. Over a hundred licenses were granted on the west side of the Susquehanna in now-Cumberland County while the Indians still had possession by treaty. Via Sam Blunston, a wave of Scotch-Irish c. 1734 received licenses for tracts that have become known as the Blunston Licenses. But you probably know that if you're a descendant of one of them. If you have Heritage Quest access, the Donehoo book "A History of the Cumberland Valley in Pennsylvania" lists them with some typos. Through researcher Dr. Henry Cathey (the Cartheys on the list are Catheys and the Brennan on the list is a Brandon) I got several grids and the key from a 1977 Shippensburg State College Blunston Licenses map project. The college can't find the original but the Cumberland County Historical society has copies, which I intend to copy next week. (As of 1999, the notes say they were already faded and had to be copied, retraced and copied again.) As far as I know, this is a unique resource. If I have it right, properties were identified by size, color-coded, then paired with the Donehoo book to form a key whereby you should be able to plug in your ancestor if he's on the list. Anyone with Blunston license holders in their family interested in the map, just let me know and I'll share what I find next week. Sally Brandon sbrandondc@hotmail.com