Brian, I saw that a Campbell was listed in the index of names, could you tell me which Campbell that would be. Thanks for looking for me. Appreciate the information and all that you are doing. I love reading everything that is listed here. Mary Ellen -----Original Message----- From: Brian D Core <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, February 17, 2001 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [VA-Har-Mon] Monongalia Story, Earl Core ><<Brian - When you have time to look, is there any Booth, McClelland, >Evan Thomas, Dudley Evans referenced in the books>> > >Vol. 2 tells of Capt. John Thomas of Booth's Creek, brother of Evan >Thomas. John Thomas and his family were murdered by Indians in 1781; this >book paraphrases the account given in Wither's "Chronicles of Border >Warfare." This last-mentioned book is widely available and inexpensive, >and anybody who had pioneer ancestors in the area should own it. > >Vol. 1 has an abstract of Evan Thomas' land patent: > >"Evan Thomas is intiteled to four hundred acres of land in Monongalia >County on the waters of Booth's Creek adjoining Thomas Batten's land in >the right of Residence to include his Improvement made thereon in the >year 1774. Evan Thomas married Sarah Booth, daughter of Captain James >Booth, and they located on this Marion County tract." You could find a >scanned copy of the original patent at: > >http://198.17.62.51/collections/ > >There are Booths mentioned in every volume, and I don't have the time to >do an open-ended lookup on the entire surname. I can do lookups on any of >the individuals, though: > >Vol. 1: > >Booth, James >Booth, John >Booth, Sarah > >Vol. 2 >Booth, Bersheba >Booth, Daniel >Booth, James >Booth, James C. >Booth, John >Booth, Nancy >Booth, Sarah >Booth, William >McClelland, George >McClelland, James >McClelland, Sarah > >Vol. 4: > >Booth, C. E. >Boothe, Napoleon > >Vol. 5 > >references to Booth mine and Booth Creek. Every volume has references to >Booth's Creek and the village of Booth, probably none of any genealogical >significance. > >Volume 2 has references to Dudley Evans on pp. 83, 185, 255, 275, 293, >294, 324, 371, 372, 388, 405, 452, 496, and 524. These references give >absolutely no genealogical information about him, but deal with his >services as a justice of the peace, militia colonel, member of the board >of trustees for Monongalia Academy, and service as a member of the state >House of Delegates, in which capacity he served a number of terms. > >Brian > >Brian D. Core >P.O. Box 1166 >Brighton, CO 80601 >[email protected] Web Page: http://pages.prodigy.net/greenhouseguy >For attachments, use: [email protected] > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > >