FModderno@aol.com wrote: > > Harper's Ferry is in Maryland, just across the Potomac from Loudoun County, > where Waterford, VA, and Loudoun County's Goose Creek are. Migrants from > Pennsylania and the port of Philadelphia (Germans, Scotch-Irish and others) > crossed the Potomac River at Harper's Ferry and also a little further > downstream at what is now the US Route 15 bridge connecting Maryland and > Virginia. > > The Great Wagon Road that traversed from Pennsylvania down through the > Shenandoah Valley, on the western side of the Blue Ridge Mountains, and on to > Tennessee, Texas and Georgia, etc., went through Loudoun County. Those who > did not take the Great Wagon Road on through the Shenandoah, took the route > that is now US 15 through Loudoun County and down through Virginia on the > Eastern side of the Blue Ridge Mountains. > > If Harper's Ferry is mentioned in your information about your ancestors, then > Loudoun County's Goose Creek and Waterford are where your Quaker Meeting House > must be located. See my previous message about Waterford's Quaker Meeting > House. > > Francine > > ==== VABEDFOR Mailing List ==== > Planning a Family Reunion? Post your schedule at URL: > http://members.aol.com/camorrison/vareunio/reunion.htm Hi Francine! I'm glad you straightened me out on that. We went to Harpers Ferry a couple of times and I had in my mind that the little point of land it sits on was West Virginia, with the tip of the point being the convergence of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. We left there and drove over Maryland Heights to the Antietam Battlefield and it was a beautiful drive. In any event, one of the best tools I have found for locating towns and even obscure geographic features is this site http://mapping.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html Just go there and type in Harpers Ferry, and whatever else you may have on it, and it will give you all the information you can imagine, plus maps, etc. I found some pretty unknown and unheard of locations with this query form. It's amazing. By the way, Harper's Ferry is beautiful and I've always wanted to visit Waterford. I've heard and read so much about it over the years. Linda