Marc, Is this a hit for Stephen Whetsel? The Hagerstown connection is there and WV is there plus the connection to Lewis Wetzel. The name change is there. Thanks for posting it. Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: M. Whetsel <mwhetsel@worldnet.att.net> To: <WHETSEL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 5:26 AM Subject: [WHETSEL] John Whetsell, Preston County, WV : >From Morton's History of Preston County, VA/WV : : On p. 403: "John Whetsell with wife and eight or nine children arrived : from Hagerstown in 1806 and purchased of the Butlers 216 acres in what : has long been known as the Whetsell Settlement. His house stood near : the barn of Felix A. Jeffers. The last years of the parents were spent : with their son Conrad in Maryland. The Preston connection is derived : from their sons, Peter and Michael. Long before the Revolution two : Wetzels arrived at Philadelphia. One of these settled in frederick : county, Md, while the other passed on to what is now Rockingham county, : Va., The famous Lewis Wetzel was a grandson. The name still exists in : Rockingham and Pendleton." : : Marc Whetsel : : : ==== WHETSEL Mailing List ==== : The Bureau of Land Management has a website with a searchable database. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ It offers information on land transfers from the Federal Govt. You can download copies of the land patent or order certified copies. : : ============================== : RootsWeb.com now offers UNLIMITED Web space for FREE! : Sign up today for RootsWeb's Freepages program: : http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi : :