> Is this a place in Brooke County? I have found Mingo Junction in Ohio. > William Kennedy settled in Mingo Bottom and had a large tract of land in > 1805. He soon sold out and returned to Georgetown, DC. Would like to > locate the place. Carol, Here's a reference posted at Rootsweb: In the month of May, 1782, there was an unusual stir among the settlements when it became known that the expedition against Sandusky was to go forward. The place for assembling was carefully considered, and from its central location on the line of a majority of the settlements, Mingo bottom , in Jefferson county, Ohio, the place where WILLIAMSON'S men had rendezvoused for the expedition against the Tuscarawas, was deemed the most desirable and chosen. Mingo bottom has gained much celebrity in history. It is what is now Stuebenville township, Jefferson county, Ohio, about two and a half miles below the town of Steubenville, and is a rich plateau, on the immediate bank of the Ohio, in the south half of section twenty-seven, of township two, range one, of the government survey, extending south to a small affluent of the Ohio, known as Cross creek. Opposite the upper portion of Mingo bottom is Mingo island, containing about ten acres, although much larger in 1782. It supports a scanty growth of willow bushes only; but, within the recollection of many now living, it was studded with trees of large size, particularly the soft maple. Cross creek, on the Virginia side, flows into the Ohio about three-fourths of a mile below. Before the great flood of 1832, the island contained not less than twenty acres. The usual place of crossing was directly from shore to shore across the head of the island. At the landing on the west bank the vagrant Mingoes had once a village-deserted, however, as early as 1772. Their town gave name to the locality. The Ohio has been forded at this crossing in very low water. The bluffs of the river are below the island, on the Virginia side; above on the Ohio side. Mingo bottom contains about two hundred and fifty acres. Click here http://www.rootsweb.com/~indian/frospg.htm for the entire web page. Julia °´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø URLs: Julia A. Krutilla's Ancestor Page: http://krutillaja.home.comcast.net/ Jefferson County Historical Association & Museum http://www.rootsweb.com/~ohjcha/ Brooke County WVGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvbrooke/index.htm Hancock County WVGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~wvhancoc/