This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Brady Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FCC.2ACE/1950.2.1 Message Board Post: Dear Kenneth, Am doing reading, trying to find more on Sam & in the book titled: THAT DARK AND BLOODY RIVER by Allan W. Eckert (about the settling of the Ohio River and the then frontier areas of Western Pa., Ohio, WV & Kentucky) there are references to these men. Amberson has 2 references, Parchment 12. Haven't read that far in the account. The book was originally published in 1995; I believe Eckert based it on original documentation, but already have a problem with Brady's death scene... I have a firm date of Christmas Day 1995 for his death, where he has him dying on New Year's Day 1800... I am not sure how much he has fictionalized for the sake of the story, but I also know I came across the 1800 date myself, but it was very vague. Also, there is something out there in historical collections called the DRAPER MANUSCRIPTS. Amongst other stuff about the history of the opening of the "old" northwest territories, they contain 16 volumes dealing with Samuel Brady. I have not seen them; I know they have been micorfilmed and that Marietta College in Marietta Ohio owns a microfilm copy. The originals are held by the Wisconsin Historical Society - you can view the details at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/military/draper/index.asp With that amount of material, you might find more about Parchment and Amberson. Hope this helps you.