My volume of Penn Archives is so battwred ,it has no cover,nor the 1st 55 pages, so don't ask what vol. and series. I'm starting on page 507. I've been talking,from memory,to Logsdon-l@rootsweb.com,but added WVBROOKE-L @rootsweb.com for this Email. No attempt will be made to name all the 1st land owners on what became Brooke,and Hancock,WV,and nw Washington Co,Pa. I use the 1772 date for 1st settlers like Harmon Greathouse,of Harmon's Creek,to settle at Weirton,WV Thomas Gist likely claimed Cove,or Brown's Island earlier. 1773 is the date I use for the colony of kinsmen from Westminster-Hampstead,Md. 1779 is the year the new Va government passed it's "cornright" land law allowing 400 acres to those proving they grew an acre of corn,and raised a cabin by 1779. In less peopled area of Va like Ky County,Va, it was possible to get 400 acres,plus buy cheaply 1000 acres adjoining,if unsettled. But that additional 1000 acres was rare in sw Pa-WV panhandle. Richard Wells,400 acres Cross Creek [3,maybe 4 Richard Wells in area. George Wells,400 acres Cross Creek Alex Wells 400 acres Cross Creek-enters Ohio at Wellsburg,but his mills were at what became the Pa-WV line John Sappington,400 acrs Harmon's Run [Weirton,WV] jOHN sAPPINGTON,400 ACRES Cross Creek. Wm Baxter,400 acres Harmon's Run [6 miles lies in WV] Edward Logsdon,400 acres Harmon's Run George Brown [mine] 400 acres Harmon's Run, William West,400 acres Harmon's Creek, John Baxter,400 acres Harmon's Creek, Wm Baxter,400 acres Harmon's Creek, Harmon Greathouse 400 acress Harmon's Creek [1774,a Greathouse,Sappington,Tomlinson et al were a Jousha Baker's cabin killing the Mingo chief Logan's family touching off Lord Dunmore's War. When his army was returning from Ohio in late 1774,they siezed Ft Pitt,and sw Pa for Va. Above area was West Augusta District,Va in 1775,and 1776-81,Yohohania Co,Va,and portions,1781,Washington Co,Pa. WV-Pa line surveyed about 1783. John Greathouse 400 acres Harmon's Creek Wm Greathouse,400 acres,Harmon's Creek-Greathouses,Sapp's and Logsdon lastly from Upper Potomac around Oldtown,Md Jousha Brown Caleb Merryman Richard Wells, Richard Laevens, Henry Bolin,Cross Creek,Gerrard Bowlin,Cross Creek, Moses Decke,Cross Creek, John Sapp New bifocals giving me trouble. Quitting mid-stream. ________________________________________________________________ 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/web/.