Thanks Bob, I was just getting to the point where I was tracking down maps. This couldn't have come at a better time. Thanks!!! My ancestor own Buffington Island at one time.... Kudos... JC -----Original Message----- From: wvcabell-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wvcabell-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of DSIMMON3@columbus.rr.com Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 10:03 PM To: wvcabell@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WVCABELL] Upper Ohio River and Town Maps (1877) Thank you very much Bob Reba -------------------------------------------------- From: "Bob Moyer" <bobmoyer@asheboro.com> Sent: Saturday, October 04, 2008 1:47 PM To: <WVCABELL@rootsweb.com> Subject: [WVCABELL] Upper Ohio River and Town Maps (1877) > My great-great grandfather was "Judge" Martin Heckard (1809-1877), a > lawyer in Pomeroy and many of his clients were on both sides of the > river from Cincinnati to Wheeling. He also was one of the early > teachers at Meigs Academy in Chester. He grew up in Columbiana and > Jefferson Counties and came down to Meigs County about 1832. > > A few years ago I compiled property owner river maps for the year > 1877 following his travels up and down the Ohio River and thought now > might be a good time to make them available for everyone at: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~moyer/Ohio-River-Maps/inde x.htm > > Please feel free to download them - they are large files - but > excellent quality. They are in PDF format so you can print any > section or part that you need - just save them to your computer. > > There's also a link on the page to another source where I found some > Revolutionary War Pension Applications (original documents) for SE > Ohio and West Virginia and I added an example. I stumbled on these > because they were prepared by Mr. Heckard when he was a lawyer. Too > bad the applicant were not our family . . . . the last name was Frasher. > > I hope you find the maps as useful as I have. Please feel free to > pass this information along to any other mailing lists or > researchers. My plans are to eventually finish the set which runs > from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh as time permits. > > Good luck with your research. > > Bob Moyer > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVCABELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WVCABELL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message