Fort McIntosh was built at Beaver Falls,Pa on the Ohio near the Pa-Ohio line by Militia and regulars. They then proceeded west,into Ohio,and built FORT Lorenz sp? at Bolivar,Oh,and left Capt jOHN Gibson and company there for the 1777-78 winter. They were the 1st 2 of a proposed string of supply forts stretching towards the British at Detroit. Fort Lorenz,and the idea,were abandoned by the next fall because of hostile Indians. On Tue, 09 May 2000 12:12:13 -0500 john kleinke <kleinke@thesurf.com> writes: > Hope someone can help me to answer these questions. First of all I > got > the copy of my 4ggrandfathers pension app. I wanted to add to the > bio of > him but some of the spelling of names is difficute to read. He > served > under a Col. Riddle and a Major Vossouter (this name doesn't sound > right. Maybe Vanmeter? in 1778. They built 2 forts. one caleed Fort > McIntosh at a place where the town Beason? in Pennsylvania. And > another > at the head waters of Mas Kingdom? called Fort Sourenser? Is there > any > record of a battle in Hardy Co. in 1781 where men were drafted to > fight > the Tories? Men were drafted for only 2 or 3 weeks. > Other question is has anyone ever read the gravestones in the > Purgitt/ > High Cemetary in Purgittsville? > Sure hope someone can answer or give me some clues. Thanks ahead of > time > for your help. > Diane Kleinke - Purgett > ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.