I'm not Neil, but thought you might be intrested in this: Cartmell, in his history of old Frederick Co., mentions a large Swan Pond tract surveyed by Geo. Washington. Gardiner, in her Chronicles of Old Berkeley, also mentions a 1791 location in then Berkeley Co., "on Opeckon Creek, between Light's mill and the Swan-ponds..." She also describes a state militia troop line "beginning at Billmire's mill at the Jefferson Co. line, then with the road leading by the Swan ponds to Tabler's mill on Opeckon..." --- Pat Thompson <Pat125@erols.com> wrote: > Neil, I have been reading your post s about > "old" Augusta > County , the South Branch of the Potomac and > find them very > interesting. My FRIEND family lived in the Paw > Paw area, > had connections in Oldtown (MD) and lately I > have been > finding information about a place called Swan > Pond. > > I am not anywhere close to being an authority > on the Potomac > River but I just wondered, with all your > studies of the > area, have you come across the name Swan Pond? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance: Get your refund fast by filing online. http://taxes.yahoo.com/filing.html

Pat, I suspect 'many' at this list have more knowledge of the area's history and family genealogies than I do. I simply enjoy studying maps, history and delving into puzzles that arise from genealogy research. It's good to see the contributions that have been appearing recently; an active list is interesting. I didn't know anything about 'Swan Pond' or a 'Swan Pond Manor' tract of land in early Virginia (apparently near present Martinsburg, WV), until your posting and the responses by Genie and Bill. Following is a reference I found at freshwaterinstitute.org, from a quick Google search, as a lead in case you wish to pursue this further: "Elizabeth Snyder Lowe, genealogist and author of _Tales of Swan Pond Manor_ (pen name Betty Ann Lowe), 308 S. Church Street, Shepherdstown, WV" Neil McDonald ----- Original Message ----- From: "Genie" <genielists@yahoo.com> To: <WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:38 PM Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] "South Branch" BOWMAN's and RHODES (Fry map 1751 Wappacomo Manor McDonald) > I'm not Neil, but thought you might be intrested > in this: Cartmell, in his history of old > Frederick Co., mentions a large Swan Pond tract > surveyed by Geo. Washington. > > Gardiner, in her Chronicles of Old Berkeley, also > mentions a 1791 location in then Berkeley Co., > "on Opeckon Creek, between Light's mill and the > Swan-ponds..." > > She also describes a state militia troop line > "beginning at Billmire's mill at the Jefferson > Co. line, then with the road leading by the Swan > ponds to Tabler's mill on Opeckon..." > > --- Pat Thompson <Pat125@erols.com> wrote: > > Neil, I have been reading your post s about > > "old" Augusta > > County , the South Branch of the Potomac and > > find them very > > interesting. My FRIEND family lived in the Paw > > Paw area, > > had connections in Oldtown (MD) and lately I > > have been > > finding information about a place called Swan > > Pond. > > > > I am not anywhere close to being an authority > > on the Potomac > > River but I just wondered, with all your > > studies of the > > area, have you come across the name Swan Pond? > >