Waterpower was necessary for a furnace,or for a forge. I see iron men in several North MT gaps. Or,men from iron furnace areas in Pa and NJ and Del On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 19:45:32 -0400 "Wilmer L. Kerns" <wlkerns@intr.net> writes: > Herman, > > Can't answer the question about an iron furnace at Gerrardstown. I > do know > that Stephen Onion bought land near the area where Isaac's Creek and > Hogue's > Creek flow into Back Creek in Frederick County (VA). Onion never > lived in > Frederick County. About 1750, Fairfax reassigned land to Onion that > was > already owned by Isaac Thomas (for whom Isaac's Creek was named). I > studied > the site and couldn't determine why Onion wanted it, except that he > got two > of the creeks on his plat of 1200 acres. As far as I could tell, > nothing was > developed on that land. > > Wilmer l. kerns > > -----Original Message----- > From: HERMON B FAGLEY [mailto:hermfagley@juno.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 7:22 PM > To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WVHAMPSH-L] Josiah Arnold > > > Wilmer,was there ever an iron furnace,or an attempt at an early iron > furnace > in the general Gerrardstown Baptist-North Mt area. I see in O'Dell > that > the > Gunpowder and Principo,Cecil Co iron master,Stephen Oion,owned land > on > Back Creek. Years ago,I was told John Chenoweth Sr was an iron > master. > Certainly his Calvert wife had Hollingsworth kinsmen involved in > Elkton > Furnaces. > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000 17:00:14 -0400 "Wilmer L. Kerns" > <wlkerns@intr.net> > writes: > > Yes, I have information on Josiah Arnold: > > > > Josiah Arnold died on Oct. 30, 1754 in Hampshire County, and his > > estate was > > sold on June 3, 1755. > > > > Children of Josiah Arnold were: > > 1. Joseph Arnold was born on Dec. 2, 1748 > > 2. Hannah Arnold was born on June 16, 1750 > > 3. Jeremiah Arnold was born on Sept. 21, 1752. > > 4. Josiah Arnold Jr. was born on June 18, 1754. > > > > Wilmer L. Kerns > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: katzioo@aol.com [mailto:katzioo@aol.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 12:15 AM > > To: WVHAMPSH-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [WVHAMPSH-L] Josiah Arnold > > > > > > Posted on: Hampshire County, WV Query Forum > > Board URL: > > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/WV/Hampshire?read=1240 > > > > Surname: Arnold > > ------------------------- > > > > Does anyone have any information on Josiah Arnold, son of Richard > > Arnold > > born around 1730 or any information on the other Arnold children > and > > Joseph > > the grandson. Please e-mail me if you do. > > > > Thanks, > > Kathy > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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. > ________________________________________________________________ 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.