bconrad wrote: > We are searching for information regarding: > (1) the Matthias Woolam family who lived in Hardy County, probably in the > 1780's. Matthias W. is supposed to have been born in the South Branch > area apx 1710, grew up in Berkeley County, and died in Hardy County. ??? > and > Matthias couldn't have been born on the South Branch in 1710---the first settlers in the area didn't arrive until the last half of the 1730's---Berkeley County was formed from Frederick in 1772 and Hardy out of Hampshire in 1786. I suspect Matthias was born closer to 1770 rather than 1710. Terry Gruber