Thanks,one of my pals visits relatives at Wardenville WV or years The British Army,and Navy occupied NEW YORK City for several years mid-1776 to NOV 1783 [one year excepted]. They raided the NJ areas nearby,sometimes in forces up to 5000,regulars and Loyalists,and burnt much property.Whole villages were burnt; churches were burnt;anything. Families made very poor. Bill Pyles posted a Cornelius Ward's land transactions,dating him possibly as one who fled. Anybody got traditions ,or better,knowledge, of others migrating from NJ to near Moorefield WV in the war. I know, from SW OHIO history,of another flight. The Park [e] family fled the Wyoming Massacre by Loyalists and Indians, say,1777, from the Wilkes-Barre,PA [then Ct to some] [Pennite Wars]. They fled very poor,and in such numbers as to overcome the local charities of ever Quaker neighborhoods. The Park[e]s lived awhile in Hampshire-Hardy, before being pushed further south to e TN and Ga,before turning North. On Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:05:41 -0600 Edward L Oldaker <[email protected]> writes: >I had people near Moorefield in the 1740's-1760's. Henry Oldaker had >a grant >from Fairfax for 347 acres Frederick Co. in 1753 which was surveyed >by >George Washington in 1751. This was located on Trout Run later in >Hampshire >and still later in Hardy Co. Also another 260 acres at the head of >Hughes Run >branch of the Cacapon River in 1752 also surveyed by George >Washington. >The Oldakers left that area for Loudoun Co. Va because of Indian >uprisings >and massacres. > >There was an iron works called Capon Iron Furnace on Waite's Run near >Wardensville. According to E.L. Judy's History of Hardy and Grants >Counties >there were four iron works, two forges for the manufacture of bar iron >and >two furnaces for pig iron casting near Wardensville. Marlboro Iron >Works was >one of the largest smelting furnaces in the state of Virginia at that >time. See >page 3 in E.L. Judy's book. > >Ed Oldaker ___________________________________________________________________ Get the Internet just the way you want it. Free software, free e-mail, and free Internet access for a month! Try Juno Web: http://dl.www.juno.com/dynoget/tagj.