Hi Sandra, I can't disagree with anything you're saying. But he did a heck of a job with what he had to work with. It is unfortunate some of his guesses were wrong, but if he warns you they are guesses with words like "perhaps", it's hard to complain very much. The alternative is to follow the Jacobus model, and say nothing if you are not sure, leaving the reader to do the research and make the guesses. And even if we might have done things a little different (and I know I would have), the bottom line is that a century later, his works are still the baseline reference on Pendleton County. Sorry, I can't tell you anything about the Harter book beyond what I have already. But she was a long time student of Pendleton County records; I would bet the historical society would know her, even if they've forgotten her at the Hall of Records. If you find any better references, please advise. Good luck, Laurie -----Original Message----- From: LHPope@aol.com <LHPope@aol.com> To: WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, March 24, 2000 8:07 PM Subject: Morton & other sources >Thanks for the information on Morton's other books. Where can the book by >Harter be found? The errors we've seen are in our family line. He says "This >family perhaps descended from Michael Cowger who located 900 acres on the >Shenandoah river in 1753." There is a patent [Virginia Land Grants, >http://image.vtls.com//collections/LO.html] for Apr 24, 1753 Patent No 32, >1752-56, p.70 Jacob Coggar 930 acres in Augusta Co on South side of Shanadoah >River. No Michael. The Library of Virginia has been a great site for land >grants for the counties prior to becoming part of WV. Is there a title for >Tucker's book and when was it published? > >To quote from the Introduction of Pendleton County, WV Past and Present: "Our >objective: to publish an accurate and factual account of the history of >Pendleton County and its people." The 3 photos at the top of the Homes page >are on the family land. George and Hannah built the middle home but it was >enlarged later. > >Chalkleys 3 volumes on Scotch-Irish Settlement can also be found on the >Rootsweb site. It isn't limited to that settlement but gives court records, >etc. for Augusta Co., the forerunner of Pendleton. > >Sandra