Hi, In the 1810 Pendleton Co. Census which is on-line on WV Gen Web, there is a mention in several places of Crab Bottom. Maybe that will provide some clues. Dick Daly At 11:55 PM 2/27/00 -0500, you wrote: >Based on the posts to this Pendleton County list, I believe that there must >have been in Crab Bottom in a bygone era at least one million people. It >does raise the question: What happened to them? >And another thing: How did an area of Pendleton get taken over by Virginia >as I understand it now is Bluegrass, Va? >dhamrick@neo.rr.com >Dan Hamrick >402 23rd Street NW >Canton OH 44709 >Phone and fax: 330-454-2376 > > > > > >