Thanks Janet, I will forward this to Inez Foresta in case she is not on this site. Ray ----- Original Message ----- From: <gc-gateway@rootsweb.com> To: <WVPENDLE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2009 10:31 PM Subject: Re: [WVPENDLE] Where did Samuel Day live? > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Author: jisner_1 > Surnames: > Classification: queries > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.westvirginia.counties.pendleton/1781.2/mb.ashx > > Message Board Post: > > Pendleton County was established by an Act passed by the Virginia > Legislature on December 4, 1787. > > A report of the surveyors on the line between Pendleton and Hardy Counties > was presented in March 1789 and reads as follows: "Beginning at three > chestnut oaks, a white oak and chestnut tree on the top of North Mountain, > opposite the north point of Sweedland Hill, and running thence N 51 > degrees W, crossing the South Fork at the point of Sweedland Hill, through > the land and above the dwelling house of Charles Wilson, and crossing > South Mill Creek through the land and above the dwelling house of Charles > Borrer, and crossing North Mill Creek through the land and above the > dwelling of Nicholas Judy, and crossing the South Branch through the land > and below the dwelling house of David Hutson, and crossing the North Fork > through the land and below the dwelling house of Samuel Day; thence > through the Clay Lick a straight course to the top of the Alleghany > Mountain, containing 21 miles in distance." > The report was signed by Moses Hinkle, surveyor of Pendleton, and by John > Foley,assistant to Joseph Nevill, surveyor of Hardy. > > Oren F. Morton's, A History of Pendleton County West Virginia, page 89. > > > Based on the above surveyors report, Samuel Days land was located on the > North Fork at the present day Pendleton/Grant County line (Grant County > was formed from Hardy County in 1866). > > The report states that the county line crossed below Samuel Day's dwelling > house. That would place Samuel's house on the Pendleton County side of the > line. > > Important Note: > The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you > would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link > above and respond on the board. > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WVPENDLE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message