Thanks, that was great. We will behave ourselves so that we do not get "called down." I did not know that existed. Will sure use that site again...Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "macbd1" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 12:25 PM Subject: Re: [WVPENDLE] Map > Try clicking on this hyperlink, or copy/paste the entire URL into your > browser window. > http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?z=17&n=4247558&e=642690&s=50&size=l > After the first map appears, click on the 1:25,000 'button' for a closer > look at the Shaws Fork and Ridge area. > > 850 acres would have covered well over a square mile (640 acres) so you can > see that much of the Isaac Johns land must 'not' have been cleared (see the > scale at bottom of map), or it has since grown back, or possibly the Johns > acreage was an elongated area along the creek...or possibly you should move > the map to view further southwest toward the Cowpasture River to find > cleared land along Shaw's Fork. Another thought: People of early times > didn't need a great deal of cleared land to grow a little wheat, flax, maybe > some tobacco, a few fruit trees and a large vegetable garden, leaving the > timber for hunting and for the pigs to forage -- and others who rented, > squatted or were allowed to live on Johns' land didn't need much cleared > land either. Some only needed enough for a garden since they primarily > worked for the land-owner or others, or maybe worked an artisan trade of > some kind for a living. A clearing of 5-10 acres, or even 20 acres, > probably wouldn't be shown on this map. > > I know it would surely be fun to drive our 4WD along that 'road' that > follows Shaws Fork and some of the other creeks and runs -- although a > person just might get 'called down' back in there...dontcha suppose? > > Hope this helps a little. > Still looking for 'any' info for Joseph McDaniel-McDonald along the South > Branch, pre-1768. > Neil McDonald > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Baldwin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:03 PM > Subject: Re: [WVPENDLE] Map > > > > I guess that I have been lucky because all of my husbands ancestors were > > where they said they were. True, that some people died and the lands > > changed hands between the making of the map and the 1850 census. His > > ancestors have held the land since the beginning and still have some of it > > in the family. > > > > What I am looking for in the Pendleton map is the area they called Shaws > > Fork. I am interested in finding the approximate location of the land > owned > > by Isaac Johns. Suppose to have been about 850 acres. It was told to us > > that my husband's gggrandfather lived on the Johns land and that part of > it > > later was taken to make Highland Co. > > > > Have you got any idea where this is? Any help would be appreciated. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Bill Rexroad" <[email protected]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 6:59 PM > > Subject: [WVPENDLE] Map > > > > > > > Susan - > > > > > > Be careful with that old map of Highland County. I tried finding names > > > from that map (made in 1847) on the census of 1850. It didn't check > > > out. > > > > > > Bill Rexroad > > > Hutchinson, Kansas > > > > > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > > > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > > > > > ==== WVPENDLE Mailing List ==== > Genealogy without documentation is mythology! > >