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Early migratory trails in PA
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When replying to another list today I found these maps. Those who were in
Northumberland / Schuylkill Co who migrated to Jefferson and Clarion and Venango etc. the route on the map is Pink Purple Red and Blue into Southern Jefferson and Clarion. Part of this was Portage trail after they went down the Juniata river. The green line above this trail is the Susq river trail past Grampion etc to headwarters and portage over thru some of Clearfield Co to Jefferson. This is where the second wave would have gone in the 1840's and after. The lower one is where many Mennonites went to Bedford area and settled. Those of Clinton and Lycoming Cos would have use the Susq river trail west and they reflect intermarriages between those East of the N. Susq region with those who move from Jersey Shore area into Ohl area of Jefferson. These were largely Lutheran and Methodist. Just some ideas reflected in my tree. ,+pennsylvania+migratory+routes <,+pennsylvania+migratory+routes&rlz=1C1 CHZL_enUS733US733&sxsrf=ACYBGNQRsDy2dLgloZg7g5ClHe6h1W2D7g:1581100303704&tbm =isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=BxTw-1Q6azDJ5M%253A%252CaNDcYpnqt82blM%252C_&vet= 1&usg=AI4_-kTWH2Pi-P93MlyjCrRlHx0V7jlC-Q&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNiNPPicDnAhWliOAKH a5-CagQ9QEwAHoECAoQBQ#imgdii=8wycy7kFirVddM:&imgrc=BxTw-1Q6azDJ5M:&vet=1> &rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS733US733&sxsrf=ACYBGNQRsDy2dLgloZg7g5ClHe6h1W2D7g:158110030 3704&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=BxTw-1Q6azDJ5M%253A%252CaNDcYpnqt82blM%25 2C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTWH2Pi-P93MlyjCrRlHx0V7jlC-Q&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjNiNPPicDnA hWliOAKHa5-CagQ9QEwAHoECAoQBQ#imgdii=8wycy7kFirVddM:&imgrc=BxTw-1Q6azDJ5M:&v et=1 Connie |
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There is one trail that is hard to find information.? It ran from the mouth of the Beaver river at the Ohio, north along the Beaver to to the Mahoning river, and then following that river into Ohio.? It was called the Mahoning Trail or Path.? It was an ancient trail that had existed for centuries by the time the European moved into the area.
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My interest in the trail was fostered by an inconsistency on an ancestors tombstone.?? The inscription on his stone reads "Born Mahoning Co Pennsylvania." The inconsistency is obvious? in that there is, nor ever was a county in Pennsylvania called Mahoning Co. From deeds and his grandfather's will I know he was born on a farm that was less that a half mile from the Beaver River, on the southern line of North Beaver Twp.?? Knowing the location where he was born and about the Old trail,? I believe his inscription should read "Born on the Mahoning trail Commonwealth of Pennsylvania." In 1826 the area he was born was in Beaver county, and by the time he died it was Lawrence county so it was actually a more specific location that a county reference. Has anyone else found a situation like this with one of their ancestors? On 2/7/2020 2:37 PM, Connie Oberholser wrote:
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No.? This is tied up pretty tight.
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In 1801, The Grandfather John Miller purchased 200 acres of land that had been deeded to a Revolutionary War Vet in 1787.? The original warrant and survey map of the warrant are available in Pennsylvania records. In the 1801 deed, when Grandfather John purchase the 200 acres and again in the the 1840 deed for Son Michael;s inheritance,? the 1787 land grant is referenced. Overlaying the map of the original land grant on a map of the same area in Google Earth, you can see the original 200 acres in the hedge rows that surrounded the original farm.? All physical features like the river, and distances match in the two maps.? There is also a cemetery, known to have been on the farm, that is located approximately in the middle of the original 200 acres In the Grandfather John 's will written 1823 and submitted to the court in 1826, Grandfather John states that his Son Michael is living on the half the farm that is to be his inheritance.? Confirming son Michael was living on the farm when Ancestor Alva was born in 1826. Son Michael and family, and the family of the son who inherited the other half of the farm, are living on the farm in the 1850 census.? In the 1860 both families of the sons who inherited the farm are still living on the original farm There are over a half dozen deeds involving the transfer of the inheritances that further confirm the location.? There are also deeds from the family of the other inheriting son as the original farm passed out of the family. 20 years ago when I started researching my family family, I avoided this family as Miller is a very common name.? Now it is probably one of my best document family in this time period. Northwest Ordinance: " Religion , morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged " approved by US CONGRESS July 13,1787 of which 41 member helped write the Constitution which was approved September 17, 1787 On 2/7/2020 7:09 PM, Ann Trimmer wrote:
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While there is a Miller family that lived in New Castle / Mahoning twp, I have not been able to connect them to my Millers, in North Beaver Twp about 2 miles north of Wampum Pa.
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It is interesting that my contact to both families start with a deed, my John Miller's in 1801 and the New Castle/Mahoning Twp John Miller's in 1805 Northwest Ordinance: " Religion , morality and knowledge, being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged " approved by US CONGRESS July 13,1787 of which 41 member helped write the Constitution which was approved September 17, 1787 On 2/8/2020 6:16 AM, Ann Trimmer wrote:
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