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From: Connie Beachy <>
Subject: Re: [MDALLEGA-L] Williams Road
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:53:40 -0500
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Sharon,
Hilary Willison, in his booklet, Pioneer Settlers of Flintstone, says that
Williams Road was named after a man named Williams. Cool, huh.
Well going up over Warrior Mtn from the old part of William's Road is "William's
Hollow", connecting at the top with the William Hamilton Farm. Now William was
known as a ladie's man and with 26 kids at home he may have spent many a night
looking for the ladies elsewhere, and blazed this hollow and road .
And the road blazed over the Indian Trail would have been the National Pike.
Connie

Sharon Banzhoff wrote:

> Does anyone on the list ever remember any mention of Williams' being in
> Allegany Co. arorund 1761-1778?? Several years ago, I corresponded with a
> gentleman whose gr-gr? grandmother was married to a Williams and they were
> in the area of 15-Mile Creek at that time. They then moved on to Washington
> Co. PA > Brooke Co., VA> Coshocton, OH> Adams Co., OH> to Claremont Co., OH.
>
> His (how many ever greats) grandmother remarried a Greene after the Williams
> had died. The family lore indicates her first husband followed an Indian
> path and helped put a road through the area.
>
> Sounds like we may be talking about Williams Road here.......does anyone
> know when this road got its name or after whom?? I don't have any of the
> earlier Allegany Co. books. The gentleman just got a computer and has made
> contact with me to ask if I remembered him and had I learned anything about
> VERY early Williams'. I told him if anyone would know, the list might.
>
> Sharon B.
>
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