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From: Patricia Row <>
Subject: Re: [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 09:12:14 -0400

Tom Robison wrote:

> Thanks to those who responded to my question about the connections between
> Crawford Co. and PA. 'Tis an interesting situation.
>
> Sandi wrote:
> >Are Pennsylvanians who chose Crawford Co a particular religion, did they
> >move in groups. My line Michael Cook was b. ca 1820 in Pennsylvania and
> >was in Crawford Co by 1841 when he married.
>
> My Robisons who moved to Crawford from Perry Co. PA were Presbyterian, but
> I'm not sure that had anything to do with their move. As far as I know,
> they did not move in large groups, but I could be wrong.
>
> I've often wondered if it was, simply, flatter land, thus better for
> farming, than what they had in PA. There are precious few level spots in
> central PA now, you can imagine what it was like 150 years ago.
>
> Tom
>
> Tom Robison
>
>
> Never argue with an idiot;
> he'll drag you down to his level,
> and then beat you with experience.

Hello, My family were quite a mix; Quakers, Presbyterians and Methodists
were among them.They seemed to sort that all out by 1850 and their offspring
seemed to choose their own churches once they were married. Many of them did
travel in groups-especially those with families of young children. My Kerrs
and Arbuckles, who emigrated from Juniata(Lack Twp.)and Franklin counties in
PA to Knox Co.,OH came in mass with their Hill in-laws and then bought
property adjacent to one another in Clay Twp.,Knox, OH. These people all ended
up in Marion/Crawford Counties, OH. as early as 1828. Men often went ahead and
looked things over and the families followed. It would have been much too
dangerous for a family to come unaided There were still unfriendly Indians and
the terraine was difficult. On the Knox Co. genweb, Maggie, of maggie's
skeleton closet has posted some of the history on what it was like to travel
into the Ohio Valley and the routes that were taken. Patricia Burke Row

This thread:

• [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection by Tom Robison <>
  • Re: [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection by Patricia Row <>
  • Re: [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection by "Jodie" <>
  • Re: [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection by Art & Sandi Wilson <>
  • Re: [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection by Tom Robison <>

  • Re: [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection by Patricia Row <>

  • Re: [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection by "Norm Steffen" <>
  • Re: [OHCRAWFO] The Crawford Co./PA connection by "Kathleen Woodside Freiburg" <>