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From: "Cathy Berger" <>
Subject: Re: [PaOldC] 1790 migration from Chester Co to Westmoreland Co
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:52:17 -0500
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Don't forget all the bounty land!

Cathy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley W. Cowan" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [PaOldC] 1790 migration from Chester Co to Westmoreland Co


> I think more likely it was the end of the Revolutionary War, overcrowding
in
> the East, and the opening of roads to the West. It wasn't just
Westmoreland,
> I think all of the western counties of PA were target areas. Many of my
> Chester County ancestors went to Washington County.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 8:00 AM
> Subject: [PaOldC] 1790 migration from Chester Co to Westmoreland Co
>
>
> > What happened in history that so many families moved west to
Westmoreland
> Co
> > in 1790? Was this the same phenomena of friends and extended family
moving
> > together or were there new land territories available?
> > ML
> >
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