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From: Donna Bruner <>
Subject: From Fayette Co PA to the Pacific Ocean]
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 09:01:38 -0500


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Subject: From Fayette Co PA to the Pacific Ocean
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All names below were from Fayette Co PA in 1800 census - mostly from
page 591 of the census.

These names (among many others) appear from time to time along with
BRUNERs in their westward movement (circa1780-1850 from Fayette to
Jefferson Co KY[1780-1790], then Hardin/Breckenridge Co KY[1790-1818];
then Orange[1818]/Lawrence[1820-30]/Daviess[1830-40]/Martin[1840] Cos
IN; then central IL including Dewitt[1840] and Knox[1840] Co IL); (or
circa 1840 from Fayette to
Tuscarawas[1850]/Defiance[1855+]/Harrison[1860] Co OH; to Tama Co
IA[1855-1880]; to Hancock Co IN[1885]). I am not related to all these
folks, but I think many listers will find their kin in the counties
addressed above, so I am sending this to a wide audience.

>From the 1800 Census in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, index, transcribed
by Donna Clark,
ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/pa/fayette/census/1800/index1.txt:

pg0591.txt Springhill Township
598 19 MARQUIS Abr'm pg0591.txt
586 8 BENESS Christian pg0586.txt Others,
628 8 BRUNER Peter pg0628.txt
591 11 BRUNOR Steven pg0591.txt,
592 2 BROOKS Aron pg0591.txt
594 8 DRAGOE Fredrick pg0591.txt
594 5 DRAGOE Peter pg0591.txt
594 21 FRANKS Abraham pg0591.txt
19 11 GALLENTINE John pg0610.txt
595 8 GALLETIN Albert pg0591.txt
596 7 HAMBELTON George pg0591.txt
95 25 HILES Christopher pg0591.txt
501 24 HILES Conrad pg0500.txt
507 17 KEEPERS John pg0500.txt
25 19 LAMB George pg0521.txt
587 18 LAMB George pg0586.txt
599 14 NICHOLLS William pg0591.txt
584 12 NICHOLS Allis pg0575.txt
599 12 NICHOLSON James W. pg0591.txt
601 9 SWERINGAM Catherin pg0591.txt
601 10 SWERINGAM Steel pg0591.txt
601 2 SWINDLAR Sam'l pg0591.txt

Other early Fayette settlers, not on page 591 of the 1800 census in
Fayette Co PA, who periodically appear in close association/ or at least
in same townships or counties, include: LYONS, SPENCER, BECKENBACH
(PECKINPAUGH), ACHENBACH (AUGHINBAUGH), SPANGLER, SPRING(K)LE, HICKMAN,
STOCKTON, HITE (HITT/HYDE), EASTER, WALTER, EICHER, RESLER, RIDENOUR,
GALLENTINE, SENEFF, SHALLENBERGER, KEEPERS, PURVIANCE, DAVIS. ARMS,
WOOLEY, REDMAN, and MEADOR - I don't recall these as being early Fayette
settlers, but they appear circa 1800-1830 in Kentucky and or southern
Indiana in the communities with many of these others.

Another whole group of names appears to have moved from Fayette Co
(probably Redstone Fort) to north central Kentucky (east of Louisville
into Nicholas, Fleming, Mercer, Bourbon, Jessamine Cos KY ), circa
1780-1810. These folk then moved north into east-central Indiana circa
1820-1850 (Clark, Scott, Shelby, Johnson Co, IN and local environs),
before moving westward. These include Glenn, Wishard, Ferguson, Smith,
Martin and some Dutch names - Brewer, Banta, Vories/Vorhies, Van Arsdal,
as well as Bruners from Somerset Co, Pennsylvania who are unrelated to
those who moved to Breckenridge Co KY (or so it appears to me).

Before 1850, many of these people show up in Missouri. From Missouri,
after 1850 (post-gold rush), they just scatter everywhere - from Texas
to Minnesota. And to the Pacific Ocean.

I don't know whether this'll be of any use to anyone, but it seems a
waste to not mention it. I actually just intended to send the Marquis
name to a researcher, but after looking at the implications of just this
short list of Springhill Township names, I thought otherwise. Good
luck.
RALPH BRUNER
15017 Afton Court
Dumfries, VA 22026
(Born in Illinois, post-war, of Hoosier parents).


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