Cumberland County, PA is on the Susquehanna River and nowhere near
either the Wyoming Valley of PA or the Cumberland Valley of KY-TN. My
response of a week ago pointing this out was short-stopped by a system
censor and never sent out. I lived there and know. Alas...
Stephen Quickel
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Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 10:33 AM
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Subject: Re: Cumberland County, NY
Thanks again to all who responded.
The bottom line (at this point) is that with some other information that
I
was able to find, it appears that my ancestor lived near Wyoming in what
is
now PA.
The key here is the phrase "what is now"!
The boundaries c. 1770 were pretty nebulous, and in addition, PA
counties
have gone through the same sort of metamorphoses as their New York
counterparts. A little contradictory info is to be expected, I guess!
As far as I can discern so far, Cumberland County, PA was once the same
sort
of monster as Tryon County and did encompass the Wyoming area.
Again, many thanks for all the input....now all I have to do is see if I
can
hook up with a similar group that has the same level of expertise and
interest in that area of PA.
All the best,
Tim Frank
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Subject: Re: Cumberland County, NY
Isn't it more likely that the NY part is wrong! Doesn't the Susquehanna
River run through the Cumberland Gap down south??
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From: Tim Frank [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:06 PM
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Subject: Re: Cumberland County, NY
Thanks you all for your responses to my query re: Cumberland County NY.
Is there any way that some one could have lived in Cumberland County,
and
on the Susquehanna simultaneously? i.e. This ancestor supposedly lived
in
Cumberland County , Susquehanna, New York Province.
Or is this just completely inconsistent?
Tim Frank
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Walter Greenspan
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:53 PM
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Subject: Cumberland County, NY
On 5/28/02 (5:19:45 PM EDT), an eMail from Lester Hendrix
([log in to unmask]) was posted, as:
"New York also had Tryon and Charlotte counties, from 1772 to 1784. The
last
counties formed by the colonial government, they were named for
then-governor
Tryon and Charlotte, queen consort to George. After the revolution they
were
renamed for patriot generals Mongtomery (Tryon) and Washington
(Charlotte)
and were chopped up into smaller counties. Tryon, seated at Johnstown,
encompassed all of western New York excepting the Indian lands and
Charlotte
all of north eastern New York, some of which was transferred to Vermont.
So
the count is 68 for the time span given."
Thank you. However, I don't think a change in names truly represents a
new
or different county. Hence, my count was (and remains) that New York
State
since November 1, 1683, has had 66 counties. (I show the name changes
in
the
footnotes to the table I included in my previous eMail oif May 21 on
this
subject.)
Walter Greenspan
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