Tim, I believe the area around Wilkes-Barre was claimed by both PA & Connecticut, and maybe Rhode Island (?). I am harkening back a few decades to a Colonial America class in college. Hope others can give you a better and more specific answer Buck Buchanan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Frank" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:34 PM Subject: Re: Cumberland County, NY > NY could indeed be wrong I suppose. > But Cumberland County, PA is not on the Susquehanna, and the Cumberland Gap > comes up as Tennessee. > The area around Wyoming, PA is also possible. The borders were unclear. > > Does anyone know what state would have claimed the area around Wilkes-Barre, > PA at the time of the revolution? > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Travis, John > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 1:52 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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?? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Frank [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:06 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 > (mailto:[log in to unmask] > > -----Original Message----- > From: A LISTSERV list for discussions pertaining to New York State history. > [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Walter Greenspan > Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2002 5:53 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > 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 >