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From: "William McKinney" <>
Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Augusta Co., VA
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:51:53 -0400
References: <200310081158.AA217448870@mail.fea.net>


Linda,

Haven't talked to you in awhile.

Noticed your e-mail mentioning a McComis line through Virginia.

My g-g-g-g-grandmother was Elizabeth McComis who was married to Edward West.
According to one history book they traveled from Loudoun County, Va., and
settled in Fallowfield Twp., Washington County, Pa.

I have photos of their burial ground and a reproduction of the church for
which they gave land still stands, being taken care of by another church
which holds sunrise services there periodically. It's beautiful, rural
country.

Of course, at the time of their move, that was still part of Virginia. Their
land in Washington County was called the Old Election Grounds.

Don't know if any of this helps your McComis client, but I have more.
Unfortunately, I've never been able to firmly link either Elizabeth or
Edward to parents, even though I have dates of birth for both.

Some things come hard, but I don't have to tell any genealogist that.

Regards,
Bill McKinney
Erie, Pa.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Merle" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Sc-Ir] Augusta Co., VA


> Augusta Co, VA should interest most of us as huge
> crowds of SI went through there. Esp since at one
> time it was a massive area including a few
> states.
>
> For one of my clients we were tracing his
> McCamish/McCamus/McComis/McAmis (etc etc)
> ancestors through VA. I think there is a rule that
> the county name has to change at least 3 times.
> ARRRRGGG. His were in Frederick/Bedford/Campbell
> Co before the Rev. War. Other pods moved into
> areas in Augusta Co after the War. Hard to tell
> if they are collateral lines of the original
> group (from PA) or what. At least one pod in the
> New River valley apparently were North Carolina
> refugees -- who descended from a family in
> Maryland.
>
> There's a fair amount on these various people in
> our archives. I put whatever I do learn into them
> by posting to the list. I encourage others to
> do so too so we can find it.
>
> The other sense I got on doing this work is of
> how precarious life was in the 1700's. Due to the
> complexity I was reading a lot of county histories
> trying to sort out what got settled after the
> Revolution (eliminating anyone there as direct
> ancestors of my client) and what before. Some
> areas were settled twice but the first wave,
> in the 1740s were wiped out by the Indians in
> the French and Indian War. Many retreated north
> up to PA as that was easier going then over the
> mountains to the lowlands of Virginia.
>
> Farmer sounds as terrible to research as my
> Mason ancestors. ARRRRG.
>
> Linda Merle
>
>
>


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