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This was my second trip east of the Mississippi and the first to Md. Was surprised at the number of trees. All those trees with a few glades. Surely the first trails through the area were very important. Which is why I think the answer to some of our brick walls lie in York and Adams Counties, Pa. For instance Ludwig Spies's , (father-in-law to Englebert Hartsock) will was probated in York County. How much time did the Hartsocks spend on the trail before they got to Monocacy? If I remember right, a road was made on or near lot 65 coming from Pa. A supply road. Woodsboro is about 20 miles from Pa.
One old historian wrote about the settlers on the Monocacy fleeing and following the soldiers back to Philladelphia during the French and Indian Wars. Did the Hartsocks leave for awhile and if they did how far back up the trail did they go? We have some of them in Frederick 1748-1750, 1757, 1759, 1761, 1768.
It would be wonderful if someone would write up a narrative on the different Lutheran and Reformed church congregations in the Frederick, Walkersville, Woodsboro, Emmitsburg, and Hanover areas. Anybody game?? There is info out there but someone needs to get it all together.
We stood on Rocky Hill and looked out upon the countryside that Jonathan and Hannah knew so well. There is a very large tree there. Was it a sapling 250 years ago? We visited the Glade Reformed cemetery. All the old family names were present. We visited lot 65 that Peter rented from Lord Baltimore. Pretty neat.
If I had had time I would have read more on court cases. It was here that you could get a flavor of what life was like. It suprised me that so many people drowned in the rivers. Would like to return to the area for more research but think I would like to go to Columbus, Ohio next where the Palatines to America have their headquarters.
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