The Westsylvania pioneers, 1774-1776
By: by Harold Frederic and William C. Frederick III
Contributors: Frederick, William C.
Publisher: Mechling Bookbindery
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Butler, PA
Language: eng
Format: Softcover
Number of pages: 221
Subjects: Pennsylvania -- Genealogy.; Pioneers -- Pennsylvania -- Genealogy.; Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.; Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.; Frontier and pioneer life -- Pennsylvania.; Land settlement -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 18th century.; Migration, Internal -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
Genres: Genealogy.
Description: THE WESTSYLVANIA PIONEERS 1774-1776. 1991 (2005 Reprint) by Harold Frederic & William C. Frederick III. The authors describe how Western Pennsylvania almost became a separate state called Westsylvania through a detail of the people involved in the movement, including a list of 1,991 names of various petitioners appearing in the American Continental Congressional Records. This history explains the Westward movement and how the pioneers came to a crossroads of differences, leading to the Westsylvania Proposal. Includes 1772 list of taxees in what was then Bedford County. Illustrations and maps.
Table of contents: pagenum: 7
label: I
class: section
title: The Westward Movement 1725 - 1776; pagenum: 15
title: The Westsylvania Pioneers
class: part
label: II; pagenum: 32
title: The Westsylvania Proposal
class: part
label: III; pagenum: 42
label: IV
class: part
title: Case Example on Name List Use; pagenum: 48
label: V
class: part
title: Further Recommended Resources; pagenum: 52
label: VI
class: part
title: Three Crawfords Pivotal Figures; pagenum: 101
title: Alpha List of Pioneers
class: part
label: A.; pagenum: 149
title: Original Pioneer List
class: part
label: B.; pagenum: 197
label: C.
class: part
title: Alpha List of Opposers; pagenum: 200
label: D.
class: part
title: Original List of Opposers; pagenum: 203
title: 1772 List of Taxees
class: part
label: E.