A Partial Tiny Tafel

Someone wanted to know what family I had in the Southeast, so last night I put together a Tiny Tafel by hand.  My computer program Roots Magic doesn't do that.  It's a very convenient shorthand and I fail to see why it doesn't.  Putting one together by hand is not difficult, but it is very time-consuming.  Not only that, at the end I had to alphabetize it by hand because Excel wouldn't sort it.  After all that work I thought I ought to do something with it, so Blogger willing, here it is:
 

Surname	Earliest	Most Recent	Location
Asbury	1787	1866	VA > Pataskala, OH
Becker/Baker	1747	1960	Germany > Shenandoah Co., VA > Hardy Co., WV > Licking Co., OH > Van Wert Co., OH > Paulding Co., OH > Kalamazoo Co., OH > Dutchess Co., NY
Bee	1707	1798	SC > Charleston, SC
Belson	1638	1717	Nansemond Co., VA
Boner/Bunner	1677	1845	Mannheim, Germany > Augusta Co., VA > Adams Co., OH
Brown (George)	1690	1813	Nottinghamshire, England > Frederick Co., MD > OH
Brown	1743	1857	Westmoreland Co., VA > Caroline Co., VA > Mercer Co., KY
Brown (Johan Wendel)	1701	1790	Mannheim, Germany > Augusta Co., VA
Carr	1600	1698	Middlesex, England > Ann Arundell Co., MD
Carter	1660	1764	Prince George's Co., MD
Choate	1657	1840	Ann Arundel Co., MD > Baltimore, MD > Washington Co. (Watuauga), TN > Cherokee, NC
Clements	1573	1793	Oxford, England > James City, VA > Surry Co., VA > Gloucester Co., VA > Goochland Co., VA
Cooper	1795	1905	KY > Vermillion Co., IN
Daniel	1734	1940	Caroline Co., VA > SC > Mercer Co., KY > Parke Co., IN
Elliott	1672	1693	Essex  Co., VA
Farr/Fair/Furr	1794	1898	TN > Burke Co., NC > Mercer Co., KY > Parke Co., IN > MO
Gatton	1819	1933	OH > Auglaize Co., OH > Paulding Co., OH > Kalamazoo Co., MI
Gerlach/Carlock	1631	1757	Heidelberg, Germany > Augusta Co., VA > Adams Co., OH > IN
Gragg	1690	1848	Scotland > County Antrim, Ireland > Cumberland Co., PA > Albemarle Co., VA > Burke Co., NC > Wayne Co., KY >
Hawkins	1633	1730	Ann Arundel Co., MD > Baltimore, MD
Hayes	1681	1784	Charles co., MD > Prince George's Co., MD
Holmes (Francis)	1693	1875	Boston, MA > Charleston, SC > Wayne Co., KY > Cumberland Co., TN
Hottel	1750	1841	Shenandoah Co., Va
Houchins	1658	1834	London, England > Goochland Co., VA > KY
Hunt	1679	1753	Charles Co., MD
Johnson	1684
LeMaster	1575	1727	Lorraine, France > Brittany > St. Mary's, Jersey, Channel Islands > St. Mary's Co., MD > Prince George's Co., MD
Longacre/Longenacker	1777		Shenandoah Co., Va
Majors	1737	1863	Dorchester, Baltimore, MD > Park Co., TN
Martin	1717	1789	Albemarle Co., VA
Milleson	1635	1877	Scotland > Chester Co., PA > Hampshire Co., WV > Fulton Co., IL > Vermillion Co., IL
Moreland	1682	1866	Charles Co., MD > Pataskala, OH > Putnam Co., OH
Noell	1520	1802	Halewijn, Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium > Sedan, Ardennes, Champagne-Ardenne, France > Zuid, Leiden, Holland > Essex Co., VA
Oliver	1727	1757	Goochland Co., VA
Page	1635	1665	Harrow, England > Essex Co., VA
Peavler	1795	1910	Sullivan Co., TN > Mercer Co., KY
Pollard	1711	1810	Dorchester, Baltimore, MD > Stokes, NC
Pulliam	1732	1800	Hanover Co., Louisa Co, VA > NC
Ridge	1798	1871	VA > Fountain Co., IN
Scott	1533	1765	Kent, England > Isle of Wight Co., VA > Nansemond  Co., VA > Essex Co., VA
Simmons	1658	1769	RI > NC > Charleston, SC
Skeeters	1770	1890	Hardin Co., KY > Parke Co., IN
Snead	1720	1789	Caroline Co., VA
Spaulding	1660	1764	Charles Co., MD > Prince George's Co., MD
Stallion		1802	Hardin Co., KY
Stahring/Starn	1613	1836	Mannheim, Pfalz, Bayern, Germany > German Flats, NY > Cecil Co., MD > Adams Co., OH > IN
Staley			MD
Stevenson	1672	1739	Frederick Co., MD
Tattershall	1610	1747	Charles Co., MD
Turner	1799	1876	Campbell Co., KY > Parke Co., IN
Van der veer/Vandivier	1662	1948	Wemeldinge, Zeeland, The Netherlands >  Flatbush, Kings Co., NY > Monmouth Co., Somerset Co., NJ > Mercer Co., KY > McKinney, TX > Parke Co., IN > Dutchess Co., NY
Wells	1648	1842	Baltimore, MD > Frederick Co., MD > Fairfield Co., OH
Wilkinson	1715	1747	Calvert Co., MD > Charles Co., MD
Wood	1674	1758	Northern Ireland > Augusta Co., VA
Wright	1763		Baltimore, MD

Eye of Shawenon

The historical bond between Columbia County, North Egremont and Prospect Lake

by guest author Gary Leveille

Several of the border towns between Columbia County and Berkshire County have an amazing historical connection. The people who have lived here, and the events that took place here, are of regional and national significance.

For over 35 years author and historian Gary Leveille has been compiling research and collecting information about the amazing connections between neighboring “Yankees and Yorkers.” The historical bond between Egremont/Alford/Mount Washington and Columbia County communities goes back to the mid-1700s

From the very beginning, villages on both sides of the Taghkanick mountain range were part of a controversial land dispute between Massachusetts and New York. For the first time, the author fully uncovers and explores the puzzling land acquisitions by “Dutch” New Yorkers from Mohican Native Americans known as Spoor’s Grant and the Shawenon Purchase.

Few realize that a major Indian trail meandered through the area. Or the interesting role that the Stockbridge Mohicans played in the settlement of this land by Dutch and English. Or that a military road through Berkshire and Columbia brought critical supplies to thousands of troops in the 18th and early 19th century. Or that North Egremont was invaded by British troops in Hillsdale some ten years before the American Revolution!

Colonel Knox marched through here with his artillery train in 1776—changing the course of U.S. history. But which way did he go? From pioneers and explorers to soldiers and statesmen, authors and artists to eccentrics and rogues, inventors and engineers to farmers and shopkeepers, our borderline towns offer an abundance of fascinating characters.  

North Egremont’s beautiful Prospect Lake—the Eye of Shawenon—was practically adopted by generations of Columbia County residents as the place to go for summertime fun! This sparkling jewel is packed with more history per gallon than most other lakes in the Berkshires. Relive the bygone days when picnickers first frolicked here, early Baptist baptisms took place, a gold medal for heroism was awarded, and an unsolved murder took place. 

The events and people of these Columbia/Berkshire border towns have changed the course of history. Look inside and see for yourself.

300 pages. Hundreds of vintage photos, maps and illustrations, ISBN 978-1-4507-8345-

Traces of Our Oldest Ancestors

For some of us, PaleoIndian points are the only traces of our earliest ancestors.

Dr. Jonathan Lothrop is curator of archaeology at the New York State Museum and opened the 11th Annual Algonquin People's Seminar this past Saturday with his presentation. He showed how the location of the points indicate how the Northeast was populated as the glaciers retreated beginning 13,000 B.C.









This video is a brief explanation of the New York PaleoIndian Database Project and its importance.

Artifacts

These are a few artifacts that were found locally. The arrowheads were found in Waterford, New York, stashed along the bank of the Hudson River. Missing is a large intact arrowhead and a broken one made out of the same stone as the center point. The larger one I gave to a special friend.



The round grinding stone on the left was found in upturned dirt at the Waterford point. When the dock at Waterford was redone, there was no archaeological survey done, even though it was well known that Native Americans had lived in the area over 2,000 years and that there probably were Dutch and later Revolutionary War era forts at the point.



Pictured with the grinding stone is an unnaturally triangular stone. There's no evidence of points, but I'd say from the shape it was probably manmade.

According to Jonathan Lothrop, Curator of Archaeology at the New York State Museum,the two point specimens on the left look to be Brewerton side-notched points, made from what looks like Quartz Crystal (an unusual raw material for this point type, usually they're made of chert). The triangular specimen on the right looks like a Brewerton eared-notched or Brewerton eared-triangle point of Quartz -- basically a Brewerton notched point where the blade margins have been resharpened so much that only a small remnant of the original notch is still present. These points probably date to the Late Archaic, more specifically about 5000 years ago (were 3000 B.C.).