Barrelville, Allegany County, Maryland (posted Dec. 2009)
Death Rock, and the railroad cut behind it
Archibald Arnold, Allegany County, Maryland (posted Dec. 2009)
Archibald Arnold's will in Durbin's Neglect Patent
Jacob Korn, Allegany County, Maryland (posted Dec. 2009)
Jacob Korn's 1807 Allegany County, MD tract "Millstone Hill" (1845KB PDF)
Somerset County, PA (posted Dec. 2009)
Article on Somerset County, PA from the 1843 "Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania"
Book Accuracy Warning (posted Dec. 2009)
A number of books about Somerset County were hastily published to take advantage of the sudden interest that was caused by the September 11, 2001 crash of United Airlines Flight 93 near Shanksville, and the July 28, 2002 Quecreek mine rescue. In my opinion, some of these books contain striking historical inaccuracies, and for this reason people should not blindly rely upon such books. Please verify information by reference to original sources, before relying upon it.
Deakin's Survey (posted Dec. 2009)
Modern plat map overlaid on northeast corner of the 1787 Veatch map (4336KB PDF)
Isaac & Catherine Harden (posted Dec. 2009)
Early map showing Cumberland MD to Pittsburgh PA area (posted Dec. 2009)
The 1829 Finley-Young map
Deakin's Survey (posted Dec. 2009)
Charles Korns, son of Michael Korn, Sr. (posted Dec. 2009)
Charles Korns in the 1820 Coshocton (later Holmes) County census
Wellersburg Post Offices (posted Nov. 2009)
Wellersburg PA Post Offices
Middleton's 1847 map (posted Nov. 2009)
Click here to see Middleton's 1847 map comparing the routes of the Braddock and National Roads.
Comparing the 1787 Veatch map to an 1874 map (posted Nov. 2009)
Locations of the mile markers on the 1787 Veatch map
Vintage railroad-related photos from Cumberland MD (posted Nov. 2009)
Railroad-related photos from Cumberland MD
Items from Merle Korns' scrapbook (updated Nov. 2009)
Barrelville, Maryland (updated Nov. 2009)
Index to Barrelville pages on this and other websites
Jacob Korn's 1794 land acquisition (posted Nov. 2009)
Click here to see a survey of land surrounding lot 3352 called "Corn's Addition" that Thomas Beall assigned to Jacob Korns in 1794.
Fourteenth Amendment history (posted Nov. 2009)
Click here for a magnificent lesson on Fourteenth Amendment history. This irrefutable Nov. 16, 2009 Supreme Court brief should restore the "privileges and immunities" clause, which reads "No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States". It may also breathe life into Article VI, which states "This Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.".
Viaduct at the Narrows (posted Nov. 2009)
1860 Narrows Viaduct, Cumberland MD
Barrelville General Store (posted Nov. 2009)
The Old Toll Gate general store
1938 branch railroad to Wellersburg (posted Nov. 2009)
Cumberland & Pennsylvania Railroad
Jacob Korns' Maryland property (posted Nov. 2009)
A PDF document was posted in June 2007 that attempted to show the location of Jacob Korn's Deakin's Survey Lot No. 3352. A newly found 1874 document casts some doubt on its conclusions. The PDF has been taken down while the information is being reviewed.
1870's map of area near Barrelville (posted Nov. 2009)
Undocumented Cemetery near Barrelville (posted Oct. 2009)
Porter/Huff Cemetery, Allegany County, MD
Southampton Township maps (posted Oct. 2009)
Index to maps of Southampton Township, PA and nearby Allegany County, MD
Interpretation of 1818 map showing Southampton township area (posted Oct. 2009)
Analysis of the Southampton Township portion of the 1818 Melish-Whiteside map
Isaac Harden Estate Document Scans(posted Oct. 2009)
The George Sturtz Place, near Wellersburg, PA (posted Oct. 2009)
The George Sturtz Place, including Michael Korn's Deakin's Survey lot 3356
Calvin Bittner (posted Oct. 2009)
Calvin Bittner Chevrolet truck title
Jesse Korns, Cumberland, MD (posted Oct. 2009)
Jesse Korns burial vault, Rose Hill Cemetery, Cumberland MD
Cumberland Hose Company (posted Oct. 2009)
1845 Cumberland Hose Company building, Cumberland, Maryland
1835 Southampton Township map (posted Oct. 2009)
1835 map showing a road past Michael Korn's property that ran from Corriganville to Berlin
Isaac Harden materials (posted Oct. 2009)
Isaac Harden of Southampton Township, Somerset County, PA (index)
Uhl Mill photo survey (posted Sept. 2009)
Photo survey of the Uhl Mill site, including race photos
Church Remains along Glencoe Road (posted Sept. 2009)
Remains of Fink's Church along Glencoe road
Somerset County Schools (posted Sept. 2009)
Wellersburg Lutheran Church (posted Sept. 2009)
Wellersburg Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1897, Irene Wilhelm membership certificate
Daniel Korn's 1829 release to Jacob Cook (posted Sept. 2009)
Daniel Korn sells his 1/12 right to Michael Korn's property in 1829, the year before the property was auctioned
The Blubaugh Place; why its called that (posted Sept. 2009)
1880 sale of Cook farm to Simon Blubaugh
Michael Korn's 1817 sale of property in Southampton Township (posted Sept. 2009)
1817 sale of 190 acres from Michael Korn to Jacob Cook
Spruce Bank School (posted Sept. 2009)
Spruce Bank School, near Wellersburg, PA
Michael Korn estate deed (transcript), 1830 (posted Sept. 2009)
transcript, 1830 deed to 1829 Michael Korn estate tracts 1 & 2
1864 petition mentions the Blubaugh place (posted Sept. 2009)
Nov. 14, 1864 petition regarding the estate of Jacob Cook
Mystery rock stacks near a steep gully along the old turnpike/plank road (posted Sept. 2009)
Puzzling rock stacks near Route 160 above Wellersburg
Farm near Wellersburg, PA (posted Sept. 2009)
Dom Farm near Wellersburg, PA
Jacob Korns, son of William, Poweshiek County, Iowa (posted Sept. 2009)
Congregational Church built on the Jacob Korns farm, 1875
Water powered mill & railroad near the fulling mill (posted Sept. 2009)
1800's era Moser Store, Wellersburg, PA (posted Sept. 2009)
Moser Store, Wellersburg, PA
Kennell's Mills Store/Election House (posted Sept. 2009)
Old store located near site of Kennells Mill
Annotated 1939 aerial photo of the area below Wellersburg (posted Sept. 2009)
Click here to see a very large (2530 KB) annotated 1939 aerial photo of the area below Wellersburg. Annotation of this photo was a joint effort between L. Dietle & local area resident Mike Mckenzie. (For best results, use your browser to zoom in and out and pan, or download the photo to your desktop and use photo viewing software with the same features.)
Fire bricks from Wellersburg pump station (posted Sept. 2009)
Pure Oil Co. fire bricks
Updated Kennell's Mill pages (updated Sept. 2009)
Benjamin Knepper (posted Sept. 2009)
Rev. Benjamin Knepper
Hay's mill in Wellersburg (updated Sept. 2009)
The curious case of the missing mill
Wellersburg Pumping Station (updated Sept. 2009)
Wellersburg Pumping Station photo
Wellersburg Coal Company (posted August, 2009)
Wellersburg Coal Company stock certificate, 1855
Wellersburg Railroad Line (updated Sept. 2009)
Wellersburg & Jennings Run Railroad
Fields in Richie Hollow (posted August, 2009)
1939 photo of fields in Richie Hollow
(Helps to substantiate the tradition that Daniel Korns, Jr. lived back there.)
Inclined Plane, Wellersburg PA (updated Sept. 2009)
Wellersburg Inclined Plane & Coal Tipple
1939 aerial photos of Michael Korns, Sr. & Daniel Korn, Sr. properties (updated August, 2009)
Early aerial photos of Danial Korns, Jr. farm (posted August, 2009)
1939 & 1958 aerial photos of Daniel Korns, Jr. Farm
Traditional Daniel Korns, Jr. birthplace (posted August, 2009)
Traditional birthplace of Daniel Korns, Jr.
Korns on 1818 map of Southampton Township (posted July, 2009)
1876 Somerset County maps from Beers Atlas (Updated September, 2009)
Parents of Caroline (Tressler) Korns (posted July, 2009)
J. Tressler & W.A. Geiger farms on 1876 map, with commentary
1841 map of Southampton Township Korns farms found (updated July, 2009)
Daniel Korns, Sr. Coal mine (updated July, 2009)
Daniel Korns, Sr. Coal mine, circa 1841
The John Brinham house (updated August, 2009)
The first brick house in Wellersburg, Pennsylvania
Wellersburg Iron Furnace (updated July, 2009)
Old photo of the circa 1855 Wellersburg iron furnace
Family Colloquialisms (updated August, 2009)
Family Colloquialisms from Somerset County PA
Landwher & Korns cameo envelope, Cumberland, Maryland (posted May 2009)
Landwher & Korns (lumber company) envelope, Cumberland, MD
Amos Judson's 1865 "History of the Eighty-Third Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers" (posted April 2009)
Martha Jane Uhl, daughter of Levi Uhl and Christina Beal (updated April 2009)
Photo of Martha Jane (Uhl) McClelland
Rowena Korns (posted April 2009)
Rowena Korns, daughter of William Henry Korns
J. Roderic Korns (posted April 2009)
Updated J. Roderic Korns page to include his WW-1 draft card.
Obituary of William Lester Korns (posted March 2009)
William Lester "Billy" Korns 1921-2008
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