What's New on this Korns.org history website for 2012-2014

The Rebecca Margaret (Korns) Witt Family (posted August 2014)
Click here to see Merikay Mestad's update to Neil Carter's information on the Rebecca (Korns) Witt family.

Identifying the location of Christopher Gist's cabin (3394KB PDF, posted April 2013)
Gist's cabin location

Susanna Bauscher's brother Henry is buried at New Centerville, PA (posted January 2013)
See the last paragraph on this page

New Turkey Foot Road articles (posted January 2013)
The most recent research on the military origins of the Turkey Foot Road is described in a 20 page article in Volume LII Number 2 (2012) of the Casselman Chronicle. Copies of the issue are available from the Springs Historical Society for $6.00. The most recent research on the route of the Turkey Foot Road across Fayette County is summarized on the website of the Bullskin Township Historical Society. People who have an interest in performing additional research on the route across Fayette County should contact L. Dietle at the e-mail address listed on the home page.

Descendants of Johann Adam Dietel of 19th Century Somerset County, Pennsylvania (posted December 2012)
1996 book on Dietle/Deitle genealogy

William Korns, son of Michael Korn, Sr. (posted September 2012)
Photo of seven children of William Korns

The Mull house (posted September 2012)
The Mull House was used by the Mull (sometimes called Bridegum) congregation before a church structure was built.

Wellersburg Lutheran and Reformed Church (posted July 2012)
Click here to read an article about the Wellersburg Lutheran and Reformed Church from the 1918 book "History of the Alleghany Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Pennsylvania".

Wellersburg & Jennings Run Railroad (posted July 2012)
Click here to read an article about the Wellersburg & Jennings Run Railroad from the 1854 "American Railroad Journal".

Korns & Lepley related deeds (posted July 2012)