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- Dear Gordon,
Earlier this week I was in Bedford, PA (named for the Duke of Bedford)on my
first genealogy field trip. During the French & Indian War, Bedford(then
Fort Bedford) was a key supply post linked via the Forbes Road (nowU.S. 30,
the Lincoln Highway) to York and Lancaster to the east and helping inthe
attack on Fort Duquesne (now Pittsburgh) to the west.
I was lured there by some colonial censuses which showed:
Philip Drolinger in the 1790 U.S. Census in Bedford County, PA(showing 2
adult males, 2 boys and 3 females).
Hans Michael Drolinger shown in Philadelphia in 1743.
Gabriel Drollinger in Mannington Township, Salem County, New Jersey in1779.
Henry Drollinger in Orange County, NC in 1779.
What I found at the Bedford County Historical Society was:
No Philip on the 1789 tax lists.
Philip is listed on the 1791 tax list, the 1792 list was not there,and on
the tax list dated February, 1973, Philip is shown as having leftsometime in
the previous year.
The specifics are:
1791, PA, Bedford County, Cumberland Valley Township —
Phillip Trolinger is listed as having 1 horse and 2 cows; his landlordowns
300 acres.
Michael Drolinger is taxed as a Single Freeman.
1793, PA, Bedford County, Cumberland Valley Township —
Phillip Trollinger is X-ed out as having moved.
His landlord is also X-ed out.
Michael Trollinger, a Single Freeman, is X-ed out as having moved.
And,
The Pennsylvania Census for 1780 shows
Jacob Trollinger in Cumberland County, East Pennsboro Township
Gabriel Trollinger in Cumberland County, East Pennsboro Township
I didn't find Daniel there or any Elizabeth Worley, so there'sobviously more
field work to be done.
Bob Soli
Possibly ended up in Ohio with brothers Philipp and Daniel.
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