Posted by John_PA on May 15, 2012 at 05:47:09 from (96.236.165.64):
In Reply to: Farm 'names' posted by DeltaRed on May 14, 2012 at 08:09:26:
I'm not sure if that is a fad.
Our farm was named "GreenCastle" and was titled as such on May 10th 1775. Somewhere I actually have a copy from the archives of the original land patent, bought from William Crawford and Henry Hoagland national land survey which began under George Washington's direction, about 11 miles from here.
The actual site of the original United States land survey, which is the basis for all of the original borders of our current US states was started in this area. George Washington actually owned almost 2700 acres, 3 miles from here, and appointed William Crawford to create the land surveys for this area of Western, PA
Crawford was brutally killed by torture and fire in retaliation for the Gnaddenhutten massacre, on a raid against the upper Ohio tribes near Sandusky Ohio. My great great great great great grandfather was part of one of the militia companies that fought with George Washington. He and his son were also in the War of 1812.
Long story short, I don't think it is a fad to name a farm. It's actually an old tradition. When we were a registered Holstein dairy, we still used the name GreenCastle. It's a 240 year tradition.
june 10th 1787 is when it was filed with the county, as the county did not exist until then, being a part of Westmoreland County, then named after George Washington himself.
This post was edited by John_PA at 05:58:39 05/15/12 2 times.
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