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1832. Democratic . . Andrew Jackson 654
Anti-Mason . . William Wirt 583
1836. Whig ..... William H. Harrison . 1,169
Democratic . . Martin Van Buren 692
1840. Whig . . William H. Harrison ,953
Democratic . . Martin Van Buren . 1,209
1844. Whig . . Henry Clay . 2,200
Democratic . . James K. Polk . 1,443
Liberty . James G. Birney 80
1848. Whig .
. Zachary Taylor 2,410
Democratic . . Lewis Cass . 1,544
Free Soil . . . Martin Van Buren 204
1852. Whig . Winfield Scott 2,387
Democratic . . Franklin Pierce . 1,827
Free Dem. . . John P. Hale 142
1856. Republican . . John C. Fremont 3,612
Democratic . . James Buchanan 1,762 American . . . Millard Fillmore 263
1860 Republican . . Abraham Lincoln 3,910 Democrat. . . John C. Breckinridge . 1,347
Cons't Union . John Bell 22
Ind. Dem. . . Stephen A. Douglas
1864. Republican . . Abraham Lincoln 4,320
Democratic . . George B. McClellan . 2,179
1868 Republican . . Ulysses S. Grant . 4,809
Democratic . . Horatio Seymour . 2,223
1872. Republican . . Ulysses S. Grant . 4,386 Dem. & Lib. . Horace Greeley . 1,266
Democratic . . Charles O'Connor
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Temperance. . James Black
1876. Republican . . Rutherford B. Hayes 4,934
Democratic . . Samuel J. Tilden . 2,248
Greenback . . Peter Cooper . 3
Prohibition . . Green C. Smith . 42
1880. Republican . . James A. Garfield . 4,617 Democratic . . Winfield S. Hancock 2,119 Greenback . . James B. Weaver
1,488 Prohibition . . Neal Dow
1884. Republican . . James G. Blaine 4,607 Democratic . . Grover Cleveland . 1,979 Greenback . . Benjamin F. Butler 1,186 Prohibition . . John P. St. John 385
1888. Republican . . Benjamin Harrison 5,084
Democratic . . Grover Cleveland . 2,231
Greenback . . Alson J. Streeter 483 Prohibition Clinton B. Fisk 294
The vote of Indiana for 1824 includes the vote of Jefferson county, which was attached to Indiana at that time in judicial and political matters.
Census Statistics .- Population of Indiana county at each decade from 1810 to 1890, in- clusive, as given in the United States census reports :
1810, 6,214. 1840, 20,782. 1870, 36,178.
1820, 8,882. 1850, 27,170. 1880, 40,526.
1830, 14,252. 1860, 33,687. 1890, 42,100.
Colored population from 1810 to 1890 :
1810, 41. 1840, 155. 1870, 186.
1820, 61. 1850, 254. 1880, 227.
1830, 97. 1860, 186. 1890,
By the Census of 1880, the following places were reported having the population given :
Advance, 34; Bells Mills, 79 ; Black Lick, 237; Brownstown, 243; Centreville, 169; Colfax, 75; Cookport, 192; Covode, 85; Creekside, 50; Davidsville, 49; Dixonville, 93; Elder's Ridge, 37; Georgeville, 104; Gettysburg, 161 ; Greenville, 196 ; Locust Lane, 51; New Washington, 38 ; N. Blairsville, 100; O'Hara, 135 ; Pine Flats, 115 ; Plumville, 191; Richmond, 93; Smethport, 48; Taylorsville, 106; Uniontown, 49; West Lebanon, 150; and Willet, 50.
By the census of 1820 there were in Indiana county 3 carding machines, 277 looms, 1,239 spinning wheels, 3 fulling-mills, 6 hat- teries, producing 2,400 hats; 1 salt works, making 600 bushels of salt; 18 blacksmith- shops, doing $9,000 worth of business ; 27 dis- tilleries, making 18,000 gallons of liquor ; 16 wh eat-mills, grinding 48,000 bushels of wheat ; 17 saw-mills, cutting 985,000 feet of lumber ; 2,715 horses and 5,995 neat cattle. There was also 20,400 gallons of maple molasses made.
By the census reports of 1880 Indiana county had 4,438 farms, containing 457,095 acres. There were in the county 12,066 horses, 14,118 milch cows, 20,218 other cattle, 61,732 sheep and 31,465 swine.
In 1879 the following amounts of grain were raised from the number of acres given :
Grain. Acres.
Barley, 23
Bushels. 362
Rye,
9,262
77,166
Buckwheat, 9,035
109,159
Oats, 31,269
775,383
Corn,
29,146
914,695
Wheat,
31,358
309,752
There were 37,266 acres of meadow, yielding 321,143 tons of hay and 15 acres in tobacco, with a yield of 10,181 pounds of that article.
In 1880 Indiana county had 279 manufact- uring establishments, with an invested capital of $890,000 and in which over 700 hands were employed.
While numbers are not the progress measure of county life, yet their rapid increase indexes every great stride in the development of a county's material resources ; and their marked decrease chronicles every great drain by emigra- tion.
The census table to a certain extent is a numerical chart-an arithmetical map-where progress and decay can be partly traced in the swelling and the ebbing of the tide of numbers.
Let us see what the census tells us of the story
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of Indiana county life : It shows a steady increase of population at the end of every decade despite the drain by emigration to the west. In the three decades from 1820 to 1850, the remark- able increase of population tells the story of the influence of the Pennsylvania canal on the county. From 1850 to 1870, notwithstanding the check of business by the war, yet an increased growth is traced in the railroads built in and through the county. The slowly increas- ing population from 1870 to 1880 and nearly up to 1890, is traceable to the railroads while the wonderful growth of the county during 1889 will be fully illustrated in the census of 1900 when it will give, as other coke counties have given, a wonderful increase of population in Indiana county as the result of her coke and other industries.
The following table gives the population of the boroughs and townships of Indiana county, as recorded in the last two census reports :
Borough and Township.
1880.
1890.
Armagh .
123
170
Armstrong .
1340
1195
Black Lick .
924
798
Banks .
919
1485
Blairsville
1162
3113
Brush* Valley
1365
1179
Buffington .
819
644
Burrell .
1770
1415
Canoe
1217
1245
Centre .
1265
1277
Cherry Hill
2243
1974
Cherry Tree
380
364
Conemaugh .
1346
1530
East Mahoning
1160
1085
East Wheatfield .
937
775
Grant
1318
1351
Green
2606
2401
Homer City
381
513
Indiana .
1907
1971
Jacksonville .
114
133
Marion
398
381
Mechanicsburg .
226
198
Montgomery .
1211
1079
North Mahoning
1317
1251
Pine.
1189
1003
Rayne
1958
1924
Saltsburg
855
1114
Shelocta .
121
86
Smicksburg
221
299
South Mahoning .
4369
1343
Washington
1668
1589
West Indiana .
1077
1631
West Mahoning . 1170
1055
West Wheatfield
. 1359
1699
White .
. 1716
1612
Young
1376
1238
Total
40527 42100
Senators of Pennsylvania House of Represen- tatives .- 1803 to 1815, James Brady ; 1815 to 1819, John Reed ; 1819 to 1822, Henry Alls- house ; 1822 to 1825, Robert Orr, Jr .; 1823 to 1830, Eben S. Kelly; 1830 to 1835, Robert Mechling; 1834 to 1838, Meek Kelly; 1839, Findley Patterson; 1841 to 1844, William . Bigler, of Clearfield; 1847, William F. Jolin- ston; 1850, Augustus Drum; 1851 to 1853, C. Myers; 1854 to 1856, Samuel S. Jamison ; 1863, Harry White; 1864 to 1865, Thomas St. Clair; 1866 to 1874, Harry White; 1877_to 1879, Thomas St. Clair; 1885 to 1888, George W. Hood.
Members of the Assembly .- 1803, James Mc- Comb; 1808, James Sloan; 1809, James Mc- Comb; 1815, David Reed; 1816, James M. Kelly and Joshua Lewis; 1818, James M. Kelly and Samuel Houston; 1819, Robert Orr, Jr., and Samuel Houston; 1820, Robert Orr, Jr., and Robert Mitchell; 1822, John Taylor and Robert Mitchell; 1823, John Taylor and Joseph Rankin; 1825, David Lawson and Joseph Rankin; 1826, David Lawson and Thomas Johnson; 1827, David Lawson and Joseph Rankin; 1828, Robert Mitchell and Joseph Rankin; 1829, David Lawson and Joseph Rankin ; 1830, Robert Mitchell; 1831, William Houston; 1833, James M. Stewart; 1834, William Banks; 1836, James Taylor, . 1838, William McCaran, Jr .; 1839, Allen N. Work; 1840, John Cummins; 1842, John Mc- Ewen; 1844, Jolin McFarland; 1846, William
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C. Mcknight; 1848, William Evans; 1852. Alexander McConnell; 1856, R. B. Moor- head; 1858, John Bruce; 1859, A. W. Tay- lor; 1861, James Alexander; 1862, Richard Graham; 1863, J. W. Houston; 1865, George E. Smith; 1867, W. C. Gordon, A. W. Kim- mell; 1868, W. C. Gordon ; 1868, R. H. Mc- Cormick; 1869, D. M. Marshall; 1871, Thomas McMullin, H. K. Sloan; 1872, Thomas McMullin; 1873, Daniel Ramey ; 1875, A. W. Kimmell, J. K. Thompson ; 1877, A. H. Fulton, Jacob Creps ; 1878, A. H. Ful- ton, Jacob Creps; 1879, A. H. Fulton, John Hill; 1881, William C. Brown and
; 1883, John Lowry and ; 1885,
John P. Elkins and ; 1887, S. J. Craighead and John P. Elkins; 1889, N. Seanor and J. W. Morrow.
Associate Judges from 1806 to 1875 .- 1806, James Smith, Charles Campbell ; 1818, Joshua Lewis (succeeded Smith); 1828, John Taylor ; 1829, Andrew Brown; 1830, Samuel Moorhead, Jr .; 1836, Robert Mitchell, M.D .; 1842, Meek Kelly, James McKennon; 1843, John Cun- ningham; 1845, Fergus Cannon ; 1846, Joseph Thompson; 1849, James M. Stewart, M.D .; 1851 to 1856, Peter Ditts, Sr .; 1851 to 1861, Isaac M. Watt; 1856 to 1866, John K. Thomp- son, M.D .; 1861 to 1866, Peter Sutton; 1866 to 1871, T. B. Allison ; 1866 to 1871, Joseph Campbell; 1871 to 1876, Peter Ditts, Jr .; 1871 to February, 1874, James S. Nesbit (re- signed); February, 1874, to January 1st, 1875, William Irwin.
District Attorneys .- Edmund Page, 1850 to 1853; Henry B. Woods, 1856 to 1859; John Lowry, 1862; Daniel S. Porter, 1865 to 1868; William R. Allison, 1871; Samuel Cunning- ham, 1874; M. C. Watson, 1877; M. C. Wat- son, 1877 to 1884; S. M. Jack, 1884 to 1890; John Leech, 1890.
The Indiana Register in 1859 gave the fol- lowing list of attorneys of the Indiana county bar from 1806 to 1859: John B. Alexander,
Samuel S. Harrison, Samuel Massey, Daniel Stennard, Walter Forward, Samuel F. Riddle, James M. Kelley, Henry Baldwin, John John- ston, William H. Breckenridge, Walter M. Denny, Ephraim M. Carpenter, John William- son, Daniel M. Broadhead, Thomas White, Thomas R. Peters, George Canan, George Armstrong, James M. Riddle, Samuel Guthry, Joseph Weighley, Paul Morrow, Alexander W. Foster, Beal Howard, John Maintain, Thomas Blair, A. Lawrence, Charles B. Seely, William M. Kennedy, Jacob M. Wise, Henry Shippen, John Y. Barclay, W. R. Smith, John Reid, R. B. McCabe, Henry G. Herron, George Car- son, John Miles, J. McWilliams, Joseph H. Kuhne, W. F. Boon, George W. Smith, John Frances, Thonias Knox, William Banks, Stew- art Steel, Alexander McCalmont, Michael Dan McGehan, James Hepburn, Thomas Struthers, George Shaw, Charles S. Bradford, Joseph Buf- fington, James H. Devor, Joseph J. Young, H. D. Foster, Benjamin Bartholomew, Robert Brown, Martin Brainard, William M. Watson, Caleb A. Alexander, William B. Conway, Barnwell D. Basford, Joseph B. Musser, Michael Galliher, Richard Arthurs, John Fen- ton, John Brady, Darwin Phelps, Albert Mer- chand, John Meyers, William M. Stewart, Samuel Johnston, John F. Beaver, Thomas Sutton, Alexander W. Taylor, Robert L. John- ston, Michael Hasson, S. Hay, Edgar Cowan, James Nichols, Samuel A. Purviance, Jeremiah M. Burwell, Wilson Riley, Ephraim Buffing- ton, A. L. Hamilton, B. Cornyn, T. C. Mc- Dowel, John Potter, James W. Johnson, Charles H. Heycr, P. C. Shannon, H. P. Laird, G. P. Reed, Alexander W. Taylor, S. F. Cox, Wil- liam A. Campbell, Jackson Boggs, Matthew Taylor, Levi McEllose, Edward Hutchison, L. S. Cantwell, Edmund Paige, John Crisswell, O. H. Brown, T. J. Coffey, John Stanard, Wil- liam Houston, Jr., Richard Coulter, Jr., Joseph Frantz, Samuel H. Tate, Samuel Sherwell, J. Alexander Fulton, David Barclay, John A.
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Willis, Robert Sutton, Edward S. Golden, Samuel Douglass, H. B. Woods, Hugh Weir, Thomas E. Morgan, G. W. Bonnen, Jacob Turney, George M. Reed, William H. Coulter, Charles Wyngard, Phineas M. Jenks, J. K. Coxson, Lewis M. Stewart, Harry White, Mathews Coleman, Joseph M. Thompson, Mar- tin R. Cooley, C. D. Steel, Edward J. Belch, William H. McKee, John Conrod, Alexander Mckinney, Philip S. Noon, Benjamin F. Lucas, James A. Getty, John McClaran, Silas M. Clark, John Campbell, T. J. Mccullough, William Kittell, John T. Crawford, John K. Kalhoun.
Sheriff's .- Thomas McCartney, 1806; Thomas Sutton, 1809; Robert Robinson, 1812; Thomas Sutton, 1815; James Elliott, 1818; Henry Kinter, 1821; Clemence McGara, 1824; James Gordon, 1827; James Taylor, 1830; Joseph Lowry, 1833; James Kier, 1836; William Evans, 1839; David Ralston, 1842; Simeon Truby, 1845; Gawin Sutton, 1848; John Mul- lin, 1851; John Montgomery, 1854; Joseph R. Smith, 1857; A. P. Thompson, 1860; James R. Daugherty, 1863; Jacob Creps, 1866; Hen- derson C. Howard, 1869; James R. Daugherty, 1872; William C. Brown, 1875; Daniel Ans- ley, 1878; M. F. Jamison, 1882; James Mc- Gregor, 1885; D. C. Mack, 1888.
Prothonoturies and Clerks .- James McLain, 1806; John Taylor, 1818; James McCahan, 1821; Alexander Taylor, 1824; William Banks, 1828; R. B. McCabe, 1833; Thomas Laugh- lin, 1836; Fergus Cannon, February, 1839, to December, 1839; Robert Craig, 1839; Alex- ander W. Taylor, 1845; N. B. Loughrey, 1851; John Myers, 1854; J. R. Porter, Jr., 1857; E. P. Hildebrand, 1860; John Lowry, 1866; A. C. Boyle, 1872; W. S. Daugherty, 1882; John A. Scott, 1888.
Registers and Recorders .- James McLain, 1806; John Taylor, 1818; James McCahan, 1821; Alexander Taylor, 1824; William Banks, 1828; R. B. McCabe, 1833; W. Doug-
lass, 1836; Isaac M. Watt, 1839; William McClaren, 1842; William McClaran, 1845; Isaac M. Watt January, 1847, to December, 1847; David Peelor, 1847; John H. Lichte- berger, 1853; A. L. McClusky, 1862; W. R. Black, 1868; David R. Lewis, 1874; B. F. Mccluskey, 1881, who died August 18, 1882, and was succeeded by J. A. Findley ; James McGregor, 1890.
Treasurer .- James McKnight, 1811; Thomas Sutton, 1813; John Taylor, 1815; William Lucas, 1817; William Douglas, 1820; Alex- ander Taylor, 1822; William Trimble, 1824; William Lucas, 1827; Blaney Adair, 1830; James Todd, 1833; I. M. Watt, 1836; W. W. Caldwell, 1839; William Bruce, 1842; W. Douglass, 1843; W. W. Caldwell, 1845; Samuel R. Rankin, 1847; W. W. Caldwell, 1849; James Hood, 1851; Garvin Sutton, 1853; Thomas McCandless, 1855; John Brink, 1857; Charles N. Swoyer, 1859 (elected but died before taking office); William Earl, 1859 (appointed); James Moorhead, 1861; W. H. Coleman, 1863; John A. Stewart, 1865; George W. McHenry, 1867; Noah Lohr, 1869; James M. Sutton, 1871; George H. Johnston, 1873; John Ebey, 1875; John Truby, 1878; John T. Gibson, 1882; T. C. Ramey, 1885; D. A. Luckhart, 1888; G. H. Ogden, 1891.
Surveyors : District, Deputy and County .- The district surveyors whose services extended over that part of Indiana county north of the old purchase line, were: James Hamilton, John Broadhead, James Johnston, James Potter and William P. Brady.
Those serving within the limits of the pur- clase of 1768 were : Joshua Elder, John Moore, Joseph L. Findley, Eonieu Williams, James Ross, Thomas Allison and Alexander Taylor.
Their successors were: John Taylor, 1815, also served as surveyor-general; Robert Young, 1818; Alexander Taylor, Jr., 1819; Meek Kelly, 1821; John Taylor, 1825-1827; Meek Kelley, 1830-33; Robert McGee, 1834; Wil-
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liam Evans, 1836; Robert McGee, 1839; Thompson McCrea, 1850; David Peelor, 1856; William Evans, 1859; Edmund Paige, 1862; Thompson McCrea, 1865-68; Edmund Paige, 1871-79; John R. Caldwell, 1887.
Commissioners .- William Clarke, 1806 and 1807; James Johnson and Alexander McLean, 1806; William Clarke and Alexander McLean, 1808; William Clarke and Rev. John Jamison, 1809; James McKnight, Rev. John Jamison and Robert Robison, 1810; Robert Robison, Joshua Lewis and Rev. John Jamison, 1811; Robert Robison, Joshua Lewis and Joseph Moorhead, 1812; Francis Boals, Joshua Lewis and Joseph Moorhead, 1813; Joseph Moor- head, Francis Boals and Alexander McLain, 1814; Alexander McLain, Francis Boals and Gawin Sutton, 1815; Gawin Sutton, Alexander McLain and Thomas Sharp, 1816; Gawin Sut- ton, Thomas Sharp and John Smith, 1817; Thomas Sharp, John Smith and Thomas Laugh- lin, 1818; Thomas Laughlin, John Smith and Joseph Henderson, 1819; William Clarke, John Smith and Joseph Henderson, 1820; Joseph Henderson, William Clarke and Clem- ence McGara, 1821; Clemence McGara, Stew- art Davis and William Clarke, 1822; Stewart Davis, Clemence McGara and Alexander Patti- son, 1823; Alexander Pattison, Stewart Davis, James Gordon, 1824; James Gordon, William W. Cald well, Alexander Pattison, 1825; James Gordon, James Todd, W. W. Caldwell, 1826; Peter Dilts, W. W. Caldwell, James Todd, 1827; Samuel Trimble, Peter Dilts, James Todd, 1828; Samuel Trimble, Peter Dilts, Archibald Johnson, 1829; Samuel Trimble, Archibald Johnson, Gawin Sutton, 1830; Ga- win Sutton, Archibald Johnson, James Lewis, 1831; Gawin Sutton, William Leard, 1833; James Lewis, Alexander McMullin, 1834; James McComb, William Laird, Alexander McMullin, 1834; James McComb, William Laird, Alexander McMullin, 1835 ; James MaComb, James Lapsley, John Cummins,
1836 ; John Cummins, James Lapsley, Joseph McMasters, 1837; William Smith, John Cum- mins, Joseph McMasters, 1838 ; William Smith, Philip Rice, James Rhea, 1839; John Dick took his seat October 20, in lieu of Smith ; Philip Rice, James Rhea, John Dick, 1841; Charles Campbell took his seat November 2, in lieu of Dick; James Rhea, John Dick, Charles Campbell, 1842 ; Thomas Stewart October 24, in lieu of Rhea; John Dick, Charles Campbell, Thomas Stewart, 1843; John A. Jamison, Oc- tober 23, in lieu of Dick ; Charles Campbell, Thomas Stewart, John A. Jamison, 1844; Alexander T. Moorhead took his seat in lieu of Stewart ; Charles Campbell, John A. Jamison, Alexander T. Moorhead, 1845; Abraham Davis took his seat November 3, in lieu of Campbell ; John T. Jamison, Alexander T. Moorhead, Abraham Davis, 1846; Thomas Walker took his seat November 2, in lieu of Jamison ; Alexander T. Moorhead, Abraham Davis, Thomas Walker, 1847; Jacob Gamble took his seat October 25, in lieu of Moor- head ; Abraham Davis, Thomas Walker, Jacob Gamble, 1848 ; Thomas Gibson took his seat, October 14, in lieu of Davis ; Thomas Walker, Jacob Gamble, Thomas Gibson, 1849 ; John Lytle took his seat October 15, in lieu of Walker ; Jacob Gamble, Thomas Gibson, John Lytle, 1850; John Shields took his seat Octo- ber 21, in lieu of Gamble ; Thomas Gibson, John Lytle, John Shields, 1851; Samuel H. Johnston, November 3, in lieu of Gibson ; John Lytle, John Shields, Samuel H. John- ston, 1852; Robert H. Armstrong, October 25, in lieu of Lytle; John Shields, Samuel H. Johnston, Robert H. Armstrong, 1853 ; Moses T. Work, November 1, in lieu of Shields ; Samuel H. Johnston, Robert H. Armstrong, Moses T. Work, 1854; George Lowman took the place of Johnston ; Robert H. Armstrong, Moses T. Work, George Lowman, 1855 ; Jolin Gourley, October 17, in lieu of Armstrong ; Moses T. Work, George Lowman, John Gour-
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ley, 1856; David Henderson, October 29, in lieu of Work ; George Lowman, John Gour- ley, David Henderson, 1857; Thomas Davis, November 3, in lieu of Lowman ; John Gour- ley, David Henderson, Thomas Davis, 1858 ; A. L. McCloskey, October 25, in lieu of Gour- ley ; David Henderson, Thomas Davis, A. L. Mccluskey, 1859; William Johnston, October 26, in lieu of Henderson ; Thomas Davis, A. L. McCluskey, William Johnston, 1860; Sam- uel Irwin, October 15, in lieu of Davis ; A. L. Mccluskey, William Johnston, Samuel Irwin, 1861 ; Andrew Shields, November 12, in lieu of Mccluskey ; William Johnston, Samuel Ir- win, Andrew Shields, 1862 ; Samuel Irwin, An- drew Shields, S. A. Allison, 1863; Andrew Shields, S. A. Allison, W. C. McCrea, 1864; S. A. Allison, W. C. McCrea, W. G. Stewart, 1865; W.C. McCrea, W. G. Stewart, R. Adams, 1866; W. G. Stewart, R. Adams, G. Shryock, 1867; Robert Adams, George Shryock, Elliott Fer- guson, 1868; George Shryock, Elliott Fer- guson, James T. Vanhorn, 1869; Elliott Fer- guson, James T. Vanhorn, John S. Fleming, ing, 1870; James T. Van Horn, John S. Flem- ing, Jacob Darr, 1871 ; John S. Fleming, Jacob Darr, James M. Work, 1872; Jacob Darr, James M. Work, George W. Boadenhamer, 1873; James M. Work, George W. Boaden- hamer, Samuel G. Miller, 1874; George W. Boadenhamer, Samuel G. Miller, Francis Mabon, 1875; Jeremiah Lomison, Frederick Cameron, Frederick Buterbaugh, 1876-7-8 ; John G. Robinson, A. P. Thompson, William Daugherty, 1879-80; James Johnston, Wm. Mabon, James C. McQuown, 1882; A W. Steele, R. M. McComb, Jeremiah Wakefield, 1885; A. C. Rankin, John G. Cameron, A. H. Braughler, 1891.
The clerks of the board of commissioners from 1804 to 1880 have been: Alexander Johnston, for trustees of the county, 1804; Paul Morrison, for trustees of county, 1805; James Riddle for commissioners, 1806; James Mc-
Knight, 1807; Daniel Stenard and James M. Biddle, 1808 ; Daniel Stenard, 1809-10; James McKnight, 1811; James M. Kelley, 1812-13; John Wilson and James Coulter, 1814; John Wilson and John Taylor, 1815; Gawin Sutton and John Taylor, 1816 ; Daniel Stenard and Stewart Davis, 1817; Stewart Davis, 1820; Robert Young, 1824; Ephraim Carpenter, 1825; Stewart Davis, 1825; William Banks, 1826 ; John Johnston, 1829; William Banks, 1833; Joseph J. Young, 1834; Wil- liam Stewart, I. M. Watt and John Myers, 1838; Robert M. Gibson, 1839 ; A. W. Tay- lor, 1841; Edward Paige, 1848; J. H. Lich- teberger, 1849; George Shryock, 1853; George Shryock, 1862; W. R. Black, 1865; James B. Work, 1870; W. H. Coleman, 1871 ; D. R. Lewis, 1873; J. T. Gibson, 1875 ; J. P. St. Clair, 1879-80.
The coroners from 1806 to 1880 have been : Samuel Young, 1806; Joseph Turner, 1809; William Shields, 1812; James Loughrey, 1815; William Douglas, 1818; Peter Sutton, Jr., 1821 ; James E. Cooper, 1824 ; Samuel George, 1827-30-33 ; Samuel McCartney, 1833-36-39 ; William Henry, 1839 ; John McQuilkin, 1842 ; James Hood, 1845; Samuel Trimble, 1848 ; James McLain, 1851 ; J. W. Mahon, 1854; J. A. Jamison, 1857 ; J. I. Kelly, 1860 ; William Shields, 1863; Joseph Gilbert, 1868 ; John Clawson, 1869; William H. Coleman, 1872; Samuel A. Smith, 1875 ; Irvin McFarland, 1878.
The following is an alphabetical list of the post-offices in Indiana county, with their respective distances from the county-seat, on October 1, 1890 : Advance, 9 miles ; Ambrose, 13 miles ; Angora, 18 miles ; Armagh, 14 miles ; Avanınore, 24 miles; Beringer, 18 miles ; Black Lick Station, 12 miles ; Blairs- ville, 16 miles ; Brady, 14 miles ; Brush Val- ley, 10 miles ; Buffington, 16 miles ; Canoe Ridge, 24 miles; Chambersville, 7 miles ; Clarksburg, 15 miles ; Clyde, 14 miles ; Cook-
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port, 16 miles ; Covode, 23 miles ; Cramer, 16 miles; Creekside, 6 miles ; Crete, 5 miles ; Cush Creek, 23 miles ; Davis, 11 miles ; Deck- er's Point, 14 miles ; Denton. 17 miles; Dill- town, 14 miles; Dixonville, 13 miles; Ebenezer, 13 miles; Elder's Ridge, 16 miles; Flora, 30 miles ; Georgeville, 20 miles ; Gilpin, 8 miles ; Glen Campbell, 24 miles; Grant, 22 miles ; Grip, 18 miles ; Grisemore, 17 miles ; Hamill, 17 miles ; Heslibon, 14 miles ; Hillsdale, 20 miles ; Home, 10 miles ; Homer City, 6 miles ; Horton's, 28 miles; Kent, 9 miles; Kenwood, 13 miles ; Kimmell, 16 miles; Locust Lane, 23 miles ; Loop, 25 miles ; Marchand, 21 miles ; Mitchell's Mills, 13 miles; Nolo, 10 miles ; North Point, 25 miles; North Summit, 35 miles ; Onberg, 6 miles ; Ord, 17 miles ; Parkwood, 10 miles ; Penn Run, 9 miles ; Pine Flats, 14 miles ; Plumville, 14 miles ; Purchase Line, 16 miles ; Rochester Mills, 20 miles ; Saltsburg, 20 miles ; Shelocta, 9 miles ; Smathers, 6 miles ; Smicksburg, 22 miles ; Spruce, 19 miles ; Strongstown, 14 miles ; Suncliff, 8 miles ; Tan- nery, 11 miles ; Tanoma, 9 miles ; Trade City, 21 miles ; Tunnelton, 20 miles ; Two Lick, 4 miles; Utah, 14 miles ; West Lebanon, 14 miles ; Willet, 10 miles.
Population from 1820 to 1840 :
1820.
1830.
1840.
Wheatfield
2,020
2,961
1,664
Armstrong
587
814
1,054
Blairsville
957
990
Black Lick
1,303
1,850
2,028
Brush Valley
937
1,237
1,615
Conemaugh
1,555
2,104
1,441
Greene
1,130
2,321
Indiana
317
433
674
Mahoning.
1,106
1,640
2,890
Montgomery
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787
Saltsburg
335
Washington
1,057
957
1,893
Young
...
......
1,116
The first iron enterprise in Indiana county was " Indiana Forge," which was built on Find- ley run near the Conemaugh river in 1837, by
Henry and John Noble, who also built a small furnace in 1840. To stock his store at Indiana forge, in 1837, John Noble exchanged two hun- dred acres of land, in what is now the heart of Altoona, for forty-five hundred dollars' worth of goods, which he purchased of D. Robinson, of Pleasant Valley. The Altoona land to-day is worthi over two million dollars. In 1843, W. D. and Thomas McKennan purchased Indi- ana forge and furnace, and in 1846 sold the plant to Elias Baker, who erected a new fur- nace and forge, which he operated for several years. In 1846 there were four charcoal fur- naces in the county.
The "Kittanning Trail" was the great Indian highway througlı Indiana county. It came from Frankstown into the county below the purchase line. It passed near the site of Dia- mondville, crossed from Green into Cherry Hill township, ran near Greenville and passed Shaffer's sleeping-place, bore a little to the right of Indiana, then ran through the Charles Campbell and Fergus Moorhead tracts to Curry run, which it followed to Crooked creek, where the "Kiskiminetas Path" left it to run southwest to Chartiers, on the Allegheny . river. The Kittanning Trail left Crooked creek and passed out of the county near the site of Shelocta. The Wenango Patlı left thie Kittanning Trail at the forks on the Caldwell tract, in Green township, and ran north. The Pelioland Trail came north from the Ligonier Valley, in Westmoreland county, and passed near the site of Centreville to Peholand's camp, which was opposite the site of Homer City. It then crossed the Kittanning Trail at Indiana and went northward, passing near the site of Kellysburg, and crossed Mahoning creek to the mouth of Ross run (where an In- dian village stood) on its way to the Indian town of Coughcheating.
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