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But after accepting your jurisdiction, your titles, after paying again and again for the lands they have cleared, after passing a long and dreary pilgrimage, I do protest against their being left unprotected by the state, and the compact made by her remaining unfulfilled.
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APPENDIX D
List of Taxables in Tioga Township, 1796.
Name and Occupation.
Residence.
Valuation.
David Alexander, Innkeeper
Tioga
$1324.00
James Bostick, Miller
Tioga
40.00
Wm. Y. Burroughs.
Hudson, N. Y.
1180.00
Joseph Biles, Surveyor
Tioga
200.00
Andreas Budd
Tioga
144.00
Stephen Badlock
Tioga
210.00
Solomon Beebe, Physician
Tioga
350.00
David Bosworth
Tioga
190.00
Obadiah Brown
Tioga
532.00
George Brown
Tioga
234.00
James Brink
Tioga
74.00
Benjamin Brink
Tioga
364.00
Chester Bingham
Tioga
918.00
James Braffet
Tioga
60.00
Joseph Bennet, Carpenter
Tioga
160.00
Peras Boardwell
Tioga
12.00
Samuel Baker
Tioga
6.00
Elijah Buck
. Chemung, N. Y
18.00
Isaac Collins, Blacksmith
Tioga
25.00
Ezra Caswell
Tioga
12.00
Ambrose Collins
Tioga
85.00
Benjamin Cole, Jr.
Tioga
936.00
Daniel Curtis, Joiner
Tioga
248.00
Isaac Cash, Carpenter
Tioga
738.00
Seeleye Crawford
Tioga
12.00
Benjamin Clark
. Tioga
1410.00
Timothy Calva
Tioga
12.00
William Curry
Tioga
288.00
William Curry, Jr.
.Tioga
60.00
James Curry, Turner
Tioga
60.00
Ananias Conklin
Tioga
60.00
Siba Canfield, Blacksmith
Tioga
90.00
Stephen Cole
Tioga
286.00
Espy Crane, Book-keeper
Tioga
152.00
Israel Cranmer
Tioga
27.00
Jeremiah Cranmer
Tioga
12.00
Benjamin Cole
Tioga
36.00
Jane Curtricht
. Tioga
44.00
Arnold Colt, Esq., Innkeeper
Tioga
280.00
Henry Decker, Shoemaker
Tioga
280.00
Peter Dingman
. Tioga
40.00
Christopher Dutcher, Surveyor
Tioga
100.00
John Deakin
Tioga
402.00
Thomas Ellis
Tioga
12.00
Zephon Flower
Tioga
60.00
Reuben Fuller
Tioga
652.00
Stephen Fuller
Tioga
60.00
John Fuller
Tioga
629.00
Arnold Franklin
Tioga
330.00
John Franklin, Esq.
Tioga
1490.00
William Ferguson
Tioga
388.00
Josiah Green
Tioga
333.00
Eliphalet Gustin
Tioga
484.00
Samuel Gore
.Tioga
1348.00
Obadiah Gore, Esq., Judge
Tioga
3520.00
Avery Gore
Tioga
180.00
Lemuel Gaylord
Tioga
210.00
Joseph Garvis
. Tioga
12.00
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TAX LIST OF 1796
Name and Occupation.
Residence.
Valuation.
Robert Gardner
.Tioga
12.00
James Goble
Tioga
39.00
James Gordon, Joiner
Tioga
232.00
Matthias Hollenback, Merchant
948.00
John Hutchinson
.Tioga
163.00
Elijah Horton
Tioga
490.00
Elijah Horton, Jr
.Tioga
232.00
Isaac Horton
Tioga
182.00
Eli Holcombe
Tioga
928.00
Truman Holcombe
Tioga
36.00
Eli Holcombe, Jr.
Tioga
50.00
Jonathan Harris
Tioga
724.00
Alpheus Harris
Tioga
100.00
Stephen Hopkins, Physician
Tioga
300.00
Samuel Hepburn, Merchant
Tioga
300.00
James Irwin, Merchant
Tioga
1816.00
William Johnson, Shoemaker
Tioga
50.00
John. Jenkins (60 acres) .
Tioga
1138.00
Eldad Kellogg
Tioga
421.00
Josiah Kellogg
Tioga
12.00
Benjamin Luce, Distiller
Tioga
92.00
William Laughry
Tioga
1034.00
Michael Laughry
Tioga
12.00
Wright Loomis
Tioga
3150.00
Augustus Loomis
Tioga
80.00
Samuel Lane
. Tioga
12.00
Josiah Marshall
. Tioga
1100.00
Joseph Mansfield, Distiller
. Tioga
50.00
Nath'l P. Moody
Tioga
22.00
Francis Mes
Tioga
12.00
David Markem
Tioga
40.00
Daniel Minier
Tioga
556.00
Henry Mckinney
Tioga
12.00
Noah Murray
Tioga
984.00
Elisha Matthewson, Innkeeper
Tioga
974.00
Daniel McDuffee
Tioga
1146.00
Samuel McAlhoe
Tioga
100.00
Guy Maxwell
Tioga
10.00
Robert McAlhoe
Tioga
700.00
John Millet, Millwright
Tioga
150.00
Daniel Moore
Tioga
454.00
Johnston Miller, Cabinet-Maker
Tioga
634.00
Cornelius McDaniel
Tioga
104.00
John Newil
Tioga
356.00
John Newil, Jr.
Tioga
98.00
Josiah Newil
Tioga
98.00
Abel Newil
Tioga
330.00
Nehemiah Northrup
Tioga
746.00
Ludlow Owens
Tioga
165.00
Widow Ovenshire
Tioga
12.00
Moses Park
Tioga
12.00
Jeremiah Parker, Carpenter
Tioga
162.00
James Parker
Tioga
62.00
Jesse Phelps, Schoolmaster
Tioga
50.00
Samuel Parker
Tioga
24.00
Ashel Powell
Tioga
12.00
David Paine, Shopkeeper
Tioga
406.00
Thomas Parks
Tioga
444.00
Daniel Roberts
Tioga
50.00
Matthew Rodgers, Distiller
Tioga
20.00
60.00
Joseph Kinney, Esq., Justice.
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APPENDIX D
Name and Occupation.
Residence.
Valuation.
John Reddington, Blacksmith
Tioga
100.00
David Riggs
Tioga
256.00
David Ross
Tioga
12.00
Jonathan Ransom
Tioga
62.00
Samuel Swift
Tioga
1754.00
William Spalding
Tioga
570.00
John Spalding (Barn, Mills, Distillery)
Tioga
2068.00
Simon Spalding
Tioga
888.00
Joseph Spalding
Tioga
662.00
John Spalding. Jr.
Tioga
286.00
Michael Stoffelbeam
Tioga
74.00
Peter Snyder
Tioga
607.00
Jeremiah Shaw
Tioga
1026.00
Jonas Smith
Tioga
828.00
Gideon Salisbury, Shoemaker
. Tioga
100.00
Joseph Salisbury
.Tioga
100.00
Adrial Simons
Tioga
1178.00
Jedidiah Shaw
Tioga
812.00
Bolina Snow
Tioga
12.00
Lockwood Smith
.Tioga
757.00
Joseph Smith
. Tioga
670.00
Ira Stephens
Tioga
100.00
John Shepard (2320 as., Sawmill, Gristmill, Tavern, &c.)
.Tioga
5630.00
Elisha Satterlee
Tioga
1366.00
Benedict Satterlee
Tioga
107.00
Elias Satterlee, Shoemaker
Tioga
100.00
George Snell
Tioga
800.00
Peter Stevens
.Tioga
12.00
John Swain
Tioga
100.00
William Tuttle
Tioga
166.00
Josiah Tuttle
Tioga
62.00
Schureman Travis
Tioga
12.00
Levi Thayer
Tioga
124.00
Solomon Tracy
Tioga
1868.00
Julius Touzier (Tozer ?)
Tioga
104.00
Joseph Tyler
Tioga
480.00
Absalom Travis
Tioga
75.00
Sylvanus Travis
Tioga
489.00
Joshua VanFleet
Tioga
50.00
Leonard Westbrook
Tioga
382.00
Cherick Westbrook
Tioga
192.00
James Ward
Tioga
12.00
Morris Wilcox
Tioga
12.00
Ephraim Wright
Tioga
183.00
William Wvnkoop
. Chemung, N. Y.
360.00
William Wilson
Tioga
18.00
John Wilson
Tioga
60.00
Abel Yarington
Tioga
10.00
Ichabod Blackman
Tioga
592.00
Negro Chintz
Tioga
336.00
(Summary of Tax List, 1796.)
Number of Resident Taxables, 163 ; non-resident, 6; Total.
169
Acres occupied on Seated Lands
2138
Acres of Unseated Lands
22231
Horses, above 4 years
102
Horned Cattle, do
373
Total Assessed Valuation
$71789.
.
JOSEPH KINNEY, Assessor.
(Only nine "Houses and lots of ground" are assessed in the foregoing com- plete list for the year 1796; the reason for this is not suggested.)
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APPENDIX E.
Tioga Point Tax List, 1808.
Lodwick Green
Moses Park
John Griffin
Asahel Pratons
William Hamilton
Anna Prentice
Henry Hamin
Julia Prentice
Joseph Hamin
John Reddington
Henry Harmon
Levi Rice
Alpheus Harris
Israel Rickey
Jonathan Harris
Nathan Roberts
Samuel Harris
Saul Roberts
Chester Bingham David Bosworth
Moses Hatfield
Horatio Ross
David Bosworth Jr
Stephen Hopkins
William Ross
Joseph Broughton
Reuben Horton
John Saltmarsh
John Brown
Samuel Horton
Daniel Satterlee
John Brown (2)
John Hubly
Elisha Satterlee
Elijah Buck
Benoni Hulet
Nathaniel Satterlee
Henry Burnham
James Jacklin
Samuel Satterlee
Benjamin Burt
Isaac Jones
Benjamin Seeley
Ezekiel Campbell
Solomon Johnson
Lewis Seeley
Joel Campbell
Solomon Judson
Samuel Seeley
Joel Campbell Jr
Richard Lamphire
John Shepard
Jonathan Campbell
Samuel Lamphire
John Shipley
Nathaniel Can:pbell
Elnathan Loomis
Francis Smith
Samuel Campbell
Theodore Loomis
John Smith
William Carner
Wright Loomis
Mrs. Francis Sneckenberger
Eliphalet Clark
Daniel McDuffee
Abraham Snell
Nathaniel Clapp
Neal McDuffee
Abraham Snell Jr
Simonson Clapp
Rebecca Mckinney
Daniel Snell
Howard Comfort
Robert McElhoe
Henry Snell
Thomas Conner
Samuel McLowrey (2)
Mrs Margaret Snell
William Conner
Isaac Marsaless
John Snell
Samuel Connet
John Marsaless
Howard Spalding
Benjamin Cook Adam Crans
Albert Mead
Joseph Spalding
Andrew Crans Philip Crans
Eleazer Merrill Jr
Nathaniel Squires
Henry Decker
Solomon Merrill
Nathaniel Squires Jr
Jeremiah Decker
Elias Middaugh
Chester Stephens
Jacob Dent William Dent
Daniel Moore
Job Stiles
Elijah Depue
Elijah Moore
William Stewart John Swain
Jacob Dewitt
Jesse Moore
Elnathan Ellis
John Moore
Benjamin Taylor
Daniel Elwell Nicholas Euston James Farlan
Johnston Moore
Julius Tozer
Joseph Farlan
Joseph Moore
Absalom Travis
Barnard Farran
William Moore
Joseph Tyce Joseph Tyler
John Franklin Isaac Fuller
Abner Murray
Stephen Tuttle
Samuel Naglee
Daniel Vancamp
Samuel Gaylord William Gere
Abijah Northrop
George Walker Elisha Wiber
Alpheus Gillett Luther Gilmore Russell Goff
Daniel Orcut John Osgood
Henry Wilson Jonathan Wilson
Oliver Grant
Clement Paine
David Paine
Joseph Wing John Wolcott
Daniel Park
Daniel Park 2d
Thomas Wilson William Wilson
Billa Graves John Greaves Samuel Gree
Enoch Paine
Benjamin Wyncoop
Zephon Flower
Isaac Morley
John Squires Jr
John Miller
Mrs Sybil Stephens
John Moore Jr
William Tharp
Jonathan Moore
Daniel Thurston
Nehemiah Northrop
Thomas Osgood
Daniel Abbott George Adams David Alexander Oliver Arnold John Atwood
Stephen Bates James Bidlack Samuel Bennett John Bensley
Joseph Harris
David Ross
Elizabeth Mathewson
John Spalding
Daniel Mead
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APPENDIX F
LIST OF REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS.
As no full list of Revolutionary soldiers of this locality has ever been incorporated in printed histories, we have made an effort to com- pile one. Tioga Chapter, D. A. R., has furnished such as were known to them, and among Mr. Craft's notes is a list of all known to have lived in Bradford County. Clement Paine acted as agent for the pensioners, and among his papers was found a letter dated January, 1827, in reply to an application made for "Solomon Taladay and Silas Tyler." With the latter name we are unfamiliar ; the first is that of the father of Arletta Talada Northrup, a resident of Athens in 1908.
Company, regiment and length of service are given where known; also place of burial and date of birth and death. Doubtless this list may be imperfect according to family records. Considerable data has been taken from early pension lists; it was many years before any pensions were granted, and at first only granted to those who had be- longed to certain organizations, or were needy. Large numbers died before all were pensioned who bore an honorable part in the struggle. An effort was made in 1871, through the Athens Gleaner, to collect the names of all those who had lived in the county, from which we have also gleaned. It has proved impossible to obtain a complete list of soldiers of War of 1812, although it is a recorded fact that "the Tozer Company" was entirely recruited in this vicinity.
+ Pensioned under Act of 1818. # Pensioned under Act of 1832.
OLD BURYING GROUND, ATHENS.
Jonathan Conkling. Samuel Hulett.
+Elisha Matthewson, 1757-1805. ¿ Archelaus Temple.
Joseph Spalding, 1735-1842, Sergt., Col. Douglas' Regt., Conn.
¿Solomon Talada, 1758-1839, private, 5th Regt., N. Y.
TIOGA POINT CEMETERY.
¿Elisha Satterlee, 1760-1826, private, Capt. Simon Spalding's Co., Wyoming Volunteers.
#Julius Tozer, 1764-1852, Capt. Simeon Allyn's Co., 9th Regt., Conn. Militia.
THE REST CEMETERY, SAYRE.
Dr. Amos Prentice, 1748-1805, Surgeon, according to Prentice Genealogy. John Shepard, 1765-1837, Ensign, Capt. Van Dusen's Co., Conn. Guards.
STATE LINE OR PARK BURYING GROUND.
¿Thomas Park, 1749-1819, Corporal, Col. Willis' Regt., Conn.
+Silas Wolcott, 1755-1834, private, Col. Saul's Regt., 13th Penna. Line.
FRANKLIN BURYING GROUND.
John Franklin, 1749-1831, Ensign in train band, 24th Conn. Regt., 1776; Captain 10th Penna., 1778; Captain Wyoming Militia, 1780. Recorded in Penna. Archives, Second Series, Vol. XIV, p. 335.
+Zephon Flower, 1765-1855, private, Capt. Edgard's Co., Col. Sheldon's 2nd Regt., Light Dragoons, Continental Troops, Conn.
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REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS
GREENE'S LANDING BURYING GROUND.
William Watkins, 1st., Sixteen day enlistment, Lexington Alarm; 2nd, private, Capt. T. Knowlton's Co., 3rd Regt., Gen. Putnam's Continentals.
EAST WAVERLY CEMETERY.
William Knapp, 1765-1846, private in New York Regt. (Saratoga Co.)
ELLISTOWN CEMETERY.
John Hanna, 1751-1845, private in three Penna. Companies, under Captains Potter, Williams and Nelson.
John Hyatt, 1761-1853, no record of service given.
Luke Saunders, supposed to have enlisted in Rhode Island.
MILAN CEMETERY.
#Joseph Smith, served in Penna. Regt., pensioner of 1832. Lockwood Smith, service known only from family records.
ULSTER CEMETERY.
#Christopher Simonton. Adrial Simons, no record of service given. Benjamin Clark, Corporal. Capts. Durkee and Spalding, 1st Independent Co., Wyoming ; served seven years.
Abram Parmeter, enlisted 1776; in battles of Stillwater and Saratoga.
SPRINGFIELD CEMETERIES.
Noah Murray, 1736-1811, enlisted April, 1775, Litchfield County, Conn., Col. Hinman's Regt .: re-enlisted 1777. Sergeant, Capt. E. Hill's Co., Col. H. Swift's 7th Battalion, Conn. ; Germantown, Valley Forge, Monmouth, White Plains.
#Oliver Gates.
¿Benjamin MacAfee, 1760-1844, three enlistments from Sussex Co., N. J., under Capt. Ross, Col. Crow's Regt .; Capt. David Dunham ; Capt. Freeman. Eleven or twelve more, names and records not certain.
EAST TROY CEMETERY.
Nathaniel Allen, 1761-1839, 1st Regt., Suffolk County, Militia Minute Men.
CANTON CEMETERY.
Samuel Griffin, Fifer, Capt. Clark's Co., 1st Conn. Regt., 1776, served until surrender at Yorktown.
CEMETERY ABOVE CHEMUNG.
Israel Parshall, Sr., 2nd Lieutenant, 3rd Co., 2nd Battalion, Northumberland Associators, commissioned January, 1776, under Col. J. Potter.
+Thomas Keeney, private, Capt. Bissell's Co., Col. Pitkin, Conn. Troops, Hart- ford, Conn .; pensioned for three years' actual service.
¿Alpheus Gillette. ¿ Job Stiles. Records unknown.
SHESHEQUIN CEMETERIES.
Sheshequin has the largest quota of soldiers' graves, including all the cemeteries in the vicinity.
+Christopher Avery, 1769-1830, enlisted 1781, private, Capt. Williams' Co., Col. Webb's Regt., Conn. Line.
Samuel Bartlett, 1746-1810, Captain in General Ethan Allen's Brigade.
Ichabod Blackman, 1762-1798, company not recorded; in skirmish at Exeter, July 1, 1778.
ĮBenjamin Brink, 1763-1845, private, Capt. H. Shoemaker's Co., Col. Chambers' Regt., Penna.
+Timothy Culver, 1741-1829, Sergeant, three enlistments, Regts., Col. Wooster, Col. Elmore, Col. Welles.
+Jabez Fish, 1741-1814, private, Capt. J. Bidlack's Co., Wyoming Militia.
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John Christian Forbes, 1760-1853, impressed by British sailors; deserted and espoused American cause ; enlisted from Delaware.
/Stephen Fuller, 1731-1813, Captain 1st Co., 24th Regt., Conn. Militia.
+Obadiah Gore, 1744-1821, private, Col. Isaac Nichol's Regt., Orange County, N. Y., six years service ; commissioned 1st Lieut. by John Hancock October, 1776, and by John Jay, 1779.
#Samuel Gore, 1761-1834, private, Capt. Aholiab Buck's Co., Wyoming Militia, 1777-1781.
Elijah Horton, 1739-1821, private, Capt. Fox's Co., Col. Henley's Regt., Con- tinental Troops, N. Y.
#Joseph Kinney, 1755-1841, enlisted twice from Plainfield, Conn., wounded in battle of Long Island.
Nehemiah Northrup, 1761-1842, service not known.
*Jared Norton, 1757-1842, service not known.
Jeremiah Shaw, 1730-1815, service not known.
Samuel Shores, said to be buried in Post Cemetery ; record unknown.
#John Spalding, 1764-1828, Fifer in his father's company ; on Sullivan's Expedition. Simon Spalding, 1742-1814, 2nd Lieut., Capt. S. Ransom's Co., August, 1776; commissioned 1st Lieut. January, 1777; Capt. June, 1778, of two Inde- pendent Wyoming Companies ; sent to relief of Wyoming.
*John C. Van Cise, 1756-1849, enlisted at Scoharie, N. Y .; served seven years ; in battles of Bunker Hill, Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth and Yorktown.
ĮMoses Woodburn, 1764-1836, enlisted four times; private, Capt. Rathbone's Co .;
private, Capt. Douglass' Co., Col. Starr's Regt .; marine, U. S. Brig Lafay- ette ; marine, U. S. Brig Randolph; one of Major André's guards.
EAST SMITHFIELD CEMETERY.
¿Cromwell Child, +David Forrest, Samuel Kellogg, Nathaniel P. Moody, ¿Ebenezer Pease, tJared Phelps, James Satterlee, +Samuel Wood; records not furnished by secretary.
INDEX
"The labour and the patience, the judgment and the penetration, which are required to make a good index, is only known to those who have gone through this most painful but least praised part of a publication."-Oldys.
"But, laborious as it is, I think it indispensably necessary to manifest the treasures of any multifarious collection, facilitate the knowledge to those who seek it, and invite them to make application thereof."-Justin Winsor.
ABORIGINES of the upper Susquehanna before the coming of the white man, 20
Academy, proposed building mention- ed by Clement Paine, 345
Academy, Athens, history of, 548-555 Academy, used for church as well as school purposes, 554
Act of Limitations, 450; repealed, 596 Adjustment of titles, 400-431
Aganuschian, see Aquanuskion
Alexander, David, 329; deed describ- ing property, 330
Algonquins, 21, 25, 27, 71
Allen, Ethan, General, visits Wyoming and Athens, April 1786, to assist in erection of new state, 274 ; appointed on committee for granting town- ships, 280; original proprietor of Athens, 300; unable to effect pro- ject, 283; revisits Wyoming, May 1787 (according to Miner), 286
Allen, Ezra P., Doctor. 572
Allen, Lathrop M., 517
Allen, Fayette, 517
Alligewi, first inhabitants of the East, 23; expulsion by Delaware and Iro- quois, 23
Along the Old Stage Road-A Sum- mary of the settlers, early and later, 575-585
Andastes, 26, 43-51; called Minquas by the Dutch, 31; origin, name, loca- tion, towns. 43; Ragueneau's men- tion of in 1648, 45; Champlain's mention of, 45; wars, 46-50; Huron embassy to them, 47; mortal quarrel with Mohawks, 47; long able to re- sist Iroquois, 48; extermination, 49- 51; possibly same as Onontiogas, 49; Conestogas supposed to be rem- nant of Andastes, 49; Mohawks be- come friendly 1675, 49; letter of Sir Edmund Andros concerning them, 49-50; supposed allusion to them by Brant, 50
Anderson, John, the "honest Quaker trader," doubtless first white settler in Bradford County 1765, 115
Annals of Early Athens, 481-518 Appendix A, and explanatory note, 591
Aquanuschioni, tribal name for Iro- quois, 22
Aquanuskion, 21
Archæological research about Tioga Point. 195-209; village sites, 196- 197; burial sites, 196, 197-198, 206- 207; camp sites, 196-198, 205-206 ; in- vestigations of Harrison Wright, 200, 201; investigations of Messrs. Murray and Ercanbrack, 201, 203, 205, 207; investigations of Percy L. Lang, with map sketched by him, 196, 197; potteries and flint factor- ies, 208-209; pottery, pipes, totems and gorgets plentiful at Tioga Point, 199, 205, 207; some unusual orna- ments, rattles, etc., 201
Ark, first to run river, 1797, 348; fur- ther mention, 521
Athens, 3; different names for, 4; borough of, 4; Connecticut grant of, 4; change of name, 4; protest against, 5; Pennsylvanians' name for, 4; township of, established, 6; division of, 6; application to court to establish name, 4; incorporated as a borough, 4; size of original town- ship, 6; size of present township, 6 Athens, settlement decided on by that name, outlines fixed and application made to commissioners. 274: town- ship granted to John Franklin and William Jenkins, agents, 275; sur- veyed by Col. Jno. Jenkins, 275; re- corded in Susquehanna Company's book of deeds, 277; description of divisions for allotment, 278-279 ; map made by Zephon Flower from Jenk- ins' original notes and surveys, 278 ; : vicinity filling up with half-share settlers, 283; rejected by Commis- sioner Cooper, 412; rejected by Leg- islature, 428; settlers apply under Old Ulster, 412, 429
Athens Borough, incorporated, 4
Athens, Lower, a true flood plain, 15 Athens has a boom, 1840-50, 498; praised by Bradford Porter, 503 ; de- scribed by Sherman Day, the histor- ian, in 1843, 512; described in U. S. Gazetteer, 512
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INDEX
Athens Gazette, edited by "Brick" Pomeroy, 573
Athens Scribe and Advocate of New York and Pennsylvania Improve- ments, first town paper, 498, 573; extracts from, 503-508
Attawanderons, general name for southern Indians, 25
Avery, Judge Charles, historian of Susquehanna valley, 126, 169, 514
BACKUS, EBENEZER, 321, 481
Baird, Henry C., 565, 566
Baker, Judge Caleb, discovers big horn in 1788, 17
Baldwin, Waterman, 190, 239, 305
Baldwin, Thomas, 190, 191
Banner, Democratic, presented £ to
Athens in 1844, 511
Banking system introduced, corre- spondence concerning application to Athens, 444
Baptist Church, 559-560
Bartram, John, the botanist, at Tea- oga 1743, 72; Observations, 212
Bedford and Ulster rejected by com- missioners, 412
Bedford and Ulster Act passed, work of Henry Welles, 428; commission- ers appointed to execute, 428 ; Athens having been struck out, settlers ap- ply under first grant of Ulster, 428, 430, 431; sharp practice tried on commissioners, 430 ; conflicting Pennsylvania titles made use of, 431; no certificate questioned, all Connecticut claims settled except Elisha Matthewson's, 431; addition- al information, 610; discussion of H. Welles' action as to proviso, 614; right of certificate of Henry Welles and Mrs. Mathewson discussed, 615 Biles, Joseph, deputy surveyor of Sus- quehanna Company. 230
Bill No. 471, constitutionality dis- cussed, 616-621
Bingham, Chester, 333; note 4, 400
Bingham, William, 254, 257 Bingham Lands, 257
Bishop Asbury, consecrated by John Wesley, visits "old Tioga circuit" 1807, 556
Block, Adrian, earliest map maker in- cluding this region, 29; his figurative map, 29, 30; builds the yacht Onrest, 30; explorations, 30 Blood, John and Samuel, 518
Boats, primitive, 521 Boats, built, 521
Bonaparte, Joseph, 218
Bonaparte, Madam, visits Athens, 218
Bond of indemnity given by Henry Welles to Mrs. Mathewson, and re- ceipt, 602
Bond of George and Henry Welles to Thomas Overton, 599
Boundary Line of New York and Pennsylvania established, 259-261 Braddock's defeat, effect of, 77
Bradford County erected, first called Morris. then Ontario, 394-395 Bradford County, early political his- tory, as gleaned from letters and old newspapers, 453-8; Federalists and Democrats, 453-4; newspaper war violent, 454-7; efforts to remove C. F. Welles from office successful, 457; Welles-Matthewson controversy made a party issue. 455, 459 ; another heated campaign in 1825, 466; spir- ited campaign of 1826, 470; Welles and Mathewson wage
newspaper war, 470-1; Samuel McKean active, 454-7; wavers in loyalty to friends, 457; libel suit, 458
Bradford Gasette, started as Demo- cratic organ, Burr Ridgway editor, S. McKean, C. F. Welles and other politicians backers, 454; called by Franks "Chronicle of Slightness," 455; C. F. Welles wields a vigorous and trenchant pen. 456; Henry Welles publishes card addressed to owners of Washingtonian, 457; changed to Bradford Settler, 458
Brant, Joseph, often in council at Tioga Point, 123, 143
Breckenridge, Judge, opinion on In- trusion Law, 407
"Brick" Pomeroy and his spicy Athens Gasette, 573-574
Briggs, William, builder of famous Exchange Hotel, 488
Bristol, James A., 577
Brodhead, T. R., historian of note, 29, 30 ; his discoveries at The Hague, 30; letter to Pioneer Festival, 515 Bronze insignia from a grave in Tioga Point, 67-68
Brooks, Thomas I., 491
Brulé, Étienne, Champlain's account of, 33-36; Sulte's account of, note, 36; biography written by Butterfield, 33; visits Carantouan (on Spanish Hill), 35; explores Susquehanna to the sea, 36; first white man after "the three Dutchmen" to visit Tioga Point and Bradford County, 35
Bryant, Prince, builds first mills on Cayuta Creek in 1787, 331; not or- iginal applicant for Athens, 277 Budd, Andreas, first cabin on Point, 240; location, 240
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Burial sites, Indian, 198-207 Burial methods, Indian, 203
"Burying ground," first in locality, 279 Burgess, first of Athens, David Paine, 494
CAMMERHOFF, Moravian Missionary, passes Tioga 1750, 73
Canal system proposed for Pennsyl- vania, and many meetings held, 531; canal convention leads up to pro- vision for system, 532; North Branch canal left to last ; delayed, suspended, work resumed, etc., 533; Junction Canal projected and built, 533-4 ; con- struction defective of North Branch, 534; passenger packets run, 534; first boats of coal, 535; part of sys- tem sold, purchased by citizens, who organized as North Branch Canal Company, 535 ; general information, 536
Canfield. John E., 501
Carantouan and the Carantouannai, 32, 34; its probable identity with Spanish Hill, 35, 43 ; Brulé's expedi- tion to, 36
Carantouannai, same as Andastes, 43, 45
Carner family, 497-8
Carroll. Charles of Carrollton, his connection with Tioga Point, 359; joint interest with H. Welles in Ma- thewson's possessions, 606; their possession valid. 613; Carroll and Welles as Pennsylvania claimants, discussion at length of their rights, 618-21; Carroll vs. Mathewson, eject- ment. 593; alleged discontinuance, 602
Catawba Indians, 72
Caton, Richard, purchaser of } of Tio- ga Point. 353, 354; associated with Ashbel Welles, firm fails, 361; en- thusiastic about navigation of Sus- quehanna, 362 ; mortgages § of Point to Charles Carroll, assigns George Welles' } to Carroll, 361; many ex- planatory letters, 362, 363, 364, 367, 370. 374; at the Point in 1802, 365; at Wilkes-Barré to arrange for sheriff's sale of Tioga Point, 371-2; positive that Tioga Point will be county town or capital of new state, 362-364. 379. 395; instructive letter to Henry Welles in legislature, 448 Caton's interest and its adjustment according to various Acts, 440; he employs Edmund Lockwood as agent. 440; correspondence with Henry Welles concerning recovery from Lockhart, 440, 441; many pro-
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