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The French occupied this fort until November 24, 1758, when it evacuated on the approach of the army under General John Forbes.
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SETTLEMENT, AND LAND TITLES.
DEED OF JOHN B. WALLACE TO THE FARMERS AND MECHANICS' BANK OF PHILADELPHIA.
Deed from William Griffith and Abby his wife, of Burlington, New Jersey ; and John B. Wallace and Susan his wife, of Philadelphia-to the Far- mers and Mechanics' Bank of Philadelphia, dated December 1, 1818, Recorded in Book B, Beaver County, pp. 420-1-2-3, for allotments of the Penn- sylvania Population Company, Nos. 62, 63, 65, 67, 68, and 69. Consideration, a competent sum of money. The individual tracts of land are set forth in the appended schedule, as copied below. The names are generally those of persons in Phila- delphia and vicinity ; and are copied to exhibit the practice of the day when the warrants were taken out, in 1792, each warrantee (named) giving to the owners of the warrant his deed-poll of con- veyance.
Number of the Tracts.
WARRANTEES' NAMES. .
Quantity of Acres.
900
John Stille .
. 100
904
William Stiles
.
· 150
901 John Steel .
· 200
902
James Starr
. 200
903
John Steinmetz
. 200
920
John Sproat
. 250
928
Jacob Shreiner
100
930
William Rush
· 200
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SETTLEMENT, AND LAND TITLES.
Number of the Tracts.
WARRANTEES' NAMES.
Quantity of Acres.
937
Joseph Rush
· 280
938
Daniel Rundle
200
939 John Ross, mert.
. 200
998 William Miller
200 .
1003
Charles Massey .
· 60
1004
George Mead, mert.
125
1005 Jonathan Meredith
· 60
973 William Ralston, Esq'r
·
100
974
William Ralston
· 200
975 George Danaghy
· 115
976 James Reed
· 200
983 Kitty Doughty
150 ·
986 Samuel Morris
· 60
989 John M. Nesbit .
· 60
990 John Nancarrow .
. 200
991 Jacob Mitinger
. 200
992 James Muis .
100
943
Gustavus Risberg
. 135
946 Samuel Pleasants
. 150
952
Joseph Pfeffer
. 250
1022
Janey Hunter
·
424
953
John Phile .
. 400
,954 John Phillips
. 400
955 Andrew Pettit
. 200
961 Charle's Pettit
. 200
964
William Poyntell
. 200
965 Derick Peterson .
. 200
949 Doctor John Redman
· 200
950 John Redman
. 300
9.7 Stephen Page
400
058 Poter OZons .
. 150
.
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SETTLEMENT, AND LAND TITLES.
Number of the Tracts.
WARRANTEES' NAMES.
Quantity of Acres.
967
John Olden
100
970
Benjamin Nones .
.
· 200
969
Caleb North
. 300
971
John Nixon, Esq'r
· 200
1011
James McCrea
100
1012
John McCrea
400
1013
Sam Macgaw .
. 250
1018
Christian Marshall
· 240
1021
Sam. McLean
200
1024
Wm. Porter
230
1025
Wm. Preston
. 400
1026
Mary Powell
· 250
1027
Wm. Hunter
400
1028
Henry Knox
400
1023
John Reinagle
. 400
1031 Ann Dunkin
320
1015
Barnabas McShane
200
Acres
12,109
The following names of warrantees (chiefly Philadelphians) are taken from a deed of Mau- rice Wurts and William Wurts, and Ham Jan Huidekoper-to William Meredith (Philadelphia) and John Day (New York), dated August 6, 1833. They were a part of the warrants which had belonged to the Pennsylvania Population Company. The purpose of the deed was to per- fect the title to the lands and land contracts which had belonged to William Griffith, of Burlington,
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SETTLEMENT, AND LAND TITLES.
N. J., in Meredith and Day, as the assignees of Maurice and William Wurts.
Names of Warrantees, viz :-
John Stille.
Robert Patterson.
Jacob Snyder.
William Stiles.
John Steinmitz.
James Stair.
Walter Stewart.
John Souder.
William Sprott.
John Sprott.
William Smith.
Jacob Schreiner.
George Schlosser.
Mary Sawyers.
George Rutter.
John Sparhawk.
John Ross ( Merchant).
Daniel Rundle.
Jonathan Mifflin.
William Miller.
Jacob Miley.
Jonathan Meredith.
William Ralston.
John Mifflin, Esq'r.
Edmund Randolph.
William Ralston, Esq'r.
William Poyntell.
Elliston Perot.
William Rawle.
James Read.
Jacob Morgan.
Kitty Doughty.
Elizabeth Roberdeau.
John Rodgers. Samuel Morris.
James Moore.
Abraham Morrow.
Jolın Nancarrow.
James Muir.
Andrew Porter.
Daniel Richards.
Gustavus Risberg.
Samuel Pleasants.
Joseph Rakestraw. Alexander Wright.
James Reynolds. Zachariah Poulson.
John Phile.
Andrew Pettit.
John Phillips. Joseph Pfeiffer.
George Morton.
Jacob Mytinger. John M. Nesbit.
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SETTLEMENT, AND LAND TITLES.
Charles Pettit.
Doctor John Redman.
James Pearson.
Charles Peale (Limner).
Griffith Owen.
Joseph Nones.
John Olden.
John Nixon. Matthew McConnel (Broker).
Benjamin Nones.
John Nicholson (Gunsmith).
John Martin.
James McCrea.
Joseph McGoffin.
Solomon McNair.
William Porter.
William McPherson.
Mary Powell.
William Preston.
Henry Knox.
John Rhea.
Derick Peterson.
Ann Duncan.
Timothy Sherer. ·
INDEX.
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ACADEMIES, 93, 94, 95, 109, 114-116. ACTIONS, U. S. Courts, 140, 142, 194. ADDRESS, Cornplanter's, 76, 212-220. Agnew's, 167-196. ADLUM, JOHN, surveys, 75, 102, 106, 107. AGENT FOR DONATION LANDS, 43, 52, 196-210.
AGNEW, DANIEL, Address, 167-196.
AGREEMENTS, 58, 71. ALEXANDER, WM., surveyor, 41.
ALLEGHENY RIVER, 13, 15, 17.
State reservation, 18, 73, 79-90, 176. common, 82, 84. Redick's letter, 80, 210. town and out-lots, 81, 84. minor reservations, 81, 87. . sales, 81. court-house, etc., 82, 84. churches, 82, 83, 84. burial-grounds, 82. centre squares, 85. city charter, 87, 88. designation of uses, 82, 87, 88, 89. ALLEN, JAMES, Journal, 20. ALLOUEZ, 3. AMHERST, GENERAL, 7.
APPLICATIONS FOR LANDS REFUSED, 146, 147. APPROPRIATION OF TERRITORY, 17, 22, 32, 102, 103. ATTORNEY-GENERAL v. GRANTEES, 138.
BALDWIN, HENRY, 192, 193. BARNES v. IRVINE, 157. BEACH OF LAKE ERIE, 112.
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INDEX.
BEAVER, KING, 174, 175.
name, 173, 174, 175. Creeks, Big and Little, 15, 173, 174, 207.
State reservations 18, 73, 90-101.
town laid out, 91, 92, 176.
out-lots, 91. sales, 92, 93, 95, 96, 97, 98. academy grant, 93, 94. water-lots, 94. minor reservations, 91, 92, 93.
court-house, etc., 95, 167, 195-189.
academy building, 95. burial ground, 95. Presbyterian church, 98. Methodist church, 99. analogy to Allegheny, 99, 100. county courts, 189, 190.
BINGHAM, WILLIAM, 68.
BOARD OF TREASURY, U. S., 68.
BŒUF, LE, 4, 74, 102-116, 174, 206, 226.
BOQUET, COL., 8, 9, 175.
BOUNDARIES, STATE, 42, 58-65, 66, 69. temporary, Va., 59. 60. Indian purchases, 13, 16, 69, 71.
BRADDOCK, GENL., 6.
BRADING, NATHANIEL, 26, 27.
BREBŒUFF, 3.
BROADHEAD, DANIEL, 120, 121, 221-224. road, 184, 222.
warrant and surveys, 29, 30, 120, 121, 163. BUSHY RUN, 6.
BUTLER, RICH'D, COL .- GENL., 75, 76. commissioner, 44, 70, 215.
CAMPBELL v. GALBRAITH, 155, 156, 157. CANOE FORK, Susquehanna, 15.
CAPITALISTS, purchases by, 120, 121. CARON, LE, 3.
CERTIFICATES, depreciation, 17, 21, prevention, 132, 136, 137, 139. CHAMPLAIN, 3. CHANGES OF CONDITION OF PEOPLE, 170. 171, 172. CHRISTIANITY AND RELIGION, 82, 83, 100, 101.
INDEX. 239
CHURCHES AND BURIAL-GROUNDS, 82, 83, 100, 101. COLOR OF TITLE. 160-165. COMBINATIONS TO ABSORB LANDS, 25. COMMISSIONERS, depreciation, 21. purchase, 71. boundaries, 42, 43, 58, 59, 61, 62, 64. Beaver, 90-101. Erie, etc., 102-116.
. COMMON OF PASTURE, 82, 84. COMPROMISE LAWS, 8, 150, 152. CONEWANGO, 17, 32, 118, 203-205. CONFISCATION OF ESTATES, 20. CONNECTED DRAFTS, 38, 39, 104, 106. CONQUEST, doctrine of, 10, 11. CONTRECŒUR'S expedition, 6. COURTS, Beaver, 189, 190. U. S., 149. State, 145. COXE, TENCH, COM'TH v., 127, 132.
CORNPLANTER, ABEAL, 71, 75, 76, 77. reservation of, 75, 76. character of, 77. monument of, 77. speech of, 71, 212-220. CRAWFORD, COLONEL, 11, 118. CRESAP, MICHAEL AND DANIEL, 9. CROGHAN, GEORGE, 4, 175. CUSCUSKEY, 174, 201, 202, 207.
DEDICATION, not a, 82, 89, 91, 115, 116. of' Beaver court-house, 167-196. DEED, Farmers and Mechanics' Bank, 131, 232. Meredith & Day, 234. DELAWARE INDIANS, 15, 16.
DEPRECIATION LANDS, 17, 19, 22, 31. certificates, 17, 20, 30. division line, 18, 22, 197, 204, 207, 210. districts, 25, 26. surveys, 23, 26, 27. instructions, 23. sales, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29. scale of, 21.
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INDEX.
DE TONTI, 3.
DICKINSON'S, JAMES, LETTER, 44. DISPENSING SETTLEMENT ACT, 154, 155.
DONATION LANDS, 17, 32. division line, 18, 22, 32, 197-210.
districts, 41, 42. surveys, 35, 38, 44.
boundaries, 32, 37. distribution of lots, 33, 34, 39, 44-56.
agent to examine, 43, 52, 196-210.
lots in New York, 48, 53, 54, 55. triangle, 50, 53-55. struck district, 50, 52, 53. drafts, 38, 39. taxation, 33, 56, 57.
DRAFTS, 38, 39, 104, 106.
DUNMORE'S WAR, LORD, 9.
DUPLEX MODE OF TITLE, 119, 178, 179.
DU QUESNE, Fort, 6, 229-231.
ECONOMY, town of, 11, 122. ELLICOTT; ANDREW, 64, 71, 74, 102, 107, 225. ENGLAND, 2, 3, 10. ERIE, Triangle, 66-72.
Presque Isle, 69, 103, 225.
beach of lake, 112. drafts, 68, 102-116. town lots, etc., 102-116. academy, etc., 114-116. improvement of lots, 104, 106, 108, 110, 111, 115. exchange of lots, 110, 111. United States grants, 105, 108, 112. incorporation, 111. EVANS, GRIFFITH, surveyor, 42.
FALLEN TIMBERS. Battle of, 12, 122. FARMERS AND MECHANICS' BANK, 130, 181. Deed, 232. FEIGNED ISSUE, 136. FORBES, JOHN, GEN., Expeditions, 6, 231. FORFEITURE OF WARRANTS, 134-144.
INDEX. 241
FORTS, Du Quesne, or Pitt, 6, 7, 8, 175, 197, 229. Greenville, 12. Harmar, 1, 71. Laurens, 176, 221.
Le Bœuf, 4, 74, 102, 116, 174, 206, 226.
McIntosh, 1, 16, 90, 117, 176, 220-226.
Necessity, 5. Presque Isle, 6, 105, 225. Stanwix, 1, 13, 14, 177. Venango or Machault, 4, 6, 199-209, 238. Washington, 12, 122. 9 FRANCE, 2, 3.
FRANKLIN, 102, 116, 228.
FRENCH CREEK, 200, 206.
FRENCH INFLUENCE, 3, 7, 9.
FRONTENAC, 3.
FRY, COLONEL, 5.
FULKS, WILLIAM, 193, 194.
GENERAL DISPOSITION OF LANDS, 117-166. GIBSON, CHIEF-JUSTICE, 37, 142, 155, 159, 161, 163. GEN. JOHN, 44, 71, 215.
GREAT MEADOWS, battle of, 5.
GREENVILLE, Fort, 12. treaty of, 12, 122, 146, 179.
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM LANDS, 130, 180, 181, 232, 234. GRIMSHAW, WILLIAM, 181.
HAMILTON, killing of, 149, 194. HARMER, COL. GEN., 11, 118, 122, 224.
Fort, 1, 71. treaty at, 1, 71.
HENNEPIN, 3. HISTORY, GENERAL, 1-12. HOLLAND LAND COMPANY, 127, 128, 139.
HOWE, LORD, Occupation Philada., 20. HUIDEKOPER'S LESSEE v. DOUGLASS, 140, 142.
IMPROVEMENTS, 88, 96, 104, 106, 108, 110, 115, 118-158. INDIANS, 8, 9, 10, 13, 16, 70, 118-175. In pari materia, 100, 101, 115, 116, 144. INTERPRETATION, Act of 1792, 121, 123, 124, 126.
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INDEX.
IROQUOIS, 13, 175. IRVINE, WILLIAM, GENL., 16, 22, 24, 25, 52, 223. Report, Agents, 196-210.
JOHNSTON, S. P., Judge, 77. JOLIET, 3.
JOURNALS, Allen's, 20. Croghan's, 4, 175. Post, Christian Fred., 174.
Porter's, Andrew, 63. Washington's, 5, 174. Weiser's Conrad, 4, 173.
JUDICIAL DECISIONS, 31, 37, 56, 57, 88-90, 134, 140. JUMONVILLE, 5.
KEBLE, JOHN'S BLOTTERS, 134.
KING BEAVER, 174, 175.
KITTANNING, 13, 15, 173, 174.
KUSHCUSHING, 174, 201, 202, 207.
LAKES, 3, 66. Erie, 3, 66-69, 102, 103, 225.
LAND COMPANIES, 127-132.
LA SALLE, 3, 5.
LAWRENCE v. HUNTER, 163, 164, 165.
LAWYERS, 124, 191-193.
LE BŒUF, 4, 74, 102-116, 174, 226, 227.
LEE, ARTHUR, commissioner, 68, 221.
LEET, DANIEL, lands, 24. district, 24, 26. surveys, 92.
LEGIONVILLE, 11, 122.
LIMITATIONS. Statute of, 158-165. pedis possessio, 158, 165. presumption of ouster and color of title, 158-165. LOGAN, Indian Chief, 10.
LOGSTOWN, 4. 174.
LONG FACE AND LONG HAIR, 44.
MANDAMUS PROCEEDING, 132. MARKS, GROWTHS, BLOCKS, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39. MARQUETTE, 3. MARSHALL, Chief Justice, 140. MASON AND DIXON'S LINE, 58.
.
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INDEX.
MASSACRES, 10, 11, 118. MAUMEE, battle of, 12, 122. McCLEAN, ALEXANDER, surveyor, 22, 197, 204, 207, 210. Line, 22, 197, 204, 207, 210. Surveys, 25, 79. McCLEAN, ARCHIBALD, 58, 39. McINTOSH, LACHLAN, GEN'L, 176, 220. Fort, 1, 13, 176, 177, 220. MEREDITH AND DAY, 130.
MESNARD, 3. MOGULBUGHTITON CREEK, 18, 32, 210. MONUMENT, Cornplanter's, 77. MOORE, FRANKLIN, Rev., D.D., 184, 185.
NECESSITY, FORT, 5. NEGLECT OF DEPUTY SURVEYORS, 35, 36. NICHOLSON, JOHN, 21, 121, 128, 129. NINTH SECTION ACT 1792, 133. NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY, 132. NORTHERN BOUNDARY, 58-65, 66, 69. NUMBERED CORNER, 37.
OHIO RIVER, 6, 13, 173. discovery of, 5, 6. OIL CREEK-OIL, 200, 201. OPINIONS-Gibson, 37, 56, 142, 155, 159, 161, 163. Hepburn, S5, 162, 155, Kennedy, 56, 156, 164. Marshall, 140. Shippen, 134.
Tilghman. 87, 88. Yeates. 134, 138. OTTAWA ROUTE, 3. OUSTER-See Limitations. OUT-LOTS, 81, 103-116.
PARIS, treaty of. 7. PEDIS POSSESSIO (Limitations), 159, 165. PENITENTIARY, WESTERN, 85. PENN'S TITLE DIVESTED, 16, 17. PERSISTENCE TO SETTLE LAND, 153. 154. PHILADELPHIA, Lord Howe's occupancy, 20. POLICY OF STATE AS TO SETTLEMENTS, 117, 119, 125. 126.
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INDEX.
PONTIAC'S WAR, 8, 77. POPULATION LAND COMPANY, 127, 128-132, 181, 182.
PORTER, GEN. ANDREW, 61, 62, 63, 235.
POST, CHRISTIAN, FRED., 174, 227, 228. PRACTICE AS TO LAND WARRANTS, 130, 131. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, 98.
PRESQUE ISLE, 3, 102-116.
PRESUMPTIONS OF PREVENTION, 153, 154. of ouster, 142, 160-165.
PREVENTION, 134-144, 148, 153. certificates and patents, 130.
PRICE OF LANDS, 119.
PRIME INTENTION OF ASSEMBLY, 117, 125.
PURCHASES FROM INDIANS, 1, 13, 16, 70-72. PURCHASES FROM UNITED STATES, 66-70.
RAILROADS IN ALLEGHENY, 88, 89. RATIFICATION, 12, 59, 65, 69, 122. REDICK, DAVID'S, LETTER, 80, 210, 212.
REID, JAMES R., 68.
RELIGION AND CHURCHES, 82, 83. RESERVATIONS, State, 73-78.
Allegheny, 18, 73, 79-90. Beaver, 18, 73, 90-104. Erie, 74, 116. Franklin, 74, 102-116.
Warren, 74, 102, 116.
Waterford, 74, 102, 116. Cornplanter's, 75, 76. Irvine's, General William, 78.
United States, 105, 108, 112. minor, 81, 91, 92, 93. by governor, 81, 82, 92, 93. Assembly, 102-116. not dedications, 82, 89, 102-116. use of State, 79, 82, 103.
SAWKUNK, OR SAWKUNG, 15. SERGEANT. JUDGE, BOOK, 157, 158. SETTLEMENT TITLES, 118-144. SETTLERS, EARLY, 168, 169. SHINGO'S TOWN, 15. SHIPPEN, CHIEF JUSTICE, 134, 138.
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INDEX.
SIX NATIONS, 13, 175, 177. SMITH, CHARLES, statement, 150. SNOWDEN, JAMES ROSS, 77, 78. SOIL, property in, 81, 82, 86-90. SOUTHERN STATE BOUNDARY, 58, 59, 60. SOVEREIGNTY, 16, 17. SPAIN, 2. SQUARES RESERVED, 85, 93. ST. CLAIR, GEN., DEFEAT, 11, 118. STANWIX, Fort, 1. treaty of, 13, 14. Brigadier-General, 175. STATE OF THE COUNTRY, 1-12. Courts, 134-142.
STEUBEN, BARON, donation, 34. STRUCK DISTRICT, DONATION LANDS, 50, 52, 53, 197. SUBSEQUENT CONDITION, 123, 134, 138, 142, 145. SURVEYORS, DEPRECIATION, 25, 26.
Donation, 41, 42. Surveys, 34, 35, 102, 103.
TAXATION, DONATION LANDS, 33, 56, 57. TEMPORARY BOUNDARY, VA., 59, 60. THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, 86. TICKETS-WHEELS-DONATIONS, 34. TILGHMAN, COL., donation, 34. TOWNS LAID OUT, 81, 102-116. TREATIES, Fort Stanwix, 1, 13. Fort McIntosh, 16, 224. Fort Harmar, 16, 71. Fort Greenville, 12, 122. Paris, 7. Great Britain, 10. TRIAL, Feigned Issue, 136. TRIANGLE, ERIE, 66-72, 102, 125, 175. TRIBAL NAMES, 175.
UNITED STATES, TRIANGLE, 66-69. State grants to, 105, 108, 112, 113, 114. Courts, 149.
VACATING WARRANTS, 146-149, 155-157. VENANGO, FORT, etc., 4, 102-116, 174, 228. Path, 197.
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INDEX.
VIRGINIA-CLAIM, 4, 60. Agreement, 58, 59. Boundaries, 58-62. Titles, 182.
WALLACE, JOHN B., LANDS, 130, 131. deed to Bank, 131, 232.
WARD, ENSIGN. 6. 229.
WARRANTS AND SURVEYS, 120-158.
WARREN, 102-116.
WASHINGTON, GEORGE, 4, 5, 15, 174. Fort, 12.
WATERFORD, 102-116.
WATER-LOTS, BEAVER, 94.
WAYNE, GEN. ANTHONY, 11, 118, 122.
WEISER, CONRAD, 4, 173.
WESTERN BOUNDARY, STATE, 42, 43, 58-65.
WESTERN UNIVERSITY, 85, 86.
WILDERNESS, 117, 118, 141, 144.
WYANDOTS, 16.
YEATES, JUDGE, 134, 138.
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