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In the United States on the Ist of July, 1837, the post roads were about 118, 264 miles in extent, and the annual transportation of the mails was at the rate of 27,578,620 miles,-viz. :
On horseback and in sulkies, 8,291,504; in stages, 17,408,820; in steamboats and railroad cars, 1,878,297.
The number of post-offices in the United States on the Ist of July, 1835, was 10,770 ; on the Ist of July, 1836, it was 11,091 ; and on the ist of December, 1837, 11, 100.
In the year 1837 the postmaster-general recommended revision of the present rates of postage of about twenty per cent., to take effect on the Ist of July next. To this end he suggested the following letter postage :
75 miles and under 5 cents.
150 miles and over 75 miles IO
300 miles and over 150 miles . 15
600 miles and over 300 miles . 20 66 Over 600 miles .
25 66
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Postage stamps were invented by James Chalmers, an Englishman, and first used May 6, 1840, in London.
The first issue of the United States stamps took place in 1845, but the postmasters of several places had issued stamps for their own con- venience a few years before this. These " Postmasters'," or provisional stamps, of course, were not good for postage after the government issue took place.
The first stamp sold of this issue was bought by the Hon. Henry Shaw. This issue consisted of but two denominations, the five- and ten- cent ones, and were unperforated, as were the stamps of the next series, issued in 1851-56.
The pioneer post-office was established in this State under an act of Assembly, November 27, 1700.
CHAPTER XX.
PIONEER ROADS IN PROVISIONAL JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM 1808 TO 1830.
ABSTRACT OF INDIANA RECORDS .* PIONEER ROAD.
" The petition of a number of citizens of Jefferson County and parts adjacent was presented to Court and read, praying for the view of a road from Brady's mill, ; on Little Mahoning Creek, to Sandy Lick Creek, in Jefferson County, where the State Road crosses the same. Whereupon the Court did appoint Samuel Lucas, John Jones, Moses Knapp, Samuel Scott, John Park, and John Wier to view and make report to next Court. September sessions, 1808, report filed."
There is no report of the viewers on record, nor is the report in the file with the old papers.
SEPTEMBER SESSIONS, A.D. 1809.
" The petition of a number of the inhabitants of Jefferson County was presented to Court and read, praying for a view of a road from a bridge at the end of Adam Vasbinder's lane to Samuel Scott's mills on Sandy Lick Creek. Whereupon the Court did appoint William Vas- binder, Moses Knapp, Ludwick Long, Samuel Scott, Adam Vasbinder, and John Taylor to view and make report to next Court. Order issued. Distance, 21/2 miles and 53 perches."
* By J. N. Banks, Esq., Indiana, Pennsylvania.
+ Indiana County.
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MARCH SESSIONS, 18II.
" The petition of the inhabitants of Jefferson County was presented to Court and read, setting forth that they labored under great inconveni- ences from the want of a public road from the settlement in Jefferson County to the settlement in Mahoning township, Indiana County, to begin near Moses Knapp's mill, on the State Road, to Big Mahoning Creek, near John Bell's. Whereupon the Court did appoint John Tay- lor, John Bell, Thomas Lucas, Moses Knapp, John Matson, and John Jones to view and make report to next Court. Order issued. Distance, 15 miles and 95 perches ; 20 feet wide."
" The petition of a number of the inhabitants of the county of In- diana and county district of Jefferson was presented to Court and read, setting forth that they labor under great inconvenience from want of a public road from Puxsutawney, to intersect the road leading from Brady's mills to the mouth of Anderson's Creek, at or near Lucas's camp. Whereupon the Court appointed John W. Jenks, Zephaniah Weakland, John Bell, Esq., Samuel Bell, Esq., Peter Dilts, and Moses Crawford to view the ground over which the proposed road is petitioned for and to to make return next sessions. Approved April 12, 1820. Distance, 71/2 miles and 34 perches."
" The petition of the inhabitants of Perry township, in Jefferson County, and also of Mahoning township, in Indiana County, was pre- sented to Court and read, setting forth that they labor under great incon- venience from the want of a public road from the four-mile tree, upon a road leading from John Bell's, Esq., in Jefferson County, to David Law- son's, in Armstrong County ; from thence to intersect the road leading from Jacob Knave's to James Ewing's mill, at or near the north end of the farm of Joshua Lewis. Whereupon the Court appointed James Ewing, William Dilts, James McComb, William Davis, Samuel Bell, Esq., and David Cochran to view the ground over which said road is contemplated to be made and make report to next Court. Distance, 712 miles and 26 perches ; 25 feet wide. Approved March 29, 1820."
" The petition of a number of the inhabitants of Pine Creek town- ship, in Jefferson County, was presented to Court and read, setting forth that they labor under great inconveniences from the want of a public road from the county line of Armstrong County, to which place there is a road leading out near William King's; from thence to the town of Troy, which is about a mile. Whereupon it is considered by the Court and ordered that Salmon Fuller, John Welch, John Lucas, James Shields, James Clemons, and Peter Bartle do view the ground over which the proposed road is petitioned for and make report to next Court. Dis- tance, 253 perches. Approved December 28, IS20."
" The petition of a number of the inhabitants of Pine Creek township
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was presented to Court and read, setting forth that they labor under great inconvenience for the want of a road or cart-way from the eighty- mile post near Alexander Power's on the State Road, to intersect the road leading to Indiana at or near Little Sandy Creek, and praying the Court to appoint viewers to view and lay out the same. Whereupon the Court appointed John Bell, John Matson, Archibald Hadden, John Bartle, Joseph Mccullough, and Robert Anderson to view the ground over which the said road is contemplated to be made and make report to next Court. Distance, 9 miles and 63 perches. December 28, 1820, order of view approved."
" The petition of a number of the inhabitants of Perry township, in Jefferson County, was presented to Court and read, setting forth that they labor under great inconvenience from the want of a public road from Punxsutawney, to intersect the road leading from Indiana to Bar- nett's, at or near John Bell's, Esq. Whereupon the Court appointed John Bell, Esq., Archibald Hadden, Michael Lantz, Hugh McKee, Jacob Hoover, and William P. Brady to view the ground over which the proposed road is contemplated to be made and make report to next Court. Distance, 6 miles and 120 perches. Approved December 28, 1820."
" The petition of a number of the inhabitants of the counties of In- diana and Jefferson was presented to the Court and read, setting forth that they labor under great inconvenience for the want of a road from the settlement on the Indiana and Susquehanna road to Punxsutawney and Barclay's mill, conveniently at the northeast corner of Abraham Wil- cock's lots, or near it, to intersect the road from Punxsutawney Leasure's camp, at or near where said road crosses Canoe Creek. Whereupon it is considered and ordered by the Court that Moses Crawford, John Park, Robert Hamilton, John Jamison, William Hendricks, and James Work do view the ground over which the proposed road is contemplated to be made, and if they or any four of these actual viewers agree that there is occasion for said road, they shall make report to next Court.
" June 25, 1822, report of viewers approved and ordered to be opened.
" No distance is given in the return of viewers."
SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL ROADS AND COUNTY BRIDGES FROM 1830 TO 1840.
DECEMBER SESSIONS, 1830.
Petition No. 1 .- Petition of the commissioners of Jefferson County for a bridge over Sandy Lick Creek where public highway to Indiana crosses said creek in the township of Pine Creek in said county, etc.
December 7, 1830, the Court appointed Joseph Barnett, William Rob-
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inson, David Butler, Samuel Jones, John Christy, and Joseph Potter to view the same and report according to law.
The contract for this bridge was made August 11, 1829. The com- missioners were Thomas McKee and Thomas Lucas. The contractors, William Morrison and William Kelso. Witnesses to agreement, Andrew Barnett and John McGhee. Consideration, $320, to be paid as follows, -viz. : to give them now in hand the subscription of $75, and a draft on the supervisors of Pine Creek township for $50, and the remainder, $195, in county orders when completed.
The bridge was 16 feet wide, with stone abutments 75 feet apart, suf- ficiently strong to support roofing, and to be finished in 113 days.
Petition No. 3 .- Road from Barclay & Jenks's mill to Brookville.
December 7, 1830. Viewers : James Winslow, Charles G. Gaskill, William Maxwell, Reuben Hickox, Alexander Jordan, and John Hess. Confirmed September session, 1831.
Petition No. 2 .- Road from Jacob Hoover's mill to intersect the road leading from Barclay & Jenks's mill to the Jefferson road through Gibson's clearing.
Viewers : James Winslow, Obed Morris, Stephen Lewis, Reuben Hickox, John Hess, and Alfred Carey. Read and confirmed and ordered to be opened 35 feet wide, unless where digging and bridging is neces- sary. December 13, 1831.
Petition No. 3 .- Road from Brookville to David Hamilton's on the Indiana county line.
February 8, 1831. Viewers : David Postlethwait, Archibald Haddon, William Newcomb, John Christy, John Shields, and John Barnett. Sep- tember 7, 1831, read and confirmed.
Petition No. 4 .- Road from William McKee's on the turnpike to James Linn's improvement on the Olean road.
February 8, 1831. Viewers : Christopher Barr, Jared B. Evans, Thomas Lucas, Esq., Thomas Robinson, Samuel Knapp, and William Vasbinder. Read and confirmed. December 13, 1832, ordered to be opened.
Report No. 5 .- Of a road from Brookville to Matson's mill.
Viewers report in favor of same February 7, 1831 : Thomas Robin- son, R. R. Scott, Samuel Hughey, William Vasbinder, Joseph Clements. Confirmed by the Court and ordered to be opened 25 feet wide. May 10, 1831.
MAY SESSIONS, 1831.
Petition No. I .- For a road from Moses Knapp's mill to intersect the Sandy road at or near W. Godfrey's.
Viewers : James Corbett, Esq., Isaac McElvane, Nathan Carrier, Sam - uel Kennedy, James Hall, and Daniel Elgin. Reported. December 13, 1831, approved and ordered to be opened.
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Petition No. 4 .- For a road from the thirty-fourth mile-stone on the Susquehanna and Waterford turnpike road to or near the house of Jo- seph Mccullough.
Viewers : Peter Sutton, Thomas Lucas, Esq., A. Barnett, John Latti- mer, David Butler, and James Stewart. May 10, 1831. February 8, 1832, read and approved.
Petition No. 5 .- For a road from Troy to intersect the Olean road at John McAnulty's.
Viewers : John Shields, Thomas Robinson, Thomas Lacy, Alonzo Baldwin, John Shoemaker, and Hiram Carrier. May 9, 1831. Read ni si February 8, 1832.
MAY SESSIONS, 1832.
Petition No. I .- For a road from Squire Mccullough's shop to David Butler's.
Viewers : Andrew Barnett, Joseph Mccullough, Esq., David Butler, Jacob Vasbinder, Samuel Jones, and John Lattimer. December 12, 1832. Read and approved ni si.
Report No. 7 .- Of a road from Shields's Lane to the road running along Red Bank Creek.
Viewers report in favor of road January 31, 1833: William B. Ken- nedy, Thomas Robinson, Isaac McElvane, Darius Carrier. Confirmed May 11, 1833.
MAY SESSIONS, 1833.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from Shoemaker's to intersect the road from Hance Robinson's to Troy.
Viewers : John Milliron, Samuel Milliron, Isaac McElvane, John J. Y. Thompson, Hulet Smith, and Darius Carrier. December 12, 1833, approved.
DECEMBER SESSIONS, 1833.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from Thomas Barr's on the Olean road to the Union School-House.
Viewers : J. J. Y. Thompson, J. W. Monks, John Barnett, John Shields, Samuel Jones, and Israel Gray. May 13, 1834, approved.
FEBRUARY SESSIONS, 1834.
Petition No. I .- For a road from Port Barnett on the Indiana road to the Ceres road at or near Punxsutawney.
Viewers : John Long, John J. Y. Thompson, James M. Steedman, George Gray, David Henry, and Stephen Lewis. February 12, 1834. September 11, read ni si. January 12, 1847, ordered to be opened.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from a public road leading from Brook- ville to Kittanning at the county line to Mckinstry's saw-mill near the mill of John Robinson.
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Viewers : John J. Y. Thompson. Euphrastus Carrier, Aaron Fuller, John Nolf, Sr., William Ferguson, and John Shoemaker. February 12, 1834. December 13, 1843, approved and ordered to be opened 50 feet wide.
MAY SESSIONS, 1834.
Petition No. I .- For a road from Israel Gray's fulling-mill and card- ing-machine to a point at or near where the Olean road crosses Little Mill Creek.
Viewers : William B. Kennedy, Israel Gray, John Monks, Samuel McGill, Rev. William Kennedy, and William Steel. September 1I, 1834. June 11, 1835, ordered to be opened 20 feet wide.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from the bridge over Mill Creek to the house of William McCullough in Pine Creek township.
Viewers : John J. Y. Thompson, Henry Keys, Frederick Heterick, William Cooper, James Kyle, and Michael Long. September 11, I834. Opening order issued October 23, 1835, to be 20 feet wide.
Report No. 3 .- Of a road from Ball's mill on Tionesta to the Hepler Camp road near the four-mile tree.
Viewers report in favor of road November 15, 1834: Cyrus Blood, David Reynolds, William Armstrong, Trumble Hunt, and John Hunt. Opening order issued October 16, 1835.
MAY SESSIONS, 1835.
Petition No. I .- For a road from Robert P. Barr's on the turnpike to Andrew Vasbinder's improvement on the North Fork.
Viewers : Hugh Brady, William B. Kennedy, Andrew Barnett, Fred- erick Heterick, William Long, and Michael Long. December 16, 1836. Read and ordered to be opened 50 feet wide.
Petition No. 6 .- For a bridge across Red Bank Creek where the Brookville and Hamilton road crosses.
Viewers : John Dougherty, John Matson, Sr., James K. Huffman, Daniel Coder, Robert Morrison, and John Philliber. February 13, 1836. Viewers report in favor, March 8, 1836.
Petition No. 7 .- For a bridge on Big Mahoning.
Viewers : Thomas Kerr, James E. Cooper, Daniel Henneigh, Christian Reischel, John Drum, and James W. Bell. February 13, 1836. August 20, 1836, report in favor and county pay $180.
Report No. 10 .- Of a road from John Hoover's mill to intersect the Ceres road at or near Daniel Graffius's, Jr.
Viewers report in favor of road February 4, 1836: James H. Bell, Nathaniel Tindall, John Hoover (miller), Samuel Bowers, James E. Cooper. May term approved.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from James Ross's to intersect the Brock- way road at or near S. Tibbetts's.
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Viewers : Frederick Heterick, Paul Vandevort, William Cooper, James Smith, John Mclaughlin, and Jared B. Evans.
Petition No. 3 .- For a road from the tan-yard of John W. Jenks in Punxsutawney to the saw-mill of Wm. Campbell.
Viewers : Thomas Kerr, James E. Cooper, Andrew Bowers, James Winslow, John Ham, and John Hunt. Approved May 10, 1836.
Report No. 8 .- Of a road from the west end of Morrison's Lane to the west end of John Kennedy's.
Viewers report in favor of road (no date) 1835: John J. Y. Thomp- son, Moses Knapp, Nathan Carrier, John Love, Sr., Wallace Bratton. May 10, 1836, read and confirmed.
SEPTEMBER SESSIONS, 1836.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from Vasbinder's improvement to Frederick Heterick's.
Viewers : William Kennedy, Jr., Frederick Heterick, Michael Long, James Moorhead, Hugh Brady, Esq., and Jesse Clark. May 10, 1836. December 17, 1836, read and confirmed.
Petition No. 3 .- For a road from Mill Creek road near John Wil- son's to Maize's Gap on the Clarion River.
Viewers : William Armstrong, Nathan Phipps, Thos. Callin, Henry M. Clark, Daniel Elgin, and George Catz. September 16, 1836. May 10, 1837, read and approved.
Petition No. 6 .- For a road from Ball's mill on Tionesta Creek to intersect the Warren and Hepler Camp road near the four-mile tree.
Viewers : Cyrus Blood, William Armstrong, Trumble Hunt, Thomas Maize, John Hunt, and David Reynolds.
DECEMBER SESSIONS, 1836.
Petition No. I .- For a road from Jacob Smith's to intersect the Ceres road at or near John Rhoads's.
Viewers : David Kerr, John Hoover (miller), John Rhoads, Sr., John Pifer, Sr., John Bouthart, and Nathaniel Tindall. December 16, 1836.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from the house of James Smith to inter- sect the Ceres road at or near the farm of Wm. Smith.
Viewers : Isaac Packer, John Fuller, Andrew Barnett, John Matson, Sr., Henry Vasbinder, John J. Y. Thompson. December 16, 1836. October 14, 1837, viewers report in favor of road. May 16, 1838, con- firmed.
FEBRUARY SESSIONS, 1837.
Petition No. 1 .- For a road from Armstrong & Reynolds's mill at the mouth of Maple Creek to Thomas Mechan's farm on the line of Jefferson and Venango.
Viewers : John H. Maize, Nathan Phipps, John Cook, James Aharrah,
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George Armstrong, and Joseph Reynolds. February 14, 1837. July 24, 1837, viewers report in favor of road. September 15, 1837, read and confirmed ni si.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from the public road at or near David Milliron's to intersect the Troy road at or near Benjamin Shaffer's.
Viewers : John Robinson, John Bell, Esq., James Corbett, Wm. New- comb, David Postlethwait, and John Alcorn. February 17, 1837.
MAY SESSIONS, IS37.
Petition No. I -For a road from Daniel Elgin's to the turnpike near the Widow Mills's.
Viewers : Thomas Hall, John Monks, John J. Y. Thompson, Thomas Arthurs, John Barnett, and Samuel Davidson. May 10, 1837. Con- firmed September 15, 1837.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from the road from Whitesville to Punx- sutawney, one-half mile east of Whitesville, to intersect the road from Hamilton's to Brookville near Henry Philliber's.
Viewers : John Bell, Esq., William Newcomb, Wm. Stunkard, John J. Y. Thompson, Wm. Johnston, and Daniel Postlethwait. May 10, 1837. September 15, 1837, confirmed ni si. Order issued December 23, 1837, for opening to John C. Ferguson, and to be paid by him.
Petition No. 3 .- For a road from the Smethport and Milesburg turnpike where it crosses Clarion River to the mouth of Spring Creek.
Viewers : Henry Kerns, Caleb Dill, Lyman Wilmarth, George Pelton, John Liram, and Gould Richards. May ro, 1837. September 15, 1837, read and confirmed ni si.
Petition No. 5 .- For a road from John Bowers's to James H. Bell's grist- mill.
Viewers : Andrew Bowers, Joseph W. Winslow, James Winslow, James E. Cooper, James Hunter. and John Grube. May 10, 1837. Sep- tember 15, 1837, read and confirmed ni si. February 10, 1845, on the application of George R. Barrett, deputy attorney-general, the Court order and direct that the road be opened 40 feet wide.
SEPTEMBER SESSIONS, 1837.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from David Dennison's to the seventy- first mile-stone.
Viewers : James Ross, Joseph McAfee, Henry Keys, Henry McIntosh, James M. Brockway, and A. Sibley. Confirmed May 16, 1838.
Petition No. 10 .- For a bridge on Mahoning Creek near Charles C. Gaskill's.
Viewers : David Henneigh, John Hutchison, John Drum, John Grube, Samuel Steffy, and Philip Bowers to view and report on same. September 1837. The county builds this bridge. John Hutchison,
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foreman. The Court approve the finding of the grand jury and direct the within-named bridge to be recorded as a county bridge. December 13, 1837.
DECEMBER SESSIONS, 1837.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from the forks of Jones's Run to intersect the Olean road about one mile east of Mr. Gorden's near the Black Swamp.
Viewers : Joseph Hughes, John Barnett, John Wilson, Samuel Hughes, William Mendenhall, and John J. Y. Thompson. December 13. December 18, 1840, confirmed. Order to open, April 24, 1841.
Petition No. 3 .- For a road from Thomas Wilkins's to Ebenezer Carr's.
Viewers : Samuel Clark, Thomas Wilkins, John Long, John J. Y. Thompson, Samuel McQuiston, and Daniel Chistiter. December 12, 1837. Read and confirmed May 16, 1838.
Petition No. 6 .- For a bridge across Red Bank Creek at or near Carrier's mill.
Viewers : David Henry, John Lattimer, James Matson, John Smith, John Wynkoop, and Job McCreight. December 12, 1837. Approved by the grand jury, and the county to assist in building the same. Feb- ruary 16, 1838.
FEBRUARY SESSIONS, 1838.
Report No. 3 .- Of a road from Curry's lot to John Bell's in Perry.
Viewers report in favor of road February 9, 1838: John Hutchison, James W. Bell, Samuel K. Williams, Andrew Gibson, William Haddon, William Marshall. February 16, 1838, confirmed ni si. May 17, 1838, confirmed.
Petition No. I .- For a bridge across Red Bank Creek at the place where the road from Aaron Fuller's to Hance Robinson's crosses.
Viewers : Thomas Hastings, John Lucas, Robert Andrews, Isaac McElvane, Jesse Smith, and John Barnett. Approved September 12, 1838, by Court.
MAY SESSIONS, 1838.
Petition No. 1 .- For a road from Benjamin Shaffer's to David Mill- iron's.
Viewers : Aaron Fuller, Hance Robinson, Conrad Nolf, Isaac Mc- Elvane, Thomas Gourley, and James Winslow, Esq. Read and con- firmed February 16, 1839.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from Dennison's to William McCon- nell's.
Viewers : Henry Keys, Andrew Smith, James Moorhead, Stephen Tibbetts, James Ross, and Isaac Temple. May 17, 1838. Confirmed December 14, 1838. Ordered to be opened 50 feet wide, December 15, 1843.
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DECEMBER SESSIONS, 1838.
Petition No. 4 .- For a road from the twentieth mile-stone on the Sus- quehanna and Franklin turnpike to the Sandy Lick Creek at the Irish Town path.
Viewers : William Reynolds, Samuel Rea, Henry McIntosh, Andrew Smith, Woodward Reynolds, and David Rhea. December 14, 1838. May 15, 1839, read and confirmed.
MAY SESSIONS, 1839.
Petition No. I .- For a road from Wakefield's in Pine Creek town- ship to the district line near Andrew McCormick's, Snyder township.
Viewers : Isaac H. Metcalf, David McCormick, John Wilson, Ira Brownson, and Elihu Clark. Approved ni si December 10, 1839.
Petition No. 2 .- For a road from Aaron Fuller's to the Brookville and Hamilton road near Mr. Holt's.
Views : Alonzo Baldwin, John Robinson, Esq., Salmon Fuller, Jr., Joel Spyker, John Welsh, and John Shoemaker. May 14, 1839. Read and confirmed ni si December 13, 1839, and ordered to be opened Feb- ruary 10, 1840.
Petition No. 3 .- For a road from Hance Robinson's mill to the Arm- strong County line near the land of Hulet Smith.
Viewers : Joel Spyker, Alonzo Baldwin, Frederick Heterick, Samuel Newcomb, Hulet Smith, and Nathan Carrier. May 14, 1839. Read and confirmed ni si September 10, 1839. Order to open October 7, 1840.
Petition No. 4 .- For a road from Daniel Elgin's in Eldred township to the mouth of Spring Creek in Ridgeway township.
Viewers : James Crow, John Mclaughlin, James Moorhead, Henry Vasbinder, Jr., Peter Vasbinder, and James Fullerton. May 14, 1839. Read and confirmed ni si December 11, 1839.
Petition No. 6 .- For a road from the borough of Brookville to the Beech Bottom on Clarion River.
Viewers : James Moorhead, John Mclaughlin, William Long, Henry Vasbinder, Jr., Almond Sartwell, and William Humphreys. May 14, 1839. Read and confirmed December 13, 1839.
Petition No. 8 .- For a road from the upper end of the Clearfield and Armstrong turnpike east of Punxsutawney to intersect the old State Road at or near John McHenry's.
Viewers : James Winslow, Samuel Steffy, David Barnett, Daniel Hen- neigh, Robert Cunningham, and Christian Reischel. May 14, 1839. Read and confirmed December 13, 1839.
SEPTEMBER SESSIONS, 1839.
Petition No. 1 .- For a road from the farm of Levi G. Clover to the Olean road at or near James Cochran's.
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Viewers : William Kennedy, James Summerville, Henry M. R. Clark, William Hindman, John McCracken, and John Wilson, Esq. September II, 1839. Read ni si 1839. Ordered to be opened May 22, 1840.
Petition No. 8 .- For a road from the twelfth mile-stone on the turn- pike to intersect the road half a mile east of John McGhee's.
Viewers : John McIntosh, John Atwell, William Cooper, John Mc- Ghee, Oliver McClelland, and James Moorhead. September 11, 1839. May 12, 1840, confirmed and ordered to be opened 50 feet wide.
Report No. 9 .- Of a road from the southeast corner of the Graham lot on the Punxsutawney road to intersect the turnpike at the northeast corner of Andrew Barnett's land.
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