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With the meeting of Congress, at Philadelphia, on the 14th of October, we note the division of the people into two great parties, the Federalists and Democrats, the funding of the public debt, char- tering the United States Bank, and other measures, inflaming the States Rights or Democratic party so much that, at this session, they, for the first time, appeared in open and organized opposition to the administration .- George Read's Life, page 536.
Notice of William Plunket.
William Plunket, the first presiding justice of Northumberland county, died in the spring of this year. He resided, as early as 1772, a little above Chillisquaque creek, at his place called "Sol- diers' Retreat," now owned by Mr. Solomon Walters. He was the father of Mrs. Samuel Maclay, whose lineage is traceable to John Harris, senior, whose grave is yet to be seen on the bank of the river at Harrisburg, in front of the residence of General Simon Cameron. Near it are the remains of the mulberry to which he was tied by the Indians, to be burned. I will only add to the story, that it was his negro slave, Hercules, who crossed the river, and brought the neigh- boring Indians to his rescue, while the drunken Indians were about applying the fire to him. For this he gave Hercules his freedom, and directed his burial on the same spot. John Harris, senior, died in 1748. His wife, Esther Say, was a lady of rare endowments, who came from England, in the family of Judge Shippen. Among their children were John, the proprietor of Harrisburg ; Samuel, who settled at the outlet of Cayuga lake, New York, and a daughter, who married Doctor William Plunket.
Doctor Plunket, at the time of his marriage, resided at Carlisle, Penn- sylvania, and his daughters, four in number, were born there. His wife dying, he remained a widower, which fact gave rise to Meginness' mistake in stating that he was a bachelor. His daughters were Eliz- abeth, born in 1755, married to Samuel Maclay ; Isabella, born Jan- uary, 1760, married to William Bell, Esquire, of Elizabethtown, New
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Jersey ; Margaret, married to Isaac Richardson, removed to Wayne county, New York, then known as the Genesee country. She left four sons and two daughters. Israel J., in Delaware, Ohio, and David H., of Monroe county, New York, of her sons are still living. Hester Plunket, the youngest, married Colonel Robert Baxter, of the British army, and died about a year after her marriage. Her daugh- ter, Margaret, married Doctor Samuel Maclay, of Mifflin county. John Harris' wife, Elizabeth McClure, said to have been the most lovely woman of her day, died young, from fright and grief, at the report, brought her by a neighbor, of her husband's death. He saw a man shot, and fall off his horse, in attempting to swim the river, and supposed it was Mr. Harris. It proved to be a young physician, whom Mr. Harris had taken up behind him (25th October, 1755.) Her daughter, Mary Harris, who inherited much of her mother's beauty, married Senator William Maclay. A miniature likeness of her is. now in the possession of her granddaughter, Mrs. Eleanor M. Brinton, of West Chester, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Samuel Maclay and Mrs. William Maclay were cousins, and married brothers.
The late William C. Plunket, Lord Chancellor of Ireland, was a nephew of Doctor Plunket. A brother of Doctor Plunket came to this country, bringing with him a daughter, Margaret, who married Samuel Simmons, of Pine creek. . His name was Robert. Another brother, David Plunket, settled at Baltimore, and was lost at sea on a voyage to the West Indies. Doctor Plunket served in the French war as a lieutenant, and secured for his services six hundred acres of land, part now owned by Judge Dreisbach. He owned large bodies of land, and was one of the leaders in the Pennamite war. He lived afterward and died in the office owned by Ebenezer Greenough, and lately occupied by David Rockefeller, Esquire, at Sunbury. His will is dated January 3, 1791, and proved May 25, 1791, in which he mentions his granddaughter, Margaret Baxter, one of the most beautiful and accomplished ladies of the State, who died at Mil- roy, Mifflin county, July 6, 1863.
The three sisters, Mrs. Maclay, Mrs. Bell, and Mrs. Richardson, survived to a good old age, and resided together, in Mifflin county. Mrs. Maclay was a Presbyterian, Mrs. Bell an Episcopalian, and Mrs. Richardson a Quaker. They were all three remarkable ladies. Mrs. Bell was a very handsome and highly polished woman. She had a
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boarding-school at Albany, New York, where Mrs. Catherine Sedg- wick, and many of the celebrated ladies of the time, received their education.
1792.
EAST AND WEST BUFFALO TOWNSHIPS ERECTED-MIFFLINBURG AND NEW BERLIN LAID OUT-NOTICE OF REVEREND J. G. PHREEMER-SIMON SNY- DER'S DAM CONTROVERSY-DEATH OF CAPTAIN ANTHONY SELIN AND M. J. ELLENKIUSEN.
M EMBERS of Assembly, Samuel Dale and John White. January 13, General William Wilson appointed Asso- ciate Judge, vice Joseph Wallis, resigned. February 23, Samuel Maclay appointed Associate, also. Flavel Roan, Sheriff. John Weitzel, Daniel Montgomery, and Robert Fleming, County Commissioners. 18th January, Joseph J. Wallis appointed Deputy Surveyor of Charles Lukens' and William Scull's district, (both of whom are deceased,) and of that part of William Maclay's district north of Penn's creek, and of Upper Bald Eagle, in Mifflin county.
Officers of Buffalo-Constable, C. Baldy ; Supervisors, Adam Christ and John Sierer ; Overseers, William Irvine and Henry Dreis- bach ; Fence Viewers, Philip Voneida and George Frederick ; Col- lector, Christian Yentzer; November 29, Robert Barber commis- sioned Justice of the Peace for Buffalo ; School-teachers in Buffalo, Alexander Templeton and George Paget. The latter taught many years at a school-house near Michael Grove's, the former in New Berlin.
Officers of White Deer-Constable, William Robb ; Supervisors, Andrew McClenachan and John Gray ; Overseers, Robert Finney and Robert Clark.
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Additional Taxables of White Deer-Charles Nogel, Gideon Smith.
East and West Buffalo Townships Erected.
At January Sessions, William Irwin, Samuel Dale, John Thomp- son, Christopher Baldy, Benjamin Miller, and Henry Pontius were appointed viewers to divide Buffalo township. They commenced the line at two gum saplings, on the south bank of Spruce run, at the line of White Deer and Buffalo, a little west of Daniel Rengler's old saw-mill, (Applegate's ;) thence south to the head of the spring at Andrew Pontius' ; thence down Switzer run to its mouth, at Penn's creek, (Philip Seebold's,) and the townships were called East and West Buffalo.1 The first officers of this township were, Robert Forster, constable ; John Reznor and Thomas Forster, over- seers ; Elias Younkman, supervisor ; Andrew Forster and Robert Chambers, fence viewers.
At January Sessions, the road from Brush valley, by way of French Jacob's old mill, (now Heberling's,) to James Irwin's, was laid out. George Langs, Henry Dreisbach, Matthew Irwin, were of the viewers. It commenced at a black oak, near the gap of Buffalo mountain, by way of said mill to a corner of Wendell Baker's field, where it intersected "the meeting-house road." Distance, six miles fourteen perches, (now road by way of Cowan.)
Improvements of this year-Wendell Baker's saw-mill, (at Cowan;) Alexander Beatty's tan-yard, at New Berlin ; Christopher Weiser's fulling-mill, on Turtle creek, now Peter Wolfe's.
Lower ferry, at Lewisburg; kept by James Black.
At November Sessions, the road from Wolfe's tavern (afterwards Lyon's, on the Cumberland road, leading to Sunbury) to Jenkins' mill, thence to Derr's town, at the south end of Second street, along Second to Market, to Front, by way of St. John's, to the mouth of Buffalo creek, laid out. Mifflinburg, laid out by Elias Younk- man, in the summer of this. year; and New Berlin, laid out by George Long, Frederick Evans, surveyor. The dates of the first (leeds for lots in these places I can find on record are 30th Novem-
1 East Buffalo always went by the name of Buffalo among the people ; is so called In deeds and elsewhere, except on the assessment books, until the erection of the present Buffalo.
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ber, 1792, lot No. 55, in Mifflinburg ; 18th January, 1793, George Long to Adam Snyder, for No. 53, in New Berlin. .
John Hager built one of the first dams on Penn's creek, about one half mile below App's present mill, according to William Gill's recollection.
Samuel Dale, Esquire, moved from where New Columbia now stands to his place, now in Kelly, owned by his grandchildren.
Reverend John G. Phreemer.
The Reverend John G. Phreemer, who was connected with the religious movement which resulted, at length, in the sect of the United Brethren in Christ, and sometimes professing to be a min- ister of the German Reformed Church, made frequent and extensive tours through middle Pennsylvania. The aged Mrs. Fulmer says that about this year, 1792, Andrew Straub and Michael Weyland used to push their canoe, containing their families and others, across the river, where Milton now is, in order to worship under a tree on the opposite side. The tree stood at Hoffman's, (1854,) a short distance above the bridge. On such occasions, the preaching and service were conducted by Mr. Phreemer, and afterwards by Mr. Phreemer and Deitrick Aurand. Mrs. Fulmer often crossed herself to attend worship under this tree. Phreemer leute, or " Phreemer people," was a common expression in Buffalo Valley at an early day. He was very fanatical. A very pious old man once told me he had the people act the fool by his preaching. He is said once to have remarked that he could preach the Devil out of hell. Abraham Brown said he saw him in Ohio, in 1814, where Phreemer was on a visit. He was then residing in Kentucky, and associate judge of the court there. He died at his home in Harrison county, Indiana, in 1825 .- Harbaugh's Fathers.
Selin and Snyder's Mill-Dam.
On the 28th of December, a petition was presented to the Senate on the part of Simon Snyder and Anthony Selin's heirs, to enable them to maintain a dam across Penn's creek of the height of two and one half feet. This aroused the settlers along the creek and
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produced a remonstrance, read in the Senate, March 4, 1793, which is interesting from some statements it contains. It states "that Simon Snyder, and Anthony Selin, before his death, erected a dam across the main current of Penn's creek; that there were no less than ten mills within nine miles of Snyder's, some of which grind the year round unobstructed by ice, and they subjoin a list of the mills, with their distances from Snyder's : Lauterslager's and Pickle's, within three miles ; Moore's, three miles and a half; Shock's, four miles ; Rush's, five miles ; Hickadron's, six ; Maclay's, seven miles, Swine- ford's, ditto ; Weitzel's, eight; and Frederick Stees', nine miles. This being the case, we consider it highly injurious to stop the whole navigation of Penn's creek, in order to promote the indi- vidual interest of Simon Snyder, Esquire," &c. This petition is signed by James Beatty, George Long, Christian Miller, Alexander Beatty, Samuel Templeton, William Fisher, Benjamin Griffith, Rob- ert Tait, David Tate, Robert Barber, Thomas Barber, John Green, Paskel Lewis, John McMullen, James Davis, Peter Kester, William Douglass, Adam Laughlin, John Glover, John Thompson, junior and senior, David Burd, Alexander Connel, Andrew Lowery, Joseph Green, Ludwig Schmidt, James McKelvey, Martin Trester, &c.
Notwithstanding this remonstrance, the Legislature, April 10, 1793, passed an act authorizing the dam. [See Dallas' Laws, vol- ume 3, page 364.]
Deaths.
Alexander McGrady, died in May. His children were Alexan- der, William, Agnes, wife of Eli Holeman, Jane, wife of James Johnston.
Samuel Barber, who lived at the mouth of Switzer run, was killed by the falling timber of an old barn he was taking down. One of his daughters married William McConnell, the other Swinehart. His widow, Martha, lived on the old place (now owned by Philip Seebold) as late as 1812.
Captain Anthony Selin, founder of Selinsgrove. He was com- missioned by Congress, December 10, 1776, captain in Ottendorff's corps, afterwards attached to Armand's legion, and was still in service in 1780, at Wyoming. His children were Anthony, Charles, and Agnes. His wife was a sister of Governor Snyder, and Selin pur-
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chased the ground on which the town now is, at the death of his brother-in-law, John Snyder. Finding Snyder's plot would not fit, he re-surveyed the ground, laid it out anew, and named it. His son, Anthony Charles, was a major in the war of 1812. The widow of the latter, Mrs. Catherine Selin, died at the residence of her son- in-law, Robert Swineford, in Selinsgrove, November 3, 1868, aged eighty-two, the last of the family name in the United States.
George Hudson, of White Deer.
James Fleming, of Buffalo. He left his property to his wife's children, Samuel, Jane, and Benjamin Rodman.
Abel Rees died, (at Strohecker's now.)
James Thom, of West Buffalo. His children were Robert, Arthur, Annie, married to John Boude, Sarah E., married to James Robb, Elizabeth, and Mary.
At Lewisburg, July 17, 1792, Mathias Joseph Ellenkhusen. He came to Lewisburg in 1790, was the son of Carl Ellenkhusen, who had purchased the principal part of the town, and was sent over by his father from Amsterdam, Holland, to look after his interests, or to found a family in the western world. The principal notice we have of the son and his wife are from the recollections of Mrs. Mary Brady Piatt, taken down by O. N. Worden, Esquire. Mrs. Ellenk- husen was short in stature, considerably pock-marked, very lady- like in manner, spoke the Low Dutch language, and astonished the people by her elegance and passionate fondness for skating. She and Mr. Ellenkhusen took that method of visiting the different towns on the river. She married John Thornburg, who also soon died. She afterward married Mr. Moore, and removed to Erie, Pennsylvania. Ellenkhusen was a man of very genteel address, and fond of soci- ety. His father had given him the town site, and a good outfit of clothing and money, hoping, no doubt, he would build up a fortune ; but emigration suddenly declined, and the convivial habits he had acquired, probably before leaving Europe, shortened his days. Per- sonally, he was much esteemed. He was quite an artist, and often drew with pencil striking likenesses of his companions. Sheriff John Brady was a joker. He had found a cannon near Muddy run, and he told Ellenkhusen that he would present it to him if he would take care of it. On cleaning out the mud which covered the muzzle, two large black snakes came out, greatly to the horror of Mr. Ellenk-
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husen. He told Brady the circumstance afterward. " Why," said Brady, " they were my pets; I would not have lost them for a $100," and Ellenkhusen, no doubt, died in the belief that he had let loose some play-fellows of Brady's. Ellenkhusen and Thorn- burg were both buried beneath what is now the vestibule of the Presbyterian church. The annalist recollects well the wild cherry tree that stood near, and the brick wall inclosing these graves. The tombstone of Ellenkhusen was preserved by the late James F. Linn, Esquire, and is in the cellar of the church. Its inscription is : " Here lie the body of Mathias Joseph Ellenkhusen, who departed this life July 17, 1792, age thirty-eight years and three months."
" Since it is so we all must die, And death no one doth spare ; So let us all to Jesus fly, And seek for refuge there."
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ADDITIONAL TAXABLES-YELLOW FEVER IN PHILADELPHIA-FALL ELEC- TIONS -DEATHS IN THE VALLEY.
NDREW GREGG, Member of Congress. Josiah Haines and James Davidson, members of Assembly. Daniel Montgomery, Robert Fleming, and Richard Sherer, County Commissioners. John Brown was commissioned a Justice of the Peace for Washington township March 13. Number of taxable inhabitants in Northumberland county, three thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Additional Taxables, East Buffalo-Barber, Martha (Widow ;) Baily, John ; Betz, William ; Brown, Christian; Carstetter, Martin ; Covert, Luke; Dale, Samuel; Dunkle, Jacob; Doty, Doctor ; Gass, George ; Gelitzler, William; Getz, Adam; Hayes, John ;
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Hummel, John ; Miller, Christian, (Berlintown ;) Morton, Thomas ; Myer, George, (Berlintown ;) Ray, John ; Reedy, Conrad; See- bold, Christian, grist-mill, formerly James Watson's ; Sheckler, Dan- iel ; Sheckler, Tobias ; Speddy, Jeremiah ; Stahl, Philip; Wilson, Thomas.
List of Residents in Lewisburg-Black, James; Caldwell, Thomas ; Deering, Francis ; Delong, Edward; Donachy, John ; Dunlap, John, (ferry ;) Ellenckhuysen, Clara ; Evans, Joseph; Groninger, Leonard; Grove, Adam; Grove, Wendel; Heineman, Samuel ; Holdship, George ; Kemble, Lawrence; Knox, George; Links, George ; Lewis, Alexander ; Metzgar, Daniel; Poak, William ; Russell, David; Sherer, Joseph ; Snodgrass, David ; Swinehart, Lewis; Thornburg, John ; Troxel, Abraham ; Wells, Benjamin ; Wells, Joseph; Yentzer, Christian.
Christopher Baldy commenced the tan-yard at Buffalo Cross- Roads.
Doctor Charley Beyer practicing medicine in Lewisburg.
Still-houses-Andrew Billmyer's, Andrew Blair's, John Beatty's, George Gass', on John Aurand's place, Peter Leonard's, Henry Pontius', Daniel Rees', Levi Vanvolsen's.
New Saw-mills-John Hager, Michael Moyer.
Additional Residents in White Deer-Adams, James ; Chamber- lin, Colonel William, of Anvil township, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, bought the mill known as Bear's, and moved into the Valley ; Dale, Henry ; Fruit, Richard ; Howard, Thomas, one slave ; How- ard, David ; Miller, Samuel ; Marshall, Stephen, lived on George Riddle's place or General Potter's place, late Doctor Ard's ; Rose, Andrew ; Stillwell, Daniel ; Williams, William. Stephen Marshall and James Adams, above, were grandparents of late Honorable James Marshall. Philip Heany moved to Penn's valley.
First Residents in Mifflinburg-Dreisbach, John ; Holmes, Rob- ert ; Holmes, Jonathan ; Longabaugh, Henry ; Longabaugh, Mi- chael ; Reedy, Nicholas; Sampsel, Nicholas ; Youngman, George ; Waggoner, Christopher.
West Buffalo, State of Improvements, &c .- Thomas Barber, saw- mill ; Jacob Grozean, grist and saw-mill ; Joseph Green, grist and saw-mill ; William Rockey, grist and saw-mill ; Michael Shirtz, grist and saw-mill at Penn's Valley narrows, finished this year ;
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Christopher Seebold, grist, saw-mill, and still ; David Smith, grist and saw-mill.
Stills-Robert Barber, John Boude, George Rote, Elias Younk- man. Slaves : One taxed to Colonel John Clarke, named Mel, and one to David Watson, named Kate.
Additional Residents-McCreight, John ; Shriner, Henry ; Wil- son, Hugh, on General Irvine's land, late Solomon Kleckner's ; Zip- pernock, Frederick.
Penn's Township-App, Mathias ; Aurand, Daniel : Bastian, Daniel, Michael, and George ; Blasser, -; Burchfield, Charles ; Clements, Peter ; Dusing, Nicholas and John ; Gable, Frederick ; Grogg, Peter, saw-mill ; Hager, John, saw-mill ; Hershey, John ; Highlands, John; Hoffer, Elizabeth ; Hummel, George Adam ; Jasemsky, Reverend Frederick William; Kern, Mathias ; Ken- dig, Jacob ; Krebs, John ; Mckinney, Abraham ; Nyhart, David ; Pfiel, Henry, saw-mill on Middle creek ; Ram, Nicholas ; Rhoads, Francis, junior ; Shatzburger, Christopher ; Shawber, Christopher, junior ; Silverwood, James ; Snyder, John, tan-yard ; Snyder, Simon, junior ; Solt, David ; Strausser, John N. ; Sutherland and Vanvalzah, grist and saw-mill on Penn's creek ; Trester, Michael, saw-mill; Walter, John, Jacob, junior, David, and Philip; Weirick, William, saw-mill ; Witmer, Peter, junior, saw-mill; Wolfe, John and George, junior ; Young, George ; Zering, John.
March 28, petition presented to the House, asking Buffalo creek to be declared a public highway up as far as Rockey's mills.
In September, the yellow fever prevailed so badly, that the Supreme Court held no session in Philadelphia. It broke out early in August, and continued its ravages until November. Over four thousand deaths in that period, out of a population of fifty thousand.
In October, Thomas Mifflin re-elected Governor. Vote in North- umberland county, Mifflin, 1443; Muhlenberg, 514. The candidates for Senate were William Hepburn, Daniel Montgomery, Evan Owen, Samuel Wallace, and Bernard Hubley, and William Hepburn was elected. The candidates for Assembly were Josiah Haines, James Davidson, William Cooke, Samuel Dale, John White, Jacob Fulmer, and John Weitzel. The candidates for County Commissioner were Chistopher Dering, John Buyers, David Ireland, Robert Clarke, John Thornburg. Charles Gobin, and William Bonham.
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December 12 was observed in the churches as a day of humiliation and thanksgiving, for removing the plague from Philadelphia.
In December, the court-house and jail at Sunbury were in such ruinous condition, that the president and associate judges threatened the commissioners with prosecution, "unless new buildings are com- menced next year."
Deaths.
Nicholas Smith, White Deer.
George Barnhart, East Buffalo.
James Ferguson, Buffalo. His children were Mrs. William Thomp- son, Mrs. Hugh McConnel, Mrs. Charles Hummel, and a son, John, married to David Hanna's daughter.
In West Buffalo, 22d April, Daniel Campbell, a soldier during the whole war of the Revolution. He married Catherine Klinesmith, who was wounded, as described ante page 190, and had by her two children, John and Ann. John died near Mifflinburg. Ann married Samuel B. Barber. Campbell had received a land warrant for one hundred acres, and, in order to locate it, Barber and wife had to make proof of their identity. Catherine Chambers, the widow, and Baltzer Klinesmith, junior's, depositions were taken ; on file at Lew- isburg.
Robert McCorley, of White Deer, died in the fall. Left widow, Anna, and children, Isabella, wife of William McLaughlin ; Mary Seidel, Robert, James, Roley, (still living, 1877,) and Jacob, after- wards member of Assembly.
Levi Vanvolsen lived in Dry valley, and had a distillery. A girl, living with him, took one of his children into the still-house, and placed it upon a barrel, and went to draw some beer. The child fell off into a vessel of boiling mash, and was scalded to death. The girl, Nancy Grimes, afterwards married Jeremiah Speddy.
1794.
FIRST BAPTIST SETTLERS-SAMPLE OF Mr. MORRISON'S SERMONS-REVEREND GEORGE GEISTWEIT-EXCITEMENT INCIDENT TO THE WHISKY INSURREC- TION-COUNTY POLITICS-ELECTION RETURNS-FLAVEL ROAN'S POETRY.
HOMAS SMITH appointed Justice of the Supreme Court, vice William Bradford, resigned. Senator, William Hep- burn. Members of Assembly, Flavel Roan, George Hughes and Jacob Fulmer. Henry Vanderslice, Jailer. County Commissioners, Robert Fleming, Richard Sherer, and Chris- topher Dering.
On the 8th of January a special election was held for a Senator, in the place of William Montgomery, resigned. William Hepburn was elected by sixty-four majority over Rosewell Wells, for the un- expired term.
Among the Officers of West Buffalo-John Reznor, Adam Laugh- lin, and William Moore, assessors.
The additional Taxables were-James Barklow, John Barton, John Kleckner, Solomon Kleckner, Benjamin Jones, Conrad Coons. The name of Jacob Groshong disappears from the list, and his mill is assessed to Enoch Thomas.
Additional Residents of Mifflinburg-John Irvin, store-keeper ; Henry Neal, Ludwig Gettig, Jacob Welker, William Welker, Israel Ritter, John Earnhart.
Of Lewisburg-Alexander McBeth, Matthias Shaffer, Hugh Mc- Laughlin, William Stedman, Esquire.
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First Residents of New Berlin-Hugh Beatty, George Moyer, Christopher Miller, Zeba Smith, Philip Harmony, William Black, John Mitchell, and Martin Carstetter.
Among the names of those who moved into the Valley this year, I note particularly James McClellan, Esquire, and Gabriel Morrison, school-teachers, both from Chester county; widow Mary Harris, grandmother of William Laird Harris, of East Buffalo ; John Betz, and Samuel Baum.
Improvements-The bridge across the Buffalo creek, at its mouth, For this, the court of quarter sessions directed an allowance of £50, ($133 33.) It was without a roof. Travel now deserted the road by way of. the ferry, where the iron bridge now (1877) stands, for the road on the river bank. Seventy-seven years elapse, and the engines at the boat-yard of Frick, Billmyer & Co. frighten it back again. Stedman and Smith keep store at Lewisburg. The court- house at Sunbury was commenced. William Gray, of Sunbury, Alexander Hunter, and John Weitzel were the trustees for build- ing it.
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