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To April Session, 1795, Hugh Wilson, Henry Dreisbach, Leffard Haughawaut, William P. Maclay, C. Baldy, and John Thompson, junior, reported that they had laid out a public road from Dreisbach's church to the Presbyterian church at Buffalo Cross-Roads.
Politics.
Jay's treaty with Great Britain was signed on the 19th of Novem- ber, 1794. General Washington received a copy on the 7th of March, of the present year. An extra session of the Senate was called on the 6th of June, and it advised the President to ratify it, except one article in relation to the West India trade. While Washington was waiting, a little, the progress of events, one of the Virginia Senators, S. T. Mason, in violation of the obligation of secrecy, sent a copy of it to the Aurora, a violent, partisan Democratic (or Republican, as was the party name then) paper, in Philadelphia. It was spread before the people without any of the accompanying documents or letters, necessary for a fair appreciation of it by the people. The treaty was the best that could be obtained at the time, and public policy recommended its ratification. Nevertheless, the warm feeling of our people towards the French gave the opportunity to the politicians to raise a tremendous storm. Meetings were held all over the country, and the treaty denounced violently. Jay was burned in effigy, the British minister insulted, and Hamilton stoned at a public meeting. We can give no idea of the bitterness engen- dered, except by large quotations from speeches and correspondence of the day. The clergy, at least many of the prominent ones, took part, and some of their vituperations appal us. The upshot of the matter was, General Washington stood firm, and the treaty became
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a law. Nevertheless, the party feeling it elicited increased until it ended in the overthrow of the Federal party, in the fall of 1800.
William and Samuel Maclay were the influential men of the middle and western portions of Pennsylvania, and were decided Republi- cans. Buffalo Valley, ever since a hot place about election times, was doubly hot at this time. Samuel Maclay's influence, from his good character and ability, was almost unbounded. Nevertheless, Mr. Morrison led a determined few in opposition to the dominant Republicans. The result was, pew rates ceased in the Buffalo church, and we only find the names of William Sherer, John Allen, Joseph Allen, John Reznor, George Knox, Walter Clark, Joseph Patterson, William Gray, and Thomas Howard, marked as paying up their sti- pends. In 1797, the foregoing and William Wilson and William Irwin, Fsquire, only are marked as having paid up. In 1798, occur the same names only paying up. In 1799 and 1800, the same names. In 1801, only the names of George Knox, William Wilson, William Gray, Esquire, and Walter Clark.
Mr. Morrison commenced preaching at Mr. Maclay from the pul- pit, and Mr. Maclay refused to go any longer, and, of course, took the larger body of the congregation with him. Mr. Morrison alleged that the majority had conspired to shut him out of the church, and he and his party went so far as to shut themselves out of the church, one day, and then went over to the school-house to hear Mr. Mor- rison preach, and endeavored to put the odium of it upon the ma- jority.
Marriage.
December, 16, Tobias Sheckler to Catherine, daughter of George Frederick.
Deaths.
John Thornburg, of Lewisburg. Charles Pollock, White Deer. Henry Bolender. Theobald Miller, of Penn's. His widow married George May, of Buffalo. His children : Benjamin, who went down the Ohio, and was killed by the Indians; Valentine, father of Car- penter John. of Lewisburg; Margaret, married to John Metzgar; Catherine, to John Adam: Mary, to Philip Moore, of Freeburg ; Valentine, married a daughter of Joseph Evans, of Lewisburg, served in the war of 1812: father of Reverend Theobald, of Ohio.
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George Kester, (Hartley now.) In his will he provided for the erection of a school-house on his place, which was to be furnished with a good stove, at the expense of his estate. This is still known as the Kester school-house. A burying-ground is attached, in which are interred many of the old settlers. Kester's children were Peter, Elizabeth, Christina, and Henry.
Anna M. Smith, of East Buffalo. She left in her will £30, to erect a school-house for poor children on 'T'urtle creek.
William Irvine, died November 18. His place was the " Thomas Wilson" warrantee tract, about a mile above Rengler's mill, adjoining then John Beatty, Wendell Baker, James Magee and John Sierer, two hundred and sixty acres ; ninety cleared. It was sold by his execu- tors, on 4th May, 1798, to Peter Dunkle, for $1,500.
William Irvine came into the Valley, probably in the year 1774, when he patented the tract. He is marked on the assessments William Irvine, (Irish,) to distinguish him from William Irwin, Es- quire, who is marked as "late of Carlisle." His wife was an Arm- strong, connected with the family at Carlisle, and his eldest daughter, Catherine, (afterwards Catherine Wilson,) was born November 16, 1758. He served during the French-Indian war, 1754-1763. I have his powder horn, on which are etched the stations between Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, to Fort Stanwix and Crown Point, the plan of Fort Duquesne, the English insignia " Honi soit que mal," Indians with scalping knives, &c. With the runaway of 1779, he removed his family to Cumberland county. The spring served as a hiding place for many things, and a griddle, now in possession of J. M. Linn, still shows some rust-holes gotten there. His wife died near Carlisle, and he returned to his place in the Valley, accom- panied by his daughter Catherine, and from her have come down many incidents of the hardships endured by the early settlers.
When alarmed by incursions of the Indians, they rendezvoused at McCandlish's, (now John Lesher's.) Once, when on a flight, the quick ear of the father caught the report of a bush cracking behind them. He pushed her behind a tree and cocked his rifle, but it was only a deer running by. Once they were pursued so close they had to leave a cow with a calf only a few days old. He pushed down the fence so that she could get into the meadow, and they then fled for their lives.
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Later in life, he married Jane Forster, daughter of John. She died in 1824, aged eighty-four, and is buried in the Lewis grave-yard. His children were, 1, Catherine, married to Hugh Wilson, father of Doctor W. I. Wilson, still living ; Francis, who died February 15, 1873, Mrs. James F. Linn, Mrs. William Stedman; 2, Elizabeth, married to William Love ; 3, Nancy, to William Milford. (The lat- ter took a boat load of produce to New Orleans, in 1809, and was never heard of afterward.) His wife survived him forty-one years ; 4, Mary, married to James McClellan, Esquire ; 5, Sarah, married to Walter Charters. William Irvine's father's name was Andrew, of the county of Fermanagh, Ireland ; and John, Matthew, and Thomas, of Philadelphia, frequently mentioned in the Pennsylvania Archives in connection with the purchase of ships for the navy and powder for the continental army, were William's cousins, as were also General William Irvine, of the Pennsylvania Line, Matthew, the celebrated surgeon of Lee's legion, and Andrew, who survived so many wounds received at Paoli.
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BISHOP NEWCOMER VISITS THE VALLEY-LIST OF INHABITANTS OF EAST BUFFALO. LEWISBURG, NEW BERLIN, WEST BUFFALO, WHITE DEER, AND MAHANTANGO.
ENATOR, Samuel Dale, re-elected in October. Mem- bers of Assembly, Hugh White, John White, and Thomas Grant. William Cooke, commissioned Associate Judge January 19th, vice Samuel Maclay, resigned December 7,1795. County Commissioners, Joseph Dering, Henry Vander- slice, and Nathan Stockman. Coroner, William McAdam. Briga- dier General, William Wilson. Brigade Inspector, Bernard Hubley. Peter Hosterman, Justice of the Peace, commissioned March 14; George Youngman, March 17; Frederick Stees, June 9.
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January 18, George Clark, Lazarus Finney, and Roan McClure made a valuation of the real estate, &c., of White Deer township. Real estate, $37,445 ; personal, $4,438 ; buildings, $6,448.
March 18, Conrad Weiser moved from Tulpehocken to his place on the Isle of Que .- Spyker's Journal.
May 6, Bishop Christian Newcomer, of the United Brethren Church, visited the Valley, and held meetings on the 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th. Many souls confessed their sins, among the rest a woman came forward leading her daughter. Blessed be God ! she, with many others, found mercy .- Newcomer's Journal.
James Jenkins sold his slave, Tom, to Colonel John Patton, of Centre county. Tom was thirty years old when the emancipation act of 1780 was passed, but was registered defectively, and lived in the belief that he was still a slave. After living many years with Colonel Patton, he came back to Buffalo Valley, and became a charge. The overseers removed him to Ferguson, in Centre, and that township had to keep him.
List of Inhabitants of East Buffalo.
The occupation, where not mentioned, is that of farmer ; improve- ments, when not added to the name, are log-house and barn; c, for cabin : Alsbach, Mathias ; Anderson, William, c; Aurand, John ; Aurand, Dietrich, c; Aurand, Peter, c ; Bailey, John ; Baker, Wen- dell ; Baldy, Christopher ; Barber, Martha, c; Barnhart, Henry ; Barton, John, on Jasper Ewing's place ; Baum, Charles ; Baum, Samuel ; Beatty, Alexander ; Beatty, John ; Betzer, William ; Betz, Abram ; Betz, Solomon; Bickel, Christopher ; Bickel, Jacob ; Bill- myer, Andrew, tavern-keeper ; Boveard, James, c; Bower, Casper ; Bower. George : Bower, Jacob; Burd, David, c; Campbell, John, on William Gray's place ; Carothers, Samuel ; Cherry, Charles, on C. Baldy's place ; Christ, Adam ; Croninger, Joseph ; Colpetzer, Adam, c; Conaly, John, distiller ; Connell, William, c; Coryell, Abram, joiner ; Coryell, George ; Covert, Luke, c; Cox, Tunis ; Dale, Samuel, Esquire ; Davis, Robert ; Derr, George ; Dempsey, Widow, c; Dennis, John: Dersham, Christian ; Donnell, Andrew, Esquire ; Doughman, Stephen ; Dreisbach, Henry ; Dreisbach, Jacob ; Dreisbach, Martin ; Dunlap, William, c; Dunkle, Jacob ;
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Eaylor, Frederick, c; Emrey, Jacob; Emrey, William, a blacksmith, on John Sierer's place ; Eyerly, Abram, stone barn ; Farley, John, c; Farley, Michael; Fisher, George ; Fisher, William ; Foster, James ; Fought, Michael ; Frantz, Ludwig ; Frock, Henry, c; Free- man, Reverend George ; Freeman, Nathaniel ; Frederick, Peter ; Frederick, George ; Foster, William ; Gass, George ; Gass, Peter ; Goodman, George, c; Goodman, John ; Gray, Robert, c; Green- hoe, John : Grogg, Peter, c; Groninger, Joseph, c; Grove, Mi- chael, c ; Grunner, Jacob, c; Gundy, Christian, grist and saw-mill at George Derr's ; Harris, Widow; Hartley, John ; Haughawaut, Leffard, c; Hayes, John, surveyor ; Hayes, David ; Holdship, Thomas, shoe-maker : Holeman, Martin ; Housel, Peter ; Hoy, John ; Hoy, Philip ; Hubler, John ; Hummel, John ; Hummel, James, house-joiner ; Hunter, Samuel ; Huntsman, John, junior ; Hunts- man, James, senior ; Irwin, James, c; Jenkins, James, stone grist- mill ; Kemble, Joseph ; Kemberling, Jacob, c; Knight, Isaac, c; Lincoln, Mishael; Long, George ; Lowrey, Hugh, c; Lowrey, Widow ; Lutz, Jacob ; Mcclellan, James ; McConnel, William, c ; McGee, James ; Mclaughlin, John ; Maclay, Samuel, Esquire ; Macpherson, John ; Maize, Michael ; Markle, John ; May, George ; Metzgar, Jacob ; Miller, Benjamin ; Miller, Christian ; Miller, Con- rad ; Miller, George, c; Mizener, John; Mook, Jacob, c ; Morrison, Reverend Hugh ; Morrison, Gabriel, c; Morton, Japhet ; Moyer, Michael, saw-mill ; Nichols, James, fuller ; Nickle, Samuel ; Over- meier, George, senior ; Overmeier, George, junior ; Overmeier, Peter ; Peters, Henry, c; Peters, Philip; Piper, William; Poak, William ; Poak, Thomas, malster ; Pollock, John, store-keeper ; Pontius, Fred- erick; Pontius, Nicholas ; Pontius, Henry ; Porter, Samuel ; Ray, John ; Reed, Robert, c; Reedy, Conrad ; Reedy, Jacob; Rengler, John, saw and grist-mill ; Rees, Daniel, c; Rees, Thomas ; Rich- ard, Henry; Rote, John ; Sailor, Henry, c; Schrack, Benjamin ; Scroggs, Allen, c; Seebold, Christopher, grist-mill ; Sheaffer, Henry, (ferry ;) Sheckler, Tobias ; Sheckler, Daniel ; Shipman, John, c; Shively, Henry, c; Shuck, John ; Sierer, John ; Smith, Michael, blacksmith ; Stadler, Valentine, c; Stahl, Philip, saw-mill; Steel, David, blacksmith ; Sterrett, Thomas ; Struble, Conrad; Struble, Adam; Snoddy, James; Templeton, Samuel ; Thomas, Job ; Thompson, William, c, school-master ; Thompson, James ; Thomp-
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son, Benjamin ; Thompson, John, senior ; Thompson, John, junior ; Toner, Charles ; Treasonrighter, Conrad ; Ward, Thomas ; Weiser, Christopher, fulling-mill ; Wilson, Hugh; Wilson, Thomas ; Wine- garden, Widow; Wise, Peter; Wise, Frederick, blacksmith; Wise, Frederick; Wise, Jacob; Voneida, Philip.
Lewisburg-Armstrong, William, tailor; Beyer, Doctor Charles, log house ; Black, James, stone house, store-keeper ; Caldwell, Thomas, log house, store-keeper ; Dunlap, John, ferry and tavern, renter to James Black, $120 ; Ensworth, Andrew, log house, peddler ; Evans, Joseph, log house and shop, cabinet-maker ; Fulton, Henry, cabin ; Gray, John, tavern; Grove, Adam, carpenter; Grove, Wen- dell, carpenter ; Henning, Frederick, tavern, log ; Hyndman, Sam- uel ; Kemble, Lawrence, log house, tinner ; Knox, George, tanner ; Langs, George, cooper ; Lewis, Alexander, stone house and kitchen, and a frame house ; McLaughlin. Hugh, tailor ; Metzgar, John, two houses, store-keeper ; Metzger, Daniel, saddler; Murphy, John ; Poak, William, log house and kitchen, tavern-keeper ; Poak, Thomas, log house ; Poak, George; Roan, Flavel ; Sherer, Richard, log house ; Stedman, William, stone house ; Shaffer, Matthias, carpen- ter ; Troxell, John; Welker, Jacob, log house; Wells, Joseph, shoe-maker ; Wells, Benjamin, shoe-maker ; Yentzer, Christian, log house.
New Berlin-Beatty, William ; Beatty, Hugh; Black, William ; Cook, James; Gill, Isaac ; Henderson, James ; Miller, Christian, shop-keeper ; Mitchell, John; Moyer, George, tailor ; Overmeier, John ; Rerich, William, blacksmith; Seebold, Christian, tavern- keeper ; Smith, John, tavern-keeper ; Smith, Peter, tailor ; Specht, Adam, shoemaker ; Trester, Martin.
A List of all the Inhabitants of West Buffalo Township, with a Description of their Dwellings and Occupations.
Anthony, George, wheelwright, round log cabin ; Armstrong, William, farmer ; Adamson, William, cooper, log cabin ; Ammer- man, Daniel, jobber, cabin ; Allen, Obediah, farmer, round log cabin ; Boerhave, Christopher, blacksmith, scutched log house, stable, and cabin shop, one hundred and thirty-seven acres ; Beeb, George, cropper; Bruner, Jacob, farmer, cabin, one hundred acres ;
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Bruner, John, jobber, cabin, one hundred acres; Brown, John, farmer, chip log house and barn, spring-house, shell of a new log house, one hundred and seventy-two acres ; Brown, Christian, job- ber, hewed log house, not lined; Black, William, school-master, chip log cabin ; Beigh, Frederick, cordwainer, round log cabin ; Bart- ges, Michael, nailor, frame nailor shop; Ben, James, living with his father-in-law ; Books, George, sawyer, log cabin; Banter, John, farmer ; Bole, Henry, farmer, chip log house and barn ; Buckalew, Peter, farmer; Bubb, George, farmer, cabin; Boveard, William, job- ber, log house and barn ; Buyers, John, farmer, log cabin; Barton, Kimber, a school-teacher; Clarke, Joseph, colonel's son, farm occu- pied by John Conser, one hundred acres ; Carmany, John, cord- wainer, small hewed log house; Cox, William, jobber, hewed log house and kitchen ; Christ, Conrad, cooper, round log cabin ; Coon, Conrad, cordwainer, round log cabin ; Clay, David, farmer, round log cabin ; Conser, John, stiller, log house ; Clark, John, farmer, log house ; Coderman, George, farmer, hewed log house ; Clark, Joseph, farmer, round log cabin; Carney, Anthony, blacksmith, round log cabin ; Crawford, Edward, farmer, log house ; Crawford, William, farmer, log house ; Coderman, David, farmer, log house and barn ; Carnes, William, farmer ; Coderman, Jacob, farmer, log cabin ; Chambers, Robert, farmer, log cabin ; Chambers, Mary. housekeeper, log cabin ; Chambers, Benjamin, single man ; Der- sham, Ludwig, farmer, hewed log house and barn, one hundred acres ; Dreisbach, John, gunsmith, hewed log house, stable, brick kitchen and frame shop; Derr, Christian, house carpenter, small chip log house ; Duncan, James, weaver ; Douglass, William, farmer, log house ; Earnhart, John, blacksmith, hewed log house and black- smith shop ; Emery, John, blacksmith, hewed log house and shop on John Kleckner's place; Evans, Nathan, saddler, round log cabin ; Emery, Peter, farmer, log cabin; Emery, John, farmer, log cabin ; Everet, Abel, miller ; Fry, Jacob, farmer, hewed log house, kitchen, barn, and cabin; Forster, Thomas, farmer, chipped log house ; Forster, Robert, farmer, hewed log house ; Fough, Henry, round log cabin ; Ford, Thomas, farmer, chip log cabin ; Fisher, Peter, sawyer, cabin and saw-mill; Fiddler, Stephen, blacksmith, log house and shop; Frederick, Thomas, farmer, log house ; Get- gen, Ludwig, mason, hewed log house; Ghien, Nathan, farmer,
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chipped log cabin ; Gray, Henry, farmer, round log cabin ; Get- chey, Adam, farmer, chipped log cabin ; Gast, Jacob, jobber, chip- ped log cabin ; Glover, John, farmer, hewed log house and round log barn, very old ; Grim, Jacob, tavern-keeper, hewed log house, grist and saw-mill ; Gray, George, tenant, log cabin; Hyman, John, jobber, small cabin ; Holmes, Jonathan, small hewed log house ; Horne, Robert, shop-keeper, hewed log house and chip log stable ; Housel, Jacob, farmer, log cabin; Housel, Martin, farmer, chip log house and stable ; Hamilton, Francis, jobber, round log cabin : Humler, Daniel, farmer, chipped log cabin ; Helman, John, jobber. chipped log cabin ; Hickson, John, farmer, hewed log house ; Hull, Thomas, farmer, chipped log cabin ; Hoves, John, farmer, round log barn ; Hendricks, Henry, sawyer, cabin ; Humler, Adam, farmer, round log cabin : Iddings. James, farmer, shell of a cabin ; Iddings, William, farmer, chipped log cabin; Irwin, John, shop- keeper, hewed log house and round log house ; Johnson, Christopher, farmer, grist and saw-mill; Jones. Benjamin, farmer, chipped log house ; Kennedy, Alexander, farmer, chipped log cabin, old stable, chipped log house and barn, shell, one hundred and forty acres ; Kemple, John, farmer, hewed log house and barn: Keney, David, farmer, round log cabin; Kleckner, John, tavern-keeper, barn, stable, and spring house ; Kester, Henry, farmer, log house and saw- mill ; Kester, Peter, farmer, cabin ; Kester, John, farmer, log cabin ; Kester, John, sawyer, log house ; Kester, Peter, stiller, cabin; Kleck- ner, Solomon, clock-maker, chipped log cabin ; Lyman, Michael, carpenter, hewed log house; Langabaugh, Henry, weaver, hewed log house; Leighty, John, tanner, round log house; Lowdon, John, farmer, hewed log house, barn, spring-house, and saw-mill; Laughlin, Adam, farmer, log cabin; Lewis, Paschal, farmer, log house ; Mathias, Jacob, jobber, hewed log house and barn, one hun- dred acres ; Moor, James, hunter, hewed log cabin ; Moore, Henry, cordwainer, round log cabin, log still-house ; Mettlen, Patrick, farmer, round log cabin ; Mizner, Adam, farmer, hewed log cabin ; Midker, Conrad, farmer, round log cabin thatched ; Mitchell, John, farmer, round log cabin ; Miller, Bastian, farmer, round log cabin, thatched roofed barn; Mann, Philip, farmer, log house ; Metzger, Henry, jobber, cabin ; Means, Andrew, millwright, log cabin ; Mathers, Samuel, farmer, chipped log cabin ; McLain, John, cord-
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wainer, hewed log house; Mccutchen, Hugh, schoolmaster ; Mc- Grady. Alexander, farmer, round log cabin ; McCaley, Alexan- der, farmer, round log cabin, barn shingled ; McMurtrie, Hugh, farmer, cabin ; Noll, Henry, cropper, cabin building ; Neel, Wil- liam, weaver, chipped log weaver shop; Neel, Henry, tailor, hewed log house ; Owens, Abel, farmer, chipped log house ; Pontius, An- drew, farmer, house and cabin, barn, one hundred and fifty acres ; Pontius, Andrew, junior, farmer, round log house ; Pontius, Henry, farmer, hewed log house and log cabin; Peterson, Robert, hunter, chipped log house and cabin stable ; Piper, Henry, farmer, hewed shell house ; Peters, Michael, round log cabin ; Rockey, Jacob, does what he thinks best; Rearick, John, farmer, hewed log house, spring- house and cabin barn ; Richey, Andrew, jobber, cabin ; Rockey, Wil- liam, farmer, hewed log house, cabin barn, grist and saw-mill ; Rockey, John, tavern-keeper, hewed log house and kitchen, round log stable ; Rote, George, tavern-keeper ; Ray, George, tavern-keeper, hewed log house and barn ; Royer, Peter, farmer, hewed log house and barn ; Reed, Mary, Mifflinburg ; Reedy, Nicholas, jobber, log house ; Ross, Charles, jobber, scutched house ; Rote, Peter, farmer, round log cabin ; Ridabaugh, Michael, farmer, hewed log house and barn ; Reznor, John, junior, farmer, log house ; Reznor, John, senior, farmer, round log cabin ; Reznor, George; Rote, John, Jacob, and George: Keznor, Hugh, Moses Caruther's miller ; Rhine- macker, Baltzer, farmer, round log cabin; Spangler, Christian, farmer, log house and barn, one hundred and fifty acres ; Spangler, John, jobber, one hundred and twenty-one acres; Shanke, Jacob, blacksmith, hewed log kitchen and shop; Skiles, James, jobber, chipped log house, small ; Sample, Nicholas, carpenter, hewed log house ; Stotan, William, farmer, chipped cabin, barn and still-house ; Shrock, John, farmer, round log cabin ; Smith, John, farmer, round cabin, house, and saw-mill, round log cabin; Shriner, Nicholas, crop- per, hewed log cabin ; Shriner, Peter, jobber, hewed log cabin; Smith, Melchior, farmer, chipped log house ; Shirtz, Michael, farmer, log house, cabin ; Snook, William, farmer, log house ; Smith, Ludwig, farmer, log house, grist and saw-mill; Smith, David, farmer ; Shri- ner, Henry, jobber, log cabin ; Spencer, Joshua, jobber, cabin ; Tate, David, farmer, cabin, house, scutched log barn ; Thompson, James, farmer, hewed log house, round log cabin ; Thomas, Enoch;
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Tittleman, Godfrey, farmer, round log cabin ; Tibbens, David, saw- yer, cabin ; Trippy, George, weaver ; Wise, Jacob, farmer, hewed log house, spring-house, and cabin barn ; Wagner, Christopher, car- penter, hewed log house ; Welker, William, jobber, hewed log house and kitchen; Welker, Jacob, tailor, hewed log house; Williams, Benjamin, chipped log house; Wigdon, John, farmer, hewed log shell of a house ; Wilson, Hugh, tavern-keeper, hewed log house, red log barn, on Colonel Hartley's place ; Wilson, David, farmer, one slave ; Wirebaugh, Catherine, house-keeper, log house ; Wirebaugh, Nicholas, single man ; Winkelpleck, John, farmer, log house ; Ultz, Joseph, farmer, hewed log house, red log stable ; Ultz, John, farmer, log cabin, round log stable ; Vorgan, John, farmer, round log cabin ; Youngman, George, shop-keeper, hewed log house, shop, scutched log stable ; Youngman, Thomas, with his father, a shell of a scutched log house ; Youngman, Elias, hatter, chipped log house ; Young, Christian, potter, hewed log house, round log stable ; Zellers, Peter, farmer, hewed log house, round log barn; Zipperneck, Frederick, farmer, round log house and barn ; Metzgar, Jacob, farmer, round log cabin.
Single Freemen-Barnes, Aaron ; Chambers, Joseph ; Caruthers, Moses ; Crotzer, John ; Duncan, James ; Emery, Joseph ; Hunter, John ; Love, Alexander ; Moore, Jacob; Moore, John ; McCalley, David; Rockey, Jacob.
A List of all the Inhabitants of White Deer Township, Dwellings, their Occupation, &c.
All whose occupations are not named were farmers. Adams, Joseph, log house and barn ; Adams, James, square log house and dou- ble barn ; Allen, Joseph, cabin and still-house ; Allen, John, cabin, stable ; Anderson, Gailand, cabin, saddletree-maker ; Awl, Samuel. cabin, shoe-maker ; Bennage, Simon, log house, one and a half stories, double barn ; Bogender, Lemuel, Thomas Howard's place, carpen- ter ; Bole, Samuel, log house, double barn; Bower, John, cabin and stable, shoe-maker ; Boyl, William, tenant of Gideon Smith ; Buchanan, David, cabin and stable, millwright ; Carnahan, Robert, cabin and still-house ; Chamberlin, William, frame house, log barn, oil, grist, and saw-mill, log still-house ; Clark, Walter, square log house
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and double barn ; Clark, Robert, square log house and double barn ; Clark, William, stone house, log barn, still-house ; Clark, George ; Cleland, Arthur, cabin and stable ; Clendening, William, cabin, weaver ; Coburn, William, cabin and stable ; Connelly, William, cabin, weaver ; Coulter, Nathaniel, cabin, laborer ; Darlington, Joseph, cabin ; Davidson, Thomas, blacksmith, log house ; Dean, Samuel, cabin, no trade; Dickey, George, saddler; Dinning, Samuel, log house and barn ; Drielly, James, cabin, weaver ; Eaker, Joseph, cabin and stable, doctor ; Elder, Thomas, school-master, cabin, stable, and corn-crib; Elder, James ; Farley, Caleb, cabin and stable ; Finney, Robert, log house and double barn ; Finney, Lazarus, no improve- ment ; Fisher, Paul, log house and double barn; Fisher, Henry, cabin and stable ; Fisher, Michael, log house ; Fisher, George, no im- provement ; Fisher, Elizabeth ; Fisher, Christian, cabin ; Fisher, John, jobber; Freeman, Samuel, cabin, weaver ; Fruit, Robert, square log house and barn ; Fruit, Richard, log house, one and a half stories, stable ; Gilliland, Joseph, cabin, cooper ; Gillespie, Charles, cabin ; Gilman, Henry, large cabin ; Gilman, Jacob, large cabin, weaver; Goodlander, Christian, cabin, tailor ; Gott- shall, John, carpenter ; Graham, Edward, cabin, tailor ; Gray, Wil- liam, Esquire, log house, one and a half stories, double barn, and still- house ; Groninger, Jacob, lived cn William Wilson's place, cabin, weaver ; Heckle, Andrew, log house and double barn ; Henderson, William, cabin, carpenter, on William Wilson's; Heriot, Samuel, carpenter ; Hies, George, cabin, blacksmith ; High, Peter, carpenter and tavern-keeper ; Hill, John, cabin, shoe-maker ; Hill, James, small cabin, shoe-maker; Hilliard, Guy, cabin, shoe-maker; How- ard, Thomas, square log house and barn ; Hudson, William, cabin. mason ; Huffman, George, log house ; Huffman, John, log house and double barn; Hunt, John, cabin, blacksmith ; Hunter, Agnes, cabin ; Hutchinson, Thomas, square log house, (Patterson's place ;) Iddings, William, cabin, blacksmith ; Iddings, Henry, log house; Iddings, Jonathan, small cabin ; Iddings, Isaac, small cabin ; Irwin, Richard, log house and barn, weaver ; Irwin, William, cabin ; Johnson, Jean, cabin, and stable ; Jordon, Jean, cabin and barn, clapboard roof; Jordon, William, cabin, boatman : Keller George, small cabin, wheelright ; Kelly, John, Esquire. log house and double barn ; Kiles, James, cabin, laborer ;
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