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Standing Stone-Settled in 1774 by Lemuel Fitch from Connecticut and Anthony Rummerfield from near Albany, N. Y. Other pioneers were Richard Fitzgerald, William Huyck, Henry Birney, Peter Miller, Daniel Holley, John Gordon, Jonathan Stevens, Joel Tuttle, Jacob Primer, Benjamin Brown, Cherick Westbrook, An- thony Lefevre, Vaughan family, Henry VanKuren, Cor-
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nelius Ennis, George, John, Daniel and Whitfield Vannest, John Terwilliger, Henry Huff, Henry W. Tracy, Jacob Mingle and Ezekiel Griffis.
Terry-Settled in 1787 by Jonathan Terry, a native of Connecticut, coming from the Wyming Valley. Other pioneers were Parshall, Uriah, Joshua, Nathaniel and Nathan Terry, Major Oliver Dodge, Major John Horton, Samuel Wells, Isaac Schoonover, Dr. Jabez Chamberlain, Nathaniel Viall, Lawrence Wiggins.
Towanda-Settled in 1770 by Rudolph Fox, a Palati- nate German from New York. Other pioneers were Jacob Bowman, Jacob Grantier, Silas and Orr Scovell, Casper Singer, James Davidson, Elijalı Head, Joshua Wythe, William Finch, Richard Goff, Job Irish, David Blanchard, Capt. George Alger, Reuben Hale, Pearly White, Reese Stevens, Lorenzo Hovey, Dr. Caleb W. Miles, William McGill, James Daugherty, Andrew Gregg, James Roals, Daniel Gilbert, John Mintz, Williston West, Benjamin Bosworth, Thomas Cox.
North Towanda-Settled in 1785 by Ezra Rutty, Isaac, Abial and Rufus Foster, Jonas Smith and Daniel Guthry. Other pioneers were Amos Bennett, Joshua Bailey, Martin Stratton, Ozias Bingham, Stephen Wilcox, Lemuel Landrus, Nathan Coon, Elisha Carpenter, Stephen Horton, Edward Mills, Amasa Withey, James Mauger, Roderick Granger.
Towanda Borough-The first permanent settler was William Means in 1786. Other first-comers were Ebenezer B. Gregory, James Lewis, Adam Conley, Nathaniel Tal- cott, Henry Mercur, Harry Spalding, Jesse Woodruff, Francis Watts, Oliver Newell, Burr Ridgway, Andrew Irvine, Alphonsus C. Stewart, Ethan Baldwin, Simon
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Kinney, Charles F. Welles, Alvah Kellogg, John, Davis and William VanDyke, Eliphalet Mason, William Kelly, Dr. Charles Whitehead, George Scott, Gurdon Hewett, William Keeler, Joseph C. Powell, Warren Brown, Na- thaniel N. Betts, Col. Hiram Mix, Benjamin Hunt, Dr. John N. Weston, George W. Cash, Gen. William Patton, James McClintock, James Gilson, Jared D. Goodenough, Daniel Bartlett, James P., David M. and George H. Bull.
Troy-Settled in 1795 by Nathaniel Allen, a Revolu- tionary soldier from Long Island. Other pioneers were Reuben, Aaron and Samuel Case, Thomas Barber, Caleb Williams, Reuben Rowley, Robert Claflin, Adrial Hibbard, Reuben Wilbur, Elihu Smead, Ezra Long, Timothy Nichols, Elisha Rich, Samuel Conant, James and Stephen Hickok, Amos Himes, Churchill Barnes, Shubal Maynard, Thomas Porter, Zina Dunbar, Daniel Loomis, Elihu Newbery, Benjamin Ovitt, Dr. Almerin Herrick, Isaac N. Pomeroy, Nathan Alvord, Moses Tay- lor, Eben Preston, Vine Baldwin, Orin P. Ballard.
Tuscarora-Settled in 1775 by Joseph Wharton. Other pioneers were Oliver Sisson, Reuben Shumway, Amos and Benjamin Hurlburt, Edward and Elisha Cogs- well, Stephen Beeman, Jacob Gray, Elihu Hall, Thomas Morley, James Black, Harry Ackley, Jacob Huff, Stephen Bowen, William Clink, Daniel Johnson, Jeremiah Lewis, Chester Wells, John Maxfield, Daniel Merritt, Moses Rowley, David Lacey, Alpheus and Daniel L. Crawford.
Ulster-The first permanent settlers were Benjamin Clark and Adrial Simons, Revolutionary soldiers from Connecticut in 1785. Other pioneers were Solomon Tracy, Eli Holcomb, Isaac Cash, Abram Parmeter, Chester Bing- ham, Wanton Rice, Joseph, Michael and William Loughry,
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William Curray, Daniel Minier, Joseph and Lockwood Smith, Leonard Westbrook, Nathaniel Hovey, Thomas Overton, Stephen Powell, Dr. Joseph Westcoat, Ebenezer Brague, Edmund Lockwood, Thomas and Richard Pem- berton, Charles Chapman, William Gibson, John Gil- more.
Warren-Settled in 1797 by William Arnold, William Harding and Thomas Gibson from Rhode Island. Other pioneers were Clement, Thomas and Oliver Corbin, George and James Bowen, Ebenezer, Jonathan, Amos, Moses and Parley Coburn, Henry Billings, Ebenezer and Ros- well Lee, Luther and Preserved Buffington, Jacob Bur- bank, Abel and Joseph Prince, Alfred Allyn, George Pendleton, Charles and Robert Sutton, Isaac VanBrunt, Samuel Mason, Lewis Barton, Samuel Mapes, Jeremiah Andrew, Alexander and Edward Dewing, Nathan Young, Joseph Armstrong.
Wells-Settled in 1792 by Rev. John Smith from Mass- achusetts. Other pioneers were the Reeders, Lemuel Gaylord, Solomon, Ithamar, Samuel and Iasac Judson, Silas Waldron, John Osgood, Samuel Edsall, Shubael Rowlee, Benjamin Seeley, George Hyde, Zephanialı Knapp, John Reed, Samuel and William Ingals, James Gordon, Peabody Keyes, David Griswold, Ruloff Bovier, Israel Seeley, James Ingals, James Seeley, Joshua Hall, Theophalus Moore, David Holdridge, Thomas, Truman, James and Hiram Warner, Peter P. French, Thomas and James Osgood, Joseph Capron, Stephen Jennings, Curtis H. Leonard, William Brewer, Alexander Roy.
Wilmot-Settled in 1785 by Thomas Keeney from Connecticut. Other pioneers were Richard and Joshua Keeney, James Quick, James Anderson, Christopher
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Schoonover, Nathan and Timothy Beeman, Silas F. An- drews, James Ellsworth, William Brindle, Joseph Ing- ham, Ephraim and Eliphalet Marsh, Ebenezer Horton, John Gamble, Joseph Preston, John Sharts, Ignatius and Allen Wilson, Edward Winslow, John Morrow.
Windham-Settled in 1800 by Thomas Fox, a Revo- lutionary soldier, John Fox from Connecticut and Daniel Doane from Massachusetts. Other pioneers were Jephtha, Darius and Levi Brainard, Benjamin Shoemaker, Nathan Spalding, Stephen Smith, Augustus Hulon, Gerard Smith, AmosVerbeck, Parley Johnson, Edmund Russell, Rensselaer Smith, Caleb Wright, James Mapes, Benja- min I. Woodruff, James Rogers, Lyman Winchester, Joseph Webster, Jonathan Pease, John Russell, Hezekiah Dunham.
Wyalusing-Occupied by the Moravians from 1763 to 1772 ; the first settlers were James Wells and Capt. Rob- ert Carr in 1774 ; other early comers were Benjamin, Jesse and William Pauling, Isaac Hancock, Isaiah Pasco, Nathan Kingsley, Amos York, Miner Robbins, Ephraim Tyler, William Dunn, Benjamin and Stephen Skiff, Justus Gaylord, James Forsyth, Abraham Bowman, Benjamin Budd ; the pioneers were Thomas Brown, Henry and Joseph Elliott, Thomas Lewis, Jonas Ingham, Daniel Tur- rell, Sherman Buck, Asa Flint, Zacharius Price, Thomas and Francis Gardner, James and David Lake, Benjamin Ackley, Job Camp, William Dalton, Benjamin Crawford, John Taylor, Joseph Stalford, Samuel Gordon, Gideon Baldwin, John Hollenback, Dr. Ebenezer Beeman, Raphael Stone, Nathan Scovel, Eilas Vaughn.
Wysox-Settled in 1776 by Isaac and Herman Van Valkenburg, Sebastian and John Strope, Holland people from the Hudson, N. Y. Other pioneers were Roswell
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and Jehial Franklin, Jesse Allen, Matthias Fencelor (Van Sler), Capt. Ralph Martin, Moses and William Cool- baugh, John Hinman, Henry and Ebenezer Tuttle, the Johnson family, Silas Bardwell, Garrett Shoemaker, Henry and John Talladay, Ezekiel Vergason, Gideon Baldwin, Theophilus Moger, Samuel Shores, John Bull, Zacharius Price, Adam Mann, James Drake, Dr. Adoni- jah Warner, Stephen Strickland, John Lent, Jacob and William Myer, Amos Mix, John Dyer, Thomas Green, Jacob and Abraham Dutcher, Thomas Bull, Burr, Rob- ert and David Ridgway, Wilbur Bennett, Shepard and Augustus Pierce, George Scott, Moses and Naphtali Wood- burn, William Keeler, Elihu Bishop, Elisha Whitney, Dr. Seth T. Barstow, Rev. Manassah M. York, Joseph M. Piollet, Elijah Tracy, John Dalton, Shepard Patrick, Benjamin Dresser, Harry Morgan, Joshua Lamphere, Reuben Eddy, James Dobson, Stephen O. Allen, Stephen Wilson, David Owen, Isaac Bull.
Date of Organization and Settlement of the Counties of Pennsylvania.
BY H. W. KRIEBEL.
Philadelphia, 1682 .- The first permanent settlement within the present limits of Philadelphia county was made by the Swedes, who were followed by the English in 1682, and by the Germans in 1683. The county em- braced originally the whole north, northwest and north- east section of the State, between Chester and Bucks counties.
Bucks, 1682 .- The first settlers were Swedes, followed a few years later by English and Welsh Friends, who have spread over most of the Southern part ; and still later by the Germans, who occupied the Northern part. The county extended originally northward to the Kitta- tinny mountains or " as far as the land might be pur- chased from the Indians."
Chester, 1682 .- The first settlers after the Swedes, who settled Upland in 1643, were mostly English Friends who came over with William Penn. Other nationalities followed. The English occupied the Southern part, the Irish the Northern and Western, to be succeeded by the Germans, the Welsh the Eastern. The county included all the territory southwest of the Schuylkill river except small parts of Montgomery and Bucks counties.
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Lancaster, 1729 .- The first settlement was made by the Swiss on the Pequea (1709,) followed by large num- bers of Mennonites (1717-1723) in the Central part. The Scotch-Irish settled along the Chiques creek. The Welsh gave their name to the Welsh mountains, while the En- glish settled the eastern townships. About 1740 the German-Lutherans began to settle in the county.
York, 1749 .- York was occupied in the Southern part by Maryland squatters (1716,) who were driven off (1728.) The first authorized settlement was made in 1729 by John and James Hendricks. The county was thereafter rapidly settled by English, Germans and Scotch-Irish. By 1732 there were four hundred persons living west of of the Susquehanna who paid taxes. At the first election in the county the Germans carried their candidate for sheriff by an overwhelming majority.
Cumberland, 1750 .- The first settlers were Scotch- Irish, with some English, and were supplanted by the Germans. In 1755 the proprietors instructed their agents to encourage the Irish to settle in Cumberland and the Germans in York, to prevent collisions between them. Many of the Scotch-Irish families moved farther west af- ter the Revolution.
Berks, 1752 .- The first settlements were made be- tween 1704 and 1712, in Oley, by Friends, French Huge- nots and Germans. A little later Swedes settled in Amity townships. Reading was laid out in 1748. The early settlers were mostly Germans, but there were also settle- ments by the English, French, Swedes, Swiss, Dutch and Welshı.
Northampton, 1752 .- The first settlers were Scotch- Irish (1728,) who were organized as a church as early as 1731. The Germans followed in 1739. At the forma-
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tion of the county there were nearly 6,000 inhabitants, of whom about 300 were Dutch, 800 Scotch-Irish and 4,000 Germans. After the close of the Revolutionary War the original Scotch-Irish settlers began to move farther west- ward and northward, and the county filled up rapidly with Germans.
Bedford, 1771 .- The date of the first settlement is not well established. Seemingly it must have been in 1750 or earlier. In 1755 a road was cut through the county from Franklin county to Braddock's road west of the Alleghenies. The first settlers, mostly from Cumberland and Franklin counties, were English, Scotch-Irish and Germans. That the county had considerable population in 1771 may be inferred from the fact that ten lawyers were sworn in that year as attorneys and eleven persons were recommended to the Governor for license as tavern- keepers.
Northumberland, 1773 .- Zinzendorf visited Shamokin (now Sunbury,) in 1742, and the Moravians established a mission there in 1747. Settlements were made soon after by the English, Scotch-Irish and Germans from the lower counties.
Westmoreland, 1773 .- The opening of a road through Somerset and Westmoreland in 1758 prepared the way for numerous settlers from the eastern counties, Scotch- Irish and Germans. A writer says : " In point of num- bers, next to the Scotch-Irish were the Germans. Judged by the names of those who signed petitions to Governor Penn in 1774, one must infer that in some districts the German element predominated over the Irish element."
Washington, 1781 .- At the close of Pontiac's War in 1763, pioneers from the Scotch-Irish settlement of the
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Kittatinny Valley and Bedford county and from Virginia established themselves within the present bounds of Washington county, chiefly along the Monongahela.
Fayette, 1783 .- The first attempt at settlement was made in 1748 by the Ohio Land Company. Settlements were begun four years later by settlers from Virginia and Maryland.
Franklin, 1784 .- The first settlers (1728-1740) were Scotch-Irish, but the larger proportion migrated west or south, giving way before the German element coming from the eastern counties of the State. It is estimated that no less than three thousand people were located within the present limits of Franklin county at the period of the French and Indian War.
Montgomery, 1784 .- Montgomery county was settled by the Welsh, English, Swedes and Germans, about 1684, in Lower Merion, prior to 1690, in Springfield and Whitemarsh, about 1709, in Limerick, New Hanvoer and Pottsgrove. 3 In 1734, in a list of 762 taxables and land- holders in the county, considerably over one-half were Germans and about one-fifth were Welsh.
Dauphin, 1785 .- Dauphin was settled from 1720 to 1730, by Scotch-Irish families. German families followed them, but do not seem to have moved into the county in considerable numbers till after the Revolution.
Luzerne, 1786 .- Zinzendorf visited the Wyoming Val- ley in 1742 and the Moravians soon after established a mission at Wyalusing. The land was claimed by the people from Connecticut, who became the first settlers. They were followed by settlers from the lower counties.
Huntingdon, 1787 .- The first attempt at settlement was made in 1749 by intruders, but their cabins were
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burned by order of the authorities in 1750. The earliest permanent settlement was made soon thereafter by the Scotch-Irish and Germans, who began to make improve- ments in choice spots throughout the county a little later. By 1762 the fertile valleys were dotted with improve- ments.
Allegheny, 1788 .- This territory was long known be- fore its permanent settlement and was the scene of the clashing between the advance forces of two streams of settlement. The " forks " were examined by Washing- ton in 1753. Fort Duquesne was built in 1754 by the French, and abandoned by them in 1758. The first per- manent settlers were mainly Scotch-Irish, but many Germans settled in the county later.
Delaware, 1789 .- Chester, formerly called Upland, the oldest town in Pennsylvania, was commenced by the Swedes in 1643, and was the meeting-place of the first provincial council in 1682. The first settlers were fol- lowed by the Hollanders and these by the English and Welsh.
Mifflin, 1789 .- The first settlers were mainly Scotch- Irish, who were followed by many Germans from the lower counties. The first settlers located near Lewis- town about 1755, were driven back and returned in 1768- 69.
Lycoming, 1795 .- Originally the population of the county was composed of Scotch-Irish and Quakers, who moved in from the lower counties. They were followed by the Germans and by people from New England, New York and New Jersey, who have thrown into obscurity the nationality of the first settlers.
Somerset, 1795 .- The opening of a road through the
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southern part of the county in 1754 and through the northern part in 175S was followed soon after by a steady stream of settlers, mostly Germans, coming from the Kit- tatinny Valley.
Greene, 1796 .- The first settlers of Greene county (1754-1760,) were adventurers from Virginia and Mary- land. For a decade and more the county was the scene of contests between them and the French and Indians. That the Germans found their way into the county is shown by the very pathetic story of the Eckerly brothers.
Wayne, 1798 .- The county was settled about 1757 by adventurers from Connecticut. The population is chiefly of New England origin.
Adams, 1800 .- The first settlements (1736-1740,) were made by the Scotch-Irish, who occupied the Western part of York county as originally constituted, the Germans oc- cupying the Eastern part. The Germans have since spread over Adams county-originally formed to exclude them.
Armstrong, 1800 .- This county, the scene of many Indian fights, was purchased in 1768 and 1784, and set- tled about 1800. Egle says : "The early pioneers were from the Eastern sections of the State, many of them Germans who, by their thrift and frugality, have transformed the wilderness into a garden of beauty."
Beaver, 1800 .- The first white settlers were Zeisberger and other Moravians, who established a mission in 1770. The county was opened to occupancy by law in 1792 and was settled mostly by people from the older counties, some Irish and Germans, among whom may be inen- tioned the Harmony Society.
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Butler, 1800 .- Pennsylvanians of Irish and German extractions were among the early pioneers, coming from Westmoreland, Allegheny, Washington, Fayette and counties east of the mountains. Irish, Germans and Scotch followed later on.
Center, 1800 .- The first white settlers, Germans and Irish, reached the county about 1768, were driven out during the Revolution and returned after its close. That many Germans must have been in the county is seen from the statement by a historian, that German was taught in all the schools in the south side of the county up to about 1850.
Crawford, 1800 .- The county was uninhabited by white men until 1788, when a band of pioneers from Northumberland settled near the present town of Mead- ville. Egle says : "The early settlers were chiefly Ger- man, Scotch-Irish and emigrants from New England and New York, and such substantially the population has continued to be."
Erie, 1800 .- In 1795, the year when the city of Erie was laid out by surveyors, there were but four families residing in what is now Erie county. The first Court- house was erected in 1807. Some settlers came from New York and New England, but the greater number came from the lower counties of Pennsylvania.
Mercer, 1800 .- The Southern part of this county began to be peopled about 1795. The first settlements in the neighborhood of the town of Mercer, principally by people from Westmoreland, Washington and Allegheny counties, were made about 1806.
Venango, 1800 .- This section was visited by the French in 1749, abandoned by them in 1759, visited in
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1767 by the Moravians, who established a mission station near the mouth of the Tionesta, and abandoned it 1770. Settlers from the older counties and from New England began to arrive about 1790.
Warren, 1800 .- The first settlement was made about 1795 in the Notrhern part of the county by a few Scotch- Irish families from Philadelphia. Egle says : " Yan- kees have ruled Warren county, and to their enterprise and industry its rapid development is largely attributed. About 1830 some Germans found their way into the county and made its attractions known to their friends abroad. In a few years a large Protestant German popu- lation had sought homes here, mostly in and around Warren borough, where they and their descendants still remain. Both the agricultural and mechanical depart- ments have been and now are largely supplied from this foreign element."
Indiana, 1803 .- The first attempt at settlement in In- diana county was made in 1769 ; improvements began to be made about 1772, near the present town of Indiana. The early settlers came from the eastern counties of the State, in great part from the Cumberland Valley, and were mostly of Scotch-Irish descent, although many Germans also found their way into the county.
Cambria, 1804 .- The first settlers in the county took up their residence near Loretto in 1797. The early set- tlers were Irish, Welsh and Germans. Egle says : "The grand source of population was the Pennsylvania-German stock, Mennonites or Amish, whose descendants prepon- derate in certain sections to the present day."
Clearfield, 1804 .- The settlers who began to arrive about 1800, came mainly from other sections of the State. Germans are found notably at Luthersburg.
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Jefferson, 1804 .- The first permanent settlement was made in 1797. The early settlers came mainly from the older counties, many being of New England origin, while some Germans established themselves in the Southern part.
Mckean, 1804 .- The first settlement was made by Mr. King, of Philadelphia, about the year 1800. The early settlers came mainly from New England, New York and the older counties of the State, with a sprinkling of Germans.
Potter, 1804 .- The first settlement was made in 1808. The settlers came from the Eastern States and the older counties of Pennsylvania.
Tioga, 1804 .- The first settlement was made about 1795. A colony from Virginia, Delaware, Maryland and Philadelphia located near Wellsboro in 1800. Most of the early settlers were of New England or New York origin.
Schuylkill, 1811 .- Several German families settled near Orwigsburg in 1747. The county does not seem to have been visited very much by white men prior to 1790, when German farmers settled north of the Kittatinny mountains in the valleys. The discovery of coal brought the English, Irish and Welsh into the county. At the time of the formation of the county it contained from six to seven thousand inhabitants.
Bradford, 1812 .- The Moravians established a mission at Wyalusing in 1763, which was abandoned in 1772. Permanent settlements began in 1770 by Rudolph Fox and Peter Shoefeldt, Germans. The first settlers were mostly of New England origin.
Susquehanna, 1812 -The first settlers of the county
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were Connecticut claimants, who began to ascend from Wyoming about 1785. Most of the settlers were New Englanders.
Lehigh, 1812 .- The first settlers were Scotch-Irish, who were soon followed and greatly outnumbered by the Ger- mans. There were few settlements prior to 1723, although a few families probably had moved into this territory about 1715. By 1752 it had a population of about 2,000.
Columbia, 1813 .- Settlements began to be made about the commencement of the Revolution. Many of the set- . tlers were Germans from the lower counties of the State. Catawissa was originallay a settlement of Quakers, who made way for the Germans.
Lebanon, 1813 .- The first settlements within the pres- ent limits of the county were made in Derry township by the Scotch-Irish prior to 1720. About three-fourths of the county were originally settled by Germans, some of whom came from New York between 1723 and 1729; others immigrated from Germany about the same time.
Union, 1813 .- A few pioneers settled about the mouth of Penn's Creek between 1750 and 1755, but were driven away the latter year by the Indians. Many Irish and German adventurers moved into the county after 1768. Settlers from the lower counties followed, many of them Germans.
Pike, 1814 .- The earliest settlement was made below Milford by a party of Hollanders prior to the arrival of William Penn. The people are mainly of New England or Pennsylvania origin.
Perry, 1820 .- The first settlement within the present limits of this county was made as early as 1741 by Ger- mans, who were removed the next year by the proper au-
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thorities. The early settlers were Scotch-Irish and Ger- man, and by 1755 had become quite numerous in Sher- man's Valley, when many were killed and the survivors were kept in constant alarm. A large number of Ger- man settlers moved into the county after the Indian troubles had been settled.
Juniata, 1831 .- The first settlers were Scotch-Irish, who came as early as 1749. Germans came into the east end about 1754. These settlers were repeatedly driven out and many of them killed or captured by the Indians. After 1768 the settlers enjoyed more peace.
Monroe, 1836 .- A settlement by the Dutch existed on the Minisink flats of the Delaware above the Kittatinny long before it became known to the proprietary govern- ment. The population is of a mixed description, the south and southeastern part being chiefly German.
Clarion, 1839 .- No settlements were made in what is now Clarion county till 1801, when two hands of pioneers moved in. The settlers came from other parts of the State.
Clinton, 1839 .- The first actual settlement was made prior to 1769. The settlers came from the lower counties of the State and were mainly of Scotch or Irish descent.
Wyoming, 1842 .- Wyoming was not settled perma- nently until after the Revolution. The early settlers were mainly New Englanders, with some Germans from the lower counties.
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