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lived. The latter was an invalid, and was confined to his room for four years before his death, July 27, 1855. Stephen was attentive and devoted to his sick father as long as the latter lived." "In 1852 Stephen and wife took a trip to New Orleans in his brother Dunning's steamboat. On this voyage Stephen observed a good many incidents of southern life, which he afterwards utilized as points for poetical simile in songs." "During the period between 1853 and 1860 Stephen remained at home, and many of his sentimental songs were written. In 1860 he again received a profitable offer from his publishers, and remained in New York until his death, January 13, 1864." His remains were taken by his wife, brothers, Morrison and Henry, to Pittsburg and in terred beside the mother and father he loved so much."
A monument for Stephen Collins Foster has been erected by the people of Pittsburg and vicinity, and is placed at the left of the main entrance to Highland Park. The base of the memorial is of granite and is 14 feet high. The figures are in bronze. The poet is seated and holds in his hand a book and pencil. Seated at his feet is an old negro, who is playing on his banjo. The song composer is evidently seeking inspiration from the negro's music.
Early War Times.
Paper by A. H. Kingsbury, April 29, 1911, 50th Anniversary Exercises of the Departure of First Bradford County Soldiers to the Front.
'T WAS on the quiet morning of Sunday, April 14, 1861, that the thrilling though not un- expected news was sprung upon the ears of the citizens of Towanda, that Fort Sumter had fallen into the possession of the rebels of the South, or as it was announced, that after a brave resistance by Colonel Anderson and his small garrison of U. S. Regu- lars, he had been compelled to surrender its battered walls and lower the Stars and Stripes, and from that morning on excitement mounted high until on Friday evening, April 18, a mass meeting of the citizens of Towanda and vicinity was held at the court house, to take measures to respond to the call of President Lincoln for 75,000 troops to suppress rebellion and insurrection. At which meeting Hon. U. Mercur was elected chairman and Col. Gordon F. Mason, Col. John F. Means and W. C. Bogart vice presidents, Paul D. Morrow, W. T. Davies, D'A. Over- ton and H. B. Mckean secretaries ; and after several grand and patriotic speeches had been made by Judge Mercur, C. L. Ward, J. F. Means, Victor E. Piollet and others, and after the names of the volunteers already
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qualified had been read, adjourned to meet again in mass convention on Tuesday, April 23, 1861. At which time a large meeting was held, and resolutions to the number of seven were adopted.
In looking over the files of that date, we find but little as to the departure for Troy of the boys, that were after- wards mustered and organized into that far-famed body of soldiers, known as the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, and became a unit in that immense army of boys in blue, and which the lapse of fifty years in the ever on- ward march of Old Father Time has thinned down to a comparatively small squad. This is probably owing largely to the fact that the printer boys of that day most- ly enlisted early, and materially crippled the workings of our offices of publication, and of all the type setters of that date the only one I can now recall to mind as still sticking to the stick, is our old friend, C. H. Allen of the Reporter-Journal force.
But memory returns again to the day, when the boys started off accompanied by the cheers of their fathers, brothers and friends, the God bless you's of their mothers, the tears of their wives and the kisses of their sweethearts. I remember of a splendid send-off speech delivered by Edward T. Elliott, a talented young man of that day, spoken, I think, from the top of a gate-post that stood in front of the old public square. I remember of taking my team and platform wagon and a load of volunteers and their friends to Troy, where after a night of intense excitement and enthusiasm, we left them the next day to go into eamp at East Troy, until they departed for Camp Curtin at Harrisburg, where they were mustered, and after a time of organization and drill-
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were hurried on to the defense of Washington, and had their initiatory meet with the Rebs at Drainsville.
'Twas on this Tuesday, April 23, that three companies were here organized ; Captain Mason's, Captain Gore's and Captain Bradbury's, the two former numbered about 100 men eacb, and such was the enthusiasm that had we had the capable military leaders that was afterwards devel- oped in General Madill, Colonel Watkins and many oth- ers, a whole regiment could have been enlisted. As a memento of the enthusiasm of that time, the following edi- torial of one of our local papers of that memorable spring may be quoted : "The enthusiasm and excitement man- ifested at the meeting held here on the 23d, ult., exceeded anything we have ever before witnessed. The demons- tration was grand and unmistakable. The public heart was stirred to the lowest deptlis, and the patriotism of our people fully aroused. The Star Spangled Banner floated in a hundred places, and beneath its folds the hardy yeo- manry of Bradford re-kindled their patriotism and re- newed their devotion to our country and our Union. All parties were merged in the general uprising; all past differences forgotten, and no feeling manifested, except as to who would most heartily sustain the effort to pre- serve the Union and enforce the laws." And here let me add, that on every side could be heard the welcome sound of that good old song :
Oh, we'll rally from the hillside, rally from the plain; Shouting the battle cry of freedom. We'll rally 'round the flag, boys, rally once again, Shouting the battle ery of freedom.
The Union forever. Hurrah, boys, hurrah ! Down with the traitor and up with the Stars. And we'll rally 'round the flag, boys, rally once again, Shouting the battle cry of freedom.
Memorative.
We note with sorrow the death of the following mem- bers of the Society during the past year :
LEVI S. BLASDELL, born Sept. 10, 1833 at Rush, Pa .; died August 3, 1910 in Towanda, Pa.
ELMER B. McKEE, born February 14, 1859 in Orwell, Pa .; died December 20, 1910 in Towanda, Pa.
WILLIAM SCOTT, born December 19, 1820 in Towanda, Pa .; died February 11, 1911 in Towanda, Pa.
ORSON A. BALDWIN, born April 20, 1842 at North Cuba, N. Y .; died May 5, 1811 in Towanda, Pa.
HON. ELIJAH REED MYER, born July 25, 1818 in Wy- sox, Pa .; died May 18, 1911 at Canton, Pa.
CLARENCE T. KIRBY, born May 30, 1848 in Towanda, Pa .; died May 31, 1911 in Towanda, Pa.
HARRY A. MADILL, born in Towanda, Pa .; died June 18, 1911 at Landers, Wyoming, aged 53 years.
Library and Museum.
During the year one book-case has been added to the library and is already nearly filled with historical works. The following are the acquisitions and donors to the li- brary and museum for the year ending September, 1911 :
Portraits.
E. O. Goodrich by Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee. James Macfarlane by Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee. Galusha A. Grow by Mrs. Kattell'and Mrs. Santee. Simon Cameron by Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee. Henry Carey by George Houser.
Battle between Merrimac and Monitor by George Houser.
Books- Historical.
The following were presented by Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee, daughters of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. O. Good- rich :
Craft's History of Bradford County. Bradsby's History of Bradford County. History of Susquehanna County-Blackman. History of Pennsylvania-Egle. Two volumes American Conflict-Greeley.
Six volumes Bates' Penn'a. Vols. Women of the War .- Moore. War Between the States-Stephens. Life of Lincoln-Raymond. Life of Lincoln-Holland.
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Two volumes Personal Memoirs U. S. Grant.
Two volumes Personal Memoirs W. T. Sherman. Thirty Years in U. S. Senate-Benton. Rebellion Records-Moore.
Two volumes Public Men and Events-Sergent.
Two volumes Tributes of the Nation to A. Lincoln.
The Field, Dungeon and Escape-Hardson.
History of Secret Service.
Army of Potomac-Swinton.
Women's Work in the Civil War-Brockett.
Penn'a and the Centennial.
China and the United States-Speer.
Cyclopedia of the American Government.
Regimental History 101st P. V .- State Library.
Regimental History 103rd P. V .- State Library.
Regimental History 155th P. V .- State Library.
Miner's History of Wyoming-Mrs Geo. S. Homet.
Books -Exchanges.
Collections Kansas Historical Society, 1909-'10.
Papers and Proceedings of Tioga County Historical So- ciety, Vol. II.
Pennsylvania German.
Oregon State Historical Society.
State Library. Library of Congress.
Pennsylvania Federation Historical Societies.
Books-Miscellaneous.
Travels Around the World, Seward-Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee.
United States and Japan Expedition, Perry-Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee.
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Coal Records af Pennsylvania, Macfarlane-Mrs. Kat- tell and Mrs. Santee.
All Over the World-Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee.
Industrial and Fine Arts-Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. San- tee.
Scrap Book and Diary-Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee.
Memorials of E. O. Goodrich-Mrs. Kattell and Mrs. Santee.
Smull's Hand Book (1910)-State Library.
Statutes Pennsylvania (1791-1798)-State Library.
Report Resurvey Mason & Dixon's Line-State Li- brary.
Directory Towanda and Monroeton (1895 -- 1897)-Rod- ney A. Mercur.
"Bacon is Shake -- Speare"-John McBride & Co.
Periodicals.
Two Vols. of The Bradford Star, 1909 -- '10, 1910 -- '11.
Manuscripts.
Ancient Deeds and Land Contracts of Robert Morris, LeRay and Other Lands .- A. H. Kingsbury.
Treasurer's Bonds of Bradford County for 1816 -- '17- Hon. O. D. Kinney.
Certificate for Twenty Shares of Stock in Towanda Academy-A. H, Kingsbury.
Early Map of Section on the river, East of Athens- A. H. Kingsbury.
Collection of Old Documents, Papers, Addresses, Etc. -- A. H. Kingsbury.
Petition for the Appointment of Archibald Forbes as Mail Carrier from Wilkes-Barre to Tioga Point-A. H. Kingsbury.
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Relics and Curios.
Brick from Columbus' Castle (1493)-Geo. M. Decker. Haitian Saddle-Geo. M. Decker.
Small Anchor from Piece of Shell used on Monitor's Turret in Battle between Merrimac and Monitor- Henry C. Arnold.
Small Anvil from Piece of Bell imported from Eng- land in Queen Elizabeth's Time and Used in Episcopal Church at Hampton, Va .- Henry C. Arnold.
Pair Ancient Hand Cards-Cornelius Bump.
PART II.
Earliest County Records.
Gathered and Arranged by C. F. Heverly, Librarian.
The Earliest Tax List.
HE earliest tax list that has been found, cov- T ering what is now Bradford county, was made for UP THE RIVER DISTRICT, county of Westmoreland, Connecticut, in 1776. The "Up the River District" was the settled upper sec- tion of the Susquehanna Valley, in what is now Brad- ford, Wyoming and upper Luzerne counties. The fol- lowing are given as Connecticut taxables for the years named :
Up the River District.
Number of taxables, 1776 60
Number of taxables, 1777 32
Number of taxables, 1778 32 1
1776
Frederick Arger
Philip Bender Prince Bryant
1777
Frederick Anker
Ishmael Bennett Elijah Brown
Earliest Tax List
1776
1777
Jacob Bowman
Capt. Robert Carr Ezer Curtis
Adam Bowman
Elijah Brown
Benjamin Eaton
Philip Buck
Lemuel Fitch
David Bigsby
Richard Fitzgerald
Jacob Brunner
Isaac Falkenburg
Joshua Beebe
(Probably Van Valkenburg) Nathan Kingsley
Nicholas Depue
Isaac Laraway
Josiah Dewey
Benjamin Marcy
John Depue
William Pawling
John Dewit
John Pensler
Stephen Ferrington
Abel Palmer
Frederick Frank
Ichabod Phelps
Rudolph Fox
Elijah Phelps
Lemuel Fitch
Minor Robbins
Edward Hicks
Michael Showers
Gosper Hopper
Benjamin Skiff
Reuben Herrington
Bastian Strope
Andrew Kickman
Frederick Smith
George Kentner
John Thorington
Nathan Kingsley
(Probably Herrington)
John Laraby
Gart Vanderbanack
Isaac Laraway
James VanAlstine
Read Malory
Old VanAlstine
Zebn. Marcy
Isaac Van Alstine
Thomas Millord
Elisha Wilcox Thomas Wilcox
Thomas Millord, Jr.
Benjamin and Will Pauling Joseph Winkler
Nicholas Philips
James Wells Amos York
Abel Palmer Ichabod Phelps Elijah Phelps John Stephens
Frederick Smith
Huldrick Shont
Samuel Cole
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Earliest Tax List
1776
Henry Simmons
Bastian Strope Coonrad Searls John Secord James Scovel Jacob Sage
Peter Secord
Ephraim Tyler
Isaac VanAlstine
Old Van Alstine
James VanAlstine
Frederick Vanderslip
Isaac Vanvalkenburg
Hendrick Winter
Elisha Wilcox
Henry Windecker
Abram Workman John Williamson
Thomas Wigton Amos York
Of the foregoing, 31 and possibly two or three others on the list, were living within Bradford county, as fol- lows :
Towanda :- Jacob Bowman, Rudolph Fox.
Wysox :- Isaac Laraway, Bastian Strope, John Secord, Peter Secord, Isaac Van Valkenburg.
Asylum :- Samuel Cole, Jacob Brunner, Michael Show- ers.
Standing Stone :- Lemuel Fitch, Richard Fitzgerald, John Pensler, Coonrad Searls (Conrad Sill), Isaac VanAlstine, James VanAlstine, Old VanAlstine. Wyalusing, or Springfield :- Capt. Robert Carr, Josiah Dewey, Nathan Kingsley, Benjamin Pauling,
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William Pauling, Minor Robbins, Benjamin Skiff, Ephraim Tyler, James Wells, Thomas Wig- ton, Amos York.
Wilmot :- Prince Bryant, Benjamin Eaton, Edward Hicks.
The foregoing comprises about one-half the names of settlers within Bradford county in 1776, the number then being about 60.
Tioga Taxables, 1796.
At the March sessions, 1790, court of Luzerne county, "It is ordered by the justices of this court that the county of Luzerne be divided into eleven townships." Two of these, TIOGA and WYALUSING, embraced all of what is now Bradford and Susquehanna counties. The former was described as follows :
"TIOGA, bounded on the north by the north line of the state ; on the cast by the east line of the county ; on the south by an east and west line which shall strike the Standing Stone; on the west by the west line of the county." The township of Tioga as thus described was 76 miles in length from east to west, and a trifle more than 18 miles in width from north to south. Fully two- thirds of Bradford county were within this township.
The earliest assessment found, made for Tioga town- ship, was by Joseph Kinney, assessor, 1796, giving taxa- bles as follows :
David Alexander
Benjamin Brink
James Bostick
Chester Bingham
James Braffet
* Wm. Y. Burroughs Joseph Biles Andreas Budd
Joseph Bennet
Perez Bardwell
Stephen Bidlack
Samuel Baker
Solomon Beebe
David Bosworth Obadiah Brown
Elijah Buck Isaac Collins Ezra Caswell
George Brown
Ambrose Collins
Ichabod Blackman
James Brink
Benjamin Cole, Jr. Daniel Curtis
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Isaac Cash Seelye Crawford Benjamin Clark Timothy Culver William Curry William Curry, Jr. James Curry
Tioga Taxables, 1796 * Matthias Hollenback John Hutchinson Elijah Horton
Elijah Horton, Jr. Isaac Horton Eli Holcomb
Ananias Conklin
Eli Holcomb, Jr. Jonathan Harris
Stephen Cole
Alpheus Harris
Espy Crane
Stephen Hopkins
Israel Cranmer
Jeremiah Cranmer
Samuel Hepburn James Irwin William Johnson * John Jenkins
Arnold Colt
Joseph Kinney
Negro Chintz
Eldad Kellogg
Henry Decker
Josiah Kellogg
Peter Dingman
Benjamin Luce
Christopher Duteher
William Laughry
John Deakin
Michael Laughry Wright Loomis
Zephon Flower
Augustus Loomis Samuel Lane
Stephen Fuller John Fuller Arnold Franklin
Josiah Marshall
Joseph Mansfield
John Franklin
Francis Mesusan
William Ferguson Josiah Green
Daniel Minier
Eliphalet Gustin
Henry Mckinney Noah Murray Elisha Matthewson
Daniel McDuffee
Samuel McAlhoe
Guy Maxwell
Robert McAlhoe John Miller
James Goble
Truman Holcomb
Siba Canfield
Benjamin Cole
Jane Curtricht
Thomas Ellis
Reuben Fuller
Nathaniel P. Moody
Samuel Gore Obadiah Gore Avery Gore Lemuel Gaylord Joseph Garris Robert Gardner
David Markam
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Daniel Moore
Gideon Salisbury
Johnston Miller
Joseph Salisbury Adrial Simons
John Newell
Jedediah Shaw
John Newell, Jr.
Bolina Snow
Josiah Newell
Lockwood Smith
Abel Newell
Joseph Smith Ira Stephens
Ludlow Owens
John Shepard
Widow Ovenshire
Elisha Satterlee
Moses Park
Benedict Satterlee
Jeremiah Parker
Elias Satterlee
James Parker
George Snell
Jesse Phelps
Peter Stevens
Samuel Parker
John Swain
Asahel Powell
William Tuttle
David Paine
Josiah Tuttle
Thomas Parks
Schureman Travis
Daniel Roberts
Levi Thaver
Matthew Rodgers
Solomon Tracy
Jolm Reddington
Julius Tozer
David Riggs
Joseph Tyler
David Ross
Absalom Travis
Jonathan Ransom
Sylvenus Travis
Samuel Swift
Joshua Van Fleet
William Spalding
Leonard Westbrook
John Spalding
James Ward
Simon Spalding
Cherrick Westbrook Morris Wilcox
Joseph Spalding
John Spalding, Jr.
Ephraim Wright
Michael Stoffelbeam
* William Wynkoop
Peter Snyder
William Wilson
Jeremiah Shaw
John Wilson
Jonas Smith
Abel Yarrington
Summary of Tax List. Number of Resident taxables, 164; non-resident, 5 ; total 169.
Cornelius McDaniel
Nehemiah Northrup
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Tioga Taxables, 1796
Acres occupied on seated lands.
2,138
Acres of unseated lands 22,231
Horses, above 4 years 102
Horned cattle, above 4 years 373
Total assessed valuation
71,789
Total tax 358.94
Persons were assessed by occupations as follows :
Blacksmith-Isaac Collins, Siba Canfield, John Red- dington.
Bookkeeper-Espy Crane.
Cabinet Maker-Johnston Miller.
Carpenter or Joiner-Joseph Bennet, James Gordon, Jeremiah Parker.
Distiller-Benjamin Luce, Joseph Mansfield, Matthew Rodgers, John Spalding.
Innkeeper-David Alexander, Arnold Colt, Elisha Matthewson, John Shepard.
Judge-Obadiah Gore.
Justice-Joseph Kinney.
Merchant-Matthias Hollenback, Samuel Hepburn, James Irwin.
Millwright-John Miller.
Mills-John Spalding, John Shepard.
Miller-James Bostick.
Physician-Solomon Beebe, Stephen Hopkins.
Schoolmaster-Jesse Phelps.
Shoemaker-Henry Decker, Wm. Johnson, Gideon Salisbury, Elias Saterlee.
Shopkeeper-David Paine.
Surveyor-Joseph Biles, Christopher Dutcher. Turner-James Curry.
* Non resident taxables.
Wyalusing Assessment, 1796.
By order of the justices of Luzerne county, March ses- sions, 1790, Wyalusing was formed as follows : " Bound- ed on the north by the south line of Tioga ; on the east by the east line of the county ; on the south by an east and west line passing through the mouth of Meshoppen creek ; and on the west by the west line of the county." Thus Wyalusing like Tioga was a strip 76 miles in length, extending to Wayne county, a little more than 10 miles in breadth, covering the lower third of what is now Bradford and Susquehanna counties and the upper section of present Wyoming and Lackawanna counties.
The earliest assessment found was that made for 1796 by Justus Gaylord, assessor, and Oliver Dodge and Ste- phen Beckwith, assistant assessors, as follows :
* Stephen Arnold * Silas Barsley
Silas F. Andrews
* Isaac Brownson
Benjamin Ackley
Dimon Bostwick
* Solomon Agard
Ezekiel Brown
Nathan Abbott
Samuel Baker
John Ameup
Aaron Beman
Sherman Buck
Peter Brunert
Judah Benjamin
Laurence Buzard
Gideon Baldwin, Sr.
John Brovost
Gideon Baldwin, Jr.
John Brigdelier
Daniel Brown
Stephen Beekwith
Humphrey Brown
Robert Carr
Laertes Blaeken
Benjamin Crawford
Richard Benjamin
Jedediah Coon
John Bradshaw
Mansy Colony
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Wyalusing Assessment, 1796
Job Camp Rufus (?) Carter
Jonah Carter
Samuel Crooks
John Dorrance
Oliver Dodge William Dorton (Dalton)
Lewis Lefeber Samuel Luckey
Henry Dandilott
Thomas Lewis James Lake
Widow Dutremont
William Dimmead
Robert Lattimore
Lazarus Ellis
Joseph Maurice
Joseph Elliott
James Montale
Henry Ellsworth
John Mancy
Joseph Ellsworth
Guy Noailles
Ephraim Fairchild
Thomas Oviatt John Ogden
Elijah Fromenta
* Peter Osterhout
* Josiah Fawsett Samuel Gordon James Gordon
* Benjamin Overfield - * Overfield
Justus Gaylord, Sr. * Ambrose Gaylord * Eleazer Gaylord William Goodrich Justus Gaylord, Jr.
George Obray
Isaac Pratt
Philip Place
Reuben Place
Uriah Persons
* Noah Phelps
Joseph Preston Zachariah Price
John Pegar James Quick
Isaac Hancock
Francis Reo
Joseph Ingham John Keeton Joseph Keeney
Samuel Rockwell
Elisha Keeler
John Rosher Josiah Rogers
Richard Keeney
James Rockwell
Mark Keeney
Eleazer Russell
Nathan Kingsley
Daniel Ross
Chiauncy Gaylord Samuel Gilbert John Horton James Hines * Matthias Hollenback
Lewis Rhoads
* Isaac Lacey Bartholomew Lafaber Bartholomew Laporte Caz'a LaRoue * Henry Lott David Lake
Francis Demene
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Wyalusing Assessment, 1796
Jesse Ross
Parshall Terry
Joseph Ross
Nathan Terry
Samuel Seelye Fred Sheer
Uriah Terry
Jonathan Terry
Jacob Swar
Joshua Terry
* Philip Shoemaker
Joseph Todd
Nathan Stevens
Thomas Tillotson
Aden Stevens
Daniel Turrell
John Shoemaker
Omer Talon
Oliver Sesson
John Taylor
* William Sutton
Joseph C. Town
Christopher Schoonover
Thomas Wigton
Sophia Sebart
Thomas Wright
* Ebenezer Skinner
Amasa Wells
' William Smith
* Gerritt Smith
Guy Wells
* Jonathan Stevens
* Joseph Wheeler
* Samuel Sturdevant, Sr.
Nathan Winton
Joab Whitcomb
Noah Sturdevant
John Whitcomb
* Azor Sturdevant
J- Whitcomb
* James Sturdevant
Hiram Whitcomb
Thomas Smiley
Miner York
Joseph Stalford
David Young
David Shoemaker
Robert Young
Abraham Taylor
Anthony Vanderpool
Job Turrell
Summary of Assessment.
Total valuation $51,600.00
Total tax $257.99
In Bradford, acres improved land 1,357
In Bradford, acres unimproved land_ 22,377
* Those marked with a (*) and probably a few others were residents of what are now Susquehanna and Wyoming counties.
* Samuel Sturdevant
* James Wheeler
* Abijah Sturdevant
Reuben Wells
Wysox Assessment, 1796.
At the April sessions, 1795, a petition was presented to the court of Luzerne county, asking for a division of Tioga township by an east and west line passing through a small stream, on the east side of the Susquehanna, northwesterly of Breakneck, the north part to be called Tioga and the south part "Wisocks." The prayer of the petitioners was granted April 11, 1795. Thus as origi- nally formed, Wysox extended across Luzerne county from Wayne county to the present Tioga county line, be- ing about 76 miles long by 52 miles in width. Its area was about 437 square miles, or 280,000 acres. That part lying within Bradford county embraced the pres- ent townships of Towanda, Standing Stone and most of Armenia, Troy, Burlington, West Burlington, North To- wanda, Herrick, about one-half of Granville, Wysox, Pike, and small portions of Asylum, Wyalusing and Tuscarora ; altogether being one-fifth of present Bradford county.
The first assessment for Wysox was made in 1796. The whole number of taxables was 128; valuation, $35,- 515.70 ; amount of tax, $179.122 ; number of acres im- proved, 1,007 ; number of acres unimproved, 13,032. John Dorman was assessed as a physician ; William Means as a retailer : Martin Stratton as a millwright ;
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William Dobin as a carpenter ; and Samuel Suderhill as a blacksmith. The following were the taxables :
Benjamin Ackley
John Cranmer
John Bennett
Samuel Cole
Joshua Bowman
James Cornet
Amos Bennett, Jr.
William Dauherty
Joseph Ballard
Paul De Witt
Henry Bunnell
John Dorman
Charles Bartley
William De Witt
Amos Bennett
William Dobin
John Blanden
Widow McDale
Henry Birney
Frederick Eiklor
Charles Bologhone
Nathaniel Edsall
Stephen Ballard
Solomon Franklin
Joseph Bennett
Rudolph Fox
Nathan Buil Feris Bodwell Joshua Bailey
Rufus Foster
Thomas Bennett
Isaac Foster
David Barington
Philip Fox
Gideon Bennett
Abraham Foster
Samuel Cranner
Samuel Clark
Jacob Gibson Richard Gough
Ebenezer Cindle
Jacob Granteer Francis Gullow
Moses Coolbaugh
Moses Calkins
Richard Griffin Thomas Gibson Daniel Holley
Amy Cranmer
Peter Huyck
Abisha Cole John Cole
Luther Hinman
Usual Carter Samuel Covel
George Head, Sr.
Noadiah Cranmer
John Hinman
William Coolbaugh
Elisha Hurlbut
Barnabas Clark
William Huyck
Nathaniel Heacock
John Clark
Elijah Head
Michael Crows
Jebial Faris
Jehial Franklin
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George Head James Huff
Abner Seely Sebastian Strope Henry Strope
Thomas Hollis Job Irish
Samuel Shores Reese Stevens
Thomas Judd
John Lewis
Orr Scoville
Ebenezer Lee
Resolve Session
Jesse Lamphere
Isaac Swane
James Lewis
Timothy Stratton
Adam Mann
Oliver Seely
Theopholus Moger
Isaac Strope
James McKean
Rodricks Stenter
William Means
Samuel Suderbill
Ralph Martin
Nathan Smith
Samuel Nun
John Streator
Joshua Nun
Silas Scoville
John Peppers
Casper Singer
Jonathan Prosser
Henry Talliday
John Parks
Henry Tuttle
Felix Powell
John Talliday
Zachariah Price
Ezekiel Vergason
Abraham Parmenton
Solomon Vergason
John Roberts
Rufus Vergason
Samuel Rutty Ezra Rutty
Stephen Wilcocks
Gilbert Roberts
.Joseph .Wallace William Webber
Stephen Strickland
Joshua Wythe
Martin Stratton
Daniel Wilcocks
Joseph Seely
Daniel Wilcocks, Jr.
Ulster Taxables, 1801-'02.
Ulster township, Luzerne county, as originally formed, January 17, 1797, and reported by the commissioners to examine and make report as to the propriety of dividing Tioga township, was the southern half of Tioga by "the dividing line between Athens and Ulster (Connecticut surveys), then extending on an east and west line as the line of Ulster and Athens doth extend." The north township received the name of Athens, and the south, Ulster, and thus the name of Tioga, which for centuries had been given to the confluence of the two rivers, was lost to our county. Each of the new townships was about six miles in width and about 76 miles in length from Wayne county to the present Tioga county line.
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