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2. i. Ephraim, b. May 26, 1741 ; m. 1st, Rebecca Galbraith ; 2d, Sarah E. Duncan.
ii. James Scaddin : little is known concerning him, save that he was an officer in the Revolution, and d. about 1817.
iii. Margaret.
3. iv. Alexander ; m. - Hoge.
4. v. Eleanor; m. Samuel Lyon. vi. Agnes; m. Edward McMurray. vii. Mary; m. William Davison.
viii. Isabella ; m. John Mitchell.
5. ix. William.
II. EPHRAIM BLAINE, (James,) b. May 26, 1741, in the north of Ireland. He received a classical education at the school of the Rev. Dr. Alison in Chester county, and was re- commended by him for an ensigney in the Provincial service as being " a young gentleman of good family." He received, however, the appointment of commissary sergeant, and during the Bouquet expedition to the westward in 1763, was in the Second Provincial Regiment. It has been stated that he dis- . tinguished himself at the battle of Bushy Run, but his duties were elsewhere, and he was evidently not "in the thickest of the fight." From 1771 to 1773 he served as sheriff of Cum- berland county. At the outset of the Revolutionary struggle
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he entered heartily into the contest, and assisted in raising a battalion of associators, of which he was commissioned lieuten- ant colonel, holding the position until his appointment by the Supreme Executive Council as County Lieutenant of Cumber- land, April 5, 1777. This office he resigned in August follow- ing, when he entered the commissary department in the Con- tinental Line. He was commissioned Commissary General of Purchases February 19, 1778, a position he held over three years, including one of the most trying periods of the war ---- the cantonment at Valley Forge. He was a man of large for- tune, and the records show that during that long and severe winter, with the aid of his personal friends, he made an advance of $600,000 for the use of the patriot army. Millions upon millions passed through his hands without a suspicion of his purity and disinterestedness. Owing to his personal sacrifices, however, Col. Blaine's estate became impaired, although his fortune remained ample. While in the service he enjoyed the confidence and esteem of Washington and his fellow-officers. It was at his home that the first President remained during his week's stay at Carlisle when on the so-called Whisky Insur- rection of 1794. Subsequently Col. Blaine retired to his farm in Middleton township, Cumberland county, where he closed his eminently patriotic and honorable career on the 16th of February, 1801. Col. Blaine was twice married-first on June 26, 1765, to Rebecca Galbraith, daughter of John and Jennett Galbraith, who died about 1780. They had six children, of whom we have the names of the following : Quand Hope
6. i. James; m. 1st, Jean 1095 4,2d, Margaret Lyon.
7. ii. Robert; m. Anna Susanna Metzger.
8. iii. Darid; m. Isabella Hill.
Col. Blaine married secondly, Sept. 20, 1797, Sarah E. Dun- can, widow of John Duncan, of Carlisle, and daughter of Col. Samuel Postlethwaite. She died about the year 1850 at the age of ninety years, in Philadelphia, and was interred at Laurel Hill cemetery. They had one child :
vii. Ephraim; was drowned in the mill-race at Middlesex.
III. ALEXANDER BLAINE, (James,) b. about 1747; d. prior to March, 1801, in Middleton township, Cumberland county,
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Pennsylvania. His wife was a daughter of David Hoge, and their children were:
i. Rebecca, b. 17SS.
ii. James, b. 1790.
iii. David, b. 1792.
iv. Ephraim, b. 1795.
IV. ELEANOR BLAINE, (James, ) m. Col. SAMUEL LYON, of Carlisle. Their children were (surname Lyon :) .
i. Ellen Blaine.
ii. Rebecca, m. James M. Russell, and they had : Alexander, m. James Mc Pherson ; Ellen, m. Algernon Sidney ; Samuel ;
Ann, m. William Hoge ; and John, m. Mary McPherson.
iii. Margaret, m. James Blaine.
V. WILLIAM BLAINE, (James,) b. about 1749; d. in Jan- uary, 1792, in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, leaving a wife and children, as follows :
9. i. Mary, b. Sept. 30, 1773 ; m. Samuel McCord.
10. ii. Alexander T., b. 1776 ; m. Rosanna McCord.
iii. William, b. 1779.
iv. Ephraim, b. 1781.
v. James Armstrong, b. 1783.
VI. JAMES BLAINE, (Ephraim, James, ) b. in Middleton town- ship, Cumberland county, Penna; d. in 1832 in Washington county, Penna. In 1791 Mr. Blaine was an attache to one of the American embassies, and was the bearer to this country of the celebrated Jay treaty. In 1800 he went to western Penn- sylvania, and in 1804 to Brownsville, where he began mer- chandising. He was commissioned a justice of the peace, a position he occupied many years. He afterwards removed to Sewickley, Allegheny county, where he owned a farm, which he sold to the Economites ; and about 1817 moved to a small farm near Washington, where he died. Mr. Blaine was twice married ; first to JANE Kagetab. 1769; d. April, 1793; sec- ondly, January 16, 1795, to MARGARET LYON, daughter of Samuel Lyon, of Cumberland county, Penna. His children were :
i. Margaret Jane; m. William Sample, son of David Sample, of = the Westmoreland county bar; learned printing in Mr. Snowden's office at Greensburg, and at the age of nineteen went to Washington, where he established, in 1808, the
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Washington Reporter; in 1819 he was elected prothonotary of the county, and later removed to the West ; a daughter, Mrs. Eliza Ewing Sample Malcolm, resides in Lee county, - Iowa.
11. ii. Ephraim Lyon, b. February 23, 1793; m. Maria Gillespie.
iii. Ellen; d. many years ago; m. John HI. Ewing ; b. October 5, 1796, son of William Ewing and Mary Conwell; and their children were : Rev. William E .. of Cannonsburg ; George; John; Samuel Blaine; Margaret, m. Dr. Halleck, of Pitts- burgh ; Elizabeth, m. Rev. William Speer, of Washington, Pa .; and Mary, m. Prof. Woods, of Washington, Pa.
iv. William; d. several years since, s. p.
v. Robert, of Washington, D. C.
vi. Samuel, of Louisville, Ky.
vii. Ann; m. Jacob Mason ; removed to Iowa.
VII. ROBERT BLAINE, (Ephraim, James,) b. in Middleton township, Cumberland county, Penna .; d. in January, 1826, at Carlisle, Penna. He married ANNA SUSANNA METZGAR, a sister of the late George Metzgar. Their children were :
i. Rebecca; m. Rev. Jeremiah Chamberlain, D. D.
ii. Anna Susanna; m. Samuel Alexander, Esq.
iii. Ephraim Metzgar.
12. it. Eleanor ; m. Ist, Dr. Levi Wheaton ; 2d, John Hays. v. Mary.
. vi. James; d. s. p. .
VIII. DAVID BLAINE, (Ephraim, James,) b. in Middleton township, Cumberland county, Penna .; d. December, 1804, in West Pennsboro' township, Cumberland county, Penna. He married Isabella Hill, and they had among other children :
i. Robert; m., and had John, David, and William.
ii. Ephraim.
IX. MARY (POLLY) BLAINE, (William, James,) b. Septem- ber 30, 1773; d. January 4. 1837 ; m. April 19, 1798, SAMUEL McCORD, b. October 16, 1770; d. September 20, 1825; son of William McCord and Sarah Mckinney. They had issue (sur- name McCord :)
i. Mary Ann, b. June 22, 1798 ; m. Andrew Linn, and had John, Samuel, William Blaine. Ann Eliza, and June Mary.
ii. William, b. Oct. 24, 1799; m. and left issue.
iii. Samuel, b. Sept. 22, 1803; d. June 22, 1832.
iv. John Linn, b. June 5, 1802; d. Aug., 1802.
v. Isabel, b. Sept. 21, 1805.
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vi. Elizabeth Thompson, b. Sept. 4, 1807 ; d. Sept. 22, 1840.
vii. Ephraim, b. May 23, 1810 ; d. August 16, 1828.
viii. James, b. July 28, 1812; d. Sept. 3, 1834.
ix. Alexander, b. Nov. 22, 1814 ; d. June 25, 1817.
X. ALEXANDER T. BLAINE, (William, James,) b. 1778, in Cumberland Co., Penn'a; d. February 18, 1817, in Erie county, Penn'a, whither he had removed in 1800 ; m. ROSANNA McCORD, b. May 23, 1779 ; d. Nov. 1, 1830; dau. of William McCord and his wife Sarah McKinney. Their children were :
i. Margaret M., b. 1798; d. Dec. 18, 1858 ; m. James Mills, of Erie co.
i. Nancy B., b. 1800; m. Wm. Crawford.
iii. Mary, b. 1802 ; d. August, 1865 ; m. Joseph Y. Moorhead ; b. 1795 ; d.
iv. Ephraim W. M., b. 1504 ; d. Oct. 31, 1858 ; m. Eliza Smedley.
v. William A., b. 1807 ; m. Martha Hall.
vi. James, b. 1809 ; m. Lucinda Crary.
vii. Alexander IF., b. 1812; d. Jan. 10, 1878 ; m. Sarah A. Platt. viii. Isabel A., b. 1814; m. Thomas Dickson.
ix. Joseph F., b. 1817 ; d. Jan. 25, 1844; m. Adelia Freeman.
XI. EPHRAIM LYON BLAINE, (James, Ephraim, James,) b. February 28, 1796, in Middlesex, Cumberland county, Penn'a : d. June 28, 1850. In early years Mr. Blaine was engaged in merchandising and farming with his father. He became quite prominent and influential in public and political affairs ; in 1842 was the Democratic candidate for prothonotary, and elected. During the heat of the canvass which preceded the election, it seems to have been a mooted question whether the Democratic candidate for the office of prothonotary was a mem- ber of the Roman Catholic church, as if such membership de- prived that communion of citizenship-an opinion most intol- erant and bigoted. However, to prove or disprove an asser- tion too freely made, the Roman priest officiating in the neigh- borhood was appealed to, who promptly furnished the following :
" This is to certify that Ephraim L. Blaine is not now and never was a member of the Catholic Church ; and furthermore, in my opinion. he is not fit to be a member of any Church."
The foregoing forcible, and not to say the least unequivocal, document, was afterwards displayed in the public prints of the day. Notwithstanding the broad and, perhaps, unwarranted
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assertion of the Reverend Father, Mr. Blaine finally became a member of the denomination here mentioned, and his remains lie buried beside those of his wife, within the shadows of the Roman Catholic church at Brownsville, Fayette county, Penna. Ephraim L. Blaine married Maria Gillespie, a daughter of Neal Gillespie, jr., of Washington county. Neal Gillespie, sr., was an early settler in Western Pennsylvania, and a man of influ- ence in his neighborhood. His daughter, Nellie, married Mr. Boyle, of Brownsville, whose daughter, Maria, became the wife of the Hon. Thomas Ewing, of Ohio, and the mother of . the wife of Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, of the United States army. This shows the relationship between the Sher- mans and the Blaines.
Ephraim L. Blaine and his wife, Mary Gillespie, had a large family of children. We have the names of
i. James Gillespie ; b. 1830 ; the Republican candidate for Presi- dent of the United States, 1884.
ii. Neil.
iii. Robert Gillespie, Paymaster U. S. A.
iv. John E.
v Eliza.
vi. Margaret.
XII. ELEANOR BLAINE, (Robert, Ephraim, James, ) b. about 1798, in Middleton township, Cumberland county, Penna .; d. January 9, 1839, at Carlisle, Penna ; was twice married : first to Dr. Levi Wheaton, b. Sept. 6, 1796, at Richmond, Va .; d. Sept. 24, 1824. They had (surname Wheaton :)
i. Ellen Blaine; d. s. p.
ii. Mary Blaine; d. Jan. 8, 1836, aged fifteen years.
Eleanor Blaine m. secondly, March 9, 1831, JOHN HAYS, b. 1794; d. April 29, 1854. They had (surname Hays :)
iii. Robert; d. unm.
iv. John; m. Jenny Smead. -
v. Mary Blaine; m. Richard Mulligan, of Baltimore.
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Lawless Intruders from Connecticut.
"LAWLESS INTRUDERS FROM CONNECTICUT."
[The memorial which follows is a remarkable document. It is not what it purports to be. or what most readers would infer, the petition of the inhabitants of the counties of Northumber- land and Northampton for relief or protection, but that of a self-styled committee praying for "powder and lead" to be used against " all hostile invisions whatsoever"-this quotation being especially italicized. On looking at the names signed thereto, it will be noted that they were those of inhabitants or residents of the city of Philadelphia, all of whom, however. were more or less concerned in land schemes in the Wyoming district. The original is in the handwriting of Rev. William Smith. Had it not been for the land-jobbers of the metropolis, there never would have been a drop of blood shed in the Wy- oming controversy. The moneyed men of Philadelphia who held large tracts of land under the Penn grants in the disputed territory had no difficulty in enlisting adventurers to take up their cause. They stood afar off from the belligerents, using, however, every incentive to their friends to do their battling -- right or wrong. They were interested parties, but they took precious care not to venture too far from the provincial cap- ital. What mattered it if innocent persons fell by the "powder and lead " they furnished ? So, having collected money among the speculators for their own nefarious purposes. no ammuni- tion could be purchased save by permission of the Committee of Safety. That body of patriots, not discerning the incendiary character of the proposed measures, gave the permission, and "powder and lead " were sent to the counties named for the pur- pose of removing the "Lawless Intruders from Connecticut." The memorialists seemed to be more interested in performing this laudable (?) work than in arming for the common defense against British aggression, or in the protecting the frontiers from the murderous savage. In these latter they were disin- terested spectators for the time being.]
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"To the Gentlemen of the Committee of Safety for the Province of Pennsylvania:
The Memorial of the Subscribers, being a Committee for [the Freeholders of] the Counties of Northumberland and Northampton, Respectfully Sheweth :
That a large Numberof the Freeholders of the counties of North- umberland & Northampton having lately met together to con- sider of the most effectual Means for preserving the Peace of those Counties, protecting the private Property of the Inhabit- ants, and repelling the hostile Invasions of a Number of lawless Intruders from Connecticut, who taking an unjust advantage of the Calamities of the Times have long been threatening to over-run those Counties, & have of late made a most violent & daring attempt to settle themselves on the West Branch of Sasquehannah, but were happily repulsed by the public spir- ited & brave Inhabitants in the Neighborhood of Sunbury ; and it being considered further that the Residents in those Counties could not support the Expence of defending that Part of the Province against those Intruders without the public assistance-Your Memorialists were appointed a ' Com- mittee to solicit such public assistance & to devise such meas- ures as may be most effectual for the Peace & Safety of the said Counties,' and have accordingly opened a Subscription & obtained considerable Sums of Money for that Purpose, but find the Counties wholly unprovided with Powder & Lead for their own Defence, which necessary Articles cannot be pro- cured but by the Direction and Authority of your Committee -Your Memorialists conceiving, with all Humility, that Pro- tecting the Inhabitants of the Province against all hostile Inva- sions whatsoever, is directly within the Design of your appoint- ment, Do Pray-
That you will be pleased to order a proper Quantity of Powder and Lead for the Purposes aforesaid, and to give such other Directions in the Premises as you shall judge proper, and your Memorialists shall pray &c.
Oct' 12th, 1775.
TURBUTT FRANCIS, JNO. LUKENS,
WILLIAM SMITH, SAM'L MEREDITH,
JOHN COXE,
JOSEPH SHIPPEN, Jr., THOS. WEST. TENCH FRANCIS,
ROBT. HARRIS,
HENRY KEPPELE, Jun'.
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FIRST SETTLERS ON THE MANOR OF MASKE.
[Among the "reservations" set apart by the Penns was the "Manor of Maske," embracing the territory now occupied by the borough of Gettysburg. township of Cumberland, and parts of several adjacent districts in Adams county, the Round- Tops of the battle being nearly central. An old manuscript, bearing every evidence of authenticity, and headed "A List of Names of such Persons as Settled and Made Improvements in the Manor of Maske before the 18th day of June, 1741." some while ago fell into my hands, and as it may have more than local interest, I subjoin a copy for the HISTORICAL REGISTER. The indorsement explains the purport of the manuscript : "List of Entries in the Manor of Maske, in order to prove their settlements and procure Warrants. Received 2d April, 1792." -H. J. S.]
William McClellan, May, 1740. John Fletcher, June, 1739.
John McDowell, April, 1741.
John McFerran, May, 1741. Win. McFerran, May, 1741.
Robert Fletcher, May, 1741.
Samuel Gettys, near Rock Creek, May, 1740.
John Steel, September, 1740.
Hugh Scott, September, 1740.
Daniel McKeenan, September, 1740.
~ George Kerr, October, 1740. Samuel MeColock, May, 1741. Alexander Stuart, April, 1741. Robert Smith, April, 1741. Robert Johnston. April, 1741. Samuel Pedan, May, 1741. Samuel Agnew, May, 1741. Alexander McNair, April, 1741. John Millar, April, 1741.
Henry Pearson, April, 1741. Thomas MeCleary, May, 1740.
Hugh Ferguson, September, 1741. William Gibson and Robert Gib- son, October, 1736.
Benjamin McCormick, October, 1736.
Duncan Evans, October. 1736. Samuel Gibson, October, 1736.
Joseph Moore, March, 1740.
David Moore, March, 1741.
Hugh Woods, March, 1741.
Robert Long, September, 1739. William Scott, April, 1741.
Thomas Martin, May, 1741. John Stuart, April, 1741.
John Kerr, April, 1741.
Jolm Cishinger, April, 1741.
James Orr, May, 1739.
Wm. Boyd B. Smith, March, 1740. John Boyd, March, 1740. Thomas Hosack, March, 1740. John Hosack, March, 1740. Edward Hall, March, 1741. John Linn, April, 1740.
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James Thompson, May, 1741. Win. Stevenson, May, 17441. Henry Rowan, June, 1739. Quintin Me Adams, April, 1741. Robert McNiel, April. 1740. Joseph Clugston, April, 1741. John McGanghy, April, 1741. Henry Cotton, April, 1741.
Duncan McDonnell, April, 1740. William McCreary, April, 1740. Rev. Robert Anan, May, 1741. Jean Gibson, May, 1741.
`George Sypes, April, 1741. James Ferguson, September, 1741. James Agnew, May, 1741. Mary MeMullen, May, 1741.
- John Little, May, 1741. Robert Creigton, June, 1739. James Innis, May, 1740. John Carson. April, 1741.
Hugh Dunwody, April, 1741. Thomas Douglass, May, 1740. James Reed, August, 1738. Alexander Poe, April, 1739. Hugh Davis, April. 1739. Jacob Mcclellan, May, 1740. Thomas Shannon, September, 1740.
Thomas McCracken, September, 1740.
The heirs of John Craige, de- ceased, or Col. Hance Hamil- ton, in trust for said children, April, 1739.
John Brown, May, 1741.
Samuel Brown, May, 1741.
Samuel Edie, Esq., March, 1741.
David Parke, March, 1741.
John Parke, March, 1741.
James Craige, May, 1741.
David Dunwody, April, 1741. Robert Linn, April, 1740.
William Smith, April, 1739.
John Stuart, Marsh Creek, March, 1741.
The heirs of Henry McDonogh, deceased, April, 1739.
John Scott, May, 1740. James Walker, May, 1740. Thomas Latta. May, 1740. John Buchanan, May, 1740. Walter Buchanan, September, 1739.
Matthew Dean, May, 1740.
William Erwin, September, 1789. James Erwin, September. 1739. Thomas Tedford, May, 1740.
Widow Margaret Buchanan, May, 1740. Robert Brumfield, September, 1739.
James Hall, April, 1741.
Adat Linn, May, 1741.
Robert McKinney, May, 1740. William --- , April, 1741.
Andrew Levenston, May, 1740. Charles McMullen, May, 1740.
Alexander McKeen, Hugh Mc- Keen, and Samuel Edie, Esqs., Guardians in trust for the Minor Children of John Mc- Keen, deceased, equally con- cerned, March, 1738.
John Semple, May, 1740.
James McDowell and Charles Mc- Mulling, Guardians in trust for the Minor Children of John Darby, deceased, March. 1740. Joseph Wilson, March, 1738. William Quiet, Sr., April, 1741. William Quiet, Jr., April, 1741. Samuel Paxton, Sr., March, 1741. John Paxton, March, 1741. Samuel Paxton, Jr., March, 1741 . Thomas Paxton, March, 1741. John Reed, November, 1740. David Frazier. March, 1738. Quinton Armstrong, April, 1741. John Murphy, April, 1741. John McNeit, March, 1740. Mary Reed, September, 1740.
The heirs of John Beard, de- ceased, September, 1740. John Armstrong, April, 1740.
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Samuel Gettys, for Land on Mid- dle Creek, May, 1740. William Ramsey, May, 1740.
C. James Wilson, May, 1741. James Russell, May, 1740.
John Russell, May, 1740. James McNaught, May, 1740. Archibald Morrison, May, 1740.
Moses Jenkins, May, 1740.
James Biddle, May, 1740.
The heirs of Robert Black, de- ceased, March, 1738.
Alexander McKeen, March, 1738. Hugh McKeen, March, 1738. Myles Sweeny, March, 1741.
The heirs of Thomas Boyd, de- ceased, March, 1741.
Thomas Nealson, March, 1741. Samuel Stevenson, May, 1741.
Andrew Thompson, May, 1741. John Leard, September, 1739. William Me Kinley, April, 1741. Margaret Young, April, 1741. Hannah Lesley, April, 1741. Robert Black. May, 1740. Gabriel McAllister, April, 1741. Alexander Walker, April, 1740. James McGaughy, April, 1740. Andrew Herron, April, 1740. James Orr, April, 1739. Moses McCarley, April, 1739. John McNea, April, 1741.
Elizabeth Thomson, April, 1741. Col. Hance Hamilton, April, 1741. Col. Hance Hamilton, for a tract of Land adjoining Land of John Lard and Thomas Ho- sack, on Conowago, April, 1741.
PAPERS RELATING TO SIMON GIRTY.
[ Col. George Morgan to Simon Girty.] PITTSBURGH, May 1, 1776. To SIMON GIRTY :
The public Service requiring an Interpreter for the Six Nations at this Place, You are hereby appointed to that Em- ployment at the rate of five Eights of a Dollar per Diem dur- ing good Behavior, or the Pleasure of the Honble. Continental Congress, or their Commissioners or Agents for the Middle Department.
. You are upon all Occasions to use your utmost Endeavours to promote the public Tranquility and maintain a good Under- standing between the United Colonies and the Indians, and in- form me of all Intelligence which may come to your knowl- edge.
You are to obey all my lawfull and reasonable Orders dur- ing my Agency, and faithfully to keep secret all private Councils between the Commissioners, Agents, Indians, and Yourself, so far as the public Good shall require it.
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You are to visit and Confer with all Indians who shall Come to this Post so early after their Arrival as possible, to learn their Business here, and immediately to acquaint me therewith.
In Case of any Discontent among the Indians, you are immediately to inform me thereof, and you will take Care that none of them, on any Acct., be insulted or injured by the Inhabitants, and be equally Cautious to prevent any of them injuring the Inhabitants.
You are upon no Acct. to be concerned in Trade, or be assistant therein, unless when called upon to see. Justice done between the Traders and Indians.
For extraordinary Services, you shall be entitled to further reasonable allowance as the Case may be.
Given under my Hand at Pittsburgh, this first day of May, 1776.
GEO. MORGAN, Agent for the United Colonies. PITTSBURGH, May 1, 1776.
I do engage on my part to fulfill and Comply with all the foregoing Directions to the utmost of my Ability.
his SIMON U GIRTY. mark
In the presence of me,
WM. WILSON.
Simon Girty for ill Behavior was discharged by me the 1st of August, 1776. GEO. MORGAN.
[Girty's Bill for Services] PITTSBURGH, August 11, 1776.
The United States of America,
To Simon Girty, Dr.
To a Horse taken by Mr. Geo. Morgan and given
out in the Service of the Publick, . £20 00
To Cash expended on his journey to the Indian Country, per acct. rendered, 300
My Constant wages in the Service and Extra pay when in the Indian Country, Mr. Morgan knows; it is, therefore, not inserted here. Errors Excepted.
SIMON Q GIRTY. mark
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Cash Expended:
To Hire of Horse, . 0 15
To finding a Horse when lost. 0 15
To Rum to Chiefs of the Indians at their
request, 0 15
To Horse-Shoeing, 0 39
For Meat, 0 39
To an Indian who accompd. me to buy
leggons with, .
0 76
£3 00
[Jasper Ewing to Judge Yeates.] FORT PITT, Mar. 30, 1778.
HOND. SIR :
Last Saturday Night Mr. McKee, Matt. Elliott, and Simon Girty, together with one Higgins, ran off. McKee's Conduct on this Occasion is of so infamous a Nature, that it will for- ever render him odious. The General's Behaviour to him, time after time, when he was ordered below, and his Pitiful Excuses, seem to infer that his Escape was premeditated. His Intimacy with Elliott has been very great, and 'tis conjectured that Elliott brought dispatches for McKee from Quebec. As he was reputed to be a Gentn. of the Strictest Honour and Probity, no body had the least Idea of his being Capable of acting in so base a manner. A man of his Capacity, and so well acquainted with the Situation of our affairs in this de- partment, will be no unwelcome Guest at Detroit.
I am, Honerd. Sir, Yr. much obliged Nephew,
J. EWING. Jasper Yeates, Esq. To the Care of Richd. Peters, Esq.
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NOTES AND QUERIES.
HUGH BROWN .- Hugh Brown took up a tract of land in the "Juniata Settlement " prior to the French and Indian War. He " came to the Conecocheague settlement before 1762," and was killed by the Indians in July, 1764. These facts are given in an application for the land which he had taken up, by his half-sisters, daughters of Robert Hamilton-Sarah, Mary, Margaret, Rebecca, Susanna, and Christiana Hamilton. In 1771, the latter was the wife of William Bratton, of Mifflin county, Penna. Now, who was the Ingh Brown here mentioned ? W. H. E.
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