History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Part 118

Author: Smith, Robert Walter
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago : Waterman, Watkins
Number of Pages: 790

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The patent for this tract was granted to John Foster in 1837, who transferred the 150 acres to which he was entitled by the Hollingsworth agree- ment to his son Robert, November 19, 1850.

The other purpart became vested in John Graham, of Butler, who conveyed 59 acres and 323 perches to Thomas Morrow, February 28, 1853, for $181.85, who was the first postmaster of the Sher- rett postoffice, which was established here, August 5, 1861, and was afterward removed to McKee & Foster's mills, D. C. Mobley being the present postmaster.

Adjoining that Elliott-Foster tract on the north is one like it, 423 acres, the warrant for which was granted to Robert Patrick, on which James Craig settled in 1815, when he was assessed with 100 acres, 2 horses and 1 cow, at $51. In 1818 he was assessed with 350 acres, at $87.50, and was a party to the Hollingsworth agreement, and to whom the patent was granted in February, 1820. Robert Ran- dolph was assessed with 400 acres of it in 1826, at $200, and conveyed whatever interest he had in it to Robert Thompson, May 3, 1827, for $20, to whom it was not thereafter assessed.

The Craig purpart consists of the northern por- tion, and still belongs to his heirs. The Hollings- worth purpart become vested in McCall's heirs who by Mylert, their attorney-in-fact, conveyed 64 acres and 125 perches off the south end to John

Foster, August 10, 1848, which he assigned to his son Robert, November 19, 1850. Mylert conveyed 176 acres adjoining that Foster parcel on the north to John Graham, October 8, 1857, which he con- veyed to Rev. John Sherrett, a Baptist clergyman, Angust 10, 1859, for $603.25, who released all his interest as tenant by courtesy to Mrs. Rose Ann Sherrett, August 4, " for a full and valuable con- sideration." They conveyed 33 acres and 119 perches to Thomas Hopper, April 9, 1865, for $200; 100 acres of this Sherrett parcel are now assessed to Mrs. Sarah Litley.

Adjoining that Patrick-Craig tract on the west is one like it, 400 acres, warranted to Samuel Kin- kead, the patent for which was granted to John Foster February 7, 1820, the western part being tra- versed meanderingly by Denniston's run, on which John Bowser appears to have settled in 1815, and George Reickle, in the southern part, in 1825, on which the latter commenced building a grist- mill, which was never completed. Reickle acquired title to 159 acres-probably Foster's purpart, the records show not how-which, in proceedings in partition, was valued by the inqnest, August 26, 1859, at $1,000, at which it was taken by Henry Reickle, and was awarded to him by the decree of the proper court December 14. The other purpart became vested in Amos N. Mylert, who agreed to sell it to John E. Barnaby June 30, 1851. The lat- ter's interest in it passed by sheriff's sale to George B. Sloan, which he conveyed to John Graham De- cember 20, 1856, 120 acres of which the latter con- veyed to Georg J. Bert, July 29, 1861, for $870.24; 49 acres and 23 perches of which Bert conveyed to James McClatchey, October 10, 1863, for $300.

Adjoining that Kinkead-Foster tract on the north is another, trapezoidal, nearly a rectangular parallelogram, 440 acres, extending lengthwise north to the Allegheny river, the warrant for which was granted to Alexander Denniston, the western part of which is meanderingly traversed by Den- niston's run, on which Michael Guyer was the original settler. He probably made an improve- ment and settlement on it prior to 1800. He was assessed with 200 acres, 1 horse and + cattle, in 1804 and 1805, at $120, and as a potter in 1812. This entire tract was afterward assessed to him un- til 1817, when it was " transferred to Hugh Gilles- pie," that is, Guyer's interest in it. The patent for the whole tract was granted to Gillespie February 7, 1820, who was a party to the contract with Hollingsworth, whose interest became vested in McCall's heirs. J. G. McClatchey owned or was in possession at one time of 127 acres and 50 perches, and William Holder 50 acres and 46 perches,

* Vide Kittanning township.

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the two parcels aggregating 177 acres and 96 perches of the southern part, conveyances either to or from whom are not on record. Mylert, as attor- ney-in-fact for McCall's heirs and John E. Barnaby, agreed, June 30, 1851, to sell and purchase the rest of the Hollingsworth-McCall purpart, 234 acres and 75 perches, which Mylert conveyed to John Graham October 8, subject to Barnaby's interest, which afterward passed by sheriff's sale to Samuel Owens and Darwin Phelps, which they conveyed to Graham December 12, 1855, which he reconveyed to them December 30, 1856, and which they con- veyed to Mary Stephens January 15, 1858, who, and her husband, Robert Stephens, granted the ore privilege and so much timber as was needed for mining the ore, to Thomas Mccullough and Alex- ander Reynolds April 25, 1863, and, subject to that grant, they conveyed 102 acres and 34 perches to Marius Hulings, January 10, 1865, for $771, of which he conveyed the undivided fourteen- twentieths to Andrew Barron, Jacob Boolyer, S. A. Chamberlin, Evans Davis, William A. Lee, John Rees and Thomas Scundreth, November 28, at $40 per acre.

Gillespie appropriated the northeastern part of his purpart of this, and the northwestern part of his parcel of the tract adjoining on the east, to a town, which he named Van Buren, after the then president-the eighth president-of the United States. This town was surveyed or laid out by Gillespie, prior to March, and surveyed by J. E. Meredith, on Wednesday and Thursday, July 19 and 20, 1837, " dry and very warm." The 96 in- lots were laid out in two sections, between which is a parcel containing territory for nine lots of various areas called the reserve. The first tier of lots in the section above, that is the tier nearest the river, are 62×100 feet; those in the second and third tiers, 62×95 feet; those in the fourth tier, 62×92 feet. That first section bears along down the river north 75 degrees east, and back south 15 degrees east. The section below the reserve bears down the river north 87 degrees east and back south 3 degrees west. The area of each lot in the first tier is 623×100 feet; in the second tier, 62}×95; in the third tier, 623×93. The streets parallel with the river are Back, Carroll, 30 feet wide, and Water. Those extending back from Water, First, Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth and Sixth, each 18 feet wide. The alleys, Bredin and Jackson, paral- lel with the river, 12 feet wide. The gristmill and sawmill lots, each 10 acres, are several rods above the mouth of Denniston's run. The twelve out-lots, each 4×40 rods, are several rods below the lower section of in-lots, on the adjoining tract.

Gillespie conveyed in-lots Nos. 52 and 53 to Marcus Hulings, March 8, 1837, for $18 and $13, respectively, and one of those mill-lots, 10 acres, August 21, 1847, for $200, "with the privilege of using the stream of water running through from the line of the same to the Allegheny river," probably in pursuance of a previous agreement, for Hulings had erected his grist and saw mills thereon in 1845.

The records do not show how many other lots and to whom Gillespie sold. He conveyed his remaining interest in this purpart and other 50 acres and 20 perches to the Brady's Bend Iron Company, April 20, 1849, for $1,282.38. James Craig purchased in-lots Nos. 45, 46 and 95, which he conveyed to John Craig, which the latter con- veyed to William P. Connor, February 4, 1851, for $100, who conveyed them to John E. Barnaby, May 9, 1853, for $75. A number of them became vested in Nicholas Liebling, who conveyed Nos. 33, 35, 38, 40, 41, 48 to Barnaby, September 25, 1853, for $120, and Nos. 49, 55, 56 and the reserve, April 14, 1854, for $105, of which Nos. 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 49, 55 were sold on John Thomas' judgment against Barnaby, and conveyed by Jo- seph Clark, sheriff, to Samuel Weir, December 12, 1855, for $55, who otherwise acquired four others, for he conveyed the eleven last-mentioned ones and Nos. 33, 34, 50 and 56 to John Truby, Jr., Septem- ber 28, 1859, for $107.26. Truby conveyed lot No. 28 to Mary Montgomery, February 22, 1860, for $1. A much larger number of lots was owned by John Truby than those above mentioned, over 30 which were afterward assessed to Henry Crum. Twenty-three were for a few years assessed to Simon Truby, Jr. The first and only resident phy- sician at Van Buren is Dr. A. M. Barnaby, who settled here in 1867. The first separate assessment list was in 1838, on which are the names of eighteen owners of lots, some of one and others of several, more or less. It never attained the magnitude and importance which its founder undoubtedly desired and anticipated.

The most important industrial enterprise in this place was the large cooperage business carried on by Barnaby, William Geddes and John Meyer, who entered into a copartnership for the term of five years, from April 1, 1853, for carrying on " the business of coopering and all things thereto belong- ing, buying and selling all goods necessary for carrying on this business."

The assessment list for 1876 shows only six or seven taxables, 1 of whom is a physician, 3 are la- borers, and 1 a brakeman.

Adjoining that Denniston-McGuyer tract on the

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east is one similar, 440 acres, for which the' war- rant was granted to William Denniston, February 28, 1794, on which the original settler was probably James McClatchey, Sr., that is, the first James Mc- Clatchey, Sr., for after his death his son James be- came Sr. Indeed James has been a continuous name in the McClatchey family. The first one, as before stated, was assessed with 600 acres, which must have included this tract and the one between it and the river. He was, perhaps, employed by James Watterson to keep up the settlement to enable him to procure the patent for it, which was granted to him June 28, 1837. The Hollingsworth purpart became vested in McCall's heirs, who by their attorney-in-fact conveyed 240 acres of the southern part to William McClatchey, July 12, 1848, for $700, which he conveyed to Joseph Thomas, October 3, for $1,100, two parcels of which, 25 acres and 32 perches, and 115 acres and 128 perches, he conveyed to John E. Barnaby, June 10, 1849, for $500; 115 acres of which, more or less, Sheriff Clark conveyed to John Graham, of Butler, December 20, 1855, for $495; of which 15 acres were cleared and on which a coalbank had been opened-which Graham conveyed to George Swisher, March 10, 1860, for $1,002, and which Swisher conveyed to Thomas McCulloch and Alexander Reynolds, April 4, 1863, for $1,400, and which is now a part of the Red Bank Furnace property. Another parcel of this tract which Barnaby had purchased was conveyed by Sheriff Clark as containing 75 acres, of which 70 were cleared and fenced, 12 in meadow, and on which there were a two-story plank dwelling-house and kitchen attached, and barn, etc., to Jonathan H. Sloan, December 5, 1855, for $1,380, who conveyed to H. A. S. D. Dudley, October 24, 1861, for $1,700. The same parcel was conveyed by Sheriff Sloan to E. S. Golden, who purchased for H. A. S. D. Dud- ley the interest of Barnaby, William Geddes and John Meyer, December 8, 1860, for $25, which Dudley conveyed to S. J. Carr, June 30, 1863, for $1,500; the judgment on which this last sale was made being against the defendants as copartners.

Thomas conveyed 101 acres of this purpart to Benjamin and John Fellows, July 26, 1849, for $1,200. Benjamin released his interest to John, May 22, 1858, who conveyed this entire parcel to McCulloch and Reynolds, June 23, 1864, for $3,900, and which is now a part of the Red Bank Furnace property. Thomas also conveyed 40 acres to Will- iam Lambert, July 26, 1849, for $400, 6 acres of which he agreed, July 27, to sell to Mary Wilkin- son, and which John Morris, his administrator, in pursuance of a decree of the proper court for the

specific performance of that agreement, conveyed to her. The rest of this parcel was conveyed by A. J. Montgomery, trustee, in proceedings in parti- tion by virtue of an order of the orphans' court to sell to Levi Henkey, June 17, 1871, for $40.

McCall's heirs by Mylert conveyed 50 acres and 20 perches of the northwestern part of this tract to Hugh Gillespie, April 4, 1849, for $1, on the northwestern part of which are the 12 out-lots in the town of Van Buren. Gillespie conveyed this par- cel to the Brady's Bend Iron Company, April 20.

James Watterson conveyed his purpart of this tract, 151 acres and 40 perches, a hexagonal parcel, mostly in the northeastern part of the tract, to Henry Watterson, May 16, 1833, for £125, "Penn- sylvania currency," in the northeastern part of which, opposite them outh of Red Bank creek, the latter laid out the town of Wattersonville, which was surveyed off into 44 lots by Marcus Hulings, Jr., August 6, 1842. No. 25 contains 20 perches; No. 27, 34 perches; No. 28, 19 perches; No. 32, 35 perches. The area of each of the rest is 4×6 perches. The streets parallel to the river are Water, McConnell and Fish; those extending from Water to Fish are Apple, Market and Mulberry. The two alleys are parallel to Water, McConnell and Fish streets. The first sale of a lot on record is that of No. 1, to James Pinks, March 1, 1856, for $25. He sold lots from time to time until October 31, 1871, when he conveyed Nos. 18 and 23 to William Hileman, for $175. If deeds for all the lots which he sold before his death are on record, the aggregate amount of sales is $1,- 938.67. The first separate assessment list of Wat- tersonville was in 1862, when there were only three taxables; the valuation of real estate, $920, and of personal property, $106. John Donnell opened his store here in 1865. The assessment list for 1876 shows the number of taxables to be 39; occupations -laborers, 6; car inspectors, 2; agent, 1; black- smith, 1; carpenter, 1; dentist, 1; engineer, 1; freight agent, 1; innkeeper, 1; operator, 1; tinner, 1; tool-dresser, 1.

The Methodist Episcopal church was organized here in 18 -.

The church edifice, frame, one story, was erected on ground that belonged to James Watterson, who conveyed 41 square perches to Alexander N. Chil- cott, George W. Cousins, F. A. Dietrich, John Donnell, John M. Perkins, Andrew Schall and George Steen, trustees of the Methodist Episcopal church of Wattersonville, and their successors in office, for church purposes, May 30, 1872, for $100. The public schoolhouse is situated at the upper part of the town. Watterson conveyed other or

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rural portions of the land purchased from James Watterson in small parcels at various times before his death for $4,864.46, if the deeds for all the parcels which were sold are recorded .* Among these conveyances was that of one-half acre about half a mile below Wattersonville, along the public road, to the school directors, for $1.

Occupations of the inhabitants of Washington township other than agricultural, and exclusive of Van Buren and Wattersonville, in 1876 : Laborers, 56; carpenters, 4; blacksmiths, 3; plasterer, 1; merchant, 1; wagonmaker, 1. According to the mercantile appraiser's list for the same year there were then 2 merchants in the thirteenth and 3 in the fourteenth class.

The population of this township including that of Van Buren and Wattersonville, in 1860, was : white, 988. In 1870, native, 1,140; foreign, 40. Taxables, in 1876, 340.

Schools .- In 1860, number, 6; average number of months taught, 4 ; male teachers, 6 ; average sal- aries per month, $18,50 ; male scholars, 175 ; female scholars, 135 ; average number attending school, 168 ; cost of teaching each per month, 61 cents. Levied for school purposes, $597.58 ; received from collectors, $380.33 ; cost of instruction, $444 ; cost of fuel, etc., $84.55. In 1876 : Schools, 8 ; aver- age number of months taught, 5; male teachers, 7; female teachers, 1; average salaries of male

and female per month, $33 ; male scholars, 220 ; female scholars, 170; average number attending school, 240 ; cost per month, 61 cents ; levied for school and building purposes, $2,531.32 ; received from state appropriation, $272.49 ; from taxes and other sources, $2,419.25 ; paid for teachers' wages, $1,122 ; fuel and other expenses, $1,569.74. The people of this township voted, February 28, 1873, on the license question-for, 77 ; against, 59.

Geological .- Says Platt : The surface rocks are mainly the lower productions in the highlands. Along the river from the mouth of Red Bank to the mouth of Mahoning and beyond oppo- site Templeton the conglomerate and sub-con- glomerate measures occupy the greater part. of the slopes. The upper Freeport coal is known only in the southeastern. part of the township, unless there is a small patch of it on the extreme hilltop over- looking Watterson's ferry. The lower Kittanning coal is the bed chiefly worked, but the upper Kit- tanning also assumes prominence in places. The free ferriferous limestone supplies its iron ore. Both are valuable and have been worked along Limestone run from the Lutheran church across into East Franklin township.

Structure .- An anticlinal axis extends through the southeastern portion of the township, crossing the river near the mouth of Mahoning. Another and similar axis crosses the northwestern corner of the township, so that the central part of the arca lies within its synclinal.

* He left about 12 acres which John Donnell, his executor, by vir- tue of an order of the orphans' court, sold for the payment of debts, which he conveyed to William Donnell, August 3, 1SS0, for $500.

CHAPTER XXVI.

BRADY'S BEND.

Ereetion and Organization in 1845- First Officers Elected - Successive Owners of and Residents on the several Land Tracts - The Great Western Iron Works and Brady's Bend Iron Company - Mention of Founders and Managers.

B RADY'S BEND township was organized by virtue of the 59th section of the act of April 16, 1845, and bounded thus: Beginning at a point on the Allegheny river, where the line dividing Perry and Sugar Creek townships stretches (touch- es) the same; thence by the line of Perry township to the Butler county line; thence by the Butler county line to the house of Daniel Kemerer, or near it; thence by a direct line to the Allegheny river, at the mouth of Snyder's run, on the farm of Thomas Templeton; and thence by the Allegheny river to the place of beginning. The citizens of this township were authorized to hold the general and township elections at the house then occupied by John R. Johnston, and to elect township officers and two justices of the peace, as provided for other townships, on Saturday, July 6, 1845, at Johnston's, who were to hold their offices until the then next spring election-notice of that special election to be given by the constable of Sugar Creek town- ship. By the act of April 11, 1850, the place of holding elections was changed to schoolhouse No. 4, "near the public house kept by James Morrison," where they are still held.

At the election July 6, 1845, the following citi- zens were elected to the various offices: Joseph King and John A. Thompson, justices of the peace; Daniel B. Balliet, constable; Andrew Kay- ler and Andrew McKee, supervisors; Ephraim Myers, judge of election; George Duncan and William Hagerson, inspectors of election; William H. Davis, Daniel Kemerer, Jacob Millison, Robert A. Phillips, John Truby and Simon Wiles, school directors; James E. Crawford and Thomas Don- aldson, overseers of the poor; Thomas S. Johnston, township clerk. Four persons had each 1 vote for township auditor.

At the spring election, 1846: Daniel B. Balliet, constable; Peter Kemerer, judge of election; Leonard Rumbaugh and John Truby, inspectors of election; Andrew Kayler and Andrew McKee, supervisors; James Summerville, assessor; Joseph King and Matthias C. Sedwick, assistant assessors; Hugh Moore and John Wiles, township auditors;

Samuel M. Bell, Daniel Kemerer, M. C. Sedwick, John A. Thompson and John Truby, schock direct- ors-there was a tie vote between Peter Brenne- nau and Joseph King; Thomas Donaldson, over- seer of the poor-a tie vote between Jacob Mil- lison, Patrick Mehan, Andrew McKee and M. C. Sedwick; Samnel M. Bell, township clerk; Thos. Donaldson and John Quinn, fence viewers.

In the southwestern part of what is now Brady's Bend township is a strip of the northern part of South " Campbelltown," mentioned in Sugar Creek township, and the whole of a similar tract, a rec- tangnlar parallelogram, lengthwise from south to north, 436 acres and 108 perches, warranted to James T. Campbell, whose interest became vested in Charles Campbell, to whom the patent was granted simultaneously with the one adjoining it on the south, to distinguish it from which it is here called North "Campbelltown," which with South " Campbelltown," it will be remembered, Campbell conveyed to Nicholas Allimong's exeentors in trust for his legatees. These executors conveyed 88 acres to Margaret Yorkey, wife of Abraham Yorkey, which they conveyed to Adam Kemerer, October 29, 1811, for $80. Those executors con- veyed 149 acres at the same time, August 19, 1809, to Barbara Lauffer, which she probably conveyed to Adam Kemerer. Jacob Allimong conveyed 533 acres of the parcel devised to him to Kemerer June 8, 1811, for $142.66, who was first assessed in Sugar Creek township, of which this was then a' part, with 266 acres in 1816, at $130.25. The par- cel which he purchased from Mrs. Yorkey he conveyed to David Kemerer May 20, 1818, who conveyed it, as containing 96 acres, to Samuel Kamerer, January 18, 1869, for $250. This entire tract appears to belong to the Kamerers, except the portion owned by Adam Barnhart.

Adjoining North " Campbelltown " on the north is a square tract, 400 acres, the warrant for which was granted to David Nixon, probably in 1794, on which George King appears to have made an early improvement and settlement. He and Leonharte Kealor entered into a written agreement

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February 1, 1815, for the sale and purchase of 200 acres of it for $200, each to bear one-half the expense of the survey and patent. If there should prove to be an excess of more than 50 acres within the designated boundaries, Kealer was to pay $2 an acre for such excess, and defray one-third of the expense of the patent. They mutually bound themselves in the penal sum of $300 for the due performance each of his part of the contract. Peter Kealer was assessed with a sawmill on this tract, first in 1817. John McCullough, of the adjoining township of Donnegal, had some interest in or claim to this tract, that he had acquired from Jacob and John Spangler "by article of bargain and sale," which he conveyed to King August 15, 1816, for $150. The Spanglers' interests in lands in this region originated thus : John Elliott, Jr., of Derry, Westmoreland county, was empowered by John Denniston and McCall to settle their bodies of lands on the waters of Buffalo and Sugar creeks. He as their agent entered into an agreement May 27 and June 23, 1796, with James Craig, George and John Spangler, and nearly twenty others. He agreed that each party who signed that agreement should have 200 acres of the tract on which he should settle. Each settler was to pay his own share of the purchase money due the common- wealth, to live at least five years on and cultivate not less than 8 acres of his chosen tract, and the parties were mutually bound in the penal sum of £100 for the performance of their respective parts of the contract, and that there was no prior claim to the land.

King conveyed 20 acres to John Richard, May 18, 1818, for $80, on which he was first assessed with his carding machine, in 1822.

George King conveyed 70 acres of this tract, October 24, 1818, to Jonathan King, Sr., for $3.50 per acre. This tract was sold by Robert Brown, county treasurer, for taxes, and conveyed by him to Joseph Brown September 17, 1816, as a tract of 400 acres "surveyed on a warrant to John Spangler." Joseph Brown conveyed it to Alexan- der Colwell January 24, 1818, who conveyed to Daniel Torringer 100 acres, to James Torringer 100 acres, to Andrew Kayler 70 acres and to Jacob Kayler 40 acres, those being the quantities of which they were respectively in possession, September 15, 1832, for $71. Nixon's warrant, having been prior to Spangler's, prevailed. Nixon's interest became vested in McCall, to whom the patent was granted December 6, 1827. He conveyed August 8, 1829 : To Samuel McCartney, 115 acres, more or less, for $763, which he conveyed to John Y. McCartney, November 13, 1853, a part of which, on which is

the Torringer schoolhouse, with some that he had bought from John Sybert, in all 150 acres and 67 perches, he conveyed to Joseph Torringer, Febru- ary 20, 1856, for $2,000; where he was first assessed with a fulling-mill, in 1844, afterward with 1 and then with 2 carding machines, and last as a " woolen," in 1867, and with a store in 1868 ; Mc- Call to Daniel Torringer, a parcel of which the latter conveyed, 18 acres and 47 perches, to Jonas Grove, November 19, 1863, for $262; McCall to James Torringer, 100 acres, which the latter con- veyed to Michael Barnhart, July 11, 1837, on which was a schoolhouse, built while this was in Sugar Creek township, which he conveyed to Moses Copler August 17, 1839, and which he conveyed to Isaac Myers, April 27, 1850, for $800, which Myers conveyed to John Barr, January 5, 1865, and he to Daniel Carney, April 14, 1871, for $3,500; McCall to Jacob Kayler, a parcel of which the lat- ter conveyed, 38 acres and 121 perches, to Thomas Butler, September 13, 1866, for $425 ; McCall to Jacob King, 42 acres, for $36. McCall's heirs, by Lloyd Mifflin, their attorney-in-fact, conveyed 70 acres and 74 perches to John Y. McCartney, July 26, 1843, for $1 and other land conveyed to them by him the same day, 66 acres of which he con- veyed to John Wassol, July 1, 1848, for $125. A portion of this tract, consisting of several parcels, was included in the conveyance from McCall's heirs to William F. Johnston. He conveyed one of them, 42 acres and 95 perches, to Thomas Butler, July 5, 1849, for $510; another, 50 acres and 64 perches, to Henry Fennel, October 10, 1863, for $684.18, 45 acres and 64 perches of which Christo- pher Fennel conveyed to Matthias Olcus, July 6, 1870, for $1,800 ; Johnston to Jacob Snow, Octo- ber 10, 1863, 106 acres and 110 perches, for $1,280.18, 5 acres of which Elizabeth Snow conveyed to Christopher Fennel, November 1, 1867, for $200. The mineral rights were excepted in those several conveyances from Johnston and in the subsequent ones.

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History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Part 118

Author: Smith, Robert Walter Publication date: 1883 Publisher: Chicago : Waterman, Watkins Number of Pages: 790

Author: Smith, Robert Walter
Publication date: 1883
Publisher: Chicago : Waterman, Watkins
Number of Pages: 790