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placed a garrison of seventy-five men and or- dered them to range the woods each way." The original plan of Fort Lyttleton, preserved in Harrisburg, shows it to have been an elaborate and well-arranged defensive work. Scarcely a vestige of the fort is now visible, but its name is perpetuated in that of the little village which has grown up near its site.
CHAPTER LXXX.
CIVIL HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY.
Erection of the County, April 19, 1850 - Provisions of the Legis- lative Enactment Relative to the County - The Vote For and Against the Proposed New County - Subscriptions for the Erection of Public Buildings - Names of Bondsmen - Com- missioners' Meetings - Awarding the Contracts- The First Term of Court - First Grand Jury - Civil Officers from 1850 to 1883 - Vote for Governor-Population of the County by Each Census, 1850 to 1880.
B Y an act of the legislature, approved April 19, 1850, it is provided that "all that part of Bedford county lying east of the follow- ing line, to wit : Beginning on a line between the States of Pennsylvania and Maryland at & point where the western boundary line of Bethel township in Bedford county intersects said line ; thence north along said township line to the southeast corner of East Providence township ; thence along the southern line of said township to the top of Ray's hill ; thence along the top of said Ray's Hill to the line between the town- ships of East Providence and Wells in said county ; thence along said line to the point where it is intersected by the line between the townships of Wells and Broad Top ; and thence along said line to the Huntingdon county line, including the townships of Ayr, Belfast, Bethel, Dublin, Licking Creek, Taylor, Thomson, Tod, Wells, and part of East Providence, be and is hereby erected into a new county to be called Fulton." *
Section four of this act provides for the open- ing and holding of the courts in McConnellsburg until a court-house shall be erected in and for said county.
Section sixteen enacts that Peter Donahoe, David Mann, Jr., and Andrew J. Fore be com- missioners to run and mark the boundary lines
*Lyttleton is the proper spelling of the word, and not Little- ton, as it is now generally written.
*The petitioners asked that the new county be named "Lib- erty," and the original draft of the bill presented in the house provided for the same name. The passage of the bill in the senate depended upon the action of Senator Packer, of Lycoming county, who finally agreed to support the bill, provided that he be allowed to name the county. This proposition was agreed to by the friends of the measure, and thus the new county became Fulton instead of Liberty.
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of the county and report their proceedings with accurate drafts ; copies of these reports to be deposited in the office of the prothonotary of the county, and in the office of the secretary of the commonwealth.
Section eighteen provides for an election to be held the second Tuesday of October, 1850, to choose county officers for Fulton county.
Section twenty provides for the erection of county buildings by the commissioners first elected in the county.
In the twenty-first section it is enacted "that in addition to the duties imposed by the six- teenth and seventeenth sections of this act upon the commissioners named therein, they are hereby authorized to receive subscriptions of money and materials toward defraying the ex- penses of purchasing lots and erecting the pub- lic buildings of the county, and also to locate the seat of justice of said county : Provided, however, that they shall locate it at the place which will pay or secure to be paid the most money toward the erection of the public build- ings of said county."
Section twenty-sixth : "The citizens of the said county of Fulton shall, before the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and fifty, raise by voluntary subscription at least eight thousand dollars toward the purchase of lots, the erection of public buildings, and the payment of the tax required by the state upon this act, and shall give security for the faithful payment thereof to the said county in a judg- ment bond to be signed by three or more of their number and approved by the commissioners appointed by the sixteenth section of this act," etc.
Section twenty-eighth provides for a special election to be held in the several election dis- tricts of the proposed new county, on June 22, 1850, to vote for or against the erection of said county.
At the special election held in accordance with the provisions of the last-named section, the vote was as follows : For Fulton county, seven hundred and seventy-two ; against Fulton county, four hundred and three ; majority for Fulton county, three hundred and sixty-nine. The citizens of the county at once began to secure subscriptions in accordance with the provisions of the law. A portion favored the location of the county seat in the northern part of the county, and raised a large amount for that pur-
pose. They, however, were compelled to yield to the wishes of the citizens of McConnellsburg and vicinity, who pledged the sum of thirteen thousand dollars for the erection of the county buildings in that town, thus securing the prize. This amount included both the money and the materials subscribed. A judgment bond of twice the amount was given the commissioners by James Agnew, Thomas Greathead, W. S. Fletcher, Henry Hoke, John W. Bohn, S. Elli- ott Duffield, Jacob Stoner, Mark Dickson, Elias Davidson, James Kay, Daniel Fore, William Keyser, John Cook, James Kendall, Thomas Logan, F. W. McNaughton, William Cooper, Daniel Logan and John Kittle.
At a meeting of the newly elected board of county commissioners, Henry Sipes, James Hughes and Frederick Dubbs, December 13, 1850, the clerk was directed to give notice that plans and specifications for a court-house and jail would be received on the 15th of January next. At the same meeting the commissioners made arrangements for the holding of the sev- eral courts of Fulton county in the Methodist church in McConnellsburg, paying for this privilege the sum of twenty-five dollars for each and every term of court.
January 15, 1851, after examining the plans presented for the court-house and jail, the com- missioners adopted the plan of Jacob Stoner for the court-house, and drew up and filed specifica- tions in accordance with the same. No plan for the jail was agreed upon until February 4, 1851, when that drawn by Solomon Filler, Esq., of Bedford, was adopted. Proposals for erec- tion of the buildings were examined by the commissioners February 13. Aaron Staines, of Huntingdon county, being the lowest bidder for the court-house, was awarded the contract. John Sipes, being the lowest bidder, was awarded the contract for building the jail. His bid was two thousand eight hundred and seventy-four dollars.
On February 21, 1851, a contract was made between the county commissioners and Aaron Staines, Robert Madden and John Robertson, in which the gentlemen named agreed to build the court-house, and have it completed ready for the January term of court, 1852, for the sum of five thousand six hundred and ninety-five dol- lars. This amount was subsequently increased slightly by special contracts. The specifications for the building provided that it should be two
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stories, 52×74 feet, of brick, with a portico. The subscriptions were all paid, and thus the county. was supplied with good public buildings without resorting to taxation for any part of their cost. The clock in the dome of the court- house, estimated at six hundred dollars, was given by James Agnew, of McConnellsburg.
The first recorded meeting of the commis- sioners in the new court-house was held on Monday, April 5, 1852. The following entry appears at that date :
Commissioners met, all present. The commis- sioners' office having been removed to the court- house, the board proceeded to do business and suffer, the weather being extremely cold, and the room not being like a goodly number of persons in attendance at court, extremely tight.
WM. B. SIPES,* Clerk.
THE FIRST COURTS.
The first term of court held in Fulton county opened on Monday, January 13, 1851, at 2 o'clock, P.M., at the Methodist church, in Mc- Connellsburg. The associate judges, David Mann, Jr., and Mark Dickson, presided in the absence of Hon. Jeremiah S. Black, the presi- dent judge. But little business was brought before the court, and on the following day it adjourned until the next term.
The first grand jury empaneled for the April term of court, 1851, was as follows : William W. Kirk, foreman ; Mahlon Barton, John Jor- dan, Samuel J. Work, Abraham King, William Bowhay, John Henry, John Piper, Philip Stoner, Christian Hauman, Isaac C. Stine, David Leidy, Ephraim Hixon, Esq., Abner Mason, James Austin, George Hoke, Benjamin Green- land, Esq., John Kline, Ephraim Garland, John Pott, Israel Akers, Thomas Hessler.
CIVIL LIST.
President Judges .- The president judges of the sixteenth judicial district are given in a preceding chapter. Fulton county was a part of that district until 1874, when it was trans- ferred to the thirty-ninth district, and remained a part of the same until 1883. Hon. D. Watson Rowe was president judge of the thirty-ninth
district during the time Fulton belonged to it. In 1883 Adams and Fulton were constituted the forty-second judicial district, of which Hon. William McLean is the present president judge.
Associate Judges .- 1851, David Mann, Jr., Mark Dickson; 1851, Samuel Robinson, Na- thaniel Kelly ; 1856, J. W. Bohn, appointed in April, to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Judge Kelly ; 1856, William S. Nelson, William Lodge; 1861, Lemuel Gordon, Robert Camp- bell ; 1866, J. W. Porter, George White ; 1871, John B. Hoke, to fill a vacancy ; 1871, Thomas Sipes, Daniel Logan ; 1876, George W. Barton, James Cooper ; 1881, John Daniels, Samuel L. Buckley.
District Attorneys .- 1850, William P. Schell ; 1851, John J. Bonnett, appointed at the October term of court ; 1852, Enoch G. Day ; 1853, James B. Boggs ; 1856, John W. Reges ; 1858, C. M. Barton ; 1861, Henry G. Smith ; 1864, J. Nelson Sipes ; 1865, George A. Smith ; 1866, John R. Donehoo; 1869, John R. Donehoo; 1870, John A. Robinson ; 1873, J. Nelson Sipes ; 1876, W. Scott Alexander ; 1879, William B. Skinner ; 1882, John P. Sipes.
Prothonotaries .*- 1850 (December 1), George Wilds; 1853, Solomon Mason (died in office) ; 1854, Jacob Reed (to fill a vacancy) ; 1854, T. W. B. McFadden ; 1857, Robert-Ross ; 1860, William C. McNulty ; 1863, John A. Robinson ; 1866, same ; 1869, Robert A. McDonald ; 1872, 1876, and 1879, same ; 1881, William H. Nelson.
Treasurers .- Elected 1850, John B. Hoke ; 1852, James B. Sansom ; 1854, William Cooper ; 1856, Jacob McDonald ; 1858, J. W. Porter ; 1860, George Wilds ; 1862, David Metzler ; 1864, D. R. Dunlap ; 1866, James Cooper ; 1868, Thomas Kirk ; 1870, J. M. Fields ; 1872, William A. Speer ; 1874, George Snider ; 1877, David F. Chesnut ; 1880, James Sipes ; 1883, B. M. Lodge.
Auditors .- 1850, Aaron Hess, William Lodge, Jacob Waltz ; 1851, Jacob Waltz ; 1852, John Wishart ; 1853, William Nelson ; 1854, James Fields ; 1855, John Chesnut ; 1856, John P. Peck ; 1857, George R. Sipes; 1858, George W. Barton ; 1859, John Robinson ; 1860, George Whitehill; 1861, James A. Harris ; 1862, Charles A. Pbenicie ; 1863, Thomas Kirk ; 1864, A. J. Fore ; 1865, Jacob Waltz ; 1866, John Chesnut (three years), James A. Harris (one year) ; 1867,
*That Mr. Sipes, the commissioners' clerk, was inclined to facetiousness is further evinced by the following extracts from the commissioners' minutes: " April 9, 1852. Business being dull, the commissioners proceeded to discuss the meridian line sub- Ject. Not being able to agree on the place to fix it, the money to pay for it, or the necessity for having it, they laid the subject on the table, or rather in the desk, doubtless supposing that as there was a meridian line somewhere in North America, the surveyors might go there and adjust their compasses." "April 10, 1852. The court adjourned today after burning three cords of wood and trying three cases."
* The prothonotary of the court of common pleas is also regis- ter of wills, recorder of deeds, clerk of the court of quarter sessions, oyer and terminer, and orphans' court.
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Nathan Barnett ; 1868, John Alexander ; 1869, George McGovern; 1870, Nathan Barnett ; 1871, S. F. Keepers ; 1872, Lemuel Garland ; 1873, Jacob W. Miller ; 1874, Josabed Lodge ; 1875, Abner H. Stigers, William Horton, Nathan B. Hixson ; 1878, A. J. Craig, William S. Dick- son, John M. Stevens ; 1881, John P. Laley, Benjamin F. Hess, Jacob Hewett.
Commissioners. - Elected, 1850, for three years, Frederick Dubbs; for two years, James Hughes ; for one year, Henry Sipes ; 1851, Mason Lodge; 1852, W. Alexander; 1853, Henry Fite ; 1854, Robert Campbell, George Garland ; 1855, George Gerhard; 1856, John A. Keepers; 1857, John Wishert; 1858, Jacob Waltz; 1859, Geo. McGovern ; 1860, James Daniels ; 1861, George W. Barton; 1862, John Gough; 1863, Jacob Lake; 1864, G. W. Leighty; 1865, George W. Barton; 1866, Lemuel Hill; 1867, James A. Harris; 1868, Daniel Peck; 1869, Harvey Wishart; 1870, Abner Hess; 1871, George Holly; 1872, B. E. Barton; 1873, Jacob J. Mellott; 1874, Jacob Hendershot; 1875, Enoch Hart, George W. Kesselring, Thos. R. Palmer ; 1878, Daniel Covalt, Amos C. Fields, Joab L. Deneen ; 1881, James Daniels, Geo. McGovern, Peter Morton, McGovern, of this board, hay- ing resigned, George Snider was appointed in his stead, in October, 1882.
Sheriffs .- 1850, Jacob Bernhard ; 1853, Sam- uel Michaels; 1856, Dennis Daniels; 1859, David F. Chesnut; 1862, David Fore; 1866, Benjamin N. Sterrett ; 1868, John Hill; 1871, John J. Morton ; 1874, Benjamin N. Sterrett ; 1878, George J. Pittman ; 1881, Noah K. Linn ; 1883, J. Alfred Rummel.
Coroners .- 1850, George White; 1853, S. B. Carmack ; 1855, John Betz ; 1856, Lewis Dubbs ; 1859, Daniel Peck; 1861, Daniel Lake; 1863, James Lynch ; 1863, Joseph A. Smith (to fill a vacancy) ; 1864, Jacob Numma; 1865, same ; 1866, R. I. Hunter; 1867, M. V. B. Johnston ; 1868, B. E. Barton; 1869, Enoch Hart; 1871, Dr. R. I. Hunter ; 1872, H. H. Hill ; 1873, Dr. Nevin B. Shade; 1874, same; 1878, Job L. Gregory ; 1880, J. Alfred Rummel ; 1882, Andrew K. Davis ; 1883, Watson Douglas. Of the above-named persons elected to the office, several never qualified.
County Surveyors .- 1850, Andrew J. Fore ; 1853 and 1856, same ; 1859, Samuel Lyon ; 1862, Geo. Holly ; 1865, William P. Gordon ; 1868, Isaac N. Culp ; 1871, Henry W. Scott ; 1874,
George Holly ; 1877, same; 1880, William P. Gordon ; 1883, Jonas Lake.
LEGISLATORS.
Congressmen - Seventeenth district, compris- ing Bedford, Fulton, Franklin, Adams and Ju- niata counties : 1851-3, Joseph H. Kuhn ; 1853-5, Samuel L. Russell ; 1855-7, David F. Robin- son ; 1857-9, Wilson Reily ; 1859-61, Edward McPherson ; 1861-3, Edward McPherson.
Sixteenth district -Somerset, Bedford, Ful- ton, Franklin and Adams : 1863-5, Alexander H. Coffroth ; 1865-7, Alexander H. Coffroth ; 1867-9, William H. Koontz; 1869-71, John Cessna ; 1871-3, Benjamin F. Meyers ; 1873-5, John Cessna.
Eighteenth district - Franklin, Fulton, Juni- ata, Huntingdon, Snyder and Perry : 1875-7, W. S. Stenger; 1877-9, W. S. Stenger ; 1879-81, Horatio G. Fisher ; 1881-3, L. E. Atkinson.
State Senators - Somerset, Bedford and Ful- ton : 1852-4, Hamilton B. Barnes ; 1855-7, Francis Jordan ; 1858-60, William P. Schell. Fulton, Franklin and Adams : 1860-2, Alex- ander K. McClure ; 1863-5, William McSherry. Bedford, Somerset and Fulton : 1864-6, Geo. W. Householder; 1867-9, Alexander Stutzman ; 1870-2, Hiram Findlay. Bedford, Fulton, Blair and Somerset : 1873-5, John A. Lemon. Bed- ford, Somerset and Fulton : 1875-8, Enoch D. Yutzy ; 1879-82, Frederick Grof; 1888-6, Jacob H. Longenecker.
Representatives to the Legislature .- Bedford, Fulton and Cambria : 1851, John Linton, John Cessna ; 1852, W. P. Schell, John Kean ; 1853, W. P. Schell, Thomas Collins ; 1854, Thomas Collins, W. T. Daugherty ; 1855, W. T. Daugh- erty, George P. King; 1856, Joseph Bernhard, G. Nelson Smith ; 1857, William C. Reamer, G. Nelson Smith. Franklin and Fulton : 1858, Alexander K. McClure, James Nill ; 1859, Alex- ander K. McClure, James Nill ; 1860, J. C. Aus- tin, J. R. Brewster ; 1861, J. C. Austin, J. R. Brewster ; 1862, W. W. Sellers, John Rowe; 1863, William Horton, Jonathan Jacoby ; 1864, William Horton, J. McDowell Sharpe. Somer- set, Bedford and Fulton : 1865, Moses A. Ross, David B. Armstrong ; 1866, Moses A. Ross, David B. Armstrong ; 1867, John T. Richards, John Weller ; 1868, John T. Richards, John Weller ; 1869, John Weller, J. H. Longenecker ; 1870, J. H. Longenecker, Benj. F. Long ; 1871, S. P. Wishart, W. H. Sanner. Bedford
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and Fulton : 1872, J. W. Dickerson (died) ; George A. Smith (filling vacancy) ; 1873, John M. Reynolds ; 1874, John M. Reynolds. Fulton : 1875-6, H. S. Wishart ; 1877-8, R. I. Hunter; 1879-80, A. C. Davis ; 1881-2, James Kelly ; 1883-4, James A. Harris.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
Ayr township .- 1851, Jacob Hauger, John Alexander ; 1856, David Crouse ; 1861, David Crouse ; 1866, Henry Unger ; 1869, William Meal- man ; 1870, J. W. Crouse ; 1875, David Crouse ; 1880, A. J. Craig ; 1881, David Lynch ; 1883, S. J. Comerer.
Belfast township .- 1855, Theodore Mellott, George Garland ; 1860, Daniel Lake, Thomas Morton ; 1865, Daniel Lake, Enoch Hart; 1870, Enoch Hart, J. J. Mellott; 1875, Bartimeus Smith, Daniel P. Dishong; 1880, Bartimeus Smith, Daniel P. Dishong.
Bethel township. - 1853, Jacob Walters ; 1855, Benjamin Mellott ; 1858, Jacob Walters ; 1860, Benjamin Mellott ; 1863, Jacob Walters ; 1865, Benjamin Mellott ; 1868, John S. Covalt ; 1870, Benjamin Mellott; 1873, John S. Covalt ; 1875, Charles Barney ; 1878, John S. Covalt ; 1880, Caleb Hixson ; 1883, John S. Covalt.
Brush Creek township .- 1851, Abraham Ens- ley ; 1854, Ephraim Hixon ; 1856, Abraham Ensley; 1859, George W. Barton ; 1861, Joshua Hixon ; 1864, Abraham Ensley ; 1866, Mason Lodge ; 1867, Isaac Martin ; 1869, Abraham Ensley ; 1872, Alfred P. Bye; 1874, Isaiah Layton, John Howsare; 1879, Isaiah Layton, Joshua Hixon.
Dublin township .- 1851, James R. Thomson ; 1854, Washington Gaver ; 1855, Robert Camp- bell ; 1859, Washington Gaver; 1860, Robert Campbell; 1862, Elliott D. Ramsey ; 1865, John M. Fields ; 1868, Samuel Kirk ; 1870, John M. Fields ; 1872, Robert O. Campbell ; 1873, William J. McCoy ; 1875, Richard Allender ; 1878, William J. McCoy; 1879, George S. Doran ; 1880, A. J. Taylor.
Licking Creek township .- 1855, J. F. Mc- Eldowney, Benjamin Greenland ; 1860, James H. McEldowney, David Metzler ; 1865, David Metzler, James A. Harris ; 1870, David Metzler, James A. Harris ; 1872, John Daniels ; 1875, G. Y. Schooley ; 1877, James A. Harris ; 1880, H. S. Daniels ; 1882, George W. Decker.
Mc Connellsburg borough .- 1855, James King, Anthony Shoemaker; 1860, James King, Samuel
Michaels ; 1865, James King, William B. Sey- lar; 1870, B. N. Sterrett ; 1871, William B. Seylar ; 1875, Joseph A. Smith, W. S. Alexan- der ; 1877, Smith M. Robinson ; 1880, Joseph A. Smith ; 1881, Joseph A. Smith ; 1881, John P. Sipes.
Taylor township .- 1851, George Kesselring ; David Stevens ; 1856, George Kesselring ; 1858, Thomas Kirk ; 1860, William Anderson ; 1863, James Fields, Jesse Berkstresser; 1868, James Fields, Thomas Gracey ; 1873, Thomas Gracey, George W. Kesselring ; 1878, James G. Lyon, Sr .; 1879, Thomas Gracey ; 1883, T. B. Stevens.
Thomson township .- 1853, Henry Fite, Jacob Waltz ; 1858, Jacob Waltz ; 1863, Jacob Waltz, John S. Covalt ; 1865, Henry Brewer ; 1868, Jacob Waltz ; 1870, John P. Peck ; 1872, Henry Fite ; 1874, Daniel Covalt ; 1877, Henry Fite ; 1879, Daniel Covalt ; 1882, Jacob C. Hewett.
Tod township .- 1851, Daniel Gillis; 1852, James Dishong ; 1853, Andrew Comerer ; 1855, David Fore, Sr .; 1860, George McGovern ; 1861, Jacob Wagoner ; 1865, Daniel Fore, Jr. ; 1866, Adam Gress, Sr .; 1868, James T. Connelly; 1869, John Bell ; 1870, Daniel E. Fore ; 1872, Samuel M. Kelso ; 1875, Daniel E. Fore ; 1877, Samuel M. Kelso ; 1880, Daniel E. Fore ; 1881, Joseph Myers.
Union township. - 1865, Josiah R. Potter, William Lafferty ; 1870, William McKibbin, William L. Lee; 1872, Tilghman Northcraft; 1875, Isaiah Lehman, John F. Schetrompf ; 1879, James Rhea ; 1880, Isaiah Lehman.
· Wells township. - 1854, John B. Alexander ; 1855, Abednego.Edwards ; 1859, John B. Alex- ander ; 1860, Kimber A. Moore ; 1864, William Horton ; 1865, Edward Pearson ; 1869, John B. Alexander ; 1870, J. G. Cunningham ; 1874, John B. Alexander ; 1875, Allison L. Edwards; 1879, John B. Alexander ; 1880, Robert I. Hunter.
VOTE FOR GOVERNOR.
The following is the vote of Fulton county for governor at each triennial election since the county was formed :
1851. William Bigler, Dem., 840; William F. John- ston, Whig, 706.
1854. William Bigler, Dem., 876; James Pollock, Whig, 705.
1857. William F. Packer, Dem., 817; D. Wilmot, Free Soil, 570; I. Hazelhurst, American, 9.
1860. Henry D. Foster, Dem., 957; Andrew G. Cur- tin, Rep., 828.
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1863. George W. Woodward, Dem., 1,022; Andrew G. Curtin, Rep., 761.
1866. Hiester Clymer, Dem., 1,055; John W. Geary, Rep., 775.
1869. Asa Packer, Dem., 1,066; John W. Geary, Rep., 680.
1872. Charles R. Buckalew, Dem., 1,125; John F. Hartranft, Rep., 797.
1875. Cyrus L. Pershing, Dem., 981; John F. Hart- ranft, Rep., 684; Robert A. Browne, Proh., 12.
1878. Andrew H. Dill, Dem., 1,222; Henry M. Hoyt, Rep., 794.
1882. Robert E. Pattison, Dem., 1,036; James A. Beaver, Rep., 611; John Stewart, Ind. Rep., 86; Al- fred C. Pettit, 1; Thomas A. Armstrong, 1.
The vote of the county on the question of prohi- bition, in 1854, was as follows: for prohibition, 426 votes; against prohibition, 832 votes. Vote on the question of license, in 1873: For license, 756; against license, 512.
POPULATION OF FULTON COUNTY.
As given by the census returns :
DISTRICTS.
1850.
1860.
1870.
1880.
Ayr
1,055
1,154
1,247
1,309
Belfast.
768
822
866
928
Bethel
1.187
1,585
861
988
Brush Creek.
875 685
480
876
820
Dublin ...
869
879
981
Licking Creek.
958
1,028
925
1,077
McConnellsburg
477
'556
562
584
Taylor.
514
798
868
988
Thomson
671
697
649
782
Tod.
511
570
684
626
Union
420
627
580
614
Total.
7,564
9,131
9,860
10,149
CHAPTER LXXXI.
MILITARY HISTORY OF FULTON COUNTY.
Capt. Beckwith's Company, War of 1812 -Copy of the Pay-Roll - The County's Part in the Rebellion - McConnellsburg Taken - Exciting Events - Fighting in the Streets -Two Rebels Killed and Thirty Captured - McCausland's Rebel Raid - Robbery of the Citizens - Excitement and Alarm - The Killing of Lieut. Ford -Roster of Soldiers - Capt. Cardiff's Company - History of the 77th Regt., Co. F-107th Regt., Co. H-126th Regt., Co. B - 158th Regt., Cos. H and I - 22d Cav .- 208th Regt .- Capt. Seller's Co., Militia of 1862- Miscellaneous List of Fulton County Soldiers.
B EDFORD county furnished several .com- panies of soldiers in the war of 1812. Among them was one of volunteers from Mc- Connellsburg and vicinity, commanded by Capt. Nicholas Beckwith. From a correct copy of the pay-roll, obtained from the Department of the Auditor-General at Harrisburg, we learn that this company served six months-from October
2, 1812, until April 2, 1813. The pay of each private for the term was twenty dollars.
PAY-ROLL
of & Company of Volunteer Riflemen, commanded by Capt. Nicholas Beckwith, of the Fifth Battalion, Pennsylvania Militia, commanded by Maj. D. Nelson, of the United States, under the command of Brig .- Gen. Richard Crooke, in the service of the United States, under the command of Gen. W. H. Harrison.
Oficers .- Captain, Nicholas Beckwith; lieutenant, David Metzler; ensign, Thomas Allender; first sergeant, Michael Mulvits ; second sergeant, Robert Gibeon ; third sergeant, Jobn T. Smith; fourth sergeant, David Dryden; " first corporal, Alex- ander Wilson ; second corporal, Daniel Metzler; third corporal, Thomas Brown ; fourth corporal, Adam Bowers ; musician, Henry M. Suck.
Privates .- George Rinedollar, Christian Rinedollar, William Stephen, Robert Noble, John Bender, William Gaff, Jobn Lynn, Samuel Martin, Hance Wilson, Joseph Smith, David Forsythe, Henry Bender, David Whitstone, Henry Isor, Michael Snider (not paid at Bedford-out of the county), Daniel Fordney, Jerret Irwin, David Brown, John Humbert, John Isor, Joseph McCorcle, John Gloss, Robert McClain, John Full, William Duffield, Samuel Airley [Earley].
"I do certify on honor that the within pay-roll is correct, and that the remarks set opposite the men's names are correct and just.
NICHOLAS BECKWITH, Capt.
Witness present, JACOB BONNETT.
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