History of Cumberland and Adams counties, Pennsylvania. Containing history of the counties, their townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc.; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, etc., etc, Part 20

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The North Valley (now constituting Cumberland and Franklin Counties) was divided in 1735 into two townships, called Pennsborough and Hopewell, and the line dividing them was thus described: "That a line running northerly from the Hills to the southward of Yellow Breeches (crossing in a direct line by the Great Spring) to Kightotinning Mountain, be the division line; and that the easternmost township be called Pennsborough and the western Hope- well." Hopewell was divided in 1741 "by a line beginning at the North Hill, at Benjamin Moor's; thence to Widow Hewre's and Samuel Jamison's, and on a straight line to the South Hill, and that the western division be called Antrim, and the eastern Hopewell." This was before the organization of Cumberland County.

Taxes and Collectors. - Table of taxes paid, and names of collectors in town- ships in what is now Cumberland County, from 1736 to 1749:

1736-Pennsborough, £13 17s. 6d .; James Silvers, collector. Hopewell, £5 2s.

1737-Pennsborough, £13 9s. 9d. East part of Hopewell, £3 2s .; west part of Hopewell, £2 19s.

1738-Pennsborough, £20 14s. 0d. East part of Hopewell, £10 0s. 3d. ; west part of Hopewell, £7 7s. 9d.

1739-Pennsborough, £23 16s. Sd .; William Tremble, collector. South

part of Hopewell, £11 8s. 1d. : Jacob Snebly, collector. North part of Hope- well, £6 11s. 6d .; Abraham Endless, collector.

1740-West part of Pennsborough, £11 4s. 7d .; Robert Dennin, collector. East part of Pennsborough, £14 18s. 7d. ; John Walt, collector. East Hope- well, £4 0s. 2d .; James Laughlin, collector. West Hopewell, £4 19s. 3d .; Philip Davis, collector.

1741-Pennsborough, £17 15s. 10d. ; Robert Redock, collector. Hopewell, £3 8s. 9d .; James Montgomery, collector.

1742-West end of Pennsborough, £7 19s. 2d .; William Weakly, collector. East end of Pennsborough, £16 7s. 8d. ; John Swansey, collector. Hopewell, £5 11s. 4d .; David Herren, collector.

1743-East end of Pennsborough, £9 0s. 6d. ; John Semple, collector; West end of Pennsborough, £10 7s. 3d .; Robert Miller, collector. Hopewell, £6 16s. 11d .; Henry Hallan, collector.

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1714-West end of l'ennsborough, £22 4s .; John Mitchell, collector; east end of Pennsborough, £17 12s. 7d. ; Thomas Fisher, collector. Hopewell, £10 16s. 2d. : Thomas Montgomery, collector.

1745-West Pennsborough, £23 1s. 11d. ; James Chambers, collector; East Pennsborough, £13 4s. ; Jolin MeCrackin, collector. Hopewell, £12 10s. 4d .; William Thompson, collector.

1716-East Pennsborongh. £10 5s. ; John Rankin, collector: West Penns- borough, £13 4s. Sd .; James McFarlin, collector. Hopewell, £9 17s. 9d .; John Erwin, collector.

1747-East Pennsborough. £10 12s. ; Joseph Green, collector; West Penns- borough, £13 1Ss. 6d .; Patrick Davis, collector. Hopewell, £12 7s. 7d. : John Cnrrey, collector.

1748-East Pennsborough, £12 2s .; Christopher Huston, collector; West Pennsborough, £14 14s. 6d. ; William Dunbar, collector. Hopewell, £13 13s. 6d. : James Walker, collector.

1749-East Pennsborough, £23 16s. 6d. ; Tobias Hendricks, collector; West Pennsborough, £25 Ss. 9d. ; Archibald MeAllister, collector. Hopewell, £43 3s. Od .; John Kirkpatrick, collector.

Antrim Township we do not give as it was outside the present limits of Cumberland County, being in Franklin.

Earliest List of Taxables .- The carliest list of taxables in Cumberland County, as given by Mr. Rupp in the history of Dauphin, Cumberland and other counties, is as follows:

East Pennsborough, 1750 .- Tobias Hendricks, Widow Jane Woods. Samuel Calhoon, Thomas Spray, Thomas Kenny, James Shannon, James Dickey, John Bigham. Samuel Chambers, William Barrehill, William Noble, William Craw- ford, William MeChesney, Richard Fulton, John McClellan, William Rose, Adam Calhoun, William Shannon, John Semple, Charles West, Christopher Hewston, Walker Buchanan, David Reed, James Armstrong, Hugh Wharton, Edward El- iot. Francis MoGnire, William Findley, Josias MeMeans, Hugh Mahool, Rob- ert Carrithers. William Ross, Henry Quigly, William Morton, John Armstrong, John Buchanan, Nathaniel Nelson, John Nailer, Andrew Armstrong, Thomas McCormick, John Dickey, John MeCracken, Widow Clark, Widow MeMeans, Robert Eliot, Robert Eliot, Jr., James Corrithers, William Gray, Alexander Lamferty, John Willey, Robert Duning, Joseph Junkin, William Walker, Alex Armstrong, Moses Star. James Crawford, Roger Cook, Hugh Cook, Will- iam Miller, John McCormick, Jamer Silvers, John Stevenson, James Coleman, David Waason. John Hunter, William Douglas, John Mitchel, Andrew Mile- kin. John Milekin, Patrick Holmes, James Finley, Peter Shaver (Shaver was a trader among the Indians and was employed by Gov. Thomas, in 1744, to car- ry letters to the Shawanese Indians on the Ohio inviting them to come to Phil- adelphia), John Erwin, William Carrithers, Widow Quigly, Samuel Martin, William Hamilton, Robert Samuels, John Waugh, Thomas Rankin, Richard Rankin, John Clendenin, Joseph Waugh, Widow Roberts, Thomas Henderson, William Hamilton, William Marshal, William Miller, Wilson Thomas, Alex Crocket, Widow Branan, Thomas Calvert, William Griffith, Robert Bell, Will- iam Orr, James McConnel, John Bowan, Robert Mckinley, Samnel Fisher, Titus Hollinger, Samuel MeCormick, Rowland Chambers, Robert Kelton, Isaac Rutlidge, Rowland McDonald, Walter Gregory, Widow Stewart, James Mc- Teer, Peter Leester, Peter Title, Joseph Willie, Anthony MeCue, James Beaty, William Crocket, Andrew Miller. Robert Roseborough, Joseph Green, James Douglas, Widow Steel, Widow MeKee, Joseph Keynolds, Jr. Freemen-Will- iam Hogg, George Crogham, Esq., Jonathan Hogg, Samuel Huston, John Gilke-

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son, Robert Airs, Abraham Hendricks, Archibald Armstrong, Joseph Ferret, Clime Horal, Daniel Campbell, William McDonald, Matthew Lindham, J. Armstrong, Cornelius Brown, Hugh Shannon, Robert Walker, Nathaniel Wil- son, Matthew Brown (two silversmiths at William McChesney's). John Adams, David Kenworthy, James Gaily, William McTeer, Edward Ward, Arthur Er- win, James Clark, William Cranula-total 190,

West Pennsborough 1751 .- William Queery, William Lamont, Archibald McAllister, William Carithers, John Davison, Allen Leeper, Neal McFaul, John McClure (the less), William Logan, John Atchison, Thomas McCoy, Charles Gillgore, Andrew Griffin, William Dunbar, William Harkness, Will- iam Patton, Samuel McClure, Robert Walker, James Kirkpatrick, John Swan- sy, Arthur Clark, Adam Hays, James McMeans, John Deniston, John McIn- tire, James McFarland, William Laughlin, Robert Brevard, Robert McQueston, James Peebles, John McClure (mountain), Alex McClure, John Langley, John Gordon, William Livingston, Robert Guthrie, William Anderson, John Glass, John Logan, William Duglass, Alex Erwin, Alex Logan, William Townsley, William Parker, Margaret Parker, Andrew Forbush, John Morrison, David Kollogh, George Brown, Francis Cunningham, Alex Robb, Anthony Gillgore, Jacob Peebles, Samuel Wilson, Allen Scroggs, David Kenedy, Mary Dunn- ing, William Carithers, John Carithers, John Chestnut, Thomas Patton, Andrew Ralston, John McClung, Ezekiel Dunning, James Lea, John Lusk, Alex McBride, James McNaught, William Blackstock, James Crutchlow, Will- iam Dunlap. Thomas Evans, Steven Cesna, James Weakly, David Hunter, Josh Cornelius, Alex Weyly, Lewis Hutton, James Warnock. David Dunbar, David Miller, John Wilson, Josh Thomson, Josh Dempsay, Samuel Lindsay, Paul Piercy, Owen McCool, Pat Robeson, Thomas Parker. Freemen-Samuel Wilson, James McMunagle, David McCurdy, Pat Reynolds, Andrew McAdams, John McCurdy-total 95.

Middleton, 1751 .- William Trent, Thomas Wilson, John Elder, John Chambers, Robert McNutt, James Long, John Mahafy, James Reed, John Moor, John Craighead, James Dunlop, Patrick Hawson, Walter Denny, James Gillgore, Patrick Davison, Thomas Elder, Henry Dinsmore, John Mitchell, Samuel Lamb, James Williams, James Matthews, Alexander Sanderson, James Henderson, Matthew Miller, John Davis, William Graham. William Campbell, William Parkeson, Francis McNichley, John McKnaught, John Calhoun, William Peterson, John Robb, Robert Graham, Samuel McLucass, Daniel Williams, George Sanderson, Alexander Sanderson, Joseph Clark, John McClure, Jonathan Holmes, James Chambers, Thomas Armstrong, William Waddel, James McConnell, Richard Nicholson, John Neely, Johu McCrea, John Stuart, Archibald Kenedy. John Jordan. William Jordan, George Tem- pleton, James Stuart, Richard Venable, Widow Wilson, David Dreanan, John Dinsmore. Samuel Gauy, William Davison, Samuel Bigger, Thomas Gibson. John Brown, John McKinley, Robert Campbell, John Kinkead, Samuel Wil- son, Robert Patterson, John Reed, Robert Reed, James Reed. William Reed, William Armstrong, James Young, Robert Miller, William Gillachan, Josh Davies, William Fleming, John Gilbreath, Richard Coulter, Richard Kilpat- rick, Andrew Gregg, Robert Thomson, John Dicky, James Brannan, John Mc- Clure, John Buyers, Arthur Foster, Harmanus Alrichs,* John Armstrong, John Smith, William Buchanan, William Blyth, John McAllister, William Montgomery, John Patterson, Robert Kilpatrick, Archibald McCurdy, William Whiteside, John Woodle, William Dillwood, William Huston, Thomas Lock-

*Some give this Hermanus Alricks, but Harmanus Alrichs is the way it appears in his own handwriting on the old records at the court house.

Conway P. Wing.

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ward. Thomas Henderson, Joseph Thornton, James Dunning, William Moor, George Davison. Alexander Patterson, John Me Bride, Robert Robb. Dennis Swansy, Daniel Lorranee. Jonathan Hogg, Oliver Wallace, John Bell, Arthur Buchanan, Robert Guthrie. Berry Cackel, Cornelius McAdams, Andrew Mc- Intire, Alexander Roddy, Josh Price, Hugh Laird, William Ferguson, Widow Duglas, Abraham Sanford, Moses Moor, Joseph Gaylie, Charles Mahaufy. William Kerr, Hugh Creanor, William Guilford, William Stuart, Willian Chadwick. Freemen in Middleton and Carlisle-Andrew Holmes, Jonathan Kearney. Francis Hamilton. Jonathan Dounel, William Wilson, Patrick Long. Robert Patterson, William Kinaird, George Crisp, Hugh Laird, William Braidy. James Tait. Patrick Kearney, Arthur Foster, James Pollock, Thomas Elmore. Robert Manhiny, Jonathan Hains, William Rainiston, James Gumbel, John Woods, David Hains, Henry Hains- total, 158.

Hopewell Township, 1751 .- Robert Gibson, David Heron, Moses Donald, Thomas Donald. Francis Ignne, Daniel McDonald, John Eliott, Alexander MeClintock, James MeFarland, Joshua Mcclintock, Hugh Terrance, Hugh Thomson, Josh Thomson, Josh Thomson, Jr., Robert MeDowell, James Mc- Dowell, Robert Rusk, John Serogs, William Walker, William Cornahan, Thomas Gawlt. James Hamilton. John Laughler, Josh Gair, Samuel William- son, Samuel Smith, David Kidd, John Hodge. Robert McCombs, Thomas Micky, John Wray, Richard Nicholson, Andrew Mellvain, George Hamilton, John Thomson, William Gambel, Samuel Montgomery, Robert Simson, John Brown, Allen Nisbit, John Nesbit, Jr., John Nesbit, Sr., James Wallace, An- drew Peeble, John Anderson, Patrick Hannah, John Tremble, Moses Stuart, William Reigny, John Moorhead. James Pollock, Samuel Stuart, Robert Rob- inson, David Newell, James McCormick, Charles Murray, Joseph Boggs, John Lysee, Andrew Leckey, John Montgomery. John Beaty, James Walker, William Smyley, James Chambers, Robert Meek, Dr. William McGofreek, James Jack. Jaines Quigly, Robert Simonton, John McCune, Charles Cumins, Sammel Wier. John McCune, Jr., Josh Martin, James Carrahan, Allen Kollogh, James Young. Francis Newell, John Quigly. Robert Stuart, Samuel Montgomery, Daniel Mickey, Andrew Jack, Robert Mickey, Hugh Braidy, Robert Chambers, Will- iam Thomson, Edward Leasy, Alexander Scrogg, John Jack, James Laughlin. John Laughlin, Jr., Robert Dinney, David Simrel, Samuel Walker, Abra- ham Walker, James Paxton, James Uxley, Samuel Cellar, W. McClean, James Culbertson, James McKessan, John Miller, Daniel O'Cain, John Edmonson. Isaac Miller, David MeGaw [Magaw-Ed. ] John Reynolds, Francis Cam. ble, William Anderson. Thomas Edmonson, James Dunlop, John Reynolds, Jr., William Dunlop, Widow Piper, George Cumins, Thomas Finley, Alexander Fairbairn, John Mason, James Dysort, William Gibson, Horace Brattan, John Carothers, Patrick Mullan, James Blair, Peter Walker, John Stevenson, John Aiger, John Ignue. Freemen-John Hanch. Josh Edmonson, John Callwell, John Richison (skinner), P. Miller-total, 134.

First Settlers .- The first settlers in the North Valley and the region to the northward, embraced in what was Cumberland County, were mostly Scotch-Irish. a fearless and aggressive people who were impatient at the delays of the land office, and began as early as 1740-42 to settle on lands to which the Indian title had not been fully extinguished. A few Germans were also among them. and the settlements were made principally on the Juniata River, Shearman's Creek. Tuscarora Path (or Path Valley), in the little and big caves formed by the Kittatinny and Tuscarora Mountains and by the Big and Little Conolloways. The Indians very naturally regarded them as intruders, and in 1750 threatened to settle matters in their own way if the Government failed to put a stop to the

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proceedings. Measures were promptly adopted. "The secretary of the province, Mr. Richard Peters, and the interpreter, Mr. Conrad Weiser, were directed to proceed to the county of Cumberland, in which the new settlements lay, and to expel the intruders. They were joined by the magistrates of the county, the delegates from the Six Nations, a chief of the Mohawks, and Andrew Montour, an interpreter from Ohio. The commissioners met with little resist- ance in the execution of their duty, a few only of the settlers, under an ap- prehension of imprisonment, making a show of opposition. All readily entered into recognizance for their appearance at the next sessions, and many aided to reduce their own habitations to ashes in the presence of the magistrates and attendant Indians."*

Following is the report of the proceedings made to the governor by Mr. Peters, under date of July 2, 1750:

To JAMES HAMILTON, EsQ., GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA,

May it please Your Honor :- Mr. Weiser, having received your Honor's orders to give information to the proper magistrates against all such as had presumed to settle and re- main on the lands beyond the Kittochtinny Mountains, not purchased of the Indians, in contempt of the laws repeatedly signified by proclamations, and particularly by your Hon- or's last one, and bring them to a legal conviction, lest for want of their removal a breach should ensue between the Six Nations of Indians and this province, we set out on Tues- day, the 15th of May, 1750, for the new county of Cumberland, where the places on which the trespassers had settled lay.

At Mr. Croghan's we met with five Indians, three from Shamokin, two of which are sons of the late Schickcalamy, who transacted the business of the Six Nations with the Government; two were just arrived from Allegheny, viz .: one of the Mohock's Nation, called Aaron, and Andrew Montour, the interpreter at Ohio. Mr. Montour, telling us he had a message from the Ohio Indians and Twightwees to this Government, and desiring a conference, one was held on the 18th of May last. in the presence of James Galbreth, George Croghan, William Wilson and Hermanus Alricks, Esq., justices of the county of Cumberland; and when Mr. Montour's business was done, we, with the advice of the other justices, imparted to the Indians the design we were assembled upon, at which they expressed great satisfaction.

Another conference was held at the instance of the Indians, in the presence of Mr. Galbreth and Mr. Croghan, before mentioned, wherein they expressed themselves as follows:

" Brethren, we have thought a great deal of what you imparted to us, that ye were come to turn the people off who were settled over the hills; we are pleased to see you on this occasion, and as the council of Onondago has this affair exceedingly at heart, and it was particularly recommended to us by the deputies of the Six Nations, when they parted from us last summer, we desire to accompany yon, but we are afraid, notwithstanding the care of the Governor, that this may prove like many former attempts; the people will be put off now, and next year come again, and if so, the Six Nations will no longer bear it but do themselves justice. To prevent this, therefore, when you shall have turned the people off, we recommend it to the Governor to place two or three faithful persons over the mountains who may be agreeable to him and us, with commissions empowering them immediately to remove every one who may presume after this to settle themselves until after the Six Nations shall agree to make sale of their land."

To enforce this they gave a string of wampum and received one in return from the magistrates, with the strongest assurances that they would do their duty.

On Tuesday, the 22d of May, Matthew Dill, George Croghan, Benjamin Chambers, Thomas Wilson, John Finley and James Galbreath, Esqs., justices of the said county of Cumberland, attended hy the under sheriff, came to Big Juniata, situate at the distance of twenty miles from the mouth thereof and about ten miles north from the Blue Hills, a place much esteemed by the Indians for some of their best hunting ground, and there they found five cabins or log houses, one possessed by William White, another by George Cahoon, another, not yet quite finished in possession of David Hiddleston, another possessed by George and William Galloway, and another by Andrew Lycon. Of these persons, Will- iam White and George and William Galloway, David Hiddleston and George Cahoon ap- peared before the magistrates, and being asked by what right or authority they had pos- sessed themselves of those lands and erected cabins thereou, they replied hy no right or authority, but that the land belonged to the proprietaries of Pennsylvania. They then were asked whether they did not know they were acting against the law, and in contempt of frequent notices given them hy the Governor's proclamation. They said they had seen

*Rupp's Cumberland, etc., p. 378.

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one such proclamation, and had nothing to sny for themselves, but craved mercy. Here. upon the said William White, George and William Galloway, David Hiddleston and ficorge Cahoon, being convicted by said justices on their view, the under sheriff was charged with them and he took William White, David Hiddleston and George Cahoon into custody, but George and William Galloway resisted, and having got at some dis- tance from the under sheriff, they called tous: "You may take our lands and houses and do what you please with them; we deliver them to you with all our hearts, but we will not be carried to jail."

The next morning being Wednesday, the 23d of May, the said justices went to the log house or cabin of Andrew;Lycon, and finding none there but children, and hearing that the father and mother were expected soon, and William White and others offering to become security, jointly and severally, and to enter into recognizance as well for Andrew's np- pearance and fimmediate removal as for their own, this proposal was accepted, and Will- iam White, David Hiddleston and George Cahoon entered into a recognizance of one hun - dred pounds, And executed bonds to the proprietaries in the sum of tive hundred pounds. reciting that they were trespassers and had no manner of right, and had delivered possession to me for the proprietaries. When the magistrates went to the cabin or log house of George and William Galloway (which they had delivered up as aforesaid the day before, after they were convicted and were flying from the sheriff), all the goods belong- ing to the said George and William were taken out, and the cnbin being quite empty, I took possession thereof for the proprietaries. And then a conference was held, what should be done with the empty cabin; and after great deliberation all agreed that if some cabins were not destroyed they would tempt the trespassers to return again, or encourage others to come there should these trespassers go away, and so what was doing would signify nothing, since the possession of them was at such a distance from the inhabitants could not be kept from the proprietaries, and Mr. Weiser niso giving it as his opinion that if all the cabins were left standing the Indians wouldl conceive such a contemptible opinion of the government that they would come themselves in the winter, murder the people and set their houses on fire. "On these considerations, the cabin, by my order, was burnt by the under sheriff and company.

Then the company went to the house possessed by David Hiddleston, who had en- tered into bond as aforesaid, and he having voluntarily taken out all the things which were in the cabin, and left me in possession, that empty and unfurnished cabin was like- wise set on fire by the under sheriff by my order.

The next day being the 24th of May, Mr. Weiser and Mr Galbreath, with the under sheriff and myself, on our way to the mouth of the Juniata called at Andrew Lycon's with the intent only to inform him that his neighbors were bound for his appearance and im- mediate removal, and to caution him not to bring himself or them into trouble by a re fusal. But he presented a loaded gun to the magistrates and sheriff; said he would shoot the first man that dared to come nigher. On this he was disarmed. convicted, and com mitted to the custody of the sheriff. This whole transaction happened in sight of a tribe of Indians who by accident had in the night time fixed their tent on that plantation; and Lycon's behavior giving them grent offense, the Shickcalamies insisted on our burning the cabin or they would do it themselves. Whereupon, when everything was taken out of it ( Andrew Lycon all the while assisting) and possession being delivered to me, the empty enbin was set on fire by the under sheriff and Lycon was carried to jail.

Mr. Benjamin Chambers and Mr. George Croghan bad about an hour before separat- ed from us, and on my meeting them again in Cumberland County they reported to me they had been at Sheerman's Creek, or Little Juniata, situate about six miles over the Blue Mountain, and found there James Parker, Thomas Parker, Owen McKeib, John MeClare, Richard Kirkpatrick, JJnmes Murray, John Scott, Henry Gass, John Cowan, Simon Girtee And lobn Kilough, who had settled lands and erected cabins or log houses thereon; and having convicted them of the trespass on their view, they hnd bound them in recog- nizances of the penalty of one hundred pounds to appear and answer for their trespasses on the first day of the next county court of Cumberland. to be held at Shippensburg, nnd that the said trespassers had likewise entered into bonds to the proprietaries in five hundred pounds penalty to remove off immediately, with all their servants, cattle nnd ef- feets, and had delivered possession of their houses to Mr. George Stevenson for the pro prietaries' use. and that Mr. Stevenson had ordered some of the meanest of those enbins to be set on fire, where the families were not large nor the improvements considerable.

On Monday, the 28th of May, we were met at Shippensburg by Samuel Smith, William Maxwell. George Croghan, Benjamin Chambers, Robert Chambers, William Allison, Will- iam Trent, John Finley, John Miller, Hermanus Alricks, and James Galbreth. Esqs .. justices of Cumberland County, who, informing us that the people in the Tuscarora Path, in Big Cove, and at Aucquick would submit, Mr. Weiser most earnestly pressed that he might be excused any further attendance, having abundance of necessary business to do at home: and the other magistrates, though with much reluctance, at last consenting, he left us.

On Wednesday, the 30th of May, the magistrates and company, being detained two days by rains, proceeded over the Kittochtinny Mountains and entered into the Tuscarora

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Path, or Path Valley, through which the road to Alleghany lies. Many settlements were formed in this valley, and all the people were sent for and the following persons appeared, viz .: Abraham Slack, James Blair, Moses Moore, Arthur Dunlap, Alexander Mc Cartie, David Lewis, Adam McCartie, Felix Doyle, Andrew Dunlap, Robert Wilson, Jacob Pyatt, Jacob Pyatt, Jr., William Ramage, Reynolds Alexander, Samuel Patterson, Robert Baker, John Armstrong and John Potts, who were all convicted by their own confession to the magistrates of the like trespasses with those at Shearman's Creek, and were bound in the like recognizances to appear at court, and bonds to the proprietaries to remove with all their families, servants, cattle, and effects, and having all voluntarily given possession of their houses to me, some ordinary log houses to the number of eleven were burnt to the ground, the trespassers, most of them cheerfully and a very few of them with reluctance, carrying out all their goods. Some had been deserted before and lay waste.

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