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John Rodgers, Sr.
John Hainnon.
40
9
Thos. Rodgers, distiller.
300
6
Rich'd Hawk ..
Wm. Holliday
2
2
Raisen Regan.
Chas, Harrison
2
1
Robert Ross, distiller (2 slaves)
Solomon llull
2
1
Win. Ross ( 1 slave)
T. Ross .
John In-ton.
200
2
Jas. Robison.
?
Jonathan Hill.
105
9
1
Win. Reed.
I
John Hollis ..
Robt. Hughey
70
1
Joseph Hall
300
Archibald Johnson.
2
Jas. Toward
200
Edward Jordan
100
John John.
50
2
2 Saml. Strain.
150
3
Francis Lewis.
50
Sninl. Lyon ( 1 slave)
100
John Lowry, distiller ..
Jacob Lyon ..
Alex. Morlin ..
300
4
Co.hit Smith
100
2
David Morlin.
300
Win. Morlin ..
300
Thos. More (2 slaves).
260
Moses Mellaffy, distiller
Jas. Moody
John Mexwell
50
Wm. Miller.
300
4
4 Gilbert Simpson (5 slaves).
25
6
5
Ruht. Minteer.
1
Danl. Stephens
Robt. Murphy
100
3
John Smith.
1
+
Røbt. McLoughlin, distiller.
400
John MeLonghlin.
300
Chas. Mav.
Jas. Mitchell
Alex. MeClellan ..
Jobn Mcclellan ( 1 slave)
300
Jas. MeCormick, miller.
Alex. Me Williams.
Danl McLean ....
Geo. McCormick
Jas. MeCaig.
Widow MeMillan
1
Matthew Wiley, distiller 400
4
5
Thus, Welch
1
I
Jas. Wilkie ..
200
9
3
Thus. Moore .. 100
I
2
Danl. Young.
55
1
Jos. Young.
100)
Gen. Young,
The single freemen in the township in 1785 were :
John Byers
150
2
2
Andrew Byers
100
1
...
Alex. Carson.
Win. Carson.
...
...
John Dunlap.
:
...
5
Beal Fowler
1
..
Jos. Irwin ...
9
1
John Paxton
90
2
1
Saml. Stephens ( 1 slave).
500
1
1
David Parkhill
150
2
3
John Battles hell
Thes. Revan-craft.
Richard Boves
300
Rich'd Phillips
Samuel Phillips.
100
Thos. Patterson
90
3
Jas. Patterson
150
3
John Patterson
100
2
2
John Ro lgers. Jr.
1
Win. Peirsol.
100
1
2
Win. Speir.
1
I
1
Freeman Ba'teshell.
Jas. Rankin
1
200
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2
Jared Regan.
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Jas. llarper.
200
1
Danl. Rector
2
Wm. Ilill.
1
Philip Rockert.
1
2
2
Jus. Hodgers,
John Rodgers, Jr.
2
2 Benj. Stephens (+ sloves). 400
2 John Sheerer, distiller.
2
Patrick Logan ..
2
George Swink ..
9
2
Jacob Swink
1
3
1
Uriah Springer (2 slaves).
340
5
6
Adam Steel
50
1
1
1 Renben Stewes
...
I
1
6 Win. Smith, Sr
1
2
2 firorge Shanklin
50
2
2
9 Wm. Smith, Jr ..
Win. Scott ...
800
3
:
1 Win. Sparks.
5
Jos. Smart
3
Hugh Torrence
1
Samt. Torrence.
1
Jos. Torrence ..
Jas. Thompson.
Jos, Work.
Saml. Work
200
1
John Wells ( 2 slaves)
...
Win. Will-on
100
.John Willson
J
1 Robt Willis
60
Isaac Mooney
100
Win. McCormick
600
Jos. Nilson
2
Mathew Nealy
160
9
Saml. Neil.
1
Jas. Nicol.
200
2
Win. Orr
I
3
Jos. Perry.
1
1
Benj. Power ( 1 slave)
2
Jas. Patton
Jonathan Phillips
1
Elisha Pierce.
300
4
David Parks.
9
Win. Maxwell.
1
W'm. Poange ..
Edward Parrish.
2
1
Richard Bainet.
Isaiah Moreland
Jos Minteer ..
1
1 John Speir.
I
Saml. Rankin.
150
John Reagh.
Jas. Allen.
5 John Arnold
250
2136222 3 3 1 2 2
6
Geo. Lynch ..
3 August.n Stephens ..
2
Joseph Stephens.
4 1 2411412292 1 1 1 2 9
5
5 :33582321 3 3 1 2 3
Win. Rittenhouse.
150
2 3 232222 2 2
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82112 1 1 2
1
2211 1 J
Jas. Paul, distiller.
330
2
1
1
2:1
3
2
1915:15 1 0 3
1
Francis Mathes.
1 :2122233216 2 3 1 9 G
2
Win. Ramsey
Jas. Hunter.
3
1
2
1
2
HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
Acres.
Horses. Cattle.
Saml. Dunlap, distiller.
100
2
2
Danl. Estell
...
...
Alex. Faulkner.
...
....
Godfrey Johnson.
1
Geo. Johnson
Jas. McCormick
Win. MeMullen
Dennis MeCarty.
John Dugan
....
1
Thos. White, distiller
1
...
Thos. McCage
...
Josiah Allen.
...
....
John Lawson
200
4
3
John Cummins.
...
Thos. Guest (1 slave) ...
2200
3
2
In 1796 the acres numbered 34,577; horses, 521; cattle, 721; slaves, 19. The total valuation was $228,318, and the tax quota 8380.52.
In 1808 the assessed aeres in Franklin numbered 21,077 ; forges, 1 ; distilleries, 8 ; mills, 7; horses, 401 ; and cattle, 403, The total valuation was $160,518, and the township's quota of county tax, $242.
Licenses were issued to tavern-keepers in Franklin (between 1794 and 1808) as follows: Jacob Strickler, September, 1794; William Rittenhouse, March, 1795; Arthur Hurry, September, 1795 ; Peter Kenny, Sep- tember, 1796; James Cunningham, December, 1796; Adam Diekey, September, 1797; John Rogers, Wil- liam Morehouse, and John Fouzer, September, 1797 ; Edmund Freeman, December, 1797 ; John Freeman, September, 1798.
EARLY ROADS.
At the March sessions in 1795 report was made by John McClelland, Robert Adams, Jeremiah Pears, Samuel Stevens, Joseph Torrance, and James Paull, on a road laid from Meason's furnace by Pears' forge to the Redstone road. The road was described as commencing at Isaac Meason's furnace, leading to the forge built by Jeremiah and James Pears, and thence "till it intersects the road leading from Uniontown to Brownsville." September, 1794, a road was viewed from Meason's iron-works to the mouth of the Big Redstone by Robert MeLaughlin, Daniel Cannon, Matthew Neely, Jeremiah Pears, David Moreland, and Matthew Gilchrist. Also, in Decem- ber, 1794, a road was viewed from Meason's furnace by Pears' forge to the road from Uniontown to Red- stone, the viewers being Jeremiah Pears, Robert Adams, James Paull, Col. Joseph Torrance, Samuel Stevens, and John MeClelland.
A report was made to the court at the June ses- sions in 1797 of a road from Thomas Dunn's planta- tion by way of Samuel Grier's mills to Samuel Gra- ble's, The viewers were John Dunlap, Benjamin Stevens, Joseph Work, Elisha Pears, William Brown, and William McFarland.
TOWNSHIP ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL LIST.
At the December session of the Court of General Quarter Sessions in 1783 the county was divided into townships. One of these townships was Franklin,
whose creation is thus recorded: "A township to begin at the mouth of Crab-Apple Run; thence up the same to the mouth of Harvester's Branch; thence up the same to the head thereof; thence by a line to be drawn to the head of the South Fork of Washing- ton Mill-Run; thence down the same to the river Yonghiogeni ; thence up the Youghiogeni to the foot of the Lanrel Hill ; thence along the foot of Laurel Hill to Bnrd's old road, leading from Gist's to the Old Fort; thence along the said road to Redstone Creek ; thence down the said creek to the place of beginning, to be hereafter known by the name of Franklin township." At the December term of court, 1793, it was ordered that " that part of Wharton town- ship which lies northward of a line lately run by Alex- ander McClean and his assistants as a line of experi- ment from Berlin to the west side of the Chestnut Ridge or Laurel Hill, crossing the Youghiogeni River about one hundred perches above the mouth of Rocky Run, and thence due west to Braddock's road, be an- nexed to the township of Franklin." At the Decem- ber session of court in 1798 a portion of Franklin was set off and called Dunbar township. At the March session in 1839 the township of Perry was created from portions of Franklin, Tyrone, and Washington. At the September session, 1849, a petition was presented for a change of line between the townships of Perry and Franklin, commencing at or near James H. Patterson's steam saw-mill, and terminating on the Red Lion road, south of the written property belong- ing to David Rittenhouse, so as to include James Pat- terson, Jr., now of Perry, within the limits of Frank- lin township.
Wm. Cohn, John Dunn, and Ephraim Lynch were appointed commissioners. Order was issued, report made and approved Dec. 19, 1849, and confirmed March 8, 1851. An addition from Franklin to Perry was made in March, 1852. A slight change of line between Franklin and Perry was made in 1867, and in March, 1872, petition was made by Hugh H. Patterson, Joseph Clark, Alfred and Freeman Cooper to " attach" to Franklin township as more convenient for election and school purposes.
The records of elections in the township are incom- plete, and the list of township officials following will be found to extend only from 1784 to 1808 and from 1840 to 1881.
CONSTABLES.
1784. John Braun, Jr. John Dunlap. 1795. Samuel Stephens.
1785. James Nicol. 1796. Elisha Pearce.
1786. Andrew Arnold. 1797. Thomas Gibson.
1787. John John. 1798. Thomas Dunn,
1799. William Robeson.
1789. James Rankin.
1790. John Rud. 1801, Ilugh Shotwell.
1791. James Byers.
1802. William Rittenhouse.
1792. Robert Dougan.
1803. Joseph Oglevce.
1793. Daniel Cannon.
IS04. Robert Patterson.
1794. George Thompson.
1805-7. William Scott.
...
....
...
Matthew Richey
50
1
1794. Enos Thomas.
1788. M. tthew Wiley.
1800. William Craig.
557
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
OVERSEERS OF THE POOR.
1784. Daniel Cannon.
Daniel MeLean.
1796. Mathew Neely.
1785. Samuel Stephens. Samuel Rankin.
Robert Smith.
1872. A. Winnett.
1879. Phineas Rotruck.
1873. James McCloy.
1880. Thomas llazen.
1875. H. Sparks.
1881. J. Barton.
1786. Samuel Rankin.
Elisha Pears.
1787. Samuel Finley.
Elijah Barkley.
1799. Hugh Shotwell.
Frank Lewis.
1788. Enoch Barkley. Samuel Finley.
1789. John Patterson.
Thomas Rogers.
1801. Elisha Pears. . David Arnold.
1790. Robert MeLanghlin. Thomas Grier.
1802. William llamilton. James Allen.
1791. Thomas Rogers. William Robinson.
1792. Mathew Wiley.
William Rittenhouse.
1793. William Scott.
John Patterson.
1805. 1Ienry Fitz.
1853. James Long.
1854. Moses Hazen.
1855. William McVey.
1876. Job Trasher.
1856. Henry Barkalow.
1877. David Snyder.
1857. Joseph Bute.
1878. Iliram Jordan.
1858. Robert Smith.
1879. Clark Foster.
1859. James Ghrist.
1880. David Long.
1860. Mathew Byers.
1881. 11. F. Jordan.
TOWN CLERKS.
1841-42. James 1I. Patterson. | 1859. James Arnold.
1843-44. Robert Smith.
1860-61. Mordecai McDonald.
1845-52. Joseph Bute.
1862. David Arnold.
1853-54. Robert Smith.
1863-75. J. Bate.
1855. Jesse Arnold.
1876. Jonathan Burton.
1856. George W. Foulker. 1877-78. J. Bute.
1857. Washington Bute.
1879. Farrington Oglevee.
1858. John Cunningham.
1880-81. Joseph Bute.
SCHOOL DIRECTORS.
1840. William Abrabam.
Joel Maxon.
1841. John Shank. Benjamin Byers.
1842. Joseph Bute. Abraham llazen.
1856. Thomas Dunn. Morgan Campbell.
1843-44. llenry Strong. llenry Borkalow.
1857. Samuel P. Junk. Abraham Galley.
1845. Alfred Cooper. George Wolf.
1858. Edward Eaglan. Washington lless.
1859. Addison Allep. George Whetsel.
1860. Nathan Lewis. James Allen.
1848. Jonathan Ramage. Robert Gaddis.
1861. Jacob Strickler. Henry Barkalow.
1849. James Rankin. James Frey.
1862. James Arnold. George Wolf,
1863. W. Murphy. F. MeKee.
1851. William Humbert. George Wolf.
1852. Alexander Brown.
Heory Frazer.
J. Barton.
1851. Heory Galley.
1852. E. 11. Abraham.
' 1853. Henry Framer. 36
1796. Joseph Work. Joseph Oglevee.
1797. Richard Phillips.
William Robeson.
Matthew Neely. 1798. William Scott. Conrad Barricklow.
1799. Samuel Bryson. Adam Steel.
1800. Francis Lewis. John Paxton.
1801. James Rankin.
William Rittenhouse. Samuel Reed.
1790. James Rankin. William Metler.
1791. John Dunlap.
John Robinson.
1792. Joshun Dickinson.
1804. David Parker.
David Smith.
1805. James Byers.
James MeCafferty.
1806. James Allen.
Matthew Cannon.
1807. J. A. Scott.
Thomas Grier.
ASSESSORS.
1840. James Fry, Jr.
1841. James Ghrist.
1842. Andrew Oldham.
1843. Jesse Arnold.
1857. James Allen.
1858. William Parkhile.
1844. Ilenry Fetz. 1845. James Allen.
1846. Jonathan Ramage.
1847. Frederick Boyer.
1848. James Arnold.
1849. Abraham Hazen.
1864. C. llearford.
1865. G. Hazen.
1866. W. F. Bute.
1867. W. Arison.
AUDITORS.
1840. William II. Harper. 1861. John Cooper.
1841. Abraham llazen.
1862. Ifenry Cook.
1842. David Gibson. 1863. D. McMillen.
1843. Andrew Oldham.
1861. T. A. Humbert.
1844. James Frey.
1865. D. Snyder.
1845. Jonathan Ramage.
1866. W. Bradman.
1846. Thomas MeMillen.
1867. J. Frey.
1847. Thomas Craig.
1868. L. MeCrary.
1848. Jobn Burton.
1849. Thomas MeMillen.
1850. W. G. Bute.
1871. E. Shearer.
1851. Jonathan Ramage.
1872. J. Long.
1852. Jesse Arnold.
1873. James Murphy.
1874. Jonathan Rankin.
1794. John Richey. David Kitheart.
Edward Jordan.
1806. Richard Arnold.
1795. Daniel Young, Sr. Richard Phillips.
SUPERVISORS.
1784. John McClelland.
Samuel Freeman.
1785. Robert MeLaughlin.
1786. John John. Thomas Moore.
1787. William Sparks. Srmuel Stephens. 1788. John John. Samuel Work.
1789. Daniel Cannon.
1802. Henry Jeiz.
William Craig.
1803. John Bowman.
Samuel Reed.
Andrew Arnold. 1793. Thomas Dann. Benjamin Stephens.
1794. Samuel Rankin. Jacob Striekler.
1795. James Byers. Duncan MeClean.
1854. William Hertwick.
1855. Henry Fitts.
1856. William 11 ambert.
1859. Milton W. Patterson.
1800. Alfred Cooper.
1861. George W. Brown.
1862. Watson Murphy.
1863. S. P. Jank.
1864. R. Addis. J. Allen. 1865. J. M. Long.
1866. W. Murphy. J. M. Long.
1853. Joseph Bute. Frederick Boyer.
1676. Adah Winnet.
1868. J. Rankin.
1869. J. Jobs.
1877. John Arnold.
1871. J. M. Long.
IS78. Jacob Mills.
1797. James Wilkin. James Byers. 1798. John Patterson. Joseph Work.
1800. John Byers. Andrew Arnold.
1803. Wm. Craig. John Reed.
1804. llenry Gilliland. Joseph Esington.
IS69. J. Rankin.
1870. D. Snyder.
1875. David Junk.
1854. Robert MeGinnis. Robert Gaddis.
1855. Edward Jordan. John Cunningham.
1846. Henry Snider. Jefferson Lynn.
1847. James Fry. Joseph Bute.
1850. Samuel Junk. William Abraham.
1850. Daniel Harper.
1795. Thomas Dann.
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HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
1866. J. Murphy.
1867. J. Rankin.
J. W. Byer.
1875. William Hormel.
1868. C. Hearford.
Joseph Long. James Murphy.
11. Cook.
1869. W. T. Bute. W. Boyd.
1876. Comad Strickler.
William Hormell.
1870. J. Parkhill.
1877. George lazen.
J. Reed.
Jonathan Rankin.
1871. W. Bradman.
William Arison.
C. Hearford.
S. Evans.
1878. Job Frasher. David Junk.
1872. W. F. Bute.
1879. Lewis M.Crary.
W. G. Allen.
Thomas J. Dunn.
J. Frey.
1880. Jacob Strickler.
1873. James Junk.
Jesse Oglevee.
David Snyder.
1SSI. P. Roderick.
1874. George HInzen.
James Junk.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1840. William Abraham.
1864. M. Arison.
Joseph Ghrist.
1865. F. Oglevee.
1845. Robert Smith.
1869. Il. Cook.
Jacob Wolf.
1870. W. Arisun.
1855. Matthew Arison. F. Oglevee.
Robert Gadilis. 1874. W. S. Allen.
1859. Henry Cook.
1875. W. F. Bute.
James Patterson.
Matthew Arison.
1860. Robert Gaddis.
1880. W. S. Bute.
Joseph Bute.
SCHOOLS.
One of the earliest school-houses in Franklin town- ship was a log building that stood in 1800 upon the Uniontown and Pittsburgh road, about forty rods south of John Shotwell's stone mansion. It was the only school-house in Franklin west of Flatwoods, and one of the very first in that section of the country. It was built before the year 1800, but just when can- not be told. Among its earliest patrons and support- : ers were Hugh Shotwell, Robert Smith, John Allen, Jonathan Sharpless, Anthony Swayne, James Mc- Cafferty, William Rittenhouse. Joseph Ghrist, John Paxon, Jacob Baughman, William Burton, Ja- cob Wolf, William Condon, John and Robert Patter- son, Amos Emmens, Catharine Shanklin, and John Shotwell. The first teacher was Samuel Blaney, a retired sea-captain, and a fine scholar for that day. . to Hugh Shotwell, May 8, 1798."
Following are presented details touching the pub- lic schools of Franklin, as taken from the annual school report ending June 7, 1880:
Whole number of schools
Average number of months taught ..
5
Number of male teachers.
" female teachers
1
Average salaries of wales per month. $31.00 .4 female: per month. 31.00
Number of male schokus.
167
16 " female scholars,
141
Average number attending school. percentage of attendance.
$72.00
Number of mills levied for school purposes. building purposes ... 00
Total amount of tax levied for school and building purposes ..
$1295.61
295.89
Blaney was perhaps the most famous school-teacher Franklin ever had. He taught in and about Frank- lin for upwards of thirty years, and died at Flatwoods at a ripe old age. His successor in the old log school- house was William Symms. a Yankee, who taught there some time. Among the children who were numbered as the earliest pupils in that school-house were Catharine, Susanna. Rosetta, and Emily Shot- well, Harriet Wolf, Pruda Rittenhouse, Jonathan Ramage, Eliza and Charlotte Wolf, William Mevey, John Blaney, Huston and Thomas Todd, Hugh De- yarmon, George, Ruth, and Sarah Wolf, Catharine, Rachel, Melinda, and Samuel Condon, Abraham, Cost per month George, Thomas, and Mary Hazen, Wilson Hill. James and Nancy McCafferty, John, James, and . State appropriation.
1874. William Harrison. Thomas Dunn.
Sarah Shanks, Matthew Patterson, Arthur, William, and Thomas Rittenhouse.
The old Franklin school-house was built in 1821 upon the site of the present house. It was con- structed of hewn logs, eighteen by twenty-four feet in size, was covered with a shingle roof, and was furnished with slab benches. Those most active in building the house were Joseph Ghrist, David Hazen, Samuel Blaney, Jonathan Hill, William Condon, Robert and Jolin Patterson, David Rittenhouse, Ashfordly Wintermute, Robert Smith, John Allen, Jacob Wolf, and Johy Shotwell. William Symms was the first teacher, and he was succeeded by John Breckenridge, Samuel Blaney, Samuel Peden, Sarah Griffith, William Frazer, William McVey. Among Mr. Symms' pupils were James Patterson, D. P. Pat- terson, Flora, Sarah, John, and Clarissa Patterson, R. S. Patterson, William, Isabella, and John Burton, William and Perry Condon, Hannah, Catharine, Mary, and Jacob Wolf, Thomas and Sarah Todd, Emily and Caroline Shotwell, Clarissa and Sarah Hazen, Ben- jamin and Lida Wintermute, Hiram, Hannah, and James Ghrist, Polly and Betty Beal, George and William West, David and Wilson Rittenhouse, Sarah and Matilda Ramage, Hiram Smith, Sarah and Neri Hill, Hugh Deyarmon, Samuel Blair, Samuel, Levi, and Sarah Morris, William and Polly Shanks. Frank- lin school-house was in liberal demand by various religious denominations who worshiped there nearly every Sunday. A Union Sunday-school was estab- lished there in 1822, and much encouraged by the efforts of John Shotwell, Gen. James H. Patterson, David Rittenhouse, Samuel Condon, and Jonathan Hill. The land upon which the old log school- house stood was conveyed by Hugh Shotwell and wife to Edward Jordan, William Oliphant, and Timothy Smith, Jr., trustees of the school-house, the consideration being one dollar. The deed describes the traet as "containing forty-nine square perches, situated on the west side of the road leading from Uniontown to Pittsburgh, being part of a tract of land called Hope, for which a patent was granted to John Patterson, Feb. 6, 1798, and by him conveyed
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FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
From taxes and all other sources, except State appro- priation ..
$1529.54
Total receipts.
1825.43
Cost of school-hooses,-purchasing, building, renting, cte .....
362.76 1044.13
Paid for teachers' wages.
Paid for foet and contingencies, fees of collectors, etc., and all other expenses ..
Total expenditures.
Resources
Liabilities
CIfURCHES.
BIG REDSTONE BAPTIST CHURCH.
An entry upon the records of the Big Redstone Church reads, "The church at Big Redstone, called Philadelphia, was constituted May 1, 1791, by Rev. David Loofborrow." Farther on one reads that " the following are the names of the members1 regu- larly baptized and joined in fellowship and commu- nion : Henry Frazer, minister and pastor of the Philadelphia Church ; William Rittenhouse, deacon and recorder; Thomas Wells, deacon ; William Cal- vin, singing clerk. Joseph Dougins, Thomas Wheat- ley, Samuel Cralle, John Stivers, David Brener, Henry Fritz, James Winders, Abraham Laverd, Ben- jamin Phillips, Job Rossel, Joseph Jordan, Richard Arnold, Andrew Yeagley, Joseph Combs, Mathias Merril, Job Lecraw, Joel Rogers, John Olton, Abra- ham Rogers, John Gibson, Christopher Warman, Robert Rogers, Brazilla Rossel, Jonathan Addis, Isaac Wheatley, Hugh Shotwell, Isaac Updegraf, Joseph Wheatley, Rachel Mooney, Rebecca Ritten- house, Abigail Leverd, Susannah Well-, Margaret Grable, Alice Brown, Martha Hamstide, Martha Sti- vers, Euphemia Brewer, Sarah Phillips, Patience Wil- derman, Jane Fitz, Francis Boughman, Ann Danielson, Mary Rossel, Phoebe Fraser, Ann Merril, Aun Arnold, Mary Calvin, Margaret Fitz, Priscilla Arnold, Nelly Arnold, Elizabeth Whitsel, Sarah Yeagley, Eliza- beth Bell, Mary Fitz, Sarah Whitsell, Prudence Le- cran, Sarah Emmons, Lydia Sharp, Elizabeth Combs, Elizabeth Hilands, Mary Rossel, Millie Rogers, Chloe Logear, Lavina Rogers, Delilah Thompson, Eliza- beth Rossel, Tamsel Spencer, Polly Rogers, Hopey Rogers, Rebecca Abrahams, Sarah Wooley, Sarah Dalanf, Nelly Oliphant, Mary Updegraf, Hannah Wheatley." As an evidence of " close communion" an extract is made from the ninth article of the Con- fession of Faith, as follows : "We do promise to keep the secrets of the church, and not divulge them to any, for in this respect we are a garden inclosed, a fountain sealed." Feb. 19, 1801, measures were taken to "fence the graveyard." Mr. Frazer appears to have been the church's pastor until 1802, when, in September of that year, Rev. Benjamin Stone was called. The entry upon the minutes recites thus: "Called Brother Benjamin Stone to take the pastoral care of this church so long as it suits him and us. And he agrees to supply us once a month until next
April ; after that twice a month." Preaching was doubtless held at odd places, and perhaps chiefly in a log school-house, until 1800, for it does not appear that a house of worship was erected before that date, although the statement may be a mistaken one, as the early records of the church scarcely refer to the sub- ject of a meeting-house.
A stray memorandum, bearing date 1800, contains a bill of items in connection with the business of build- ing, and testifies that it is "a bill for work done at the meeting-house," as follows :
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s.
d.
" Tow doors and four shutters ...
1
10
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1 2 Laying the upper floor ..
1 13 =
Running up the stairs
0
18
5
Making chahboards and weatherboarding it up ... ... Plaining bords and nailing round the pulpit up in the luft
0 3
9
Plaining bords and fixing round the stairs and boarding.
1
0
Fixing a frame round the top of the stares. 0
3
Total. 7
9 1 t
Collected from the church.
0
4
May 19, 1800, settled with Joseph : we owed hin ... t 4
This church was a log building, and was in all prob- ability erected by volunteer labor save as to the car- penter's work, for which the bill was presented as above narrated. How long Rev. Benjamin Stone remained the pastor is not of record. He was succeeded by Rev. James Fry, who occupied the pulpit steadily for about thirty years, and died in the pastorate. He was followed by Revs. Courtland Skinner, Thomas Rose, and Adah Winnet. Mr. Winnet's pastorate covered a period of more than thirty years. He was suddenly attacked with palsy while preaching at Maple Creek, in January, 1881, and in three hours was a corpse. The present pastor is Rev. A. Canfield. Although the church prospered greatly for many years, and had at one time a membership of upwards of one hundred, deaths, organization of other churches, and removals from the neighborhood have cut the members down to seventeen. The present house of worship was erected in 1845. Preaching is supplied once a month. The deacons are Samuel Jobes and Robinson Murphy. Complaints were not infrequently urged before the church by one member against another, and the reci- tals thereof were sometimes framed in what would strike the average reader of to-day as an amusing form. One, the following, is transcribed verbatim et literatim :
"Job Roussel complains that on Wednesday last he and his son had taken up a certain Thomas Brown then they sent for Jonathan Addis to assist them in taking him before the authority he accordingly came when he came he asked Brown where he had got that mare he denyed, J. Addis took hold of him and said git up you dog, he then gave him a slap with his hand and damned him, Roussel then thought that Addis would be of service to go and see the fences that
1 The list includes the names of members received up to 1803.
153,65 1560.54 264.89
Cutting out tow windows and cheeking and facing. To making sash.
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HISTORY OF FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
he had left down they went to see and saw the tracks of the mare and colt, Addis said you dog you ought to be at the work house long ago he gave him a push and Kickt him-they then came to the house a little after John Addis came and desired his father not to go, and that he would be damned if he should go and gave Roussel a considerable of ill language at the same time Roussel said he would bare his father Harmless He said you are not able for he was as able as he was and that he (meaning Roussel) had not given bis daughter anything etc. Roussel answered him to be gone a little dirty whelp, then they proceed before the authority and Roussel sent a subpenice for Jonathan Addis and had him brought forward as a witness then Roussel asked his son-in-law what he came for he said for fun. Roussel said I have fetched your father too he answered Roussel you shall pay him for that then Jonathan Addis steped up and said his son had acknowledged enough and that he would kick him or any son he had, the magistrate commanded the peace Roussel then went out at the door and Addis followed him out and said I will kick you you old dirty Raskel, Roussel said why did you call me dirty have you a clean shirt when you go home. Then James Roussel and Addis started away James R began to moderate him, Addis answered him and said he did not care for any man then Rous- sel sent his wife to see Addis she told him to come and see him and make it up in love for it would be much the best, he seemed to Rave much she told him if he did he would complain to the church he said he «lisregarded the Church, she said this was a dread- ful thing and she cryd he told her to begone with her tears, he said Roussel had used his son ill and that he was a dirty old Raskel and he would not see his son imposed upon and that he would kick Roussel and that he could slap any one of the Rous- sels, she told he had aggravated Roussel a great deal and that she blamed Roussel for anything wrong he done the next day he came into the field James Rous- sel asked him what he thought of yesterdays work he said he had not felt well since and that he thought he ought to be kiekt James said he heard a man say he intended to return him for swearing he asked him who he was he said I am the man he went off slap- ing his fists together and swore be would have Re- venge before Saturday night."
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