History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 151

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 1314

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ROBERT JACKSON.

Robert Jackson was born in Menallen township, upon the farm where he now resides, Oct. 11, 1831. He is of Irish descent, and was educated in the com- mon schools. He learned the business of farming, and has always been engaged in it. He was married Nov. 7, 1867, to Catharine Murdock, of Pittsburgh,

ROBERT JACKSON.

Pa. They have no children. He has never held any office, and never sought one, and is not a church- member. His father left him a small legacy, to which he bas added yearly by good farming.

His father, Zadock Jackson, was born in the same township, and was a farmer. He married Lydia Woodward. They had a family of eight children, only three of whom grew up. Robert is the eldest. Zadock, the father, died May 7, 1861, aged fifty-six ; Lydia, bis widow, is still living. Mr. Robert Jackson is a modest, unassuming man. He has a good farm, and enjoys the respect of his neighbors. He takes delight in his business, does all his work well, and is noted for his hospitality, charity, and industry. Mr. Jackson is a Republican in politics.

HUGH GRAHAM.

Hugh Graham died at his home in Menallen town- ship, May 19, 1879, aged eighty-three years. He was born in the northern part of Ireland in 1796, and was of Scotch extraction, his father and mother having been born in Scotland. His education was received

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in the " pay schools" of Ireland. At an early age he she dying about five years before her husband. They learned the carpenter's trade in all its branches. When twenty-two years of age he emigrated to America. He stopped in Philadelphia for a short

HUGH GRAHAM.

time, and was there in the employ of Stephen Girard, for whom he built some of the finest houses then in Philadelphia. He then moved to Pittsburgh, thence to Uniontown. Here he remained and worked at his trade for a number of years, building some of the finest houses in the county, among which are the Gallatin house of Springhill township, now owned by Mrs. John L. Dawson ; the residence of Col. Samuel Evans, of North Union, the dwelling occupied by Judge Will- son, the fine house on Main Street, Uniontown, for- merly owned and occupied by the late Judge Na- thaniel Ewing, etc. In 1822 he was married to Margaret Black, an estimable woman, of Menallen township. They lived together for fifty-two years,

had 'eight children,-Catharine and William died young; Jacob married Caroline Gaddis, and is a farmer ; Albert Gallatin graduated at Jefferson Col- lege, read law, and practiced in Jonesboro', Tenn. ; he was also editor of the Jonesboro' Union, and is now dead. Margaret married L. B. Bowie ; Thomas Baird, who attended Emory and Henry College, near Ab- ingdon, Va., read law and graduated from the Leb- anon Law School of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tenn., and practiced in Tennessee, Missouri, and at Pittsburgh, Pa., for several years. He is now en- gaged in farming. 'Hugh died when eighteen years of age; Jennie G. married William Thorndell, de- ceased.

Mr. Graham held several important township offi- ces; was also director of the Poor Board. In all public positions he discharged his duties well. He was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church for a number of years. Althongh his early opportunities for education were limited, he by care- ful study during his spare moments stored his mind with a vast fund of useful knowledge. He possessed a retentive memory, and having once learned a fact he was able to repeat and detail it with the ease and grace of the true gentleman. He was a great admirer of the poet Burns, and could repeat from memory probably more of his poems, in their Scotch dialect, than any man who ever lived in Fayette County- He was ever ready with the Psalms of David and sacred lyrics learned at his mother's knee. He was especially noted for his retentive memory, his genial Irish wit, his great physical ability, honesty, charity, and industry. Mr. Graham was reticent in regard to his charities ; in other words, modest, apparently not letting his left hand know what his right hand did. Like all generous, really strong men, he was never boastful, and was quiet in demeanor. Probably no man exceeded him in a due sense of all the proprie- ties of life and society. He suppressed all scandalous tongues that wagged in his presence, carrying out practically the maxim, " Let no evil be spoken of another."

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FOR the reason that during the ninety-eight years which have elapsed since the formation of the origi- nal townships of Fayette County the territory (or nearly all of it) now embraced in North and South Union was for almost seventy years included together in the old township of Union, it is evident that mueh

of the history of the two present townships should be written together as that of old Union, and accord- ingly that method has been adopted in the narrative which follows.

In December, 1783, the Court of Quarter Sessions of Fayette County at its first session-held in the

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month above named-decreed the erection of "a town- ship beginning at the head of the west branch of Jennings' Run ; thence down the same to the mouth of said run ; thence up Redstone Creek to Burd's old road ; thence along the same to the foot of the Laurel Hill; thence along the foot of Laurel Hill to Charles Brownfield's; thence by a line or lines to be drawn by Charles Brownfield's, Thomas Gaddis', and the Widow McClelland's, including the same, to the head of the west branch of the Jennings' Run aforesaid, to be hereafter known by the name of Union town- ship."1

At the first election in the township James Finley, Alexander McClean, Henry Beeson, Jonathan Row- land, John Gaddis, and Moses Sutton were elected justices of the peace. In reference to the election of these officers, Gen. Ephraim Douglas wrote, in a letter dated Uniontown, Feb. 6, 1784, and addressed to John Dickinson, president of the Supreme Execu- tive Council of Pennsylvania, as follows :

" Want of an earlier conveyance gives me the opportunity of enclosing to Council the return of an election held here this day for Justices of the Peace for this township ; and I trust the importance of the choice of officers to the county will excuse me to that honorable body for offering my remarks on this occasion. Col. McClean, though not the first on the return, needs no panegyric of mine; he has the honor to be known to Council. James Finley is a man of a good understanding, good character, and well situate to accommodate that part of the township most remote from the town. Henry Beeson is the proprietor of the town, a man of much modesty, good sense, and great benevo- lence of heart, and one whose liberality of property for public uses justly entitles him to particular attention from the county, however far it may be a consideration with Council. Jonathan Rowland is also a good man, with a good share of understanding, and a better English education than either of the two last mentioned, but unfortunately of a profession rather too much opposed to the suppression of vice and im- morality,-he keeps a tavern. John (addis is a man whoin ] do not personally know, one who has at a former election in the then township of Menallen been returned to Council, but never commissioned, for what reason I know not. llis popn- larity is with those who have been most conspicuous in oppo-

1 The territory of Union township was reduced by the taking from it of the borongh of Uniontown, which was erected by act of the Legisla- ture passed April 4, 1796.

A part of the territory of Wharton township was added to Uoion in 1802. The record of the June term of the Court of Quarter Sessions in 1801 shows that a petition of certain inhabitants, " praying for a division of Wharton township, [ was] continued under advisement." And the fol- lowing is from the record of the same court in its session of March, 1802, viz. : "Union township extended :- On a petition praying an en- largement of the boundaries of Union township, the court directs that the future limits of the said township shall be as follows: By a line be- ginning at Benjamin Brownfield's, including it as formerly, extending as near as may be to the forks of the run above Henry Beeson's fulling- mill ; thence up the left hand branch or fork of said run to the top of the mountain or Laurel llill ; tbence to Washington's Spring; thence along Braddock's old road to the line of Dunbar township, and from the intersection, by the line of Dunbar township, to the northeastern corner of the present Union township."

On the 6th of Deermiber, 1871, the petition of Thomas Vance was pre- sented to the court, praying to be set off from Franklin township, and to be included in North Union. An order was issued December 28tb ; re- turned at the March term in 1872; report favorable to the prayer of the petitioner was made and confirmed June 8, 1872.

sition to the laws of this Commonwealth. Moses Sutton is re- markable for nothing but aspiring obscurity, aod a great facility at chanting a psalm or stammering a prayer.

"Duty thus far directs me to give Council an impartial de- scription of the men who are to be the future officers of this county, but both duty and respect forbid my saying more or presuming to express a wish of my own ; for I have no predilec- tion in favor of, or personal prejudice against, either of them.

" I have the honor to he, etc.,

" EPHRAIM DOUGLAS."

But evidently Gen. Douglas afterwards changed his opinions as above expressed, as is shown by a letter (found in the Pennsylvania Archives, 1773-86, p. 696) as follows :

" E. Douglas to Sec'y Armstrong, 1785. " UNIONTOWN, 27th Jan'y, 1785.

"SIR,-Unwilling to send you this certificate in a blank, and desirons of saying something on the subject, I have sat with my head leaning on my hand these ten minutes to consider what that something should be, and after all have considered that whatever I could say upon it would amount to nothing, for I have knowledge of Gentlemen foremost on it to justify my giv- ing a character of him.

" I have already been deceived into a misrepresentation to Council on a former one, for which I most penitentially beg for- giveness, protesting at the same time my innocency in it, for the Constahle who made the return, and several others of the town- ship of Menallen, assured me it would he petitioned against, but I find they have not done it, nor are they attempting it. I can offer nothing more on that subject, unless it be that the township is in great want of a justice. I have given their characters faithfully as I received them from the general voice of the inhabitants hereabout. Council in their wisdom will do the rest. I have the honor to be with high esteem, Sir,

" Your most humble and "Ohedient servant, "EPHRAIM DOUGLAS."

Of those elected justices of the peace, as before mentioned, James Finley, John Gaddis, and Moses Sutton were commissioned as such. Following is a partial list of justices of the peace elected for the dis- trict embracing the township of Union until the time of its division into North and South Union, viz. :

1793. Jonathan Rowland. 1826. Thomas Nesmith.

1797. Robert Moore. Clement Wood.

1803. Jonathan Rowland. 1827. James Piper.

1804. John Wood. 1829. James Lindsey.

1805. Robert Moore. Moses Hopwood.

Jonathan Rowland.

Clement Wood.

180S. Ellis Bailey. 1833. Samuel Keeler.

1812. Thomas Hadden. 1840-45. Thomas Nesmith.

1819. Thomas Iladden. William Bryson.

1823. Andrew MeMasters. 1850. James McClean. William Bryson.

1825. Samuel Smith.

Below is given a list, made up from election returns, of other officers of Union township down to the time of its division :

FREEHOLDERS TO SETTLE ACCOUNTS.

1788-89 .- Henry Beeson, Jonathan Rowland, James Rankin, William Gillespie.

1792 .- Henry Beeson, Jonathan Rowland, James Rankin, Wil- liam Gillespie.

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1793 .- Jonathan Rowland, James Rankin.

1794-95 .- Henry Beoson, James Rankin, James Gallagher, Lewis Springer.

1796 .- Henry Beeson, Samuel King, Jonathan Downer, Lewis Springer.

1797 .- Levi Springer, Henry Beeson, Samuel King, Robert Moore.

1800 .- Levi Springer, James Gregg, James Allen, Isaac Sutton. AUDITORS OF ACCOUNTS.

1801 .- Jacob Beeson, Morris Morris, John McCoy, William Crawford.

1803 .- Jacob Beeson, Jr., Ellis Bailey, James Gallagher, Wil- liam Crawford.

1805 .- Jacob Beeson, Jr., Joseph Taylor, Reuben Bailey, Thomas Hibben.

1806 .- Jacob Beeson, Jr., James Lindsey, Daniel Keller, Rich- ard Weaver.

1807 .- Thomas Meason, John Kennedy, Thomas Hibben, Zadoc Springer.

1821 .- William Swearingen, Ahel Campbell, John Springer, Samnel Cleavinger, Samuel Clark.

1822 .- Abel Campbell, John Springer, Samuel Clark, Samuel Cleavinger, William Swearingen.

1823 .- William Swearingen, Samuel Cleavinger, Abel Campbell, John Gallagher.

1824 .- Abel Campbell, Samuel Smith, Samuel Cleavinger, John Gallagher.

1825 .- Samuel Cleavinger, William Bryson, John McClean, Abel Campbell.

1826 .- John Gallagher, John McClean, Abel Campbell, William Bryson.

1827 .- Abel Campbell, John McClean, John Gallagher, William Bryson.

1830 .- William Morris, William Bryson, Jacob Gaddis, John Gallagher.

1831-32 .- Jacoh Gaddis, J. Gallagher, William Morris, William Bryson.

1833-34 .- J. Gallagher, W. Barton, Uriah Springer, George Meason.

1835 .- William Bryson, William Jones, Isaac Wiggins. 1836 .- Isaac Wiggins.

1837 .- Isaac P. Minor, Jahn Gaddis, William Bryson.

1838 .- William Barton, Jr.

1839 .- Charles Brown.

1840 .- Thomas Rankin.

1841 .- Isaac Hague. 1842-43 .- John Jones.

1844 .- Charles Brown.

1845 .- Uriah Springer.

1846 .- Richard Swan.

1847 .- Charles G. Turner.

1848 .- Uriah Springer.

1849 .- Benjamin Hayden.

1850 .- E. G. Turner.

SCHOOL DIRECTORS.1

1835. Henry W. Beeson. Samnel Evans.

1841. John Deford.

William Brownfield.

1836. James Hopwood. | 1842. John Huston.

Samuel Evans.

Peter Humbert.

1838. Thomas Hopwood.

1843. Thomas Rankin.

Isaac Hague.

Isaac Wiggins.

1840. Ellis Phillips.

1 Under the act of 1834, school inspectors were first appointed for Union in January, 1835.

1844. William Barton. Henry Yeagley.

1845. Samuel Hatfield. William Bryson.

1846. Isaac Wiggins. Everard Bierer.

1847. William Barton.

1847. Henry Yeagley.

1848. Charles G. Turner. Dennis Sutton.

1849. Samuel Hatfield.

James Carter.

1850. llenry Yeagley. Emanuel Brown.

NORTH UNION.

EARLY SETTLEMENTS.

The only instance of a direct grant of land having been made in Fayette County prior to April 3, 1769, was that of Hugh Crawford, who, in 1767, was " in- terpreter and conductor of the Indians" in the run- ning of the western part of Mason and Dixon's line. The grant was given by Governor John Penn, dated Jan. 22, 1768, and was a conveyance of land, called a "Grant of Preference," for a tract of five hundred acres. It was, besides, save the Gist tracts, the only instance where any one person was given more than four hundred acres. In consequence of this unusual proceeding the tract of land was given the name of "Injustice." Previous to this, however, Peter Red- stone, or Indian Peter, who was the acting interpreter for Hugh Crawford in his official term as Indian agent, claimed to have owned this same land. In a letter to His Excellency the Governor, Redstone stated that he had lived peaceably upon the land given him by Penn until one Philip Shute, a Dutchman, came and quarreled with him. He therefore asked that another tract be given him, which was done, and he vacated the first one to occupy the second, located near Brownsville, on the opposite side of the Monon- gahela River. Conflicting titles of the original five hundred acres caused numerous lawsuits between Crawford and Shute, which were decided in favor of Crawford, and he became the owner under the "Grant of Preference," as stated. The order of survey of this land was made July 4, 1770, and in that year Craw- ford died. Not long after his death the property was sold by his administrator, William Graham, by an order of the Orphans' Court of Cumberland County, to pay his debts, Robert Jackson being the purchaser. The records of early transfers of property show that on June 15, 1773, Hugh Crawford (probably a son), in consideration of £50, purchased of Walter Briscoe "a plantation containing two hundred acres, being upon the waters of Big Redstone Creek, on a branch called Lick Run, joining line with John Allen and Elias Newkirk, it being a tract of land that said Bris- coe took possession of in the year of our Lord 1768, to have and to hold." Again, March 10, 1783, Walter Briscoe, in consideration of £300, sold to Robert Jackson three hundred acres of land "lying on the waters of the Redstone, adjoining lands now held by Benjamin Phillips, Hugh Crawford, and the said Jackson." The property included in Hugh Craw- ford's "Grant of Preference" is now within the limits of the farm of Col. Samuel Evans, containing fifteen

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hundred acres, and formerly owned by Judge Ken- nedy.

Philip Shute, after the decision against him in the Crawford lawsuits, settled upon a tract of land called Thorn Bottom, on what is now known as Shute's Run, which was warranted to him Sept. 9, 1769. He was one of the first persons to make a home here, and his name appears upon the records as early as 1768 among those settlers who met the commissioners at Gist's place on March 23d of that year. On May 9, 1788, there was surveyed to Philip Shute ninety-nine and one-half acres of land. Elizabeth Shute had received : a warrant for thirty-two and one-quarter acres as far back as April 1, 1773, but the tract was not surveyed to her until Nov. 11, 1815.

The tub-mill which Philip Shute built on "The ' stitute on the Crawford expedition. On Sept. 3, 1796, Neck," now a portion of Col. Evans' large farm, is said to have been the first one erected in the county.

William Cromwell was a son-in-law of Capt. Christopher Gist, and like him one of the earliest settlers in the county. In 1786, Cromwell claimed a piece of land on which Philip Shute was living that year. This piece of land was called " Beaver Dams," and is a part of that now owned by Col. Evans.

Josiah and Nathan Springer were members of the party whose applications for land were in the land- office awaiting the first issue of warrants. The one issued to Josiah was No. 819, for three hundred and sixteen acres, and dated April 3, 1769, the first day warrants were ever given for land in Fayette County. This tract was surveyed under the name of "Elk Lick," on June 2, 1770. Josiah Springer died at his home in 1785, and his descendants all removed to the West. His will is the first on record in the county. Nathan Springer's land was located next to his brother's on the southwest. It contained three hun- dred and six and one-quarter acres, and was called "Springer's Lot." The warrant, No. 1830, was granted the same day as that of Josiah, and the sur- vey was made June 22d of the same year. Nathan Springer eventually removed with his family to the West. Dennis Springer, another brother, in pursu- ance of a warrant bearing date Feb. 28, 1786, located a tract of three hundred and twenty-seven acres just north of that belonging to Josiah, which was surveyed May 15, 1788. The names of Dennis and Nathan Springer also appear as purchasers of lots upon the original plat of Uniontown in the year 1776. Dennis was the contractor for the building of the court-house erected in Uniontown during that year, and the bricks for the purpose were manufactured on his farm. His family of five sons and three daughters-Jacob, John, Dennis, Uriah, Josiah, Anna, Hannah, and Sally- all reached the estate of men and women. The two oldest sons were born before the parents crossed to the west side of the mountains. All the sons, except Dennis (who had a part of the homestead), settled on farms near or adjoining that of their father,-John, where Henry Smith now lives; Jacob, on the farm

now owned by Dr. Walker; and Uriah, upon a por- tion of the William Hankins farm. The daughters -Anna, Hannah, and Sally-married, respectively, Morris Morris, Griffith Morris, and William Morris, -three brothers. They are all buried in the church- yard of the old Baptist Church at Uniontown. Cal- vin Springer, of Uniontown, is a grandson of Dennis, Sr. As a result of Dennis Springer's becoming security for Daniel P. Lynch, the old homestead was brought under the hammer and sold at sheriff's sale. It is now the property of Greenbury Crossland. Levi, a fourth son of the Springer family, was a resident in this vicinity as early as 1782, as on May 12th of that year he answered at the Court of Appeal held at the house of John Collins, at Uniontown, and sent a sub-

he purchased of Jacob Beeson a piece of land adjoin- ing the plat of Uniontown, lying north of Peter and west of Pittsburgh Streets. This was a part of the "Stone Coal Run" tract, afterwards known as Mount Vernon, and was originally surveyed to Henry Beeson. The same property now belongs to Levi, a grandson of the elder Levi Springer. Dennis Springer, a son of Levi, Sr., married Sally, a sister of Ewing Brown- field. She is now a widow, eighty-two years of age. Daniel M. Springer, of Uniontown, is her grandson, and Zadoc Springer, of the same place, is a great- grandson.

James, William, and Hugh Rankin were early in this county, and each became the owner of a large farm in North Union. James purchased 321 acres called "Siege," which was warranted July 8, 1769, and surveyed May 18, 1770. Tracts of land in Wash- ington, Franklin, and Tyrone townships also came into his possession afterwards, as did 338 acres called "Sugar Bottom," on Shute's Mill Run, and 185 acres was warranted May 30, 1788, to William Martin, in- cluding his improvement. John Walter purchased 300 acres of one tract and sold it to Andrew Hoover, Sr. Financial troubles overtaking Mr. Rankin, he disposed of his property about the year 1800 and removed to the West. William Rankin's farm, called " Narrow Bottom," comprising 355 acres, was war- ranted July 8, 1769, and surveyed September 30th of the same year. His whole life was passed upon the place. The name of the property upon which Hugh Rankin settled was "Extent." It contained 225 acres, which was warranted to him Feb. 27, 1770, and surveyed May 18th of the same year. In 1799 he sold 193 acres of this land to Andrew Bryson. His family numbered four children,-William, Esther, Ann, and Thomas. The first three upon reaching maturity settled in the West. Thomas remained upon the homestead until 1851, when he removed to the borough of Uniontown, and died there the same year. The old farm has become the property of Rob- ert Parkhill and others. Thomas Rankin was the father of eight children, but only three are now living,-Hugh I .. Rankin and Mrs. Albert G. Bee-

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son, of Uniontown, and Mrs. Anna Smith, of Clarks- burg, W. Va. On June 11, 1769, James Stewart made application for three hundred acres of land, described as " about Isaac and Jonathan Pearce, two brothers, came to this connty with the earliest settlers, and each took up a considerable tract of land. On Sept. 14, 1769, a tract of 320 acres was surveyed to Isaac, which was given the name of "Discord," and upon which a patent was issued March 10, 1786. In 1785 the busi- ness of a distillery was carried on here, and June 29, 1791, the property was sold to Mordecai Lincoln, of Derry township, Dauphin Co. While yet in the possession of Isaac Pearce the survey of "Discord" was disputed by the attorney of Thomas Gaddis, for William Cromwell, by virtue of an order issued from the Ohio Company. The property located by Jona- than Pearce was called " Bowling Green," a body of 186 acres, adjoining that of Samuel McClean and Jonathan Pearce. A survey of it was made March 20, 1787. one mile from Laurel Hill, on a branch of Redstone Creek, adjoining the lands of Phillip Shute and John Davis, including his improvement made that year." On this application warrant No. 3465 was issued to James Stewart, June 14, 1769, for three hundred and thirty-nine acres and one hundred and forty perches of land, which was surveyed to him. On Sept. 26, 1769, Stewart assigned and delivered to Alexander McClean all right and title to this property. Upon it McClean built a log house, which was the home of himself and wife on their coming into the county. Upon this place all their children were born, and here they lived for many years, but in after-time financial difficulties necessitated the selling of a part of the property. In 1822 the sheriff sold a portion to James Piper. Later the greater part of the original tract came into the hands of Gen. H. W. Beeson, and Nov. Samuel Lyon, Sr., and Samuel Lyon, Jr., came here in 1769, and purchased extensive bodies of land north of that located by Isaac Pearce. Samuel, Sr., had three hundred and fifteen acres, which was called "Pretention and Contention," and which was sur- veyed June 13, 1769. In later years the title of this property was disputed by the attorney of Thomas Gist for William Cromwell, under an order from the Ohio Company. The tract of Samuel Lyon, Jr., con- tained two hundred and seventy acres, which was surveyed to him June 12, 1769, under order No. 3352, and named " White Oak Level." This land was afterwards found to have been granted to James Fin- ley, assignee of Henry Boyle, under warrant No. 2107, dated April 3, 1769, the earliest day upon which warrants were issued for lands in the county. James Finley entered a caveat against the acceptance of the Lyon survey, and he must have come into possession of the property, as he lived here until his death, holding prominent offices the entire time. In August, 1791, he was appointed associate judge, remaining in 8, 1880, the Stewart Iron Company purchased one hundred and seventy-one acres of Beeson's heirs. Most of the sons of Alexander McClean settled in North Union township, on farms their father bought for them in his prosperous days. James McClean, a brother of Alexander, located his lands in North Union township, near the base of Laurel Ilill, and near the site of the present village of Monroe. John McClean, another brother, located one hundred and forty-six acres of land upon the side of the mountain, but soon disposed of it and removed to Washington County. Samuel McClean, also a brother of Alex- ander, was a surveyor, and in that capacity was of great assistance for many years to Alexander in his profession. Samuel first located fifty-six and one-half acres of land on the mountain, and afterwards pur- chased six hundred acres of a squatter, who had cut off the timber from about three acres, paying him forty pounds therefor. Another tract of sixty acres, which Samuel MeClean had located some years pre- viously, was taken possession of by a man named the position until his death, which occurred in 1828. , Nealy, who built a cabin upon it in the night, and He was also a member of the Senate of Pennsylvania ; purchased some implements for working the land.

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History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 151

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885 Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts & Co. Number of Pages: 1314

Author: Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.H. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 1314