History of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 119

Author: Crumrine, Boyd, 1838-1916; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Hungerford, Austin N
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : H.L. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 1216

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From the records of the commissioners for 1793 and 1794 is quoted the following : "On the 6th Feb- ruary John Reed proposed contracting with us to do the plastering of the public buildings. The next day, accepted his terms, and made a contract for the same. . . . April 10, 1793, entered into a contract with John Reed (mason) to build a wall around the pub- lick buildings in Washington. . . . Oct. 25 agreed with said Reed to build a stone wall in front of the publick buildings. . . . December, 1793, gave order on Treasurer in favor of John Reed for £100, it being to enable him to go on with the publick buildings. . . . April 30, 1794, met for the purpose of agreeing on some method of having the work of the publick build- ings' already begun by the Carpenters, and not fin- ished, which we find damaging. Saw said workmen, and they say the want of seasoned stuff has hindered them, but that they will go on as fast as possible. . . . Court-House &c. as per vouchers for the sum of five . dollars and fifty three cents." This last_item shows

1 In the commissioners' records of 1784 is found this item : " Also laid by order of the Sheriff, to pay the expense of guarding prisoners, &c. , July 7, Allowed bill of the Gaol expense and clearing £222 0 0." And in the treasurer's account for same year the following : " To pay four pay-rolls for paying guard, £373 9 4. To pay Charles Dodd for victualling Guard, £6 0 6."

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approximately the date of completion of the second court-house and jail on the public square-July, 1794, -- about the time when the lawlessness of the Whiskey Insurrection culminated in the burning of Gen. Ne- ville's house, the robbery of the mail, and the great mustering of troops on Braddock's Field.

The amounts levied to cover expense of court- honse, jail, jail-yard, and officers were as follows : In 1792, £1500; March 28, 1793, £400; March 4, 1794, £1100. Total, £3000. From the completion of the public buildings, in 1794, they were occupied con- tinuously for a quarter of a century, though not with- out repeated complaints concerning them. A number of extracts from the records are given below, covering the period referred to, and exhibiting matters of some interest in connection with the old buildings, viz. : In an account of Samuel Clarke for goods furnished for court-house from Oct. 21, 1795, to Feb. 25, 1796, are these items: " One finished candlestick, 38. 9d .; one-eighth pound shining sand, 6d .; Almanack for Commissioners' office, 6d. ; one paper Ink Powder, 18. 2d." Account of David Redick, rendered in June, 1796, item-"to Cash paid David Townsend for mak- ing Screw and Seal for the County, £3 0 0." Oct. 12, 1799, bill of Joseph Day, $45.66, for lumber, materials, and work on Prothonotary's office. : . . Same for carpenter work at Register's office, £117 88. July 18, 1796, "Samuel Clark (commissioner) was appointed to have an Iron Chest made for the Treasury." July 19th James Reed was employed "to work on the Cupola and put up a Conductor." April 25, 1797, "Contract made with Josiah Scott to fence the public grounds. Robert McGowan furnished 300 chestnut rails for the purpose." Oct. 7, 1797, bill presented by William Seaman "To mending the wall of the Gaol yard after the roof was blown off by the Storm, in- cluding the Gaol wall after an attempt to break it, £6 00." The public grounds were inclosed "by a fence of fifty-three panels, at 68. per panel. Four panels in front, the rails shaved; three Locust posts dressed ; three large gate posts dressed." Bill No. 29, dated July 1, 1797. “Dec. 20, 1797, Paid William Sherrard for Shoreing the Commissioners' office and other things, £1 17s. 6d. During 1797 £200 was ex- pended in "repairing the publick buildings." In 1799 a bill of £189 was allowed to Joshua Cannon " for addition and repairs of court-house ;" and to William Sherrard, £12 0 7, " for Carpenter work at Court House and offices." Similar items occur fre- quently in the records of the commissioners for the succeeding twenty years.

In 1818, the court-house having become somewhat dilapidated and insufficient for the requirements of the county, the commissioners levied $4000 to be ap- plied in making additions and repairs. On the 23d of February, 1819, they received proposals for en- larging the court-house, "to be done between the June and September terms of 1819, agreeably to plan."

Thomas Baird proposed "to furnish everything, brick and stone excepted, not to charge for time of super- intendence or procuring materials ; to do the carpen- ter work, mason work, bricklaying and plastering twenty per cent. lower than established prices," with David Shields and George Baird as sureties. His proposal was accepted Feb. 26, 1819. The addition and repairs were completed in 1819, but not in time for the September sessions. Where that term of court was held does not appear. After the enlarge- ment and repairs the building remained in use for twenty years.

In 1823 the building of a new jail was agitated and determined on, and in February, 1824, the commis- sioners concluded a contract with John Wilson and John Orr to build the prison, with the exception of the iron work, which was contracted to James McCoy, the work to be completed on or before April 1, 1825. After the plan had been drawn, a protest was pre- sented to the commissioners against its adoption, sug- gesting that there be a greater number of cells than was at first proposed. The petition, or protest, con- cluded as follows : " Permit us to solicit your atten- tion to this important subject, and to request a recon- sideration of the plan adopted by you so far as to increase the number of cells or lower apartments, without changing the dimensions of the contemplated building. In making this communication we have no object in view other than the public good ; our minds have been drawn to the subject in consequence of an impression that the under story of said building was to be divided into but four apartments." It was signed by David Acheson, T. M. T. McKennan, George Baird, John Wishart, John Koontz, John R. Murdoch, Thomas Officer, Robert Officer, John H. Ewing, Charles De Hass, David Moore, Alexander Reed, Parker Campbell, Thomas Hoge, Thomas Mc- Giffin, Samuel Hazlett, and two hundred and twelve other citizens, and also "Signed by order of the grand jury, Thomas McCall (foreman), David Hillis (secretary ), Peter Carney, Hugh Cunningham, Daniel L. Goble, John Case, William V. Leet, Zachariah Cox, John Brownlee, T. J. Halliday, Andrew Yeates, Benjamin Thompson, Frederick Stroutz, James Smith, W. W. Irons." The plan of the building was afterwards changed to some extent, but whether in conformity with the views of the protestants is not shown. It appears that the prison was completed (at least the part of it which was contracted by Wilson & Orr) in 1824, as a receipt in full is indorsed on the back of their contract, and dated December 28th of that year. This jail was built of limestone, with side walls of the first story four feet in thickness; end walls and partition walls three feet thick, and the walls of the second story two feet thick. The taxes levied to meet the expense of its construction aggre- gated $3500, viz .: In November, 1824, $2000; in No- vember, 1825, $1000; in November, 1826, for “ar- rears of new prison," $500. The jail answered its

COURT-HOUSE, SHERIFF'S RESIDENCE, AND JAIL,

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purpose, and continued in use for more than forty years.

On the 18th of October, 1836, a public meeting of citizens of the county was held in Washington, to take into consideration the question of the erection of a new court-house and other county buildings, and, if thought expedient, to take measures in furtherance of the project. John Clever, of East Bethlehem, was chosen chairman, and Robert McClelland (of South Strabane) and William Jacky (of Washington) sec- retaries. After long discussion, resolutions were passed, setting forth the necessity of new buildings, and recommending that the question be referred to the voters of the county at the next spring elections. It was so submitted at the township elections in the spring of 1837, and the result was a strong vote in the An agreement had been made with James P. Mil- negative. Nothing further was done until March, , lard to furnish a statue of Gen. Washington to be 1839, when the insufficiency of the public buildings | placed on the dome of the new court-house. No record of this agreement is found with the proceed- ings of the commissioners, but an entry is found dated May 6, 1842, showing that they then addressed a letter to him to the effect " that in consequence of his failure to furnish the Statue for the Court-House in the time agreed upon they would decline receiving it." They afterwards received from him a letter of explanation, in consequence of which on the 27th of May they - revoked the action of May 6th, and ordered the statue to be received and placed upon the dome.

was brought before the grand jury, and by that body referred to the next grand jury, who, after long de- liberation, made presentment favorable to the erec- tion of new buildings. The matter then came before the commissioners, who, after examination, reported that five thousand dollars would repair the old court- house and twelve thousand dollars would be required for a new one. Again it went before the grand jury, who declared the old buildings unfit for public use, and recommended the erection of a new court-house and offices. Thereupon the commissioners decided to build, and advertised in June, 1839, as follows :

" PUBLIC BUILDINGS.

" Notice to Stone-masons, Bricklayers, and Carpenters .- In pursuance of the 10th Sec. of the Act of Assembly, passed the 15th April, 1834, two successive Grand Juries of the County of Washington having recommended the erection of new public buildings for the accommoda- tion of the Courts and offices of the County and for the safe keeping of the records, &c .; and the reports of the said Grand Juries having been acted upon and being approved by the Court, the undersigned Commis- Bioners of Washington County will receive proposals at the Commis- sioners' office on Monday the 15th day of July next, at 10 oclk A.M., for executing the Stone work, Brick work, and Carpenter work of said buildings. Plans and specifications will be exhibited on said day.

"JEHU JACKMAN, " MATTHEW LINN,

" ANDREW SHERER, "County Commissioners."

Contracts for the work were awarded as follows : to Henry Shearer, for the carpenter work, at $4000; to Freeman Brady, for the stone work, at $1200; to Alexander Ramsey, for cutting the stone, at $1233; and to David White, for furnishing and laying the brick, $3000. The work was commenced without delay. The old court-house was demolished, and on the 13th of September the commissioners "made ar- rangements to dispose of the old lumber of the court- house." September 25th, "Decided to remove the old offices." The following extracts from the records of the commissioners show where the courts were held, and some of the public offices located during the construction of the new building, viz. : Aug. 29, 1839, the commissioners entered into articles of agree-

ment " with James L. Porter and Charles E. Jones, trustees of the Methodist Protestant Church, and have agreed to pay the said trustees the sum of one hun- dred dollars annually 1 from the 29th of August, 1839, to the 29th of August, 1843, for the use of the church, with the privilege of leaving the same as soon as the new court-house shall have been com- pleted." Previously (March 20, 1839) they had leased for one year, for use as a sheriff's house, a building belonging to Samuel Murdoch, "at present occupied by Isaiah Steen," and on the 26th of September fol- lowing they " fixed upon the old commissioners' office and Garrett's lower rooms, and Major Palmer's corner room for the offices, and leased them for one year and six months from date of lease."

The public buildings were completed in the fall of 1842. The commissioners met "on Monday, October 17th, and continued in session during that and the four following days, to wit, 18th, 19th, 20th, and 21st, whilst Messrs. James Sterritt, of Allegheny County, and James Chambers and William Erret, of Wash- ington County (who had been selected for that pur- pose), were engaged in measuring the carpenter work of the Court-House." The total cost of the court- house building was $24,958; of the sheriff's house, $4448. During the thirteen years next succeeding the completion and occupation of the new buildings, sums varying from $100 to $300 were expended annu- ally on repairs. In 1856 the sum of $500 was raised for that purpose ; in 1858, $1000; in 1859, $500; in 1860, $500; in 1861, $550; in 1862, $1000; in 1863, $1200; in 1864, $1200; in 1865, $1500.

The building of the present jail of Washington County was proposed in 1865, and decided on in 1866, in which latter year the sum of $1000 was raised for the purpose of commencing on the work. At a term of court held in August of that year the draft and plans of the proposed building, which had been pre- pared by Barr & Moser, architects, of Pittsburgh, were submitted to the grand jury, and by them ap- proved unanimously. They were then submitted,

1 The bargain was evidently changed afterwards to twenty dollars for each term of court, as is shown by the following entry : " Account with Charles E. Jones for use of Church for holding Court from August 29, 1839,-eight terms of Court at $20 each, as per article-$160. Allowance for replacing pews and repairing house-1%."

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with a certification of the action of the grand jury, to the secretary of the Commonwealth, and approved. At a meeting of the commissioners, held Feb. 28, 1867, "it was this day agreed to proceed at once to the erec- tion of a new jail, under the findings of the grand jury and the direction of the court." On the 5th of March following the commissioners, with their at- torney, D. S. Wilson, Esq., conferred with Barr & Moser, of Pittsburgh, in reference to the proposed additions to the court-house, to give additional and much needed space, and to connect the building with the jail. The additions were determined on in ac- cordance with the plans of the architects. April 22, 1867, " this day, under advice of D. S. Wilson, Esq., Messrs. Barr & Moser, architects, of Pittsburgh, were appointed General Superintendents of the erection of the new Jail." Under the architects, Nelson Van Kirk was appointed superintendent and foreman of the carpenter work, and Samuel Hargreaves superin- tendent and foreman of masonry and brick work. The work proceeded during 1867 and the spring of 1868, and was completed in the summer of the latter year. The cost of the buildings was, for jail and en- largement of court-house, $48,500; for stone wall, grading, and improvements to sheriff's house, $3500; total, $52,000. In 1879 repairs were made on the jail amounting to $2000, and in the following year the sum of $3550 was expended on the proper ventilation and heating of the court-room. The buildings are now in excellent condition.

The County Home .- An act passed the Legislature of Pennsylvania, April 6, 1830, authorizing Washing- ton County to erect a house for the employment and support of the poor. The commissioners appointed in the act to locate a site for the farm on which to erect suitable buildings were Gen. James Lee, Alex- ander Reed, Col. Joseph Barr, Gen. Wallace McWil- liams, Zephaniah Beall, Esq., William Patterson, of Ten-Mile, and David Eckert. After due examination, these commissioners selected a tract of land in the township of Chartiers and North Strabane, then be- longing to Robert Colmery. It contained one hundred and seventy-two acres, and was purchased for the sum of two thousand seven hundred and fifty-two dollars. It was a part of a tract of land originally owned by Andrew Swearingen, and was inherited by Thomas Swearingen, who sold it to John Cook in 1801, from whom it passed respectively to Joseph Swearingen, Joseph Henderson (sheriff), and Robert Colmery. The land was purchased on contract, Aug. 19, 1830, and deed given therefor March 26, 1831. The direc- tors of the poor and of the house of employment (William Hunter, John Watson, and Stephen Wood) advertised Jan. 15, 1831, to receive bids for the erec- tion of a poor-house, at the store of William Hunter, February 1st of that year. A house was erected soon after, which, with repairs, answered its purpose until 1874, when the present house was erected.

purchased two acres adjoining the other land. Nov. 2, 1861, one acre was purchased, and on the 26th of April, 1865, six acres (part of the Wallace patent) was also purchased, and April 1, 1867, a lot of twenty- eight acres additional was bought of John Cooke, making two hundred and nine acres now belonging to the farm.

In 1832, Dr. John Logan was chosen superintendent of the county home, and continued till September, 1851, when he was succeeded by Maj. William Wilson, who held the office till April 1, 1858, when John Gamble was appointed. He served in that capacity till about 1872, when E. G. Cundall, the present superintendent, was appointed.

In the year 1837, in accordance with the present- ment of the grand jury made June 22d of that year (Robert R. Reed, foreman), a department was added for the better treatment of insane persons and those having contagious diseases.

The estimate of expenses made for the year 1830-31 for the poor-house and building was $1500. For,1832 it was $5000. The estimate from that time to 1855 ranged from $3500 to $6500. In the years 1855 and 1856 $8000 was raised each year, and in 1857 $7000. The estimates ranged from $4000 to $5000 annually [ till 1864, in which year it was $3000. In 1865, $5000; 1866, $1500. From that time to 1874 no positive data can be obtained from the books. In that year the present buildings were in process of erection, and their cost is given in the budget of taxes for 1874, 1875, 1876, 1877, as follows: 1874, $9528.74; 1875, $6955.53; 1876, $2660.14; 1877, $1058.63, making the total of $22,203.44.

The annual expense of the county home from 1874, including the cost of buildings, has been as follows : 1874, $17,553.68; 1875, $15,955.53 ; 1876, $12,260.14; 1877, $11,857.63 ; 1878, $16,730; 1879, $15,845.66; 1880, $13,807.57 ; 1881, $14,406.

Washington County Civil List .- In this list the names are given of persons who have held county offices, and also of those resident in Washington County who have held important offices in or under the State or national government.

SHERIFFS. Under Constitution of 1776.

Van Swearingen, Nov. 30, 1781; David Williamson, Oct. 26, 1787; Nov. 10, 1783. Jan. 17, 1789. James Marshel, Nov. 3,1784; Nov. [ William Wallace, Nov. 9, 1790. 21, 1786.

Under Constitution of 1790.

John Hamilton, Oct. 21, 1793. Robert Officer, Oct. 23, 1820.

Thomas Hamilton, Nov. 2, 1796. Samuel Workinan, Oct. 25, 1823.

Absalom Baird, Nov. 2, 1799. Robert McClelland, Oct. 27, 1826.

George Hamilton, Nov. 6, 1802. Joseph Henderson, Oct. 26, 1829.

John McCluney, Oct. 21, 1805. Samuel Cunningham, Oct. 16, 1832.

Robert Anderson, Oct. 25, 1808. John Marshel, Nov. 5, 1835.

George Baird, Nov. 23, 1811. John Wilson, Oct. 24, 1836.

' Thomas Officer,1 Nov. 1, 1814.

Dickerson Roberts, Nov. 6, 1817.

James Spriggs, Oct. 20, 1837.

1 Thomas Officer died May 18, 1817, and William Carter, coroner, be- came acting sheriff for the remainder of the term, in accordance with a

On the 28th of June, 1832, the directors of the poor . provision of the Constitution applying to such cases,

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CIVIL LIST.

Under Constitution of 1838.

Sheshlazzar Bentley, Jr., Nov. 7, James M. Byers, Nov. 18, 1861. 1840. Edmund R. Smith, Nov. 8, 1864. Jehu Jackman, Nov. 4, 1843. Hugh Keys, Nov. 25, 1867.

Alex. G. Marshman, Oct. 23, 1846.

Peter Wolf, Oct. 22, 1849.

John McAllister, Oct. 23, 1852.

William C. Ramsey, Nov. 11, 1870. William Thompson, Nov. 21, 1873. George S. Work, Dec. 20, 1876.

George Perritte, Dec. 4, 1879.

CORONERS.

Wm. McFarland, Nov. 30, 1781. Wm. McFarland, Nov. 10, 1783. William McCombs, Nov. 1, 1784. William McCombs, Dec. 10, 1785. William McCombs, Nov. 1, 1786. Robert Benham, Oct. 26, 1787. Robert Benham, Jan. 17, 1789. Samuel Clark, Nov. 6, 1789. Samuel Clark, Dec. 14, 1790. William Slemens, Nov. 18, 1799. Dorsey Pentecost, Nov. 6, 1802. Thos, Hutchinson, Nov. 4, 1805. Dickerson Roberts, Oct. 25, 1808. Wm. Marshall, Jan. 23, 1812. William Carter, Feb. 22, 1815. James Ruple, Nov. 6. 1817. John Johnson, Oct. 23, 1820. George Sowers, Nov. 10, 1823. Alexander Gordon, Nov. 20, 1826. Moses Linn, Nov. 2, 1828.

James McCadden, Oct. 16, 1832. John Wilson, Nov. 18, 1835. John R. Griffith, Oct. 20, 1837. Jobu R. Griffith, Dec. 23, 1837. William Tweed, Nov. 7, 1840. William J. Wilson, Nov. 4, 1843. Oliver Lindsey, Nov. 24, 1846. James D. Bert, Nov. 9, 1849. William B. Cundall, Nov. 8, 1852. Moses Little, Nov. 13, 1854. Jonathan Martin, Oct. 26, 1858. John E. Black, Nov. 27, 1861. Isaac Vance, Nov. 16, 1864.

Chas. W. McDaniel, Nov. 16, 1867. Lewis Barker, Dec. 11, 1868. Samuel M. Deeker, Dec. 4, 1871.

James Byers, Jan. 2, 1875.

Saml. D. Harchman, Feb. 13, 1878- Charles V. Greer, Dec. 17, 1880. i

PROTHONOTARIES.

Under Constitution of 1776.

Thomas Scott, April 2, 1781.

David Redick, Aug. 17, 1791.

Alexander Scott,1 March 28, 1789.

Under Constitution of 1790.

David Redick, March 14, 1792.

Wm. McKerman, Jan. 11, 1803.

William Sample, Dec. 30, 1823. William Sample, Dec. 21, 1826.

Alex. Murdoch, March 6, 1809. Thomas Officer, Feb. 10, 1830.

Alex, Murdoch, Jan. 1, 1815. Thomas Officer, Jan. 25, 1833.

Alex. Murdoch, April 9, 1818. George W. Acheson, Jan. 8, 1836.

William Sample, May 6, 1819. John Urie, Oct. 25, 1837.

Thomas Morgan, Feb. 12, 1821.

John Grayson, Sr., Feb. 5, 1839.

Under Constitution of 1838.

John Grayson, Sr., Dec. 1, 1839.

James B. Ruple, Dec. 1, 1857. James B. Ruple, Dec. 1, 1860.

Ephraim L. Blaine, Dec. - , 1842. Obadiah B. McFadden, Dec. 1, 1845.

John E. Bell, Dec. 1, 1863.

James Brown, Dec. 1, 1848.

- John L. Gow, Dec. 1, 1866.

Daniel W. Donahoo, Dec. 1, 1869.

James Brown, Dec. 1, 1851. William S. Moore, Dec. 1, 1854. Julius P. Miller, Dec. 1, 1872.

Under Constitution of 1874.

Julius P. Miller, first Monday in January, 1876. William A. Barr, first Monday in January, 1879.

John W. Seaman, Jr., first Monday in January, 1882.

CLERKS OF COURTS.

Under Constitution of 1776.

Thomas Scott, April 2, 1781.

David Redick, Aug. 17, 1701.

Alexander Scott, March 28, 1781.

1 " PHILADELPHIA, March 28, 1789.

" In Council.

"Whereas, Thomas Scott, Esquire, Prothonotary of the county of Washington hath informed this Council by letter that he hath been elected a representative of this State in the Congress of the United States, and that he is on his way to New York to take his seat as such ; and, whereas, the said Thomas Scott, Esquire, by the acceptance of his appointment as representative in Congress is incapable of discharging the duties of prothonotary of the county aforesaid; and it is, therefore, proper that a prothonotary for the said county should forthwith be ap- pointed in his stend.

" Resolved, That Alexander Scott, son of the said Thomas Scott, Esquire, be and is hereby appointed prothonotary of the county of Washington, in the room and stead of Thomas Scott, Esquire."

Under Constitution of 1790.

David Redick, March 14, 1792. Joseph Henderson, Dec. 30, 1823.

William McKennan, Jan. 11, 1803. Joseph Henderson, Dec. 21, 1826.

Alexander Murdoch, March 6, 1809.

Alexander Murdoch, Jan. 1, 1815.

James Ruple, Feb. 19, 1830.

Alexander Murdoch, April 9, 1818.

William Sample, May 6, 1819.

James Blaine, Jan, 8, 1836.

Robert Colmery, Feb. 12, 1821.

James Ruple, Feb. 5, 1839.

Under Constitution of 1838.

James Ruple, Dec. 1, 1839. David Aiken, Dec 1, 1857.

Alex. G. Marshman, Dec. 1, 1842.

David Aiken, Dec. 1, 1860.

William Hays, Dec. 1, 1845.

William Kidd, Dec. 1, 1863.

Robert F. Cooper, Dec. 1, 1848.

William Kidd, Dec. 1, 1866.

George Passmore, Dec. 1, 1851.

Samuel Ruth, Dec. 1, 1869.

David Aiken, Dec. 1, 1854.

James S. Stocking, Dec. 1, 1872.

Under Constitution of 1874.

James S. Stocking, first Monday in January, 1876.

Benjamin F. Hasson, first Monday in January, 1879. Benjamin F. Hasson, first Monday in January, 1882.

COMMISSIONERS.

Geo. Vallandigham, Nov. 30, 1781.

Thomas Crooks, Nov. 30, 1781.

John McDowell, Nov. 30, 1781.

George McCormick, Dec. 4, 1782. Demos Ludley, Nov. 10, 1783.

James Allison, Nov. 1, 1784. James McCready, November, 1785. James Bradford, November, 1786. Thomas Marquis, November, 1787. Henry Van Metre, November, 1788. James McCready, November, 1789. William Meetkirke, Nov., 1790. James Brice, November, 1791. Zachariah Gapen, November, 1792. Isaac Leet, Jr., Oct. 24, 1793. Samuel Clarke, Oct. 23, 1794. William Zeator, Oct. 24, 1795. John Cotton, Oct. 19, 1796. Robert McCready, Nov. 8, 1796. James Brice, Oct. 11, 1797. William Campbell, Oct. 19, 1798. Joshua Anderson, Oct. 12, 1799. Isaac Leet, Jr., Oct. 23, 1800. Robert Machan, Oct. 19, 1801. John Lyle, Oct. 25, 1802. Thomas Hopkins, Oct. 24, 1803. Edward Todd, Oct. 22, 1804. John Colmery, Oct. 29, 1805. Aaron Lyle, Oct. 23, 1806. Joseph Alexander, Oct. 26, 1807. William Marshall, Oct. 31, 1808. Moses McWhister, Oct. 18, 1809. Isaac Leet, Oct. 29, 1810. Daniel Kehr, October, 1811. William Vance, October, 1812. John Brownlee, October, 1813. John Reed, October, 1814. Walter Craig,“ October, 1815. James Gordon,3 March 18, 1816. David Little, October, 1816. Jonathan Knight, October, 1816. Moses Lyle, October, 1817. Jolin Lacock, October, 1818. Alexander Scott, October, 1819. Matthias Luce, October, 1820. William McCreary, October, 1821. John Urie, October, 1822. John McCoy, October, 1823. Robert Moore, October, 1824. Robert Patterson, October, 1825. Wallace McWilliams, Oct. 1826.

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History of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 119

Author: Crumrine, Boyd, 1838-1916; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Hungerford, Austin N Publication date: 1882 Publisher: Philadelphia : H.L. Everts & Co. Number of Pages: 1216

Author: Crumrine, Boyd, 1838-1916; Ellis, Franklin, 1828-1885; Hungerford, Austin N
Publication date: 1882
Publisher: Philadelphia : H.L. Everts & Co.
Number of Pages: 1216