History of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 153

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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bed and left the house. A search was instituted, but no clue whatever could be obtained, and the young men returned to Canonsburg with the sad news. After some time John McFarland, father of the doc- tor, went out from Canonsburg, and made a wider search, and finally found the body in the mountains. It was never known whether his death was caused by accident or murder. The children were James, Samuel, George, Mary, and William. James left his home for the South ; Samuel emigrated to Indiana ; George was apprenticed to John McFarland as a tailor. He was engaged in other business in Canons- burg, and had accumulated considerable property. He was postmaster the last eight years of his life. He died in October, 1859, leaving a widow and seven children, of whom the widow and four children are now in Canonsburg. Mrs. Boyd Crumrine, of Wash- ington, is a daughter. James, of Washington, is a son. William, the youngest son, is a physician in Philadelphia, Pa. Mary, a daughter of George Kirk, Sr., became the wife of Robert Stewart, of Little York, Ill.


There were many others located in the town in the early years of whom but little is known. The follow- ing were residents and business men of the town: John Roberts, a merchant; Robert McMillan, dis- tiller. In 1807 John Weldon manufactured hats; Abraham Fee, Sr., was a tailor; Abraham Fee, Jr., was a shoemaker. In 1817 Robert Smith was the owner of a tannery ; John Sample in 1819, and Philip Cubbage also, were each carrying on the business of tanning. In 1808 James Smith was a saddler. Na- thaniel White, Daniel Hartupee, and Joseph Pente- cost in 1806 each owned brick houses.


Town Plats of Canonsburg .- The town of Can- onsburg was laid out by the proprietor, Col. John Canon, in 1787. The following account of the laying' out and of the plats of the town was written by R. V. Johnson, Esq., surveyor, and published in the Canons- burg Herald in March, 1875. Several dates of pur- chases have been added to the original account.


About the year 1786, John Canon (after whom the town was named) obtained patents from the State for three tracts of land adjoining each other, and contain- ing in the aggregate twelve hundred and forty-three acres. These patents were called "Mount Airy," "Ab- bington," and "Canon Hill." The town is located on the " Mount Airy and Abbington" patents, and was originally laid out by John Canon, a plat of which is on record, and contains twenty lots fronting on Market (now Main) Street, fourteen on the west, and six on the east side of the street. These lots were numbered from the north side of the old road (between what is now called Pike Street and Chartiers Creek) toward the north. On the west side of Market Street- No. 3 was sold to Dr. Thompson, March 15, 1787. 4 Daniel McCoy, «


5 James Morrison,


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No. 6 was sold to David Gault, March 15, 1787. " 7 " Donald Cameron, March 15, 1787.


Nos. 9 and 10 were sold to Andrew Monroe, March 15, 1787.


Nos. 11, 12, and 13 were sold to John Todd, June 1, 1790.


On the east side of the street No. 2 was sold to Robert Bowland, on condition that no tavern or public- house should be built on it.


No. 3 was sold to Capt. Craig Ritchie, March 15, 1787. 16


4 Col. Matt. Ritchie,


5 William Marshall.


6 Abraham Dehaven.


Attached to the plat is the following:


" The above is a Draught of a Town laid of as above upon Chartiers Creek Washington county by the subscriber John Canon. Who hereby binds himself, his heirs, administrators and assigns to fulfill and perform the following articles viz. : agreeably to the conditions inserted on the above plan. To those who have all as those who may become purchasers to convey to them their heirs and assigns their respective lots of Ground in which their names is inserted. The inhabitants of the above town to have privilege of cutting and using underwood and taking coal for their own use forever gratis, the purchasers to pay the said Canon three pounds purchase and one Dollar annually forever afterwards, and to build a stone house, frame, or hewed log house at least twenty feet in front with a stone or brick chimney within two years from the date of their purchase; it is to be understood by underwood that it is only timber or wood that is laying down or laying upon the Ground and only on Land or Woods that is not Inclosed they shall not presume to go and take wood for fire within any inclosure without leave first asked and obtained; a conve- nient road to be allowed to the coal near * * John Laughlin's the road to be only as laid off above * * * and the bank as Described above.


"In Testimony whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal this 15th April 1788.


" JOHN CANON


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" Attest,


" JAMES MCCREADY. ) .,


" ROBERT BOWLAND.


The only streets laid out on this plat are the present Main and College Streets. In addition to these are named the following roads :


" The Road to Pittsburgh."


" To Gambles Mill."


"To Devores ferry."


" To McMillans Meeting-house."


" To Washington."


"To Mr. Smiths Meeting-house on Buffalo."


"to Hendersons M. house."


" to the coal bank."


" The road to Wells' Mill."


The coal-bank, mill, mill-race, Chartiers Creek, and mill-dam are also noted.


The next plat has no date upon it to definitely show when it was drafted, though it must have been between 1790 and 1800, probably about the year 1792 or 1793. The only street named is Market Street, now Main Street. The streets now known as Green, College, and Pitt Streets are laid out. On the east end of Col- lege Street is written "to Gambles," and on the west " Road to the mouth of Buffaloe on the Ohio River." On the east end of Pitt Street is written "Road to Pittsburgh," and on the west end " Road to Hender- sons meeting-house & Montgomery's Mill." On the


south end of Main Street is written "Road to Devours and Redstone." The writing on the north end is too illegible to be deciphered. On the east end of the road along the bank of Chartiers Creek is written "Road to Perrys and Mckees Ferrys," and on the west end "Road to Washington."


Along the east side of the lots east of Green Street is laid out a street or alley running from the road along Chartiers Creek to the old Pittsburgh road, and east of this street are laid out sixteen lots not num- bered or named. There are in all ninety-eight lots laid out, of which seventy-eight are numbered and forty-two have the owners' names inserted. The fol- lowing are the names of the lot-owners in the order named.


Commencing on the west side of Market or Main Street, at Chartiers Creek, was first the mill and then the " Road to Washington."


1. (Blank.)


2. Abraham Dehaven.


3. Doctor Hugh Thompson.


4. Daniel McCoy, shoemaker.


5. John McDowell, Esq.


6. David Gault, tanner.


7. Thomas Speers, merchant.


Road to mouth of Buffaloe on the Ohio River.


8. Doctor Thomas B. Creaghead.


9. Andrew Muuroe, tavern-keeper.


10. Andrew Munroe.


11. The plat is torn at this lot and no name appears.


12. Academy.


13. John Todd Cooper.


14. John Todd.


15. Charles White, hatter.


16. William Webster, carpenter.


17. James Foster, brewer.


Road to Henderson's meeting-house and Montgomery's Mill.


18. William Criswell, weaver.


19. Ann Cook.


20. Elizabeth Andrews.


21. Adam Johnson, weaver.


(This name is crossed out and the name of David Andrews written under it.) On the margin is the following entry :


" 1792.


"August the 31 If Not improved in Six month forfited."


22. (Blank.)


23. (Blank.)


On the east side of Market, or Main Street, commencing at Chartiers


Creek, first " Road to Perry's and McKee's Ferrys:"


24. (Blank )


25. Robert Bowland, miller.


2G. Craig Ritchie, Esqr.


27. Matthew Ritchie, Esqr.


28. The first name written is erased, and the name or names of Henry Wisbey and B. Smith inserted.


29. William Thompsons, mason.


Road " to Gambler."


30. John Canon, Esqr.


31, 32, and 33 are blank.


34. John McGill.


35. George McCooke.


36. James Witherspoon.


37. William Roberts.


38. William McCall. Road to Pittsburgh.


On the north side of the present Pitt Street, numbering east from Main Street :


39. John Anderson, carpenter.


40. James Morrison, butcher.


41. Thomas Morrison, tailor.


42. J. Alex. Miller, cooper.


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43. John Miller, schoolmaster. Samuel Miller.


44. Dell Weaver, mason.


45. David Ralston, stiller.


The lots on the west side, present Green Street, are numbered to the Pittsburgh road, or present Pitt Street, from 46 to 59 inclusive. As these lots are all blank, it is presumed that none of them had been sold at the time the plat was drafted.


On the east side of Green Street the lots are num- bered, beginning at Pitt Street toward the south, from 60 to 73.


On lot No. 69, now owned by Henry McPeak, at the corner of Green and College Streets, is the follow- ing entry : " Moses Andrews, Sept. 10, 1793."


Lots numbered 75 to 78 run north from the old road along the bank of Chartiers Creek, numbering from east to west.


75. Dina weaver.


66. John mercer.


77. James Chi-, carpenter.


On the south side of Pitt Street, about half-way be- tween the present Main and Green Streets, is a lot not numbered; the name of George Land, "wheel- wright," is inserted.


Borough Incorporation and List of Officers .- On the 22d day of February, 1802, an act of the Legisla- ture of Pennsylvania was passed which provided and declared " that the town of Canonsburg, in the County of Washington, shall be, and the same is hereby erected into a borough, which shall be called the 'Borough of Canonsburgh,' and shall be comprised within the following bounds, to wit: Beginning at the mouth of Brush Run ; thence up said run to the division line between Craig Ritchie's land and Samuel Witherspoon's lot; thence along the line of said lot, so as to include the same, to Thomas Briceland's land; thence along the line of said land until it strikes Wells' road; thence to the corner of Nathan Andrews' lot ; thence along the north side of the same to the lot attached to the old brew-house; thence along said lot, so as to include the same, to the west end of the town lots on the west side of the principal street ; thence along the end of said lots to the Washington road ; thence along said road southwest to a white-oak marked 'G,' at the southwest end of Miller's improvement on Darr and Ogle's land ; thence a direct course to Chartiers Creek; thence down the same to the place of beginning."


In 1815 the boundaries of the borough were con- tracted to the present limits by a supplemental act, approved Jan. 16, 1815, which declared and provided "That from and after the last day of January, one thousand eight hundred and fifteen, the limits of the borough of Canonsburg shall be as follows, viz. : Be- ginning at William Hartupee's Corner ; thence south seventy-five degrees west, eighty-six perches to a post near the mill-race ; thence along the ends of the lots west of Market Street north twenty-three degrees


west, one hundred and forty-one perches to the corner of Nathan Andrews' lot; thence along said lot north seventy-five degrees east, forty-two perches to Mount Pleasant road; thence along said road south. forty degrees east, twelve perches; thence along the ends of the town lots north of Pitt Street, north seventy- five degrees east, sixty perches to the corner of James Ballentine's lot; thence along said lot, south fifteen degrees east, sixteen perches to the old Pittsburgh road ; thence along said road, south seventy-five de- grees west, five perches to William Donaldson's lot ; thence along the ends of the town lots east of Green Street south, fifteen degrees east, one hundred and eighteen perches to the place of beginning."


The act of the Legislature incorporating the " Bor- ough of Canonsburg," passed Feb. 22, 1802, provided for the election of the following officers: "One reputable citizen residing therein who shall be styled the Burgess of the Borough, and five reputable citizens to be a Town Council, and shall also elect A High constable." In pursuance of the above act an election was held in one of the rooms of the college on the 3d day of May, 1802, by William Clark, judge ; A. Murdoch, inspector; and Samuel Miller, clerk. The following officers were declared duly elected : Samuel Murdoch, Esq., burgess; William Clarke, Thomas Briceland, William White, John Johnson, and John Wattson, Esq., members of Council ; and John McGill, high constable.


The first meeting of Council was held May 6, 1802, when the following appointments were made:


Thomas Speers, town clerk ; Samuel Murdoch, Esq., overseer of streets, lanes, alleys, and roads ; William Clarke, Esq., treasurer; Thomas Briceland and Wil- liam White, Esqs., to regulate partition walls and fences; Andrew Munroe (nailer), clerk of the mar- ket. On the 26th of May the following additional ap- pointments were made : David Wilson and William Hartupee, overseers of the poor ; Thomas Briceland, William White, and John Johnson, managers of the coal bank.


The following is the first list of taxables in the borough :


Darr & Ogle.


Jas. Smith.


James Murdoch.


Gilbert McAfee.


John Speer.


Elis'a Andrews.


William Clarke.


Dav'd Andrews.


John McDowell.


Wm. Havs.


Henry Westbay.


Rob't McCuroy.


Benj'n Brown.


Win. Week.


Murdoch & Johnson.


Thos. Speers.


Sum'l Murdoch.


Wm. & Josh'a Canon.


And'w Munro.


Alex'r Boyd.


Rev'd J. Wattson.


John Lowery.


Joseph Pinticost.


Nath'l White.


Jos. Pentecost.


Wmn. Hertupee.


Wm. Mclaughlin.


Jas. Smith.


Mary Hill.


H. & Witherspoon. Sam' Taggert.


Matt'w Hall.


John Murphy.


Alex'r Cook.


Dan' McGill.


Geo. Potter.


Jas. P'hilops.


Chas. Herron.


Ross McNeill.


Jus. Briceland.


CANONSBURG BOROUGH.


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John Smith.


Wm. McCawl.


Sam'l Murdoch.


Nath'n Andrews.


Widow Donnel.


Juhin Steen.


Sam'l Miller.


Jumet Brown.


Geo. Land.


Mra. Mercer.


JAS. Donelson.


John McFarland.


Wm, White.


Wm. Irwin.


And'w Munro.


Mary Whiteside.


John Johnson.


Jas. Foster.


Reynolds Neill.


Chris't Musser.


Widow Canon.


M. Miles.


Ja's Cunningham.


Ann Christy.


Jas. Pattison.


Marg't McDonald. George MeCouk.


Jas. Black.


Geo. Munro.


T. Briceland.


Dav'd Wilson.


Jno McGill.


Joshua Canon.


Ed. Williams.


Epli'ın Jones.


J. W. Hillard.


Wm. Hays.


Jas. Balantine.


- Wilson.


Wid'w Murdock.


Wm. Greir.


The valuation of the taxable property was $12,352. The amount of tax levied was $123.52.


The first mention of a market was at the meeting of the Council, June 25, 1802, at which time Andrew Munroe was appointed clerk of the market. The market-house stood on Main Street, below the college grounds. At this meeting it was ordered that stocks be erected for the use of the borough, as follows : " Be it enacted by the Town Council of the Borough of Canonsburgh, that for the better securing of the peace and happiness of said Borough, A pair of Stocks be made and placed near the market-house to confine offenders whose crimes may not merit a greater pun- ishment, and the Burgess is hereby directed to carry the above resolution into effect without delay." Con- finement in the stocks was punishment for drunken- ness, riots, insults, attempts to injure the market- house, or exposing dead animals in the street.


At the same date it was enacted, as there are persons who frequently " come to this Borough under the char- acter of mountebanks, stage players, and exhibitors of puppet shows, Therefore be it enacted by the Town Council that if such mountebanks, play actors, or manager of a Puppet Show shall exhibit in their pos- session for money within the said Borough, that such person or persons shall be fined in the sum of fifty dollars with costs of suit." On the 16th of April, 1808, it was "Resolved, That every person residing in the Borough shall be entitled to receive Coal from the Bank known by the name of Laughlin Bank." This privilege, it will be remembered, was granted to all purchasers of lots by Col. Canon in 1788.


As there has been much discussion for many years past concerning an alley alleged to exist between Water Street and Pitt Street, the following quotation from T. M. Potts, of the Canonsburg Herald, is given with reference to it; it being a part of a series of valuable articles published in that paper in March and April, 1875, concerning the early history of Canonsburg :


" Probably as far back as the oldest can remember, something louis been said every year about an alley which is supposed to extend from Water Street to Pitt Street, and located somewhere between Market of Main Street and Green Street. The propriety of having this alley opened has been discussed from year to year, and almost every Council notified, individually or collectively, that it was their duty to open it. It is assorted that the said alley was laid out in the original plat by Col. Canon in 1786, and that the several property owners neither hal the right to closo it nor keep it closed.


" We have been at some pains to investigate this subject, and now propose to give the result. We have copies of all the plate so far known to be in existence, the recorde at Washington have been ex- amined, and we have mado a very careful examination of the town records fur the first twenty years after the incorporation. The town was laid out about the year 1786, and the first plat on record bears date of 17-8. The original lots between Main and Green Streets were laid out and extended from street to street. Subsequently, but at what time or times we are unable to state, the lots were all divided by lines rnn- ning north and south, making the divisions or smaller lots face severally Main, Green, Pike, College, and Pitt Streets.


" In none of the plats is there any all y whatever either laid out or mentioned. From several of our oldest citizens, who are descendants of the original purchasers of lots, we learn that as the lots in the upper or north end of the town were sold and improved, a provision was made to secure the free use of spring water to each citizen. This was effected by making alleys or fanes from the street to two springs as follows: One from Main Street to the Emery spring, on the lot now occupied by T. M. Potts ; one from Pitt Street starting at a point near the residence of George Land to the Emery spring, meeting the first-named alley at right angles, and still another from Main Street to the College spring. This last alley was located just south of the property now occupied by Jolin Moore, Esq. In the process of time the several lot owners made well+ upon their own premises, and the alleys or lanes became no longer needed for their original purpose. The lane to the College spring was early closed. The lane from Main Street to the Emery spring was ex- tended to Green Street, and became a public alley, and is referred to in the deeds of property adjoining it as Spring Alley.


" The alley leading from Pitt Street to the present Spring Alley was closed in 1838 by the mutual consent of all the parties owning laud ad- joining, in an agreement sealed, signed, and acknowledged before James McClelland, justice of the peace. We have examined the original article of agreement, the following being the principal substance of it:


" Whereas a certain alley situate in the Borough of Canonsburg and leading from Pitt street to an alley which leads from Green street to Main Street, has become useless, and is now an incumberance to those persons adjoining the same; Now this agreement made the 12 day of July 1838 by the persons who own property on said alley leading from Pitt street, to wit : George W. Lewis, Rachel Woods, George A. Kirk, and the heirs of George Land Witnesseth, That the said George W Lewis, Rachel Woods, George A. Kirk, George Land, John Land, aud Elizabeth Land have mutually agreed to close said alley so that there shall not be any thoroughfare through the same, etc.'


" This agreement is signed by all the parties above named, with James McClelland and H. B. Thompson as witnesses.


"On the 30th of March, 1803, the first burgess and Town Council of the boronghi passed the following ordinance:


"' Resolved, That all the Inhabitants of this Borough, holding lots, within the Limits of the Town, (if the persons holding lots adjoining them see fit,) shall make and support their part of a good sufficient pailed fence, the whole length of a reasonable garden, and this lengtlı shall be determined by the length of the lots between the Main street & Green 8. . et below the Market house, or half the distance between the said stree and where the ends of the lots join they shall be made sufficient and supported in like manner,' etc.


" It will be seen that this act totally ignores either the existence or the knowledge of an alley cutting these lots in two. As this was the act of the first Council, within fifteen years of the original laying out of the town, with most of the original purchasers still occupying the lots, and possibly themselves very early settlers, it is reasonable to suppose that they were entirely familiar with the true state of the case.


"Since, therefore, there is no meution of the said alley either on the original or any other plat, nor in any records either of the town or re- ferring to it in any way, it may be safely concluded that the alley is a myth, and we hope the publication of these facts will set the matter forever at rest. This alley or any other can only be opened by the due process of law provided for the laying out and opening of new streets and alleys."


Alex'r Ogle. John Wattson. Craig Ritchie. F. Irwin. Isaac Hezlett. Sam'l Neill.


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The following is a list of borough officers of Canons- burg since its incorporation, viz. :


BURGESSES.


1802-16. Dr. Samuel Murdoch.


1817-19. Craig Ritchie.


1820-21. Dr. Jonath. Leatherman.


1822-23. James Smith.


1824-25. Not found.


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1859. Robert Donaldson.


1828-29. Jeremiah Emory.


1862-63. James Crawford.


1830-34. John Watson.


1835. James McClelland.


1864. Henry Annisansel.


1836. Henry McAfee.


1805-67. James McCullough.


1837. David Templeton.


1868. John McCord.


1838-39. James McClelland.


1869. Daniel Day.


1840-41. James McCullough.


| 1870. John Moore.


1842. Henry McAfee.


1871-72. John Chambers.


1843-46. James McClelland.


1873-74. Joseph Thompson.


1847. William McDaniel.


1875-76. James Lutton.


1848. Hugh Riddle.


1877. Adam Harbison.


1849, William McClelland.


1878. James Espy.


1850. Craig Ritchie.


1879. William R. McConnell.


1851. George A. Kirk.


1880. Joseph Wilson.


1852. John Briceland.


1881. W. H. S. Ritchie.


1853-54. Joseph V. Brown.


1882. Jolın B. Donaldson.


1855. William McDaniels.


MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.


1802 .- William Clarke, Thomas Briceland, William White, John John- son, John Watson.


1804-5 .- Alexander Murdoch, Thomas Briceland, William White, John Watson, Craig Ritchie.


1806 .- Alexander Murdoch, Thomas Briceland, William White, John Watson, John Roberts.


1807 .- John Roberts, John Watson, Dr. James Cochran, William White, Craig Ritchie.


1S08 .- Thomas Briceland, John Roberts, William White, Reynolds C. Neill, Henry Westbay.


1809 .- John Roberts, William White, William Hartupee, Henry West- bay, Samuel Taggert.


1810 .- Jolin Roberts, William White, Craig Ritchie, Henry Westbay, Samuel Taggert.


1811-12 .- John Roberts, William White, Craig Ritchie, John Watson, Samnel Taggert.


1813 .- Craig Ritchie, John Roberts, John Watson, William White, Dr. John Warren ..


1814-15. Craig Ritchie, John Watson, John Roberts, William White, Andrew Munroe.


1816 .- Craig Ritchie, John Watson, William White, Andrew Munroe, Abraham Latimore.


1817 .- John Watson, John Roberts, William White, Abraham Latimore. 1818 .- William White, John Roberts, Andrew Munroe, John Sample, Joshua Ledlie.


1819 .- John Watson, William Donaldson, William White, Andrew Mun- roe, Joshua Ledlie.


1820 .- William White, William Donaldson, Andrew Monroe, Joshua Ledlie, George McCook.


1821 .- Craig Ritchie, William Donaldson, Jonathan Leatheman, John Sample, George McFarlane.


1822 .- Abraham Latimore, William Donaldson, Robert Thompson, John Sample, Jeremiah Emory.


1823 .- John Watson, John Sample, William Donaldson, Rev. William McMillan, Robert Thompson.


1824-25 .- Not given.


1:26-27 .- John Watson, Joseph S. Vincent, James Smith, Andrew Mun- roe, Hector McFadden.


1828 .- Dr. D. S. Stevenson, James Smith, Robert Thompson, Hector Mc- Fadden, John Watson.


1829 .- James Smith, James Mccullough, William McClelland, Dr. David S. Stephenson, Hector McFadden.


1830-31 .- James McCullough, James Hanson, Jeremiah Emory, David Templeton, Dr. David S. Stephenson.


1832 .- James Mccullough, Moses Walker, Dr. David S. Stephenson, David Templeton, James McClelland.


1833 -David Templeton, Moses Walker, William McClelland, Hugh Rid- dle, John McFadden.


1834 .- David Templeton, Moses Walker, William McClelland, John Mc- Fadden, Joseph McGinnis.


1835 .- John McFadden, Dr. David S. Stephenson, George A, Kirk, George W. Lewis, William McDaniel.


1836 .- James McClelland, George A. Kirk, John H. Buchanan, John McFadden, Adam Harbeson.


1837 .- John H. Buchanan, George A. Kirk, William M. Bane, William McClelland, Hugh Sloan.


1838 .- John H. Buchanan, William McClelland, William McDaniel, Hugh Riddle, Dell Weaver.




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