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Engleside Academy .- On the 2d of January, 1877, an academy was opened by Edward Haws in the basement of the United Presbyterian Church. Four- teen pupils were in attendance. Mr. Haws was suc- ceeded by G. R. Anderson, George W. Slater, and the Rev. W. D. Irons, who is now the principal. The school contains at present forty pupils.
Village of Candor .- The land on which this vil- lage is located was part of a tract taken up by Col. Samuel Beelor on a Virginia certificate in 1780, he having settled there in 1774. The cause of the set- tlement of people at this place was that the Raccoon Church was located here. But few habitations were erected here before 1817. At that time the Rev. Moses Allen became the pastor of the church, and it was by him the village was begun. His son, Watson Allen, started the first store. It is related of him that while buying goods in Philadelphia he was asked the ad- dress to send them to. After a little thought he re- plied "Candor, Washington Co." The goods were
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sent, and the name became generally adopted. A post-office was established, and the following have been postmasters : Samuel Scroggs, W. Bigham, Ham- ilton J. Cook, Benjamin Kelso, Dr. B. F. Hill, and Samuel Wasson, who is the present postmaster, and is also the merchant of the place.
The Presbyterian Church of Raccoon1 is lo- cated in Robinson township, in the northern part of Washington County. It derives its name from a creek called " the Raccoon," the congregation being situated on the head-waters of that stream. The origin of this church dates back towards the earliest era of the history of this county. No records can now be found, either in the archives of the session or the Pres- bytery, that reach back to the very first beginnings. The Atens, Baileys, Crooks, Dunbars, Dunlaps, Don- aldsons, Kerdecks, Montgomerys, McFarlands, Me- Donalds, and Scotts were among the first members and the first settlers of the neighborhood, and their third and fourth generations are among the names now on the church roll. . Among these there is a vast amount of family tradition current that is curious and interesting enough to live, but generally that precision of date and circumstances is wanting which is neces- sary before it could be considered reliable and valu- able history.
From the records of the old Presbytery of Red- stone, under whose jurisdiction most of the early churches in this region came into existence, it ap- pears that on April 19, 1785, there was "a suppli- cation for supplies for Raccoon." This is the first mention of the name Raccoon on those records. One year previous to that date, April 13, 1784, there
was " a supplication for supplies for a vacant congre- gation near Robinson's Run," and on April 18, 1786, Rev. Mr. Clark was appointed to supply Potato Gar- den on the fourth Sabbath of May. These three names, Raccoon, Robinson's Run, and Potato Gar- den, seem to be interchangeable. No two of them ever obtain supplies at the same time. Sometimes the application is from one, and the supplies are sent to the other. When Raccoon obtains a pastor, the other names disappear from the record. Robin- son's Run rises two miles east of this church, Potato Garden is four miles north, and the Raccoon has one branch three miles south, and another one-half mile north, and the main stream is three miles west. In early times any of these names would designate this locality. At that time the outside limits of this con- gregation approached Hickory on the south and Clin- ton on the north, and included Burgettstown on the west and Noblestown on the east. According to these records the first sermon preached here was by Rev. Joseph Smith, pastor of Cross Creek and Buf- falo, on the first Sabbath of May, 1784.
But the diary or journal of Dr. John McMillan, now in the hands of Mr. M. R. Allen, of Burgetts-
town, his great-grandson, reaches farther back than the records of Presbytery. There the following memo- randa are found :
" The first Sabbath of Dec., 1778, preached at Rac- coon, from Rom. 8, 6, and received £7 108. 6d.
" 1779, Tues. after 3d sab. June at Mr. Bailies place on Raccoon & Received £13 178. 3d.
"1780, 3rd sab. of June at Raccoon. Recd £47 118. 6d.
"1780, 4th sab. July at Mr. McDonalds place on Robinson Run & Recd £22 128. 6d. 1782, Oct., 2nd Sab. at Raccoon," etc.
The first leaves of this private journal, like the first leaves of the Presbyterial records, are worn out or torn off. But from this we know Raccoon Church was in existence and able to " take up a collection" (thirty-five dollars in amount) at least as early as De- cember, 1778.
Of the first house of worship, its size, dimensions, and date of erection, nothing is known. It gave place. to a large and commodious hewed log structure, built in 1786. On each of the longer sides of this building was a recess of considerable size-an architect's device -to furnish a corner to support the ends of the tim- bers, two lengths being necessary. The pulpit was in one of these recesses, and the one on the opposite side was appropriated to the use of a few colored slaves then owned in this neighborhood. This house con- tinued in use until 1830, forty-four years.
Rev. Joseph Patterson was the first pastor. He re- ceived the call on April 21, 1789, and was ordained and installed Tuesday, Nov. 10, 1789. Mr. Patterson was in many respects a remarkable man. "He was born in the north of Ireland in 1752. At the age of twenty - five years he married and emigrated to America. After a short stay in Pennsylvania he set- tled in Saratoga County, N. Y. In 1774 his parents arrived in Pennsylvania, and he returned to this State. He is spoken of as a weaver, farmer, and school-teacher. In 1776 he was teaching near Phila- delphia, and was present at the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence. He left his school and volunteered in the American army. After leaving the army he resided a short time in York County, Pa. In 1779, through the influence of Judge Edgar, he came to Cross Creek, Washington Co. He was then a Seceder, with strong prejudice against the use of hymns in the worship of God. His neighbor, Squire Graham, succeeded in changing his views on that subject, and he became very fond of singing hymns. At Cross Creek he became an active leader of social prayer-meetings. In 1783 he was appointed an elder of the church there, and in the fall of 1785 was re- ceived by Presbytery as a candidate for the min- istry at the age of thirty-three years. He studied three years under his pastor, Rev. Joseph Smith, was licensed to preach Aug. 12, 1788, at the age of thirty- six, and eight months afterwards he was installed pas- tor of Raccoon and Montour's Churches. In 1798 he
1 By the Rev. G. M. Kerr.
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resigned Montour's, but remained pastor of Raccoon till 1816, twenty-seven years and six months in all. He soon after removed to Pittsburgh, where his two sons lived, and fourteen years after died there at the age of eighty years. He was pre-eminently a man of faith and prayer. There is no register of the names of members and officers during this long pastorate.
The deed for the church grounds shows that in 1793 the trustees were William Rankin, Peter Kidd, William McCandless, Matthew Bailey, John Dunlap, and Alexander Wright. Records of Presbytery show that Samuel Riddle was an elder in 1793, and at the close of this pastorate the session consisted of William McCandless, Thomas Hays, John Riddle, Thomas Miller, Benjamin Chestnut, William Moore, and Archibald McCandless.
On the 27th of May, 1817, Rev. Moses Allen was installed second pastor of Raccoon. He continued in that office twenty-two years. He was born in West- moreland County Sept. 5, 1780. In his youth he obtained a knowledge of the millwright 'business, which he pursued diligently and successfully some years. He received his classical education at Jeffer- son College, and studied theology with Dr. John McMillan. In 1805 he was united in marriage with Catharine, youngest daughter of Dr. McMillan, He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Ohio, June 23, 1807. In November of the same year he was ordained and installed pastor of the united churches of Providence and Jefferson, in Greene County, Pa. In 1838 he left Raccoon, and was after- wards pastor at Crab Apple Church in Ohio for nine years, where he died Jan. 16, 1847, aged sixty-six. From memoranda made by his own hand it appears that his labors were abundant. He writes : " I was pastor of Raccoon twenty-two years, during which I preached 2685 times, administered the Lord's Supper 75 times, admitted to the communion of the church 324, baptized 15 adults and 558 children, and solemn- ized 190 marriages."
Mr. Allen was a man of decided and positive char- acter, of strong mental ability. He was a sound theologian, and is always spoken of as a very logical, instructive, and forcible preacher. And the records of session show that he regarded discipline as an or- dinance of God and a means of grace.
During his pastorate a new house of worship was built. It was a large brick edifice sixty-six by sev- enty-six feet, capable of seating six hundred adults. Some of its peculiarities were a very high pulpit on the side, instead of at the end of the building; an outside door at the right and left of the pulpit and three others at the opposite side ; a very broad trans- verse aisle in front of the pulpit, in which the com- munion table was spread ; a roof of four similar sides, all tapering towards the centre, upon which stood a modest belfry. This building continued in use forty- two years.
In 1830, Robert Wallace, Garret Vaneman, and
Edward McDonald were elected and ordained elders, and in 1836, John Sturgeon, David Miller, Robert Smith, and Richard Donaldson were added. Under this administration the church grew in numbers and . strength, and at its close was regarded as among the largest and most important country charges in the Synod.
The third pastor of Raccoon was the Rev. C. V. McKaig. He was installed in June, 1841, and con- tinued in charge until December, 1865. This was another pastorate of prosperity and usefulness for this church.
On account of an obstinate and protracted affection of the throat, Mr. McKaig felt constrained first to take a vacation, with hope of restoration and recov- ery, but finally requested a dissolution of the pastoral relation. At a meeting of the congregation, Dec. 18, 1865, a paper was adopted containing a very beautiful and touching testimonial of their regard and affection for him, and signifying to Presbytery their acqui- escence in his request to have the pastoral relation dissolved.
In a thanksgiving sermon preached a short time before his resignation, Mr. McKaig said, " During my labors here four hundred and thirty have been added to the church, three hundred and twelve of these on examination. The average increase has been twenty per year. The highest number received any one year was thirty-three. Four hundred and sixty-five chil- dren have been baptized. Contributions to benev- olent objects have amounted to six thousand one hundred and twenty-six dollars. In our meetings of session differences of opinion have been freely
expressed, but no unkind or offensive word has been uttered. This session has always been a peacemaker, while living at peace among themselves, no vain eulogy. 'Blessed are the peacemakers !' "
Since his resignation of this charge Mr. McKaig has been for several years pastor of Bloomfield, a small suburban church in the city of Pittsburgh, but that same trouble with his throat and voice has obliged him to demit that charge. At present he resides in East Liberty, Pa. During his pastorate there was but one election of elders. In 1857, John Simonton, Thomas Wilson, John S. Russell, J. L. Moore, and Joseph Wallace were elected to that office. After this, this church was without a pastor for almost six years, but there was no intermission of the regular services. Regular and orderly calls were made out and sent to the Presbytery for the pastoral services of Rev. John Kerr, of Pittsburgh, Pa., Rev. J. J. Beacom, of Forest Grove, Pa., Rev. J. B. Dickey of Steubenville, Ohio, and Rev. R. K. Campbell, of South Salem, Ohio. Rev. Mr. Dickey and Rev. Mr. Kerr both came and labored here for a time, but for various reasons none of these calls were accepted. There was one election of elders during this time, June 26, 1869. John Farrar, I. M. Stevenson, and John Kennedy were duly inducted into that office.
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The present pastor is Rev. Greer McIlvain Kerr. He is a native of Washington County, but his parents removed to Mercer County, Pa., when he was very young, and have lived there ever since. He received his collegiate education at Westminster College, Law- rence Co., Pa., where he graduated in 1867, and his theological education at the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa. On March 27, 1871, while he was a member of the senior class in the seminary, having been licensed by the Presbytery of Chenango at Beaver Falls on the 28th of April of the year be- fore, he received a call to this pastorate. He was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Pitts- burgh, June 14, 1871. S. J. Wilson, D.D., presided ; Rev. John Gillespie preached a sermon; Rev. W. W. Mckinney delivered the charge to the pastor, and Rev. S. M. Henderson the charge to the people. During this pastorate there have been two elections of elders. On March 26, 1875, James Meloney and W. S. Russell were made ruling elders, and Sept. 20, 1879, George C. Smith, S. C. Farrar, and Dr. B. F. Hill.
The present house of worship was built in 1872. It is built of brick, is fifty-two by eighty feet, with a basement story eleven feet, and the main room twenty- two feet to the square, with combed ceiling seven feet high in the centre. It is tastefully frescoed, carpeted throughout, and all the seats are cushioned. It was dedicated Nov. 26, 1873. Its total cost was $14,093, including furniture.
This people surely have been highly favored. They have enjoyed the ordinances of the gospel for more than one hundred years without interruption. They have had exemplary leaders. No pastor, elder, or trustee has ever betrayed his trust, or been involved in any scandal, so as to become a reproach to the cause of religion or a stumbling-block in the way of the weak. The people have always been unusually intelligent, upright, industrious, and moral. May worthy sons of noble sires still continue to hand down to those after them an ecclesiastical record unsullied, a spiritual inheritance without mortgage or incum- brance.
On the 24th of August, 1882, the centennial of Rac- coon was held in the church, a great concourse of peo- ple being present from all the surrounding country, and the exercises of the day (which were intensely interesting) being conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Greer M. Kerr, the Rev. John M. Barnett, D.D., Rev. Richard Lea, D.D., Rev. S. C. Jennings, Rev. C. V. | bytery referred to a commission chosen from sister McKaig, Rev. J. D. Moffit, D.D., Rev. John Kerr, and others, and among those present were Revs. Freder- icks, W. H. McCaughey, Ross Stevenson, Alexander, Rockwell, Bruce, D. W. Carson, James Campbell, Hutchinson, McKnight, Fulton, Irons, and Rev. Robert Patterson (a grandson of Rev. Joseph Pat- terson), two children, three grand-, and several great- grandchildren of the Rev. Moses Allen. An excellent report of the proceedings of the day was published in the Burgettstown Call of Aug. 29, 1882.
United Presbyterian Congregation of Robinson. -The people of this section of country were for many years members of the Associate congregation of Montour's Run (now the United Presbyterian congre- gation of Clinton) and the Associate congregation of Burgettstown (now United Presbyterian). But feel- ing it an unnecessary burden to travel so far every Sabbath, and realizing the importance of having or- dinances dispensed in their own midst, they met in the fall of 1830, around a log-heap fire, on or near the site of this building, and then and there resolved to build a " meeting-house," raised considerable money on the spot, and appointed a committee to solicit sub- scriptions from others. From the nature of this action, and also from their expectation of receiving aid from Montour's Run in return for aid afforded by them in building a house of worship in Clinton, it evidently was not their design, then at least, to seek a separate organization, but simply to erect a second house of worship in the congregation and secure a part of the pastor's labors. Several informal meetings were held at the house of Samuel Bigger, which finally resulted in a petition which was presented to the Presbytery of Chartiers, April 6, 1831, for an "organization, and liberty to build a church." Against this petition the congregation of Montour's Run remonstrated, and Presbytery by an almost unanimous vote denied their request. Again, in March, 1832, we find them before Presbytery with a similar petition. At this time Bur- gettstown congregation joined Montour's in their remonstrance. This petition occupied the attention of Presbytery for three consecutive meetings, when it was again refused. With all these discouragements in the way they continued, as they were able, to press forward the work on their church building, which was completed in the spring of 1833 at a cost of $1374. We find them again before Presbytery in August, 1832, with a petition for a supply of preaching. This petition Presbytery seems to have regarded as a con- tempt, and handed it back to the commissioners. But still they were not discouraged; but, with evident faith in importunity, they again asked Presbytery in March, 1833, for " disjunction from Montour's Run." This was subsequently changed to a petition asking for liberty to build a church in their own neighbor- hood, for a part of Mr. Wilson's time, and also asking Presbytery to take measures to heal the division in Montour's Run congregation. This petition the Pres-
Presbyteries, consisting of Revs. John Walker and Thomas Hanna, from the Presbytery of Muskingum, and the Rev. - Murray, with two elders from the Presbytery of Ohio. This commission, after a careful hearing of the case, recommended to Presbytery that Mr. Wilson be directed to organize the congregation under the name of Robinson, and that he take charge of it as a part of his pastoral charge. This report was unanimously approved by Presbytery, Aug. 27, 1833. At the suggestion of the commissioners Mr. Wilson
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entered on his pastoral duties here before the meeting of Presbytery, and shortly afterwards proceeded with the formal organization of the congregation, and con- tinued to labor in it as its pastor until his death, though he had never been formally called by the people or installed by the Presbytery. At the organi- zation the following ruling elders were elected : Thomas Bigger, Esq., Samuel Wallace, William Donaldson, James Pollock, Benjamin Bubbet, Esq., Richard Donaldson, Sr., Andrew Donaldson, Alex- ander McBride, and James Smith.
The connection of Montour's Run and Robinson remained until Sept. 21, 1847, when it was dissolved by Presbytery. Since that time Montour's Run has been known as Clinton. The land on which the church was erected was donated by Alexander Mc- Bride, Matthew Bigger, and William McBride. The land for the cemetery was donated by Matthew Big- ger. The first burial was Maria, the daughter of John and Sarah Wilson, May 22, 1833. The contract for building the church was given to John Lowry. The first sermon was preached by the Rev. Joseph Banks, from the carpenter's bench, before the house was completed.
The Presbytery of Chartiers held a meeting in the church July 1, 1834. Rev. William Wilson took charge of this congregation in June, 1833, some months before its formal organization, and continued his labors here as fixed pastor until his death took place, April 30, 1842. He was a native of Ireland, born in 1772, educated at Glasgow University, where he graduated ; was licensed to preach in 1795, emi- grated to this country, and preached for forty-seven years.
In June, 1843, Rev. John Scott, D.D., began his labors as pastor of the congregation. The relation was dissolved in July, 1845, in consequence of his appointment by the Associated Synod as missionary to the Island of Trinidad.
Rev. Mr. Scott was a native of Jedborough, Scot- land, and was born on the 7th February, 1807. In 1818, with his father's family, he emigrated to Amer- ica, entered Franklin College at New Athens, Ohio, after which he entered the theological seminary at Canonsburg in 1838, under Dr. Ramsey. He was licensed to preach in June, 1842, and soon after re- ceived a call from the united congregations of Mon- tour's Run and Robinson's Run.
Rev. James G. Rankin took charge of the congre- gation in April, 1849. His relation as pastor con- tinued till his death, which occurred Nov. 6, 1868. He was born in 1821 at Warren, Ohio. Educated at Washington College, Pa., from which institution he graduated in 1842, he entered the theological semi- nary at Canonsburg, and after graduation was licensed in 1847 by the Presbytery of Chartiers. He accepted the call from this church in 1848, and commenced his labors the next spring.
menced his labors with this congregation on the 1st of August, 1869, and is a faithful and acceptable pas- tor. The elders since the first are as follows : May, 1849, Samuel Bigger, William Smillie, Joshua With- erspoon ; May 18, 1854, John W. Stewart, Matthew Bailey ; April 25, 1860, James Ackleson, James Mc- Nall, James Gilliland, William Witherspoon; Oct. 25, 1867, James Donaldson, John M. Donaldson, John Witherspoon; Feb. 3, 1872, Thomas Bigger, John Ackleson, Samuel Witherspoon, William Don- aldson.
The church has at present one hundred and ninety- two members, and a Sunday-school containing one hundred and ninety pupils, of which William Don- aldson is the superintendent. The present church edifice was erected in 1874. The information for this sketch was obtained from John Witherspoon and from a sermon preached by the pastor March 7, 1875, the Sabbath before leaving the old church building.
Schools in Robinson Township .- The first school- house in the township was a log building, built about 1800 on land of Richard Donaldson, near the spring, on the farm next to James Close. The school was taught by John Elliott, an Irishman, and continued for more than ten years. From 1810 to 1813 a school was taught in a log house that stood on the Morland farm, now the land of James Maloney. The first teachers in this place were Thomas Crawford and William Geary. Douglass Geary, who was born near the township line in 1800, recollects attending this school at the period mentioned. He (Douglass Geary) himself taught a school in 1830 in a school-house that stood on the McNall farm. John Donagho, John P. Ewing, and others taught at the same place. Another school-house was in Smith township, on the John Stevenson farm. In this one of the teachers was Henry Robinson, father of Finley Robinson, of Mid- way.
After the enactment of the school law of 1834, the township was divided into districts, as follows : Big- ger District, No. 1; Pike, No. 2; Beech Hollow, No. 3; McAdam, No. 4; McDonald, No. 5. One of the school-houses previously mentioned (Beech Hollow) was used for schools under the new system. The Mc- Adam and McDonald houses were built anew. The Bigger house was used till it was destroyed by fire some time afterwards, then built anew. Its location was changed three-fourths of a mile south, to its present site, where it is now called Robinson. Doug- lass Geary was one of the first teachers under the operation of the law of 1834. Under that law the township of Robinson, having accepted the require- ments of the statute (in 1835), reported two hundred and ten persons liable to taxation for school purposes. Amount collected in that year for that purpose, $173.04, as returned by Josiah Chestnut, treasurer. In 1836, $56.86 was received from the State, and $386.81 was collected on taxes levied in the township
The present pastor, the Rev. W. R. McKee, com- | for school purposes. In 1837, $375.95 was collected
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in the township for the same purpose. Matthew Bailey was treasurer in this and the previous year.
In 1863 the school report shows school-houses in Districts Nos. 1, 4, and 5 " small, unventilated, and poorly seated." The number of districts reported five, with five teachers and one hundred and ten scholars. Total amount levied in township for school purposes, $463.87; State appropriation, $93.20; received from other sources, $390; total expenditures, $460.
In the year 1873 the township had six districts, six teachers, and two hundred and forty-six scholars. Amount of tax levied for all purposes, $2352.98 ; State appropriation, $155.36; expenditure for school-houses, building, purchasing, etc., $1004.50.
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