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Cox, Gabriel, indictments, 239,
: Cox, Capt. Isaac, 221, 744. Cox's Fort, 192. Craig family, 816. Craig, Walter, 731, 740. Craighead family, 701, 706, 708, 872. Craighead, James, 706.
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Craighead, Dr. Thomas B., 613. Crawford family, 766. Crawford-Neville military title, 708, 712. Crawford, Col. William, 68, 72, 76, 147, 151, 189, 192, 207 ; captured and burned, 124-126. Crawford's expedition, 111. Cresap, Michael, 65, 70, 71, 76, 167, 177, 209, 638. Cresap, Thomas, 370. Criss family, 836. Croghau, George, 19, 26, 28; lands, 167. Crooks, Gen. Richard, 308, 309. Cross Creek Academy, 452.
Cross Creek township, 721 ; erection and bound- aries, 721 ; early settlers, 72]; Cross Creek village, 732; physicians, 732 ; schools, 733; justices, 736; churches, 736.
Cross Creek village, 732.
Crow family, 645. Crumrine family, 767. Crumrine, Boyd, contribution, 138-262. Crumrine, George, 978. Culley family, 806.
Cumberland County, 147.
Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Washington County, 410; Washington, 523; Mononga- hela City, 588; Amwell, 670; Millsboro', 772; East Finley, 780; East Pike Run, 788 ; Franklin, 801; Morris, 846.
Cumberland road, 374; see National road. Cunningham, Samuel, 224, 527. Cunningham family, 224, 483, 527, 690. Curry family, 657. Cuthbertson, Dr. John, 828, 840.
D.
Daily Republican, 582. Davis family, 815, 933. Davis, Rev. D. J., contribution, 620. Davis, William, 957. Day family, 844. Delawares, history, 15 ; influence, 92; defection, 93.
Delegates in Congress, address of, 181. Denniston, Samuel, 968. Denny, Dr. William, 764. Deputy Attorneys-General, 250. Devore family, 883. Dickerson family, 798. Dickinson township, 241. Dickson, Dr. James Glen, 624. Dille family, 708. Dillow family, 804. Dillow's Fort, 804. Dinsmore, 928. Dinsmore family, 689. Dinsmore's Fort, 689. Disciples of Christ, see Christian Church. District attorneys, list, 250. District of West Augusta, map of, facing 184. Doak, Robert, 954. Dod family, 653.
Dod, Rev. Thaddeus, 398, 439, 464, 653, 661, 845. Dodd family, 688. Dodd, John and Charles, 461, 493.
Doddridge family, 140, 825. Doddridge Chapel, 833. Doddridge's Fort, 825. Doddridge, Philip, 140, 256. Donaldson family, 902.
Donegal township, 742; boundaries, 742 ; early settlers, 743; Indian raid in 1781, 744 ; jus- tices, 747 ; West Alexander, 747 ; Vienna (Coon Island), 753 ; Claysville, 753 ; schools, 749 ; churches, 749, 755. Donnell family, 700. Dorsey family, 767, 784. Douglase family, 689.
Durking-stool 'rected, 204, 206.
Duncan family, 803. Imagan family, 803. Dunlevy family, 889. Dunmore's war, 64, 177. Dunningsville, 884. Dye family, 687.
E.
Eagleson, A. S., contribution, 683. Eagleson family, 761.
Eagleson, Dr. D. S., 761.
Eagleson, Rev. Dr. John, 453, 761, 821. Early excise laws, 262.
Early judicial proceedings, 239.
Early political troubles, 225, 237. Early roads, 152, 239, 371.
Early taverns, Washington, 493; see Taverns. Earp, Rev. Samuel, Ph.D., contribution, 458.
East Bethlehem township, 764, 789; division of old Bethlehem, 765; early settlers, 765; Fredericktown, 769 ; Poweltown, 770; Cen- treville, 770; churches, 770, 771, 772, 773; Millsboro', 770; schools, 773 ; justices, 774; Balt-works, 774.
East Finley township, 774; division of old Fin- ley, 774; early settlers, 775; churches, 777 ; schools, 780; justices, 780.
East Pike Run township, 781; erection and division of old Pike Run, 781 ; early settlers, 781 ; Greenfield, 784; churches, 786 ; schools, 788; justices, 788; Granville, 788; coal- works, 788.
Edgar, James, 238, 240, 258, 266, 736, 812, 912. Educational history, 438.
Eighth Pennsylvania Reserve Regiment, 312; Co. K, 315.
Eighth Regiment, Pennsylvania Line, 77, 79. Eighty-fifth Pennsylvania Regiment, 322; Co. A, 325; Co. B, 325; Co. C, 327; Co. D, 327 ; Co. E, 328.
Eldersville, 841. Elections, first, 229, 237, 238. Elliott, William, 205. England family, 646. Engleside Academy, 904.
Enlow family, 775.
Enochs family, 659, 768.
Enterprise coal-works, 957.
Episcopal Church, Trinity, of Washington, 518 ; St. Paul's, of Monongahela City, 588; St. John's, of West Brownsville, 640; of West Pike Run, 990.
Evans family, 658.
Ewing (Thomas) family, 730. Ewing, John H., 363, 377, 387, 393, 396, 555.
Ewing, J. K., 247. Ewing, Nathaniel, 245.
Excise laws, 262.
F.
Fallowfield township, 789 ; reduction of limits,
789; early settlers, 790; churches, 795; schools, 796 ; justices, 796.
Farmers' Deposit Company, 614.
Farrar family, 855.
Farrar, Hon. John, 929.
Female seminaries, 454, 818. Fergus family, 713. Ferguson family, 731, 916.
Ferries, West Brownsville, 638. Fife family, 701.
Fifth Judicial District, 243.
Finley family, 708.
Finley, Rev. James, commissioned to Monon- gahela Valley, 234. Finleyville, 964.
Fire companies, 501.
First National Bank of Washington, 5.6.
First Pennsylvania Cavalry, 342; Co 1. 314; Co. K, 345. First Presbyterian Church, Washington, 510; Monongahela City, 585.
Fish Pot Bun, 152.
Florence, 807. Florence Academy, 452, 809.
Florence Enterprise, 808. Forbes' expedition, 61. Forks of Ohio, first fort at, 31, 34. Fort Du Quesne, erected, 35 ; abandoned, 61. Fort Dunmore (Fort Pitt), 72, 176; Virginia Court held at, 179, 204.
Fort Fincastle, built, 70. Fort Henry (Fincastle), siege of, 186.
Fort Laurens, built, 87.
Fort McIntosh, built, 79, 86.
Fort Necessity, built and surrendered, 38.
Fort Pitt, erected, 62, 138; council at (1768), 153; abandoned by British, 168; Virginia Court held at (as Fort Dunmore), 179, 204.
Fort Redstone, built, 62.
Fort Stanwix, treaty of (1768), 145.
Forts, or block-houses, 93, 673, 689, 707, 724, 736, 744, 775, 804, 825, 900.
Fourteenth Judicial District, 244.
Fourteenth Pennsylvania Cavalry, 346 ; Co. H, 348.
Franklin Bank of Washington, 526.
Franklin township, 796; erection and bounda- ries, 796; justices, 797 ; early settlers, 797; Vanburen, 801 ; Toledo, 801 ; churches, 801 ; schools, 802.
Fraser, Col. John, 334. Frazier, Thomas, 759. Fredericktown, 769.
Free Presbyterian Church, 750.
Freemasons, 548, 572, 583, 623, 755, 921. Freeman, Rev. Dr. Azel, contribution, 410. Freights in early times, 265. French and Indian war, 44, 138.
French occupation and expulsion, 21, 29, 53, 62 138; map of, facing 139.
Friends (Quakers), Allen township, 648; East Bethlehem, 772; East Finley, 777; West Pike Run, 991. . Froman, Paul, 153, 171, 214, 565, 691.
Frye family, 691, 792. Fulton, Robert, and family, 813.
G.
Gabby family, 798. Gallatin, Albert, 287, 375, 376. Gardner family, 837. Garrett family, 679, 816. Gastonville, 965. Gas-well, burning, 850. Geology, 365. Gibson, Col. John, 87.
Gillespie family, 781, 838. Gillespie, Neal, 636. Gillespie, Nenl, Jr., 638. Gilmore, Samuel A., 246.
-- Ginger Hill, 885.
|Girty, Simon, 86, 125, 152, 205.
Gist, Christopher, 29, 32, 37. Goble family, 655. Good Intent, 983. Good Intent Fire Company, 502. Gordon, James, 571. Gourley family, 745. Gow, A. M., Esq., contribution, 1/2. Gow, John Louden, 252, 456, 460, 15. Grable family, 790. Graham family, 725.
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salam, the ex . com !
to public, 350, 585, 623, 624.
I'mnoville, "NA.
Grayson fostrily, 488. Great Meadows, battle of, 35 Greene County erected, 241. Gregg family, 783. Gretna Green of Washington County, 749. Grier, Rev. J. A., contribution, 716. Grim, Dr. William L., 764. Guyasutba, 63, 145.
H.
Hall family, 933. Hamilton family, 693, 884.
Hamilton, David, see Whiskey Insurrection, passim, 383, 694, 883, 885.
Hamilton, Col. John, see Whiskey Insurrection, passim, 694. Hamilton, Robert, 487. Hamilton, Rev. Dr. W. F., contribution, 398. Hand's expedition, 86. Hanna family, 844. Hanna, Robert, 158, 205.
Hanna, Mrs. Sarah R., 456, 558.
Hannastown, Revolutionary resolutions, 75, 180; destruction of, 132; attacked by Dr. Connolly, 173.
Hanover township, 802; reduction of limits, 802; early settlers, 803; Florence, 807; churches, 808, 809; Florence Academy, 809; Murdochaville, 809; Paris, 809 ; schools, 810; justices, 810.
Hart, George Scott, 248. Hawkins family, 744, 766. Hawkins, S. R., 950.
Hayden; Rev. W. L., contributions, 416, 631, 666, 895.
Hayes family, 913. Hayes, S. B. and C., 554. Hays family, 712. Hazelbaker family, 645. Hazlett family, 486. Hazlett, Samuel, 393, 547, 555. Hazlett's Bank, 528. Hazzard, T. R., 591, 598. Heald family, 783. Heath, Andrew, 184, 214, 215. Hempfield Railroad Company, 394. Henderson (Rev. M.) family, 709. Henderson, Joseph, 393, 546, 562.
Henderson, Rev. Matthew, 300, 441, 487, 616, 708, 851. Henry, Robert, 955. Herald of Liberty, 506. Hertzog, Prof. G. G., contribution, 462. Hickory, 864. Hillsborough, 975. Hoge, David, 476, 478, 548. Hoge, John, 583, 548. Holcroft, John, 271. Hope Fire Company, 501.
Hopewell township, 811; reduction of limits, 811; early settlers, 811; justices, 816, 817; West Middletown, 816; post-offices, 817; schools, 817, 820; Hopewell town, 819; churches, 820; schools, 820; Buffalo vil- lage, 822. Hopewell town, 819. Hopkins, Hon. James H., 562. Hopkins, Hon. William, 386, 560. Hopkins, Wright & Co., 528. Hormel family, 766. Houstonville, 715. Howe family, 64G.
Howe, Maj. S. B., 635. Huffman family, 934. Hughes family, 656, 853. Hughes, Samuel L., 656. Humphries family, 744. Humphries, Robert, 747.
Hunter family, 678. Hunter's company in war of 1812, 308. Hupp family, 744, 765. Huston (Joseph) family, 485. Huston, William, 66, 68, 130. Hutchinson family, 678.
I.
Ice industry, Canonsburg, 623, Improvement of cattle, 89. Independence (Allenport), 647.
Independence township, 824; erection and limits, 824; early settlers, 825; physicians, 828; Independence village, 828; churches, 829 ; the Doddridge Chapel, 833 ; Belle-View camp-meeting ground, 833; schools, 833; justices, 834.
Indian hostilities in 1774, 69.
Indian incursions after Braddock's defeat, 53.
Indian occupation of the Monongahela valley, 15.
Indian Peter, 142 n., 623. Indian traders, 18.
Indiana Company, 231.
Iroquois (Six Nations), 19.
Irvine, Gen. William A., 101.
Irwin family, 685, 689.
Irwin, John, 685.
J.
.Jackman family, 785.
Jackman, Robert, 628.
Jackson family, 807. Jackson, Philip, 807.
Jefferson Academy, 451.
Jefferson College, 441, 709.
Jefferson township, 836 ; erection and bound- aries, 836; early settlers, 836 ; churches, 839; schools, 840; physicians, 840; coal- mining, 841; Eldersville, 841; societies and orders, 841 ; justices, 842.
Jennings, Dr. Ebenezer, 920.
Jennings, Obadiah, 251, 486, 510, 531, 546.
Johnson family, 686. Johnson, the exciseman, 267, 270.
Johnson, Job, 629.
Johnson, Sir William, 141.
Johnston family, 875. Johnston, Samuel, 803. Jones family, 935. Journal of the Interior, 573.
Judges, list, 249.
Judges of the Virginia Courts, 204, 205, 212, 218. Judicial districts, 243 et sey.
Judicial system of the province, 150; of the Revolution, 155 ; under the Constitution of 1790, 242; under the Constitution of 1838, 245; under amendment of 1850, 246 ; under the Constitution of 1874, 248.
Jumonville, death of, 35.
Junior's Friend and Pennsylvania Reserve News- Letter, 582.
Justices, election of, first, 229; second set, 242.
K.
Kammerer, John, 885. Kerr, Rev. G. M., contribution, 905. Kidd family, 903. Killbuck, 94, 108. Killbuck's Island, friendly Indians attacked, 108.
Kirk family, 606, 690. Kirk, Col. James T., 316. Kittanuing, an Indian town, 17; destroyed by Armstrong, 56.
Knight, Dr. John, capture and escape, 124, 127. Knight, Jonathan, 392, 395, 472,
Koontz, Dr. J. S. Brady, 546. Koontz, Robert H., 253.
Krepps family, 782. Kuntz family, 484. Kuskusky, 18. Kutner (Kintner?) family, 932.
L.
Laird family, 746. Land laws of Virginia, 188.
Land titles, first, 146. Langdon (Longdon) family, 844. Langley, James, 485.
La Salle's explorations, 21. Lawrence, George V., 597.
Lawrence, Joseph, 597. Leake, Rev. Lemuel F., 878. Lee, Maj. William, 741.
Lee family, 732.
Leech family, 911. Leet families, 797.
Leet, Daniel, brigade major with Crawford's expedition, 115; deputy surveyor of Yo- hogania County, 193 n., 210 ; sub-lieutenant of Washington County, 225; sketch, 226, 797.
Legal and Civil History, 138-262. Leman family, 687.
Le Moyne, Dr. F. J., 449, 456, 493, 540, 543. 547.
Le Moyne, Dr. John Julius, 493, 495, 543.
Leonard family, 932.
Lester, Rev. W. H., contribution, 749.
Le Tort, James, 18.
Lewis, Gen. Andrew, 72.
Lewis, Thomas, 189.
Liberty poles, 286.
Libraries, of Washington, 539; Canonsburg, 615.
Linden, 876, Lindley family, 843.
Lindley's Mills, 848. Lindsey, James, 246.
Linn family, 874.
Linton family, 767.
Lochry, Col. A., command destroyed, 100. Locust Hill, 715.
Logan, the Mingo, 66, 67; raid on the Monon- gahela, 69; on Ten-Mile Creek, 70.
Logstown, 17, 26, 140. Lone Pine, 665.
Lord Dunmore, 163; see Boundary Controversy, passim.
Lonisburg, 876.
Luminary, 612.
Lutheran Church, German, of Washington, 523; English Evangelical, of Monongahela City, 588; Ginger Hill, 697; Fallowfield, 795; Somerset, 947.
Lyle family, 730, 853. Lyon, John, the exciseman, 271.
M.
McBirney family, 903. McBride family, 903. McCalmont family, 853. McCammont family, 851. McCarrell, Dr. J. F., contribution, 840. McCarroll (McCarrell) families, 838, 851. McCarty family, 850. McCleary, William, 780.
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McClelland family, 875. McCloy family, 690. McClure family, 816. McCollum family, 844. McComb family, 730, 937. McConaughey family, 679. McConnell family, 702, 806. McConnell, Alexander, Sr., 718. McConnell, Alexander, Jr., 719. McConnell's Mills, 715. McCook family, 605. McCook, Dr. George, 613. McCormick family, 828. McCormick, George, 912. McCracken family, 654. McCready family, 836. McCready, Robert, 736, 836. McCurdy, Rev. Elisha, 808. McDermot, James, 489. McDonald, 904. McDonough family, 933. McDowell family, 674. McDowell, John (Judge), 215, 698, 869. McElroy family, 856. McFarland family, 655. McFarland, Samuel, 548, 504. McFarland, William, sketch, 238, 240, 655. McFarlane, Andrew, 174, 567. McFarlane, Maj. James, 273. McGiffin family, 251, 657. McGiffin, Col. Norton, 310, 311, 323, 363. McGiffin, Thomas, sketch, 251, 377, 547. McGiffin's company, three months' service, 311. McGill family, 605. McGill, Rev. Dr. Alex. T., 605. McGugin family, 850. McGugin gas-well, 850. McIlvaine family, 937. McIntosh's expedition, 86. Mackay, Col. Æneas, 77. McKee family, 815. McKee, Alexander, 170. Mckeever family, 816. McKennan family, 252, 485. McKennan, Rev. Dr. James, 662.
McKennan, T. McK. T., 252, 293, 395, 455, 474, 485, 501, 638. McKennan, William, 252, 485. McKennan, Col. William, 252, 485, 816. McLachlin, Rev. A., contribution, 683. McLain family, 760. McLain, William, 760. McLoney family, 890. McMillan family, 871. McMillan, Rev. Dr. John, 292, 398, 438, 439, 529, 619, 736, 877, 871, 939. McMillan's log academy, 440. McNary family, 715, 804, 873. McNary, James S., 880, McNary, William Hill, 717. McNight family, 712. McNulty family, 676. McQuown, James, 746, 763. McRoberts family, 675. McWilliams family, 675. Malady, Rev. D. J., contribution, 423. Manchester family, 827.
Maps, Washington County, between 12 and 13 ; French Occupation, faging 139; District of West Augusta, facing 184; Boundary Controversy, facing 190; Virginia Surveys, facing 193; Washington County, 1781-88. facing 222; Plan of Washington Borough, facing 476. Market-house, Washington, 499. Marques family, 723.
Marques, Rev. Thomas, 601, 723, 736, 621. Marshall family, 728. Marshel family, 728.
Marshel, James, 96, 97, 103, 111, 199, 224, 227 ; sketch, 226; see Whiskey Insurrection, passim, 485, 728. Marshel, John, 252. Martin, Rev. Dr. James, 407.
Martin family, 875. Mason and Dixon's line, 162. Maul and Wedge, 507.
Maxwell, John, 824. May family, 702. Mayes family, 749, 762. Mayes, Joseph Finley, 762. Melvin family, 838.
Melvin, William, contribution, 924. Mercer, Rev. Boyd, 940. Merchant family, 807. Mercury, 507.
Methodist Episcopal Church, Washington, 519; Monongahela City, 586; Cecil, 703; West Alexander, 752; Claysville, 756; Centre- ville, 770; Millsboro', 771 ; East Finley, 778; Greenfield, 786; Fallowfield, 795; Liberty Chapel, 802; Florence, 808; Hanover, 810; Independence, 830; Bethel (Jefferson), 839; Mount Zion (Morris), 847; Nottingham, 886; Robinson, 904; Burgettstown, 923; South Strabane, 956; Peters Creek, 968 ; Limetown, 968; Coal Bluff, 968; Zollers- ville, 975; Fairview, 975; West Bethlehem, 975 ; Salem, 985 ; West Pike Run, 992.
Methodist Protestant Church, Washington, 522; Canonsburg, 620; California, 633; Amity, 661; Millsboro', 771; East Bethlehem, 773; Jefferson, 839.
Mexican war, 310. Midway, 903. Militia in 1784, 136.
Militia system, early, 224.
Miller family, 701, 744. Miller, Joseph, 308, 658.
Miller's block-house attacked, 112.
Millsboro', 770.
Mines and mining, 365.
Mingo Creek battalion, 272; meeting-house, 274.
Minton family, 844.
Mitchell family, 686, 891. Monacatoocha, 31. Moukey Box Line on National road, 381.
Monongahela Bridge Company, 638.
Monongahela City, 565; early residente, 570; war of 1812, Williamsport Rangers, 571 ; Freemasons, 556, 583; Odd-Fellows, 583; newspapers, 573, 582; made a borough un- der present name, 573, 693 ; borough officers, 574; war of Rebellion, 574; mude a city, 575; city officers, 565; justices, 576; busi- ness men, 576; banks, 578; manufactures, 580; gas company, 581; societies, 583; churches, 585-88; cemetery, 589 ; schools, 589; new school building, 594.
Monongahela Navigation Company, 384. Monongahela Patriot, 582.
Monongahela Valley Railroad Company, 397. Monongahela Valley Republican, 582.
Monongalia County erected, 184; courts, 185. Moore family, 806. Moore, Daniel, 382, 393, 638.
Moore, William S., 659. Moravian massacre, 10G. Morgan, Col. George, 183, 220, 231, 383. Morgan (Col. George) family, 701, 866. Morgan, Katharine Duane, 538. Morgan, Thomas Jefferson, 310, 508.
Morganza, 866.
Mormon, Book of, who wrote it? 425
Morris township, 812 ; erection and bohudare-, 843; justices, 843; early settlers, 84 .; pros- perity, 845 ; churches, 845 ; physicians, 847; Concord, 847; Sparta, 847; Lindley's Mills, 848.
Morrison family, 710, 884. Morrow family, 687, 74€.
Mount Pleasant township, 850; erection and boundaries, 850; justices, 850; early set- tlers, 850; the Washington landa, 856; diary of Washington's visit, 858 ; churches, 860; Hickory, 864; physicians, 864 ; schools, 865. Mountain, James, 251. Munntown, 885. Murdoch family, 253, 487, 605, 710, 871. Murdoch, Alexander, 253, 307, 383. Murdoch, Dr. Samuel, 545, 605, 613. Murdochsville, 809.
Myers family, 886, 932, 937. Myers, Rev. A. S., contribution, 756.
N.
National road, 374, 747. Nemacolin, 20, 370. Nesbit family, 690, 711. Neutral ground, 582. Neville-Crawford military title, 708, 712.
Neville, John, 85, 182; see Whiskey Insurrec- tion, passim, 708. Neville, Presley, 275. New county project, 569. Newell family, 837. Newkirk family, 792, 932.
Newspapers, Washington, 506; Monongahela City, 573, 582; Canonsburg, 612; Califor- nia, 628; Claysville, 755; Florence, 808; Burgettstown, 921.
New State, petition for, 185, 187. New State project, 185, 187, 231. Nichols family, 799. Noble, Thaddeus Clark, 758.
Normal schools, 461.
Norris1 Fort, 707. .
North Strabane township, 866; early settlers, 866; Linden, 876; churches, 876.
Nottingham township, 882 ; reduction of limits, 882; justices, 882 ; early residents, 883; Dunningsville, 884; Kammerer, 885; Muno- town, 885 ; Ginger Hill, 885; churches, 886; schools, 886.
O.
Oath of allegiance to Virginia, 188, 214. Odd-Fellows, 650, 583, 623, 633, 661, 752, 755, 770, 786, 841, 904, 921.
Obio Company, 29, 163. Ohio County erected, 184; courts, 185. Ohio River, origin of name, 23 D. Olome Institute, 454.
One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment, 334; Co. C, 326; Co, D, 338; Co. E, 339; Co. G, 340; Co. K, 341. | One Hundredth Regiment, 329; Co. A, 3.2 :. Our Country, 508.
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P.
Pack-horse transportation, 232, 265. Paris, 809. Parkinson family, 390, 566, 567, 834, 883.
Parkinson, Benjamin, 275, 2 0, 50. 83. Parkinson, Dr. Joseph, 828, 834. Parkinson's Ferry, 287, 295, 566, 367. Parks family, 698,722.
' Patrons of Husbandry, $41, 921.
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Patterson famig . 720, 014. Patterson, Jat . 739.
Patterson, Fint ·seph, 736, 905. Patterson F. lor, contribution, 425. Paxton fas ,: 11 Pease, Nie, 120, 881, 874.
Peck fatu.lv ndo, Pees family, 874.
Pees. Zachariah, 881.
Penn and Dunmore, 170. Penn. William, the title of. 162.
Pennsylvania Reform schoen, 705, 725.
Pennsylvania Reserves, 12.
Pennsyle mior, 5. 1.
Pentecost famil. 868.
Pentecost, Dorsey, 96, 109, 122, 148, 170, 213, 221, 225, 227, sketch of, 228, 234, 237, 238 ; superseded as justice, 240, 263, 868.
Pentecost, Joseph, sketch of, 251, 383, 489, 548, 694.
Pentecost's Mills, 221. Perrine family, 731, 842. Perrine, David, 542.
Peter, Indian, 142 n., 636.
Peters township, 887 ; reduction of limits, 887 ; early residents, 888 ; churches, 891 ; schools, 897 ; justices, 898; physicians, 898 ; Thomp- sonville, 898; post-offices, 899.
Petition for new State, 185, 187.
Phillips family, 891. Phillips, Col. David, 888. · Phillips, Rev. David, 266, 891. Phoenix, 573.
Pillory, 221, 222. Pin Hook (Lone Pine), 665. Pittaborough (Columbia), 692.
Pittsburgh and Steubenville Railroad Company, 394.
Pittsburgh, Virginia and Charleston Railroad Company, 396. Plan of Washington, facing 476.
Plants, Leonard, Sr., 781. Pleasant Hill Seminary, 455. Pleasant Valley Academy, 667. Plumer family, 827.
Poe family, 805. Pogue family, 837. Point Pleasant, battle of, 72. Pollock family, 872. Pollock (Polke), Thomas, 813. Pontiac's war, 62 Population in 1882, 475; Potts family, 806. Poweltown, 770.
Presbyterian Church, Washington County, 398; First, of Washington, 510; Second, of Wash- ington, $14; First, of Monongahela City, 584; Canonsburg, 619; First, of Califor- nia, 632; Lower Ten-Mile, 661; East Buf- falo, 683 Carroll, 696; Miller's Run, 704 ; Cross Creek, 736; West Alexander, 749; Claysville, 755 ; Fallowfield, 795 ; Franklin, 801; Cross-Roads, Hanover, 808; Lower Buffalo, Sub; Jefferson, 839; Upper Teu- Mile, 845; Mount Prospect, 860; Chartiers, 876; Fairview, Munntown, 886; Centre, Peters, 896 ; Raccoon, 905 ; Burgettstown, 922: Pigeon Creek, 939; Mount Pleasant. 956.
President judge-, 243 et seg .; Jist, 249. Presly cearch, dingo Creek, 967. Prigg family, 6% .. Pringh. John S .. 641, 642. Prosperity, 845. Piother taries, list, 469. Prouth family, 503, 916. Proudi: John T., 930.
Provincial Conference, 154.
Provincial Convention, 153. Provincial judicial system, 150. Public buildings, 463. Pumphrey, Zachariah, 686.
Quail family, 873. Quakers, see Friends.
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Raccoon Creek, Indian raids, 88, 103. Railroads, 391.
Ralston, Samuel, 589.
Ramsey, Dr. James, 405, 617, 713.
Ramsey, George M., 959.
Rankin family, 855, 910.
Ravages by Indians after Braddock's defeat, 53. Rea family, 731.
Recorders of deeds, list, 470.
Records of West Augusta County Court, 204. Records of Yohogania County Court, 212. Redick, David, 250, 295, 479.
Redstone, road opened by Col. Burd, 62, 141; the " Hangard" erected, 34, 371, and de- stroyed, 43; Rev. John Steele's visit, 142; attempted removal of settlers at, 143.
Redstone Creek, 35.
Redstone Old Fort, 170 n., 266, 289.
Reed families, 481, 689, 699, 725, 822, 858, 859,
Reed, Alexander, 383, 393, 481, 490, 512, 526, 531, 546, 548.
Reed, John, 220.
Reed, J. M. K., contributions, 733, 865.
Reform School, Pennsylvania, 705.
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Miller's Run, 716; Patterson's Mills, 739. Registers of wills, list, 470, Religious History, 398.
Representatives, list, 471.
Review and Examiner, 509.
Revolution, the, 74, 153, 179.
Reynolds family, 724.
Reynolds' block-house, 724.
Richards family, 699.
Rigdon, Sidney, 431.
Riggs family, 644. Ringgold Battalion, 353.
Ringland family, 844.
Ritchey family, 730.
Ritchie family, 604, 624.
Ritchie, Capt. Craig, 114, 275, 604.
Ritchie, Matthew, 219, 483, 701, 859. Ritchie, W. H. S., 624.
Ritner, Joseph, 309, 679. Rizor family, 746.
Roads, early, 152, 239, 372; see records of West Augusta and Yohogania County Courts, 204, 212.
Roberts family, 606.
Roberts, Samuel, sketch, 244.
Robinson township, 900 : reduction of limits, 900; early settlers, 900; Midway, 903; churches, 904, 905, 906; societies, 904; McDonald, 904; Engleside Academy, 904; Candor, 904; schools, 904 ; physicians, 909; coal companies, 909.
Roll of attorneys, 250. Rolling-mill, Canonsburg, 624. Ross, James, sketch, 251, 286, 292. Rothwell, S. S., contribution, 786. Ruple family, 799.
Ruple, Col. James, 307, 393, 489. Rural Notes, 612. Russell family, 715. Rutan family, 844.
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Sabbath-school, First Presbyterian Church of Washington, 513; Canonsburg, 615.
Sacunk, Sawkunk, 18. Salt-works, 774. Sample, William, 277, 307. Sand-works, 370.
Schools, of county, 460; Washington, 529; Monongahela City, 589 ; Canonsburg, 615; Allen, 049; Amwell, 670; Buffalo, 684; Canton, 690; Cecil, 704; Chartiers, 716; Cross Creek, 733; West Alexander, 749; East Bethlehem, 773; East Pike Run, 788; Fallowfield, 796 ; Franklin, 802; Hanover, 810; West Middletown, 817 ; Hopewell, 820; Independence, 833; Jefferson, 840; Mount Pleasant, 865; Nottingham), 886;' Peters, 897; Robinson, 908; Smith, 924; Somerset, 946 ; South Strabane, 956 ; Union, 966; West Bethlehem, 977 ; West Finley, 985.
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