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Thomas Miller.
Overseers of the Poor.
Henry Neyhart.
John Staples. John Klinker.
Henry Waller. John Learn.
John Arnold.
George Ruth. James Shafer.
John Williams.
Anthony Kintz.
Peter Snyder.
George Erdman.
Silvanus Strang. Jacob Butz.
Abraham Marsh, Jr. John Overpeck. Frederick Houser.
John Lawrence.
John Storm, Jr. Thomas Miller. Jacob Spragle.
William Kester. David Edinger.
Daniel Houser.
James Shafer.
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Jacob Sobers.
James Logan.
Ludwig Moyer.
Nicholas Young.
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D. M. Bellesfold.
James Rickhaw.
John Kunkle (Est.).
Levi Slutter.
Adam Butz.
Jacob Rubert.
John Lesh.
Jacob Storm.
Alexander Brown.
John Railsby.
A. Levering.
Andrew Storm.
Jacob Bossard.
John Evans.
Josiah Loren.
Abel Staples.
George Buskirk.
Jacob Eyer.
Robert Levers.
Michael Supers.
Samuel Buskirk.
Henry Edinger.
Nicholas Metzgar.
M. Shoemaker.
Andrew Buskirk.
Joseph Edinger.
Melchior Meyers.
George Swartwood.
George Butz.
Charles France.
Isaac Marsh.
Samuel Streepy.
Jesse Buskirk. Peter Butz.
Charles Fetherman.
Solomou Rinker.
George L. Slutter.
Abraham Butz.
Joseph Fellenger./
Philip Shafer.
Joseph Troch.
Chris. Bittenbender.
John Fellenger, Jr./
Philip Shafer, Jr.
Charles Troch.
Jacob Bittenbender.
B. Fetherman.
Jacob Shafer.
Henry Tittle.
John Bond.
Jacob Felker.
Peter Snyder.
Charles Terwilleger ..
Gideon Barrett.
Abram Fetherman.
George Slutter.
George Umpherd.
Michael Broad.
John Fetherman, Jr.
J. Swartwood.
Jacob Williams.
John Brewer.
Joseph Fable.
Charles Snyder.
Charles T. Watson.
Elisha Barnes.
Joseph Fenner.
Joseph Saunt.
John Woodling.
Adam Custard.
Barnett Fenner.
Benjamin Stroh.
Andrew Woodling.
A. S. Clewell.
Christ. Felker.
Benjamin Shoemaker.
George Woodling.
Jacob Dennis.
Daniel Frace.
Charles Saylor.
Charles Williams.
Henry Dietrich.
John Gower.
Samuel Saylor.
Simon Williams.
Benjamin Dungan. Charles Daily.
Rufus Guthre.
Jacob Shafer.
William Winn.
Andrew Duher.
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John Grower.
George Sobers.
Adam Werkheiser.
David Edinger.
George Houser.
Andrew Storm.
John Werkheiser.
Charles Miller.
Thomas Heller.
Peter Shaw.
V. Werkheiser (Est.).
Simon Meyers.
Daniel Heller.
J. Slackhouse.
Felix Weiss.
Peter Marsh.
Simon Heller.
Henry Setzer.
Charles West.
Michael Michis. Jacob Metzgar. John Miller.
Jolın Henkle.
Edward Storm.
Jacob Williams.
Joseph Harman.
Samuel Storm.
Jesse Weiss.
John Marsh.
John Houston. Aaron Hartman.
Abraham Shook.
Jacob Woolfinger.
George Miller.
T. Hoffenditz.
Isaac Slutter.
John Young.
Samuel Mengle. Jacob Mackis.
Peter Houser.
Henry Houser.
John Mansfield. George Metzgar. Caspar Metzgar. John Miller.
George Haron. John James.
Joseph Kemmerer. A. Kirkhoff.
John Kirkhoff.
M. Kentz.
John Kentz.
Frederick Kiser-
Joseph Metzgar. Philip Mosteller.
Rudolph Keller.
Peter Mosteller.
David Kemmerer.
Barnett Kemmerer.
Jacob Newhart. George Newhart. Jonas Newhart.
Conrad Kemmerer. Joseph Kemmerer. John Keller. Michael Kiser.
Joseph Nawman. John Overpeck.
Rebecca Kunkle. Chris. Kirkhoff. William Kirkhoff.
Samuel Ruth.
George Ruth. Jacob Ruth. Samuel Rees.
Charles Keller. Joseph Keller. Lawrence Keller.
Jacob Shoemaker.
Simon Wilhelm.
Thomas Miller.
Jacob Shook.
Charles Wornic.
Margaret Heisler.
Jacob Slutter.
CHRIST CHURCH, HAMILTON (of the Ln- theran and Reformed denominations.)-The his- tory of the congregations now worshipping in. Christ Union Church, Hamilton township, Monroe County, Pa., according to the old Ger- man records on hand, dates back to the year 1768, as, although, judging from the large number of communicants then already gathered, it would appear that one or probably both of these congregations must have had an existence previous to this time. The earliest baptism re- corded bears date of February 12, 1763, and is the record of the Rev. J. A. Friedricus, Lu- theran pastor. The first communion record, also by the Rev. Mr. Friedricus, bears date of 1768, and among the communicants there re- corded we find the mother of the child bap- tized in 1763. These circumstances would lead us to infer that efforts were put forth as early
James Miller.
Jacob Marsh. Peter Marsh. Joseph Meyers.
James Harman.
George Shafer.
Peter Williams.
Abraham Green.
Amos Rouse.
Jacob Stophert.
Henry Fenner.
Henry Newhart. Samuel Newhart.
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as 1763, at least, looking toward the organiza- tion of the Lutheran Church in this place. The first evidences, however, of a permanent organ- ization do not appear till 1768. That year finds thirty-seven names enrolled as communi- cants, and in the following year we find the names of seventy-three persons on the record, fifteen of which number were catechumens. The book from which this information is gathered was purchased in 1768 " for the use of the Lutheran and Reformed Congregations," and whilst the earliest communicants recorded by a Reformed pastor have the date of June 15, 1794, we would nevertheless infer from evidences which appear in various parts of this old book that the organization of the Reformed congregation dates back at least to 1768, and it may be that there exists somewhere a separate record of this congregation, which, however, we have been unable to find. It is a pity that these early records are so incomplete, and, in many respects, so imperfect, as with the meagre information on hand it is a difficult task to trace even the names of the ministers settled over these congregations in their early history.
In 1775 these congregations had assumed fair proportions and in that year three acres of land were secured to build thereon a church and school-house, and for a grave-yard. One acre of this land was presented to the congre- gations by Mr. Philip Bossard, a member of the Reformed Church, and the congregations purchased the other two acres, Mr. George Hart. lieb, a member of the Lutheran Church, pay- ing for one acre. A log church and a school- house were erected the same year, and prosper- ity seems to have attended their projects. The relations between the two congregations seem to have been harmonious, and in the years from 1775 to 1820 there seems to have been a steady growth in membership and also an accumula- tion of sonie wealth. In 1820 the congrega- tions owned several hundred acres of land, which had come to them either through legacies or purchase, and in 1819, when probably they began to think about the erection of a new house of worship, the joint council sold a tract of land to. Mr. Rudolph Trach for two thousand
four hundred dollars, and in 1823 another tract was divided into nine separate lots and sold to different parties. The proceeds of this sale reached the sum of one thousand four hundred and sixty-eight dollars and five cents. These sums were divided among the congregations, share and share alike.
On May 28, 1829 the corner-stone of the present church was laid with appropriate cere- monies. On that oocasion, and previous to the laying of the corner-stone, a series of rules and by-laws were adopted and signed in the pres- ence of both congregations by the members of the joint church council. The following names are attached to this document :
Lutheran.
Peter Rister. George Ganer.
George Metzgar.
Joseph Keller.
John Williams. John Erdman.
Joseph Metzgar.
Val. Werkheiser.
George Heller. Peter Bossard.
John Heller.
John Eyer,
and others.
Reformed.
Henry Fenner.
J. Strauss, Jr.
Daniel Houser.
John Schmidt.
Felix Weiss.
J. Strauss, Sr.
George Mersch. Jacob Meixell.
George Ruth. Ad. Arnold.
Jacob Wolfinger. Peter Heller,
and others.
The present church was dedicated November 6 and 7, 1830, by the pastors, the Rev. J. B. Gross, of the Lutheran Church, and the Rev. H. L. Hoffeditz, of the Reformed Church, assisted by several visiting clergymen. The church cost $3690.91. The Lutheran congre- getion was chartered by the State in 1816. The Reformed congregation also has a charter from the State, but we have not been able to learn its date.
The Lutheran congregation owns a parsonage lot, near the church, of sixteen acres of land. The present parsonage was built in 1837.
The Reformed congregation owns a parson- age property in the village of Sciota, about one mile from the church.
The Hamilton Church is properly called the " mother-church," in this county, of the Luth- eran and Reformed congregation, Brodheads-
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ville ; the Lutheran Church, Bartonsville ; St. Mark's Union Church, Appenzell; St. Paul's Union Church, Tannersville; the Union Church, Cherry Valley ; the Reformed congre- gation, Stroudsburg ; the Union Church, Ross township.
These congregations are composed largely of members that were formerly connected with the Hamilton Church, and probably one-third of the members of the Albright Church and of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this part of the county received their first religious training in this church.
LUTHERAN PASTORS.
Rev. J. A. Freidricus 1763-90
Rev. J. B. Gross .1828-41
Rev. Frank Neimeyer .... 1790-1803
Rev. George Heilig. .1841-57 Rev. Chas. F. Endress. .. 1803-05
Rev. A. Rumyf 1857-58
Rev. S. S. Kline 1858-60 Rev. C. Diehl 1805-10
Rev. H. Seifert 1860-69 Rev. J. Colson 1810-12
Rev. P. Ruppert. .1812-18
Rev. I. R. Focht 1869-74
Rev. H. Kurtz. 1818-23
Rev. George Roths 1874-82
Rev. R. H. Clare .1882-
REFORMED PASTORS.
Rev. 1763-95
Rev. G. B. Dechant. 1860-62 Rev. -- Hoffmeyer 1795-97
Rev. H. Daniels, about. 1872-77 Rev. N. Young. 1797-99
Rev. - Siegel, about. .. 1877-80 Rev. N. Pomp. 1799-1817
Rev. H. Michler 1880-82
Rev. Theo. L. Hoffeditz and son,
Rev. G. W. Kirchner. 1883-
Rev. Theo. Hoffeditz, Jr.1817-60
CHERRY VALLEY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- Prayer-meetings were held as early as 1830. There being no church of this de- nomination in the valley at this time, these meetings were held at the houses of Peter Butts, Conrad Kemmerer, John Kemmerer, David Edinger and others. Johu Kemmerer was the first class-leader, and was succeeded by Samuel Gish. The early Methodists met with great opposition and endured great trials. They were a faithful, zealous people, many of whom lived to help build a church and enjoy the bless- ing of God. At this time they were joined with the Stroudsburg Circuit, and it was not until 1843 that Cherry Valley was made a separate circuit and Rev. Mahlon H. Sisty ap- pointed to the charge. The church edifice was erected during this year and the site procured from Peter Shaw, on the south side of mound used for burial in the valley.
The first trustees were Michael Keiser, John H. Kemmerer, David Edinger, John Kemmer- er and Samuel Gish. The builders were Jo- seph Nauman, stone masou, and Charles Kem-
merer, carpenter. The church edifice was com- pleted and dedicated the 4th and 5th of No- vember, 1843. Cherry Valley was at this time a mission and belonged to the Reading District. The separation of Cherry Valley from Strouds- burg was not thought expedient and a return to the old arrangement was thought advisable; therefore Cherry Ridge and Paradise were in- cluded with Stroudsburg, under the name of Stroudsburg. In 1851-52 Stroudsburg be- came a station, and Cherry Valley included sev- eral other points, under the name of Cherry Valley Circuit. On June 14, 1856, the first quarterly meeting of the Cherry Valley Circuit was held. In 1859 N. M. Harmer was chosen superintendent of the Sabbath-school, and was succeeded by Christian Kemmerer. In 1863 arrangements were made for building a parson- age, during the pastorate of Rev. Alfred A. Fisher. In 1868 the church was called to mourn the death of two of its oldest members- Sarah Overpeck, who was identified with early Methodism in the valley, and was indeed a " Mother in Israel " (she died at the age of ninety-four), and Susanna Kemmerer, a woman faithful to the church.
In 1880 the membership of the Cherry Val- ley Circuit was one hundred and forty-one, an increase of ninety-one since 1853. In 1880 the question of erecting a new church edifice was agitated, and a subscription list was headed by Michael Keiser with one thousand dollars ; but that good man died in 1883, yet left by bequest five hundred dollars to the church. In that year, under the pastorate of Rev. Henry Frankland, a site was chosen upon which the present church edifice was erected in 1885, the corner-stone being laid on Sunday, July 5th. The structure cost three thousand six hundred and twenty-nine dollars, and was dedicated with impressive ceremonies, many visiting clergymen from Philadelphia and other places being present.
EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION .- This associa- tion was formed under Rev. Christian Gingrich, who hield a series of meetings, first in the Sny- dersville School-house, and later in the carpen- ter shop of George Slutter, where a room had been fitted and made convenient for religious
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services. About three years later a commo- dious brick edifice was erected under the direc- tion of a board of trustees, consisting of H. A. Werkheiser, Henry Roaeder and George P. Fisher, at a cost of eight hundred and seven dollars. A debt which was at that time in- curred has since been liquidated. The pastors who have served the church are, as nearly in succession as it is possible to recall them, as fol- lows : Revs. Christian Gingrich, Elias Miller, George P. Fisher, Joshua Fry, Blattenbaher, Garmer, Joseph Gross, Chub, Thomas Harber, F. P. Lehr, W. A. Leyboldt, Enos Miller, Isaac Zimmerman, Titus Hess, David Hambright, Kint, L. N. Worman, Henry Schultz, Isaac Yeakle, G. P. Fisher, Guinter, Rumburger, Spiker and Henry Rumboldt. The present trustees of the church are H. A. Werkheiser, Amos Frantz and Henry Shoemaker. The organization has for many years been quite prosperous, though the membership is at pres- ent small. A Union Sunday-school, which is well sustained, is held during the summer months. The present class-leader is Henry A. Werkheiser.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHESTNUTHILL TOWNSHIP.1
THE first official information relative to the erection of Chestnuthill township appears in the Quarter Sessions Docket of Northampton County. This docket shows that on September 20, 1763, Abraham Smith was appointed con- stable of Chestnuthill township. It is the most regular in outline of the townships of Monroe County, and contains about twenty- three thousand acres, most of which is suscepti- ble of cultivation. It lies directly east from Polk, having Ross to the south, Tunkhannock on its northern, and Jackson and Hamilton on its western border.
Many small streams that rise out of or near the Pocono Mountain flow into and through the township. The largest is McMichael
Creek, which is formed by the confluence of Hippy and Bower Creeks, near its north- eastern corner, and flows southward to within one mile of the southern line, where it turns and flows eastward into Hamilton township. The western half of this area is drained by Sugar Hollow Creek, a stream which, rising on the southern slope of the Pocono Mountain, flows southward and parallel with McMichael Creek, turning westward into Polk township at about one mile from the southern boundary of the township.
A water-shed, running through the township from north to south, separates these two streams and their branches, the waters of McMichael's Creek finding their way into the Delaware River, and those of the Sugar Hollow to the Lehigh River. Never-failing springs are found on many of the farms, which flow through other farms, so that the surface is well-watered. Several small lakes are found in the township, chief among which are Minneola and Wire Spring Lakes, being about two miles distant from each other. Lake Minneola has neither inlet nor outlet that is visible, being fed by springs which rise beneath its surface. It doubtless has a subterranean outlet through the coarse drift deposits to McMichael Creek, which flows by it, one-quarter mile eastward.
The elevated portions of the soil are gravelly, while in the valleys we find it mostly clay. The soil in the northern part of the township has a reddish color. South of this, yellow pre- dominates till it strikes the "round stone creek " soil in the southern part.
The surface of the township is uneven, being broken by numerous ridges of high hills. Agri- culture is the chief employment of the people. Many of the cultivators of the soil are of Ger- man descent, and no township in the county can boast of more highly cultivated and produc- tive farms than Chestnuthill.
EARLY SETTLEMENTS .- The names of the early settlers of Chestnuthill township, and with whom its history is intimately blended, are George Hood, Conard Kresge, William Serfass, Adam Hufsmith, Sebastian Brong, Patrick Daily, Philip Kresge, Philip Gear- I hart, C. H. Brodhead, Daniel Brown, Henry
1 By Cicero Gearhart, Esq.
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Siglin, Felix Weiss, Samuel Rees, Henry Weiss, Joseph Green, Isaac Lester, Adam Hood- niaker and a host of others too numerous to mention, whose descendants are living in the township, on the places of their fathers.
George Hood, supposed to be the first settler in the township, located on lands now owned and occupied by Felix Storm. He purchased a tract of land from the old Moravians of Bethlehem, who had bought the flat lands west of Brodheadsville at an early date. On this he built a small log cabin of the timber felled in clearing the soil. He was the father of five children, viz.,-George, Magdalene (married to Andrew Storm), Margaret (married to Henry Fenner), Ann (married to Adam Hufsmith) and Catharine (married to Joseph Lester). George succeeded to his father's estate. The first township elections were held at his house. In those days the interest manifested in an elec- tion was estimated by the number of battles fought at the polls. After the polls were closed a party was held, and dancing was engaged in till nearly daylight the next morning. George Hood was the father of four children, viz.,- George (who died single), Susan (married to Samuel Shafer), Mary (who died at an early age) and Elizabeth (married to Lawrence Siglin).
Adam Hufsmith was the first to settle in the valley, and located on the farm where William H. Fenner now lives. He was four times married and had ten children. The names of the children are as follows: Jacob, Peter, Philip, Adam, Lizzie (who had married David Fisher), Margaret (married to Adam Arnold, whose descendants are Emanuel and Charles), Maria (married to Henry Weiss), Eve (married to Peter Serfass), Julia (married to Charles Haney, and was the mother of Felix, Daniel and Edwin Haney) and Katie (married to Michael Lilly).
Jacob married Sallie Arnold and was blessed with eleven children, viz. : John, who lived a single life ; Charles, who married Lydia Keller, and had eight children, viz .: Maria (married to Theodore Altemose), Sarah (married to Roman Shafer), Ellen (married to Cicero Siglin), Hannah (married to Marian Detrick), Etna,
Charles, Cora and Gusta ; Jacob, who married Sarah Keller, and had one child, succeeded to his father's estate, where he now lives; Julia, married to George Seiger ; Hannah, married to David Srovel ; Sallie, married to William F. Edmonds ; Katie, married to Joseph Brong ; Eve, married to Charles Edmonds; Maria, married to William Sebring ; Margaret, married to Edwin R. Gearheart; and Abraham, who married Mary Ann Rinker and had ten chil- dren, none of whom are now living in the town- ship. Peter succeeded to his father's cstate, and took to wife Miss Sallie Shoemaker. They were the parents of seven children, viz.,-Peter, Adam, Henry, Elizabeth (married to David Kresge), Mary (married to Peter Laufer), Caroline (married to Joel Kresge), Julia (married to John Haney) and Sarah (married to George Miller). Peter, Adam and Henry left the township at an early age. Philip married Hannah Bussard, and was the father of six children, none of whom are living in the town- ship. Adam married Elizabeth Christman, and died without issue.
William Serfass, the ancestor of the Serfass family, settled on the farm where Charles Ser- fass, a grandchild, now lives. He is said to have had a son nanied William.
William married Margaret Everitt, and had ten children, viz.,-Sallie, married to Peter Berger; Samuel; William, who had thirteen children, viz.,-Catharine, Margaret (married to Linford Overpeck), George, William, Mary, Charles, Joseph, Simon, Sally (married to Amos Rhodes), Franklin, Christian, Maria (married to Daniel Andrews) and Jacob ; Margaret, the fourth child of William Serfass, was married to Jacob Dorshimer ; Elizabeth, married to John Swartz ; Mary Ann, married to Michael Getz; Charles, who had twelve ehildren, viz., -Peter, Margaret, William, Berlin, Charles, Cornelius, Julia, Amanda, Sophia, Emma, Carrie and Francis; Catharine, married to Peter Fraily ; Julia, married to Abraham Shiffer; and Daniel, who had four children, viz.,-Jane (married to Emanuel Durpass), Jack- son D., John and Julia.
About 1745 Conrad Kresge's father settled at Effort. Conrad became the owner of his
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father's estate and had ten children, viz .: Con- rad, John, Margaret (married to Jacob Slifer), Philip, Charles, Daniel, Peter, Elizabeth (mar- ried to Geo. Butz), and George and Katie. Conrad went to Ohio while yet a young man. John was scalped by the Indians one morning while working with his father on " new ground." George and Katie both died at an early age. Peter was the father of eleven children, viz .: Milly (married to John Barehold) ; Mary (who died single) ; Timothy (who married Julia Shiffer and had four children, -- two boysand two girls), Sebastian (who married Catharine Kunkle, and was the father of six children), Peter (who lives in Kansas), Elizabeth (mar- ried James Kunkle), Owen (who married Eva Christman), Spearing and Nathan H. (who are both in Kansas), Susan (married to John Graver) and Amanda (wlio died young). Daniel had five children, viz .: Franklin, Free- man, Sophia, Sarah and Gusta. Charles is the father of Perry, Charles, Tilghman and Frank- lin Kresge, and of Gusta (wife of Levi Keller) and Elizabeth (married to Amandus Getz).
Between the years 1775 and 1780 Sebastian Brong, who had come from Bucks County, settled on McMichael Creek, on premises now owned by Joseph Brong. He is known to have had eight children, viz .: Peter, Jacob, Adam, Sebastian, Susan (married to Felix Weiss), Barbary (married to Jacob Dorshimer), Catharine (married to Peter Miller) and John.
Of these, Jacob and Sebastian lived in the township and had families. Joseph Brong is a son of Jacob, and married Catharine Huf- smith, and was blessed with eleven children, viz .: William, Sarah, Hannah, Mary Ann, Charles, Emma, Julia, Savannah, John, Million and Nathan. Sebastian Brong, brother of Jacob Brong, married Margaret Kresge, and was the father of nine children, viz .: Philip, Sallie, Amelia, Angeline, Sebastian, Elias, Oliver, Emma and Elizabeth.
Henry Siglin was one of the first settlers at McIlhaney village. He had six children, viz .: Jesse, John, George, Jacob, Frederick and Eliz- abeth (married to Adam Getz).
Jesse, the oldest son, settled on the farm where his son Samuel now lives. He had ten
children, viz .: Charles, Daniel, Mary, Law- rence, Henry, Susan, Julia, Samuel, Abra- ham and Hannah. Of these, Lawrence, Henry, Hannah, Samuel and Abraham are living in the township and have families.
The assessment list of Chestnuthill town- ship, made by the commissioners of Northamp- ton County in 1790, contains the following names :
John Andrew.
Ludwig Keentz.
Nicholas Altemose.
George Knugle.
Henry Andre.
Stoffe Kleindolph.
John Betty.
Peter Kochlein.
George Buskirk.
John Klein.
Daniel Buskirk.
Elias Jester.
Andrew Buskirk.
Robert Livers.
Diehl Bower.
Isaac Morgan.
George Sewitz.
Valentine Mockes.
Stofle Berlieb.
Abraham Merann.
Henry Berger.
John Miller.
Nicholas Berger.
John Mixel.
Michael Bush.
Michael Mixel.
William Becker.
Jacob Mixell.
Bastian Brown.
John Meyer.
Stofle Christman.
George Reinhart.
Stoffe Christman, Jr.
Samuel Rawling.
Adam Correll.
John Sharbrandy.
Emanuel Dorshimer.
Abraham Shupp.
Peter Shmeal.
John Shmeal.
Philip Shupp.
George Freable.
Henry Siglin.
Henry Frantz.
Peter Shmeal Jr.
Peter Frantz.
Adam Sarber.
Jacob Frantz.
Conrad Roth.'
George Frantz.
John Serfass.
Philip Grub. Frederick Shryder.
Joseph Green.
John Smith.
Samuel Green.
Jacob Smith.
Ludwig Gower.
Jost Smeil.
Gottfield Greenzweig.
Christian Saum.
Conrad Getz. Henry Sileries.
George Hood. George Socks.
Andrew Hoffsmith. Jesse Washburn.
Conrad Hoch.
George Werner.
Jacob Hopple.
Nicholas Young.
Conrad Krozy.
Single Freemen.
Henry Bahr. John Lemberger.
Philip Deal. Tetomor Wernor.
Isaac Smith. Philip Mixel.
John Everitt.
The first steps the early settlers took to get
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Christian Sarver.
Nicholas Correll.
Jacob Everitt, Sr.
Jacob Everitt, Jr.
Lawrence Fisher.
Elias Frutchman.
William Serfass.
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possession of the soil (which originally belonged to the Indians) was by making application to the rulers of the province of Pennsylvania for a warrant for the survey of the land selected, paying at the same time a certain per cent. of the purchase money down. A warrant was then issued, giving the surveyor-general of the province authority to survey a tract of land cor- responding in quantity to what was asked for in the settler's application.
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