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HISTORY OF YORK COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
EARLY BAPTISMS.
Robert Hueston.
Codorus. Hueston, Sarah, born April, 1735; bap- tised October 21, 1736. Evidences Jacob Rudisill and wife, Elizabeth.
Hueston, Andrew, born September 18, 1739; baptised May 20, 1740. Evidences Andrew McGill and wife, Mary.
Daniel McLoughly.
McLoughly, John, born February, 1735; baptised October 21, 1736. Evidences John Heorkin and wife, Bregille.
Joseph Ogle.
Ogle, Mary, born April 15, 1735; baptised June 20, 1735. Witnesses Andrew McGill and wife, Mary. John George Hanspacher.
Hanspacher, Marie Eva, born July 26, 1740; bap- tised September 18, 1740. Sponsors Valentine Shultz and wife, Marie Eva.
Daniel Early.
Early, Catarina, born April 18, 1740; baptised Sep- tember 18, 1740. Sponsors Balthasar Knertzer and wife.
John Hearken.
Hearken, Eleonora, born March, 1740; baptised September 18, 1740. Sponsors, Tobias Hanspacher and daughter, Rebecca.
John Philip Ziegler.
Ziegler, Anna Christina, born September 7, 1740; baptised September 18, 1740. Sponsors, Jacob Zieg- ler and Agnes Schmidt.
Gottfried Manck.
Manck, Eva Marie, born September 23, 1740; bap- tised October 29, 1740. Sponsors, John Heinrich and Eva Catarina Israel.
Heinrich Schultz.
Schultz, Fredericka, born November 13, 1740; bap- tised November 24, 1740. Sponsors, Michael Walck and wife.
Paul Burckhart.
Burckhart, Marie Magdalena, born October 13, 1740; baptised November 25, 1740. George Schwab, Jr., and wife.
Sponsors, Mathias Schmeisser.
Schmeisser, John Michael, born November 21, 1740; baptised November 25, 1740. Sponsors, John George Schmeisser and wife, Barbara.
Jacob Baerling.
Baerling, Jacob Conrad, born November 16, 1740; baptised November 25, 1740. Sponsors, Lau and wife, Anna Kunigunda.
John Frederick, born April 3, 1742; baptised April 6, 1742. Sponsor, John George Hesset and wife, Anna.
Dieterich Mayer.
Mayer, Anna Margaretha, born November 2, 1740; baptised November 26, 1740. Sponsors, Philip Zieg- ler, Jr., and Anna Margaretha.
William Welsh.
Welsh, John Peter, born October, 1740; baptised April 5, 1741. Sponsors, Jacob Welsh and wife. John Dietrich Ulrich.
Ulrich. Rosina, born December 28, 1740; baptised April 5, 1741. Sponsors, John Adam Rupert and wife, Anna Barbara.
John Funck.
Funck, Catarina, born March 5, 1741 ; baptised April 5, 174I. Sponsor, Catarina Loewenstein.
John Wolf.
Wolf, Elizabeth, born December 9, 1740; baptised April 5, 1741. Sponsors, Carl Eisen and wife.
George Loewenstein.
Loewenstein, Maria Elizabeth, born November 27, 1740; baptised April 5, 174I. Sponsors, Daniel Diehl and wife.
Tobias Heinrich.
Heinrich, John, born March 9, 1741 ; baptised March 29, 1747. Sponsors, Jacob Wolf and wife. Erasmus Holtzappel.
Holtzappel, B., born August 25, 1740; baptised May 17, 1741. Sponsors, John Adam Rupert and wife. Weirich Rudisiel.
Rudisiel, Anna Johanna, born December 28, 1740; baptised May 17. 1741. Sponsors, Jacob Ottinger and Anna Johanna Igsin.
Jacob Welsh.
Welsh, John Jacob, born May 20, 1741; baptised June 26, 1741. Sponsors, John Jacob Ottinger and Hannah Jost.
Martin Bauer.
Bauer, a son (name wanting), born May 2, 1741; baptised June 26, 1741. Sponsors, John Peter Wolf, Jacob Welsh and Veronica Baseler.
Leonard Knedy.
Knedy, Isaac, born July 2, 1741; baptised August 20, 1741. Sponsors, Isaac Laudenbusch and wife. Jost Mohr.
Mohr, Eva Catarina, born July 3, 1741; baptised August 20, 1741. Sponsors, Marx Heus and Eva Catarina Iserlin.
Joseph Beren.
Beren, Frederick, born July 20, 1741; baptised August 20, 1741. Sponsors, John Frederick Baseler and wife, Veronica.
Michael Krueger.
Krueger, Elias. Sponsor, Michael Rausch.
William Morgan.
Morgan, Elizabeth, born January, 1741; baptised August 20, 1741. wife, Elizabeth. Sponsors, Christian Croll and Ulrich Buehler.
Buehler, Susanna, born February 17, 1741; baptised August 21, 174I. Sponsors, George Baeker and wife.
Jacob Gannemer.
Gannemer, Anna Maria, born February 17, 1741 ; baptised August 1, 1741. Sponsors, Ulrich Buehler and wife.
Albinus Beyer.
Beyer, Maria Sophia Margaretha, born August 7, 1741 ; baptised September 27, 1741. Sponsors, John Nicholas Kau and wife.
Nicholas Koger.
Koger, John Jacob, born September 4, 1741; bap- tised September 27, 1741. Sponsors, John Jacob Weller and wife, Barbara.
Christoph Kauffeld.
Kauffeld, John Christoph, born July 15, 1741; bap- tised October 1, 1741.
Maria Elizabetha, born July 15, 1741 ; baptised Oc- tober 1, 1741. Sponsors, Michael Rausch and Eliz- abeth Rausch.
Adam Simon.
Simon, Andreas, born November 16, 1751; baptised November 25, 1751. Sponsors, Andreas Kuertzel and wife, Dorthea.
John Adam Lucas.
Lucas, Maria Elizabetha, born November 9, 1751; baptised November 25, 1751. Sponsors, Daniel Dieb and wife.
John George Frosh.
Frosch, Johannes, born December 16,
Conewago. 1732; baptised February 4, 1733- Sponsors, John Morgenstern and wife. Frosch, Catarina, born July, 1735; baptised Novem- ber 5, 1735. Sponsors, John George Kuntz and wife, Catarina.
Frosch. Marie Elizabetha, born September 21, 1738; baptised November 25, 1738. Sponsors, Jacob Kuntz and wife.
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Theobaldt Young.
Young, Marie Barbara, born September I, 1734; baptised May 22, 1735. Sponsors, Anna Barbara Josin.
Young, Catarina, born 1736; baptised June 18, 1737. Sponsors, John George Kuntz and wife, Catarina.
Young, Anna Marie, born February 2, 1739; baptised June 6, 1739. Sponsors, Andreas Schreiber and wife, Marie.
Andreas Schreiber.
Schreiber, John Theobaldt, born April 28, 1735; baptised May 22, 1735. Sponsors, John Theobalt Young.
Andreas Herger.
Herger, Andreas, born August 22, 1734; baptised May 22, 1735. Sponsor, Andreas Schreiber.
Herger, Catarina, born January 24, 1739; baptised April 19, 1739. Sponsors, George Kuntz and wife, Catarina.
Herger, Anna Margaretha, born November 21, 1740; baptised April 5, 1741. Sponsors, George Spengel and wife.
Herger, Johannes, born October 24, 1742; baptised November 23, 1742. Sponsors, John Morgenstern and wife.
Peter Ohler.
Ohler, Andreas, born September 22, 1734; baptised Henry Hendricks.
May 22, 1735. Sponsor, Andreas Schreiber. Johannes Lehman.
Lehman, Johannes, born April 22, 1734; baptised May 22, 1735. Sponsor, John Theobaldt Young. Conrad Eckert.
Eckert, Johannes, born April 22, 1734; baptised May 22, 1735. Sponsor, Peter Mittelkauff.'
Eckert, Anna Dorthothea, born November 11, 1738; baptised June 16, 1739. Sponsor, Ursuls Ohlerin. Peter Mittelkauff.
Mittelkauff, Catharina, born February 6, 1735; bap- tised May 22, 1735. Sponsors, John Theobaldt Young and wife, Catharina.
Mittelkauff, Leonhardt, born January 23, 1739; bap- tised April 19, 1739. Sponsor, John Leonhardt Bernitz.
Casper Bergheimer.
Bergheimer, Anna Eva, born September 30, 1734; baptised May 22, 1735. Sponsor, Anna Eva Kuntz. Bergheimer, John Ludwig, born December 8, 1735: baptised April 27, 1736. Sponsors, John Ludwig Schreiber and wife.
Bergheimer, Johann Leonhardt, born November 13, 1737; baptised May 23, 1738. Sponsors, John Leon- hardt Bernitz, John Morgenstern and wife.
Bergheimer, Marie Elizabetha, born May 23, 1721; baptised June 25, 1741. Sponsor, Marie Elizabetha Morgenstern.
Christoph Schlaegel.
Schlaegel, Heinrich, born July, 1735; baptised No- vember 5, 1735. Sponsors, Henry Schmidt, John George Kuntz and wife.
Jacob Kuntz.
Kuntz, John George, born October, 1735: baptised April 27, 1736. Sponsors, John George Frosch and wife.
Ludwig Schreiber.
Schreiber, Catarina, born March, 1738; baptised May 23, 1738. Sponsors, John George Kuntz and wife. Schreiber, Anna Margaretha, born November 16, 1740; baptised April 5. 1741. Sponsors, Andreas Schreiber and Anna Margaretha Diehlin.
John George Schreyer.
Schreyer, John George, born February 24, 1739; baptised April 1, 1739. Sponsors, John George Soldner and Anna Marie Immler.
Johannes Wildensinn.
Wildensinn, George Carl, born January 6, 1740;
baptised May 29, 1740. Sponsor, George Carl Bar- nitz. Ludwig Suess.
Suess, John Leonhardt, born March 10, 1740; bap- tised May 20, 1740. Sponsor, John Leonhardt Ber- nitz. Suess, Marie Salome, born -; baptised May 20, 1740. Sponsor, Marie Salome Mittelkauff.
Edward Davies.
Davies, Martha, born February 2, 1740; baptised May 20, 1740. Witnesses, George Kuntz and wife. John Adlan.
Adlan, Mary, born March 19, 1740; baptised May 20, 1740. Witnesses, Edward Davies and Juliana Mor- genstein.
Frantz Klebssaddel.
Klebssaddel, Marie, born February 17, 1740; bap- tised May 20, 1740. Sponsors, Christian Schlegel and wife, Marie.
Johannes Joho.
Joho, Marie Christina, born March 14, 1740; bap- tised May 22, 1740. Sponsors, Janeslaus Wechtel and Marie Christina Baumann.
Joho, Eva Catarina, born May 26, 1741; baptised June 25, 1741. Sponsors, Wentzel Buchtrueckle and wife.
Hendricks, Jone, born October 6, 1739; baptised May 22, 1740. Sponsors, Adam Mueler and wife, Christina.
Martin Schaub, an Immersionist.
Schaub, Anna, born 1724; baptised May 21, 1740. Sponsors, Philip Kintz and wife.
Philip Morgenstern.
Morgenstern, Johannes, born June 16, 1740; bap- tised June 30, 1740. Sponsors, John Morgenstern, Johann Ebert and Catharina Kuntz.
Jacob Stambach.
Stambach, Marie Catharina, born September 22, 1740; baptised September 22, 1740. Sponsors, John George Kuntz and daughter, Marie Catharina, and Marie Elizabetha Morgenstern.
Simon Mneler.
Mueler, Anna Marie, born August 21, 1733; baptised September 30, 1733. Sponsors, Bernhardt Haessel and his wife.
Mueler. Christian, born September 8, 1734; baptised March 30, 1735. Sponsor, Christian Kampf. Simon Mueller.
Mueller, Christina, born May 1, 1740; baptised Sep- tember 19, 1740. Sponsor, Christina Nosseler.
Johannes Heim.
Heim, John Casper, born September 9, 1740; bap- tised September 19, 1740. Sponsor, Casper Kuehner. John Geembel.
Geembel, William, born December, 1738; baptised September 19, 1740. Sponsors, Michael Carl, Ed- ward Davis and Eve Morgenstern.
Nicholas Kee.
Kee, Anna Margaretha, born March 9, 1741 ; bap- tised April 5, 1741. Sponsors, Jacob Beerling and wife, Anna Margaretha Euler.
Martin Ernst.
Ernst, Eva, born December 26, 1740; baptised April 5, 1741. Sponsors, Andreas Herger and wife, Eva. William Wilson.
Wilson, John, born November 6, 1740: baptised April 5, 1741. Sponsor, Philip Morgenstern.
John Owen.
Owen, William, born March 28, 1741 ; baptised April 5. 1741. Sponsors, Daniel Schlaegel and sister, Cat- arina.
William Morphew.
Morphew, Henry, born May 25, 1740; baptised April 5. 1741. Sponsors. Christoph Schlaegel and wife.
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Jacob Jungblut.
Jungblut, John Jacob, born March 13, 1739; baptised November 13, 1739. Sponsors, Leonhardt Bernitz, Casper Kuehner, Anna Catharina Kuntz and Hanna Jungblut.
Heinrich Devis.
Devis, Catarina, born January 6, 1741 ; baptised May 18, 1741. Sponsors, Peter Shultz and wife, Cata- rina.
John Jacob Klund.
Klund, John Adam, born February II, 1741; bap- tised May 8, 1741. Sponsors, John Adam Soll and Catarina Elizabeth Speugel.
John Birdman.
Birdman, Catarina, born April 20, 1741 ; baptised May 18, 1741. Sponsors, Elias Daniel Bernitz and his wife, also Catarina Berghoester.
Antonius Heuteler.
Heuteler, John Mathias, born September 19, 1738; baptised October 16, 1738. Sponsors, John Mathias Maercker and wife.
Heuteler, Antonius, born April 5, 1741; baptised May 18, 1741. Sponsors, Speugel and Magdalena Winterbauer.
Sebastian Winterbauer.
Winterbauer, Marie Susannah, born 1738; baptised 1738. Sponsors, Heinrich Vadis and Susannah Heissmann.
Winterbauer, Sybilla, born August 30, 1740; bap- tised May 18, 1741. Sponsors ,Michael Schaeufle and Marie Sybilla Weiss.
Frederick Tranberg.
Tranberg, Christina Barbara, born September 29, 1740; baptised June 25, 1741. Sponsors, Christian Loefel and Anna Christina Baumann.
Nicholas Layenberger.
Layenberger, John George, born June 13, 1741 ; bap- tised June 25, 1741. Sponsors, John George Kuntz and Catarina Baulinger.
Frederick Kreuter.
Kreuter, Anna Margaretha, born May 15, 1741 ; bap- tised June 25, 1741. Sponsors, Conrad Euler and his wife.
Casper Schmidt.
Schmidt, George Jacob, born June 10, 1741 ; baptised August 21, 1741. Sponsor, Jacob Baerliner.
Marx Biegeler.
Biegeler, Anna Marie, born March 30, 1741 ; bap- tised August 21, 1741. Sponsors, Andreas Hill and Catarina Kuntz.
Frederick Shultz.
Shultz, Julia Catarina, born September 6, 1741 ; baptised September 29, 1741. Sponsor, Juliana Cat- arina Morgenstern.
Abraham Hauswirth.
Hauswirth, John, born September 25, 1741 ; baptised October 28, 1741. Sponsors, Johannes Morgenstern and wife.
Jolın Martin Kitzmueller.
Kitzmueller, John Jacob, born February 28, 1731; baptised April 19, 1731. Sponsor, John Jacob Kitz- mueller.
Kitzmueller, Johannes, born October 15, 1734; bap- tised December 27, 1734. Sponsors, John Jacob Kitzmueller, Sr., and his wife.
Kitzmueller, John George, born October 29, 1738; baptised November 30, 1738. Sponsors, John Kuntz and wife.
John Heinrich Cassel.
Cassel, John Jacob, born October 7, 1743: baptised March 9, 1735. Sponsor, John Jacob Beuskert.
Cassel, Catarina, born October, 1738; baptised May 3, 1740. Sponser, Catarina Weymueller.
John Michael Carl.
Carl, Anna Marie, born February 2, 1738; baptised
February 7, 1738. Sponsors, Andreas Carl and wife, Anna Marie.
Carl, Marie Catarina, born September 24, 1739; baptised November 13, 1739. Sponsors, Marx Birg- ler and wife.
Casper Schmidt.
Schmidt, Marie Elizabetha, born November 8, 1742; baptised November 23, 1742. Sponsors, Daniel Schlaegel and Marie Elizabetha Morgenstern.
Frederick Heinrich Gelwicks.
Gelwicks, Catarina, born December 21, 1735; bap- tised February 1, 1736. Sponsors, Jacob Verdreiss and Catarina Euler.
Gelwicks, Catarina, born December II, 1737; bap- tised May 23, 1738. Sponsors, Elias Daniel and Anna Eva Kuntz.
Gelwicks, George Carl, born September 16, 1739; baptised November 13, 1739. Sponsor, George Carl Barnitz.
Thomas Crysop.
Crysop, Daniel, born February 28,
Conojohela.
1728; baptised July 21, 1735. Evi- dences, John Killis, Thomas Parry and Francis Foy.
Crysop, Michael, born August 16, 1729; baptised July 21, 1735. Evidences, Philip Ernest Gruber, Andrew McGill and Elizabetha Low.
Crysop, Thomas, born February 28, 1733; baptised July 21, 1735. Evidences, Joseph Ogle, William Kanely and Mary McGill.
Crysop, Robert, born January 17, 1735; baptised July 21, 1735. Evidences, Robert Paul, John Low and Charlotta Fredericka Gruber.
Crysop, Elizabeth, born January 19, 1737; baptised August 1, 1737. Evidence, Veronica Baseler.
James Moor.
Moor, Theodota, born August 28, 1734; baptised June 21, 1735. Evidences, John Killis and Mary Shepherd.
William Canaan.
Canaan, Charity, born December 24, 1728; baptised June 21, 1735- Witnesses, Nicholas Josee and Mary McGill.
Canaan, Lasenbury, born September 19, 1732; bap- tised June 21, 1735. Witnesses, Thomas Crysop and Francis Foy.
Canaan, John, born January 19, 1735; baptised June 21, 1735. Witnesses, Parry, William and Elizabeth Low.
Robert Canaan.
Canaan, Benjamin, born March 22, 1732; baptised June 21, 1735. Witnesses, Wil Nolten, William Canaan and Francis Foy.
Canaan, Francis, born September 23, 1733; baptised June 21, 1735. Witnesses, William Low and Francis Foy.
Canaan, Robert, born November 9, 1734; baptised June 21, 1735. Evidences, Robert Paul, Thomas Parry and Francis Canaan.
John Low.
Low, Elizabeth, born June 16, 1726; baptised June 21, 1735. Sponsors, George Warren, Sara Ogle and Hannah Crysop.
Edward Evans.
Evans, Edward, born August, 1731; baptised August, 1735. Evidences, Thomas Queer, John Low and Elizabeth Low.
Evans, Daniel, born November, 1732; baptised Au- gust, 1735. Evidences, Philip Ernest Gruber and wife and Daniel Low.
Evans, Samuel, born October, 1734; baptised Au- gust, 1735. Evidences, William Low, William Mor- gan and Francis Canaan.
Evans, Rachel, born February, 1730; baptised Au-
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gust, 1735. Evidences, Thomas Crysop and Eliza- beth Groll.
Jacob Harrington.
Harrington, Sarah, born May, 1735; baptised Au- gust, 1735. Evidences, Christian Groll and Char- lotta Fredericka Gruber.
John Morris. Morris, -, born 1732; baptised
Kreutz
November 27, 1740.
Creek. Morris, Jane, born 1734; baptised No- vember 27, 1740. Morris, William, born 1736; baptised November 27, 1740. Witnesses, Christian Groll and wife, Eliza- beth.
Morris, Mary, born in 1738; baptised November 27, 1740.
Morris, John, born in 1740; baptised November 27, 1740. Witnesses, Peter Gaertner and wife.
Philip Bentz.
Bentz, Christian, born March 30, 1741 ; baptised May 19, 1741. Sponsors, John Christian Croll, John Jost Sultzbach and Barbara Weller.
Ulrich Buetzer.
Buetzer, John Christian, born December 18, 1740; baptised June 26, 1741. Sponsors, John Christian Croll and wife.
EARLY MARRIAGES.
Codorus.
April 1, 1735, Martin Frey and Maria Magdalena Willheut. August 15, 1735, Nicholas Koger and Maria Elizabetha Willheut.
November 21, 1737, Philip Ziegler and Margaretha Schmidt.
November 21, 1737. George Meyer and Christina Zieg- ler.
January 17, 1738, John George Ziegler and Margaretha Hamspacher.
April 22, 1738, Jolin Hannthorn and Frances Low.
May 22, 1738, John Jacob Scherer and Philippia Hauck. May 22, 1738, John George Wolf and Anna Maria Schmidt.
February 15, 1739, Jacob Welsch and Elizabetha Wolf. May 25, 1739, Michael Mueller and Gertrude Gruen. June 15, 1739. Johann Michael Koerber and Elizabetha Ktaepper.
June 18, 1739, Moritz Mueller and Dorothea Beyer- stall.
April 17, 1740, Isaac Rautenbusch and Magdalena Frey. May 22, 1740, John George Schmeiser and Barbara Stambach.
September 23. 1740, Albinus Beyer and Anna Maria Steutz.
October 29, 1740, Carl Eisen and Rebecca Hamspacher. April 5, 1741, John Martin Nannsperger and Marga- retha Nuesch.
August 20, 1741, Jacob Otlinger and Anna Johanna Josie.
August 20, 1741, George Adam Zimmerman and Anna Maria Motz.
April 7, 1742, Michael Mueller and Barbara Stucker. July 31, 1742, Philip Linn and Catarina Buschfeld.
July 31, 1742, Godfrey Frey and Margaretha Linn.
November 24, 1742, John Causseler and Maria Cata- rina Pfleuger.
November 24, 1742, John Bichszler and Magdalena Krohbiel.
November 24. 1742, Carl Thiel and Maria Elizabetha Ehrhardt.
March 13, 1743, John David Schaeffer and Anna Cat- arina Simon.
October 27, 1755, Michael Lentz and Catarina Kanff- man. York.
February 15, 1755, Johannes Hay and Julianna Maul, York.
Conewago.
June 18, 1739, Philip Morgenstern and Maria Eva Kuntz.
May 22, 1740, Johannes Dierdorff and Margaretha Ehrhardt.
September 19, 1740, Johannes Iuengling and Marga- retha Elenora Beuckert.
September 19, Friederich Kreuter and Anna Barbara Euler.
November 25, 1740, John Waters and Sarah Hopkins. April 5. 1741, James Hinds and Margaretha Skarl, Great Conewago.
December 14, 1741, John Michael Biegler and Susan- nah Reuscher.
December 14, 1741, John George Ulrich and Catarina Sell.
October 24, 1742, Thomas Mccarthy and Margaretha Dill.
February II, 1772, Amos Jones and Anna Jordan.
August 20, 1740. Balthazar Schoen-
berger and Anna Margaretha Zwickel.
Conojohela. April 7, 1742, Anthony Hinds and Anna Canaan.
CHAPTER XI FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
Braddock's Expedition-Benjamin Franklin
at York-Attack on McCord's Fort- Forbes' Expedition-Colonel Hance
Hamilton.
The earliest inhabitants of York County lived on peaceable terms with the Indians and without fear of invasion by the western tribes for a period of twenty years after they took up the fertile lands of this region. So long as the Indians remained quiet along the eastern slopes of the Alle- ghany Mountains, this life of our fore- fathers was almost ideal. The forests were abundant with game, the streams were well supplied with the choicest fish, the native soil yielded large crops, while the hickory and chestnut trees produced great quanti- ties of nuts, and wild fruits were found everywhere.
In 1752 trouble was brewing along the western frontier. The people of Pennsyl- vania, Maryland and Virginia were looking wistfully across the Alleghany Mountains, and in 1750 the Ohio Company, formed in England for the purpose of colonizing the country along that river, surveyed its banks as far as the site of Louisville, Kentucky. In 1753 the French crossed Lake Erie and built forts at Presque Isle, now the site of Erie, at Le Boeuff, a few miles below, and at Venango, still farther south on the Alle- gheny River. The Governor of Virginia. Robert Dinwiddie, was much annoyed at
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the French invasion and sent a young land
familiar with the Indians and with wood craft and noted for courage and judgment, to warn the French not to advance any far- ther. The name of this young man was George Washington. His difficult task was splendidly performed, but the French did not heed the warnings of Washington. The most important point on all that long frontier was the place where Pittsburg now stands. It was the main entrance to the Valley of the Ohio and for a long time was called the " Gateway to the West." It was the object of the French to keep the Eng- lish colonists from getting through this gateway. They wished to keep all the in- in the spring of 1754, while a party of English were building a fort on the site of Pittsburg, a stronger party of French came and drove them off and erected a defence of their own, which they called Fort Du- quesne.
Washington at Fort A battalion of 300 Virginia troops was already on its way to Fort Duquesne under Necessity. George Washington as lieu- tenant-colonel. A detach- ment of 1,600 French and Indians was sent to attack Washington. On hearing of the approach he retreated to Great Meadows, in Fayette County, where they erected Fort Necessity. The enemy approaching. a dropping desultory fire was kept up on both sides during an entire day. At nightfall the Virginians accepted terms of surrender be- cause their ammunition was nearly ex- hausted, their provisions consisting of a little bacon and two barrels of flour. The next day, July 4, 1754, they were permitted to pass out of the fort with the honors of war to Will's Creek, near Cumberland, Maryland, and from thence marched to Alexandria, Virginia. The French and In- dians returned in three days to Fort Du- quesne.
On hearing of the disaster at Fort Neces- sity, Governor Dinwiddie, of Virginia, planned another expedition to rendezvous at Will's Creek and proceed from thence to attempt the recapture of Fort Duquesne. He wrote to Governor Hamilton, of Penn- sylvania, asking for three companies of troops from his province. The Pennsyl-
vania Assembly then seeing the necessity surveyor, twenty-one years of age, already of an aggressive warfare in the western frontier, voted the sum of 15,000 pounds for that purpose. At this juncture a band of friendly Indians crossed the Allegheny Mountains to Augwick, afterward Fort Shirley, near the present site of Hunting- don, where Col. George Croghan, the famous trader, was in command of other Indians favorable to the English cause. They requested that the Assembly would take care of their women and children while the warriors went out to meet the enemy. Conrad Weiser, the noted Indian inter- preter residing at Tulpehocken, near Read- ing, was sent to Fort Shirley, where he re- ceived assurances of friendship from the terior of the continent for themselves. So Delawares, Shawanees and their allies in
that region. He reported that many of the settlers had been selling liquors to the In- dians, and demanded that this practice be discontinued.
In the fall of this year, Robert
Plans to Hunter Morris succeeded
Drive Out Hamilton as Governor of
the French. Pennsylvania. Governor Mor- ris was induced by royal authority and by the proprietors of the province earnestly to recommend to the As- sembly the defence of the province from the designs of the French and their Indian allies, not alone by the grant of money, but by the organization of a militia, the purchase of arms, wagons and military stores and the establishment of magazines. The Pennsylvania Assembly, in answer to the royal requests, appropriated 25,000 pounds for the purpose of carrying on the war. Of this amount 5,000 pounds was subject to the immediate need of the pro- posed expedition to Fort Duquesne.
Early in the year 1755 Colonel George Croghan, Colonel James Burd and Adam Hoopes were appointed commissioners by the Pennsylvania Assembly to plan a road through the Cumberland Valley and across the Alleghany Mountains for the transpor- tation of supplies and the movement of the troops. They made a preliminary survey as far west as Will's Creek.
Sir John St. Clair, a Scotch baronet, a soldier of experience in the army, was sent by the British government to acquaint him- self with the condition of affairs on the western frontier of Pennsylvania. As his
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position was to be the quartermaster of the proposed expedition to Fort Duquesne, he Benjamin proceeded with Governor Sharpe, of Mary- Franklin land, to Will's Creek, near the site of Cum- at York. berland, and then returned to .Annapolis.
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