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The following is the assessment of Derry township for 1700, the first year after the erce- tion of Mifflin County, and embraces what is now Derry, Decatur and Granville :
Armstrong, James, 50a, 2h, 2c.
Armstrong, Plunkett, 1h, le. Alexander, John, 100a, 2h, 2c. Abbett, John, 150a, 2h, 2c.
Arthur, Richard, 1h, 2c. Buchanan, Arthur, 280a, 1h.
Buchanan, Robert, 236a, 1h, 2c.
Buck, Henry, 1h, Je. Bell, John, Ih, 2c. Burus, James, 300a, 1h, 2c, 1 still.
Beard, Hugh, 195a, 1h, 1c.
Beard, Samuel, 76a, 1h, le, 100a late Campbell's.
Bogle, Robert, 300a, 2h, 3c, 50a Johnston's Estate. Brown, Benjamin, 200a, 2h, 2c.
Brown, John, 300a, 2h, 2c. Brown, William Esq., 210a.
Brunsun, Thomas, 200a, 2h, 1c.
Bernthistle, Henry, 2h, 1c.
Baum, Jacob, 100a, 2h, 20.
Baum, John, 1 saw-mill.
Barndollar, John, 100a, 2h, 2c.
Billslaud, William, 300a, 2h, Ic.
Brearly, Benjamin, 2h, 2c.
Corbett, William, 200a, 2h, 4c.
Carson, William, 100a, 1h, 1c. Campbell, Hercules, 100a, 1h, 1c.
V Colleus, Henry, 850a, 11, 26, 20a Old Place. Conn, Joseph, Ih, le.
Cowgill, Joseph, 1h, 2c.
Croan's land, 150a.
Dickson, James, farmer, 100a, 21, 2c.
Dickson, James, blacksmith, 1c.
Elliott, William, 2h, 2c.
Edmiston, Samuel, Esq., 2h, 2c, 1 negro woman.
Frampton, William, 130a, 2h, 2c.
Frampton, John, 50a, 2h, 2c.
Frampton, Sammel, 350a, 21, 2c.
Glasgow, John, 250a, 2h, 4c.
Graham, Thomas, 100a, 1h.
Gordon, William, 200a, 2h, 2c.
Gemmel, Widow, 300a, 3h, 2 negroes.
George, John, Ih, 1c. Gregg, Thomas, 150a.
Holt, William, 100a, 1h, 1c.
Holt, Widow, 100a, 1h.
Hesson, Hugh, 100a, 1h, 1c.
Henderson, James, 100a, 1h, 1c.
Howe, Robert, 21, 2c. Imturf, Meleor, 128a, 1c.
Jones, Daniel, 200a, 2h, 2c.
Kelly, Matthew, 30 la, 2h, 3c.
Kelly, John, 2h, 2c, I servant man for 4 years and 6 months. King, William, 100a.
Keever, Samuel, 200a, Ih, 2c.
Krever, John, 200a, 2h, 3c. Keever, John and Samuel, 200a. Kishler, Jacob, 200a, 2h, 20. Lorrimore, Hugh, Ih, Ic.
" Armstrong, William, 250a, 2h, 2c.
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Cashback, Henry, 100a, 2c.
McConnell, George, 150a, 1h, le. MeMullan, Alexander, 100a, 2h, le.
MeGinnis, Hugh, 30a, 2h, Ie. MeMurtry, David, 200a. MeKec, William, 210a, Ic. Mekce, Audrew, 100a, Th, 2c. McCord, James, 50a.
Magill, James, 203a. . Magill, Charles, Ih, le.
Magce, James, 100a, Th, 2c.
Marten, Christopher, 150a, 3h, 2c.
Marten, Robert, 3002, 2h, 2c.
Marten, Thomas, 200a, 2h, 2c.
Montgomery, Samuel, 50a, 1h, 1 negro. Mitchell, William, 3001, 2h, 20, 1 still.
Mitchell, Robert, 1h.
Mitchell, Thomas, 1h, 1c. Moore, Moses, 190a, 2h, 2c. Means, John, 100a, 2h, 3c. Means, Robert, 300a, 1h, 3c.
Mease, James, 230a. Mitllin Trustees, 80a. Oliver, John, 150a, 21, 2c. Patterson, Robert, 50a, 1h, lc ..
Pieken, Samuel, 113a, 2h, 2c.
Parshall, Caleb, 200a, 2h, 2c, 1 grist-mill.
Rotrick, George, 300a, 3h, 3c.
Rool, Joli, 20a, 2h, 2c.
Ryan, Robert, 150a. Stronp, Philip, 100a, 1h, 1c. Stroup, George, 501, 21, 2c.
Siglar, George, 300a, 117a, Sh, 5c, I saw-mill.
Siglar, John, 100a, 2c.
Strode, Joseph, 1h, 1c. Sanford, Abraham, 90a, 1 grist-mill.
Steel, David, 200a, 2h, 2c, 1 still, 50a at Dickson's. Steely, Jacob, 100a, 1h, 4c.
Steely, Ulrich, 100a, 1h, 2c.
Steely, Gabriel, 1h, 2c.
Skyles, Johu, 50a, 1h, 1c. Smith, William, 330a, 2h, 3c, 4 negrocs.
Stark, Zepheniah, 100a. 21, 4c. Stubel, Frederick, 300a, 1h, le.
Thompson, William, blacksmith, 1h, 1c. Thompson, William, farmer, 100a, 2h, Ic. Thompson, William, 1h, le.
Voight, Jolin, 50a, 1h, 2c.
Wood, John, cooper, 50a, 1h, Ic. Wood, John, farmer, 80a, 2h, 2c. Woods, Jeriah, Ih, Ic. Woods, Levi, Ih, le. Wade, Thomas, 100a. Waugh, James, captain, le. "UNSEATED LANDS.
Appleby of Philadelphia, 100a. Barr, James, 50a, joining Burns and Gleun. Barr & MeMurtry, 200a.
Buchanan, Thomas, Esq., 160a Narrows Mountain, south side of Charles Cox.
Baum, Frederick, 100 ;.
Bayutou & Wharton, 600a, bound by George Siglar and James Magee. Croan's land; 150a, Swift west and Irwin east.
Callender's heirs, 200a, joining Thomas Wade south, Melchoir Imturf west, and Arthur Buchanan north and Juniata on the cast.
Chambers, Robert, 200a, 150a, 800a.
Cox, Charles, 150a, joining Caleb Parshall on the south and John Glasgow on the cast.
Clark's land, 300 ;.
Cunningham, Henry, deceased, 200a on Long Mea- dow Run, below Cox's land.
Doyle, Felix, 100a.
Gregg, Andrew, 150a.
Grove, Jacob, 300a on Jack's Creek.
Harbison, Benjamin, 350a joining a branch of Jack's Creek called Piney Run, and 150a joining Henry Cunningham and lands of Alexander, and 283a joining Narrows Mountain and Jack's Creek.
Holt's, Thomas, heirs, 100a. James & Drinker, 300a.
Kelly, George, 150a joining James Burns,
Lukens', John, heirs, 1000a.
MeClay & Brown, 300a.
Patton, Joseph, 600a on the Long Meadow Run west of Henry Cunningham. Raunel's, John, heirs, 100a. Smith, William, York County, 170a. Sterrett, William, 100a.
Sample, Robert, at the Licks, 600a, McKee west ; James Burns, Esq., east.
Williams, Daniel, 200a joining Burns and Kelly. "WILIAM CORBETT, AssessOr. " JAMES BURNS, " ROBERT SMITH, S & Assistants."
In 1793 Philip Minchart was operating a saw-mill (now in Granville); Caleb Parshall a grist-mill ; James Dickson a blacksmith-shop (Kellyville) ; George Sigler a saw-mill (Deca- tur); Abraham Sanford a grist-mill (in the Narrows).
In the next year Joseph Strode built a grist and saw-mill at Brightfield's Ruu.
In 1798 the following persons were owners of mills and tan-yards : James Alexander, grist and saw-mill (now Strunk, in Granville); Henry Berntheisel, tan-yard in Lewistown; Philip Diehl, grist and saw-mill ( Yeagertown) ; Peter Ganff, old saw-mill ; William Lewis, iron master furnace (Granville) ; Andrew Mayes, grist-mill and old saw-mill near Lewistown ; Jonathan Rothrock, saw-mill near Logan;
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Philip Rothrock and John Rothrock, tan-yard (Albright's) ; James Mayes, grist and saw-mill and distillery ( Yeagertown) ; Lazarus Steely, oil- mill ; Joseph Strode, grist, saw and fulling-mill, with Jesse Evans, fuller (Granville) ; John Wurts, saw and grist-mill; John Waggoner, grist and saw-mill (now Stine's).
In 1831, seven years before Granville was taken off from Derry, the manufacturers in the township were Wm. Brown & Co., furnace, forge and saw-mill (Logan) ; Caspar Dull, grist and saw-mill (now Strunk, in Granville) ; Robert Forsythe's heirs, grist and saw-mill (Yeagertown) ; D. M. Huling, Hope Furnace (Granville) ; Henry Miller, grist and saw-mill (now Stine's) ; James Milliken, gri-t and saw- mill and distillery (near Lewistown) ; Isaac and Joseph Strode, saw-mill (Granville) ; Henry Snyder's heirs, saw-mill.
The villages or settlements in Derry town- ship are Logan, Yeagertown, Kellyville and Maitland.
LOGAN.
Logan is entirely the outgrowth of the iron- works that for nearly a century have been oper- ating at the place. With the establishment of Freedom Forge, in 1795, began the clustering of dwellings near it for the accommodation of workmen, and from that time to the present it has grown with the progress of the works. In 1843 a school-house was built there and in 1868 it was replaced by another built by the present Logan Company. For a few years after the works were begun a company store was kept at Lewistown, and then opened at the works, which has been kept by the different companies operating at the place. The Methodists have had an organization for many years. Prior to 1862 it was under charge of the Lewistown Dis- trict. In that year it became part of a charge with Kellyville and Decatur, and is now served by the pastors in charge of the district.
KELLYVILLE.
Kellyville takes its name from Moses Kelly, who for many years was a resident and in- keeper at the place. The land on which it is situated is part of two tracts, one of which was warranted to John Early, August 2, 1766, the
other to Samuel Baird, March 24, 1789. The land of JJolm Early was on the side towards the mountain, through which Early's Run, or Hun- gry Rum, passes. Early sold the centre tract to lacob Kline, who, the next day, May 26, 1790, conveyed it to James Dickson. On the 22d of October, 1791, he sold ninety acres of it to Matthew Kelly, who died in 1801 and left it, by will dated March 23, 1801, to his sons George and Moses and a daughter Elizabeth. George, on the 24th of August, 1803, conveyed his in- terest to Peter Ruble. Moses Kelly retained his portion and in 1818 purchased sixty-nine acres adjoining, of Philip Rothrock. Soon after his father's death he built a tavern on the site of Valentine Stoneroad's residence, which was known as the " Black Horse" tavern. He kept it until 1813, when the agitation of the temper- ance question became so strong it was abandoned. Ile died in 1853, aged eighty-five years. Ile had two sons, John and Matthew. John lived at the place several years after reaching manhood, married and carried on for a few years a pottery in the log building formerly the Presbyterian Church, now a part of Thompson G. Bell's res- idence. His wife died at the place and is buried in the Presbyterian graveyard. He removed West, and later joined the Mormons. Matthew moved to Union County and later to the West. Elizabeth, a daughter of Moses Kelly, married Henry MeAuley, who first settled in Little Val- ley, and in 1856 moved to Kishacoquillas Val- ley, and he now lives at Honey Creek Station, in Armagh township. A sou, J. M., liveson the farm at Lack's Mill's. Joseph II., another son, lives in Derry township. Anna, another daughter of Moses Kelly, married Thomas Stroup. She has long since passed away and he resides in Lewis- town. They lived for many years at Kellyville, where he followed the occupation of a tanner. Rebecca married James Stewart and removed to Huntingdon County, where she still resides. The wife of Moses Kelly was Susanna, sister of Henry Burkholder, who settled near the place in 1802.
A portion of the Dickson tract was purchased by Philip Rothrock, May 31, 1802, on Hungry Run, who, in the next year, erected thereon a tan-yard, where Joseph Hoofnagle now lives,
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which he operated until about 1830, when it was abandoned. He also purchased, May 4, 1812, one hundred and thirty-eight acres of James Burns, which was the property warranted in 1789 by Samuel Baird. It is from this tract that the Presbyterian Church, Methodist Church and school lots were taken. .
Philip Rothrock was a brother of George Rothrock, who, in 1778, settled ou land in For- guson's Valley, which he warranted, where the Albrights now live. Philip Rothrock operated a tannery on his brother's place for several years, until he purchased on Hungry Rum. He died October 13, 1851, aged ninety-three years. His wife, who was a daughter of Abraham Labangh, who settled here, survived him until January, 1858, when she died, aged eighty-one years. Their sons were Jonathan, Abraham, David, Philip, George and William. Jonathan and George settled in Tennessee. Abraham be- came a physician, and in 1830 settled at Me Vey- town, where he is still in practice. David set- tled at Maitland and died there. Philip lived and died at Kellyville when a young man. William moved to Selma, Ala., where he is still living.
CHURCHES OF KELLYVILLE .- The Presby- terian congregation of Little Valley was at first under the charge of the Rev. James Johnston, who became the pastor of the East and West Kishacoquillas congregation August 19, 1784. None of the names which appear in the call to Mr. Johnston made in 1783 are of the valley, and it was not until several years after that the valley was settled. Before 1796, however, there was a flourishing congregation, and on the 5th of October in that year Mr. Johnson re- signed from the call of the West End congre- gation and remained in charge of the East Kishacoquillas and Dry Valley (as it was then valled) congregation until his death, Jannary 9, 1820. A log meeting-house had been built on the site of the present church; a school- house was built later on the same lot. The land on which the church stood was part of the Baird tract, and was for some years in the pos- session of James Burns, who was a signer of the call to the Rev. Mr. Johnston. It has not been ascertained when the old church was built
nor how long it was used, and it was not until 1818 that any title to the church lot was ob- tained. The land passed from Mr. Burns, in 1812, to Philip Rothrock, who held it until No- vember 17, 1818, when he sold sixty-nine aeres to Moses Kelly, who, the same day, transferred the church lot to Francis Boggs, Samuel Alex- ander and James Nixon, Esqs., trustees of the Little Valley Presbyterian congregation. It contained three-quarters of an acre of land, and liberty was granted by Mr. Kelly to pass and repass to a certain spring of water near his dwelling-house for the use of the congregation. The exact time of the removal of the log house and creetion of the present building is not known ; but the log house was removed across the street and is now part of Thompson G. Bell's residence. A frame building was erected on the same site, which has since been re- modeled. The entrance to the church was by two doors on the north side. A high pulpit reaching to the ceiling was on the south side. The interior was rearranged many years ago and entrance made upon the east end.
The Rev. Mr. Johnston, who was for so many years pastor of this congregation, was a native of Cumberland County, near Shippensburg. After completing a course at a classical school in Chambersburg he, with his brother, joined the army. Ile was at the battles of Brandywine, Germantown, Monmouth, Trenton and Valley Forge. At the close of the Revolution he entered Princeton College and graduated. He was licensed to preach in 1781 by the Cumber- land Presbytery. In 1783 he received a call from the churches of the Kishacoquillas Val- ley, which he accepted and where he labored through his life. He married Elizabeth, a daughter of Judge William Brown. At the meeting of the Presbytery in October, 1820, the Rev. Samuel Hill, a licentiate of the Presby- tery of Roule, Ireland, made application to be received, which was granted. The congregations of East Kishacoquillas and Dry Valley re- quested the Presbytery to appoint the Rev. Mr. Ilill as a stated supply for one year, which was also granted. During the latter part of the year the congregations united in extending him a call, which was accepted, and on the 3d of
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October, 1821, he was installed pastor by the Presbytery. He resigned the charge in 1825, to take charge of the First Associate Reformed Church of Pittsburgh, but did not, and returned to the Presbytery, and later was pastor of Sinking Valley and Spruce Creek Churches. In 1826 Joseph B. Adams, a licentiate, was ap- pointed as a missionary by the American Sun- day-school Union, and sent to this part of the State. The Presbytery accepted his services and he visited the vacant congregations with abundant snecess, visiting, among others, the Lit- tle Valley congregations, where he delivered a series of addresses, which had the effect to bring together the people, not only in the cause of the church, but to the organization of a Sunday-school. At this time meetings were held in the school- house, which stood in the southeast corner of the yard. The families represented were the Longs, Rothrocks, Kellys, Bells, Townsends and others. A Sunday-school was organized in the spring of 1828, which has been continued to the present. The Rev. James Stuart was pastor of the con- gregations in 1828-29. The Rey. William Annan, of the Presbytery of' Baltimore, began preaching to the congregations of Little Valley and West Kishacoquillas in the summer of 1830. A call was presented to him, which was ac- cepted after he was dismissed from the Baltimore Presbytery and his acceptance by the Hunting- don Presbytery. He remained pastor of these congregations until April 25, 1831, when the con- gregation of East Kishacoquillas extended a call to the Rev. James Nourse, which was accepted, and Mr. Anbau remained as pastor of the Little Valley congregation until 1835, when he was dismissed to the Presbytery of' Redstone. He was an active, energetic man and aroused the people on the subject of temperance and did much to awaken them to the dangers of intoxi- eating liquor. Since that time the congregation of Little Valley has been an independent or- ganization.
Mr. Moses Floyd, a licentiate of the Pres- bytery of Philadelphia, was received as a men- ber of Huntingdon Presbytery in April, 1837, and accepted a call from the congregations of West Kishacoquillas and Little Valley. He was ordained as pastor by the Presbytery at an | house was erected.
adjourned meeting in Little Valley in the June following. The pastors from that time to the present have been as follows, with the dates of their installation : Rev. D. L. Hughes, Jan- uary 9, 1844; J. Smith, November, 1848; Thomas Spears, November 3, 1855 ; J. B. Strain, April 10, 1860 ; W. Prideanx, October 21, 1864; J. P. Clarke, J. MeKean and the Rev. George Chappell, the present pastor, who has served since 1879.
The Sunday-school organized in the spring of 1828 chose for its officers John Bell, superin-" tendent; Abraham Rothrock, assistant ; Mrs. Ilenry Long, treasurer ; Miss Mary Long (af- terwards Mrs. Thomas Reed), librarian. Dr. Abraham Rothrock, of Me Veytown, is the only one living.
THE DRY VALLEY METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH was organized in 1832, and in the winter of 1833-3 I one aere of land was purchased of Moses Kelly by the trustees of the church,- Samuel Martin, Samuel Price and John Wil- liams. It was surveyed February 25, 1834, and deed given December 26, 1835. The church was. erected and inclosed; slab and plank seats were put up. Meetings were held there for sey- eral years before it was finished. The church was for many years in charge with the Lewis- town District. In 1862 Freedom, Decatur and Dry Valley became a district and continued many years. It is now united with Freedom. The pastors who served since 1861 have been,-
1861, Rev. S. II. C. Smith ; 1862, Rev. J. W. Leckie ; 1863-64, Rev. J. W. Houck ; 1864, Rev. John Graham; 1865-66, Rev. M. L. Smith; 1867-68, Rev. J. II. MeGarrah ; 1869, Rev. J. Benson ; 1870-71, Rev. G. W. Dunlap; 1872-74, Rev. Jesse R. Akers ; 1875, Rev. J. A. Ross ; 1876, Rev. J. W. Ely; 1878, Rev. William S. Hamlin; 1880, Rev. J. A. Ross ; 1883, Rev. S. A. Creveling.
A log school-house was built on the church lot about 1820, which stood until 1843, when the building was sold to the Freedom Iron Company and moved to that place. A new frame school-house was created a short distance northeast of the present school-house. The lot was conveyed to the directors May 26, 1817, by Moses Kelly. This school-house answered its purpose until 1868, when the present brick
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YEAGERTOWN.
Yeagertown is a village of about six hundred muhabitants, situated on the west side of Kisha- coquillas C'reck, and about a mile above the village of Logan. It contains a mill, store, post-office, Lutheran Church and school-house. The land on which it is situated was part of a large tract warranted to Everhart Martin in 1755, and part of a tract warranted to Rebecca Harrison in 1767. Everhart Martin left his estate to his son Christopher and daughter Prudence. Chris- topher Martin erected a saw-mill on the cast side of the creek, above the dwelling-house of the Cochrane heirs. The race is still visible. He sold eighty-six acres to George Hanewalt, who, on the 6th of Jannary, 1796, sold it to James Mayes, who came from Northumberland County in 1789-90, with his brother Andrew, who settled near Lewistown. James Mayes took ont a warrant for two hundred and fifty aeres of land adjoining the above March 9, 1790, and April 12, 1793, a warrant for fifteen aeres. In 1798 he is assessed on five hundred und eighty-eight acres of land and a grist-mill and saw-mill. Mr. Jeremiah Yeager has in his possession an old fifty-six-pound balance scale which was used in the old mill and which has stamped upon the beam " 1795" as the date of its manufacture, The mill of Abraham Sanford, which was built in 1772, and was situated on the Narrows above, was at this time abandoned, and this was the only mill in this section below the Narrows. William Brown, a few years pre- vious, built a grist and saw-mill on his place, now known as Brown's Mills. James Mayes also built at this place the stone house and stone barn and a distillery. In 1803 this distillery was not in use, and another was built. On the 7th of May, 1806, James Mayes conveyed his mill property and fifty-four acres to Philip Diehl, or Dale, reserving a water-right for his distillery. The rest of his property was soon after sold and he removed to New Orleans. On the BIst of March, 1810, Philip Dale con- veyed the property to Robert Forsythe, of Lew- istown, by whom it was operated till his death, in 1821, with George Strunk as miller. It was held by his heirs for several years, and was run by Campbell & Oliver, and about 1839 JJohm
Oliver came into possession. A stone tavern- honse had been built at the place by James Mayes. It was kept by Sammel Chestunt, who kept it till 1826, and in 1827 by -- Wilberton. In this year William Creighton (now living at Yeagertown) and John Casser carried on shoe- making in the house now ocenpied by Mr. - Miller. He states that at that time they were boarding at the tavern for one dollar and twen- ty-five cents per week and free use of the bar. In 1842, Jacob Yeager, with his wife, eight sons and one daughter, came from Dauphin Comty, and Yeager purchased the mill property and fifty acres of Jolm Oliver, Jr. At the time there was at the place the mill, the stone farm- house, stone tavern, two distilleries (unused), a small frame building above the mill. (used as a coke-shop by Mrs. John Saeger).
On the site of the present brick house of John B. Morrison was a log cabin ocenpied by Joseph Davidson, a blacksmith. An old blacksmith- shop stood above the tavern ; a short distance below was the stone house built by Francis Boggs in 1819, and then occupied by him (now owned by Alexander MeClure, of Philadelphia). About 1845, Jonathan Yeager opened the tavern and kept it for eight years, and was succeeded by his brother Simon, who owned it until his death, in 1876. Reuben Keller was landlord then for five years prior to this time. Since 1876 it has not been opened as a tavern. In 1859, Jeremiah Yeager bought the mill and rebuilt it in its present condition, The first school-house was built in 1870 and has since received additions in 1883-85. It has now a capacity of over two Iumdred pupils. A store was opened by Simon Yeager in 1857, which was later purchased by Willis Man and continued by his son, E. P. Mann, who, in 1874, built the present store building opposite the tavern. A post- office was established in 1870, with E. P. Mann as postmaster. It was continned by him until 1878, when William Mann, Jr., & Co. pur- chased the store property and have since oper- ated the store and conducted the post-office. In 1851 a Lutheran Church was erceted in the upper part of the village, with a seating capacity of about four hundred. The pastors of the church also have in charge the church at Lilly-
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ville, Decatur township. The pastors have been the Revs. C. M. Clink, Henry Baker, - Fair, - Truckmiller, S. C. Shannon, the present pastor, Rev. Luther MeConnell.
MAITLAND.
Maitland is a station on the Mifflin and Centre Railroad, about five miles from Lewis- town and on Jack's Creek. It contains a post- office, store, depot, school-house and a few dwellings. A short distance from it, to the west, is the grist-mill of Henry Stine, which, in 1798, was the property of John Waggoner, who also was running a saw-mill. This prop- erty he sold, April 15, 1813, to Henry Miller, who operated it until April 21, 1834, when it passed to Michael Roush, with two hundred and forty-nine acres of land. The mill was actively engaged by him until April 21, 1849, when the mill and land were purchased by Abraham Rothrock, who sold it to Jacob Stine, April 13, 1858, with two hundred and thirty- four acres. Upon the death of Jacob Stine, it passed to his son, Henry, who now owns it.
The church building of the German Baptists is a short distance above the mill. An account of this church and its congregation will be here found.
HISTORY OF THE BRETHREN CHURCH OF DRY VALLEY AND THE COUNTY .- As will be seen, this sketch covers not only the Breth- ren Church in Dry Valley, but the history of the denomination in the connty.
The organizations of the Brethren now ex- isting in Mifflin County are,-1. The Lewis- town congregation, sometimes spoken of as the Dry Valley congregation ; 2. The Spring Run congregation.
The former embraces the eastern part of Mifflin County, inchiding Lewistown, with their meeting-house or central place of worship near Maitland Station, five miles northeast of Lewistown, on Sunbury and Lewistown Rail- road, which is called the Dry Valley Meeting- house.
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