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Mitchel, Samuel, 50a, 2h, le.
Mitchel, David, 200a, 2h, 2c.
Mitchel, William, 200a, 2h, 2c. Milliken, David, Ih, Ic. Milliken, Samuel, 100a, 2h, 2r. Milliken, Samuel, 50a. Murphy, John, 130a, 21, 2e. Mettleman, John, 1h, 1c.
Millroy, Henry, 150a, 2h, 20. Martin, Hugh, 150a, 2h, 20. Martin, William, 1h. 1c. Martin, Alexander, Th, le. Minteer, James, 20a, Ih, le. Moore, David, 2h, 2c. Nealy, David, 250a, 2h, 2c.
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Nelson, Robert,* 50a, Ih, Ic. O'Barra, Heury, Ie.
Power, Samuel, 100a, 2h, Be. Rubal, Mathias, 100a, 2h, 2c. Reed, John, 300a, Th, 20. Reed, James,: 505, 2h, 2c. Reed, James, 100a, 2h, 20. Richardson, Edmond, 800a, 26, 2e, I negro. Scott, Robert, 130a, 2h, 22.
Scott, James, 350a, 21, 20. Smith, Peter, 2h, 2c. Semple, Francis, 100a, 21, 2c. Semple, Samuel,# 1h, 1 c. Semple, James, 1c. Semple, John, 150a. 1h.
Sankey, William,# 100a, Ih, 1c. Sackets, Azariah, " 300a, 1h, 1c. Sackets, Joseph,*, 100a, 1h, 1c. Swartzell, Joseph,* 400a, Ih, 2c. Steel, John,# 800a. 2h, 1c. Steel, Jacob," 1h, le. Steel, Jonas,* Ic. Steely, Lazarus, 100a, 2h, 2c.
Stuart, William, " 200a, 21, 2c.
Thomson, William, 100a, 1h, 2c.
Thomson, Moses, 150a, 2h, 2c.
Thomson, Thomas, 50a, Ic. Taylor, Matthew, 500a, 2h.
Taylor, Heury, 168a, 2h, 20, 1 grist-mill, I saw-mill. Taylor, Esther, 100a, Ih, 1c.
Vance, William," 200a, 4h, 1 grist-mill.
Wherry, John, 100a, 2h, 2c, 4 grist-mill, & saw-mill. Wherry, David, 501, 2h, 2c.
Williams, James, 1h, 2c.
Wills, Samuel,# 1501, 2h, 2c. Wilson, John, Sr.," 200a, 2h, 2c. Wilson, John,x (mountain) ih, Je. Young, William,% 100a, 2h, 2c.
" UNSEATED LANDS.
Alexander, Jonathan, 100a. Baswell, Samuel,* 100a. Blaine, Ephraim,* 300a. Cox, Charles,* 300a.
Cairey, Barnard, 200a joining James Scott and Jonathan Alexander.
Collins, Stephen, 100a joining Daniel Williams and Jonathan Adams.
Driuker, Heury,* 1100a joining James Fleming and Samuel Milliken, David Stewart and James Class. Harris, David,* 300a.
Hanert, Thomas, 300a joining James Scott and John Alexander.
MeClay, Samuel," 700a joining Elisha Crisswell and John Davis.
MeFarlan, James, 200a. Mitllin, Thomas, 200a. Plunket, William, * 200a.
Shippen, Joseph, 170a joining James Adams and Duncan Cameron.
Williams, Daniel, 600a joining Jack's mountain above Mathias Rubles.
"ROBERT BoGas, Assessor. " WILLIAM FLEMING, ! Assistants." "JAMES SCOTT,
THE EARLY SETTLERS AND THE INDIANS. -Among the carly settlers in the northern part of Armagh township, near the foot of the Seven Mountains, were the MeNitts, viz. : Alexander, Robert, William, Jolm and James. They began their permanent settlement in 1766. The early settlers were often annoyed by the Indians, who made frequent raids upon them up to 1777. In order to protect themselves from those Indian raids, they unitedly built a stockade on the property of Robert MeNitt, at a spring near which the farm-honse owned by Alexander B. MeNitt now stands.
Some time between 1766 and 1776 a cabin was built, somewhere near the foot of the mountain, on the John Montgomery tract, near what is now known as the MeManigle prop- erty. The house was roofed with elapboards and the floor was laid with puncheons ; a few clapboards had also been laid on the loft, but that was not entirely covered. Three men were at work in this house, one of whom (James Hately) was simple-minded. While these three men were at work one of them saw some Indians (abont a dozen) approaching the house. The men went quickly to the loft and lay down on the clapboards, and remained very quiet. The Indians came in and made a fire on the puncheons in the middle of the house. After the fire had burned some time they began to roast venison by placing it on the ends of sticks and hokling it to the fire. Soon the man Hately became restless, and, against the efforts of the other two to keep him quiet, he moved forward noiselessly, in order to see what the Indians were doing. He ventured too close to the edge, and the result was, the elapboards tilted and all three fell down among the Indians. The men were badly frightened and so were the Indians, who left the house in confused haste, leaving their venison on the sticks. The Indians did uot refuru.
About 1775 the Indians made frequent raids
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into the thinly settled parts of what is now Mifflin County. At the big spring now the head-waters of Honey Creek, in Armagh town- ship, there lived the family of James Alexander, and about a half-mile southeast of Alexander's there lived the family of Edward Bates. In or about 1775 a company of five Indians and one white man (a Frenchman from Canada) concealed themselves several days in the cave at the Honey Creek spring, with a view of capturing James Alexander and John Bates, a son of Edward. But, with all their watching closely, they never caught either of them out without arms. They began to fear that their place of hiding might be discovered; so they left the cave, and were first discovered in the corn- field of Edward Bates. It was harvest-time, and Miss Jennie Bates had gone to the field to gather beans for dinner. While busily engaged at her task she saw the shadow of an Indian who had approached without having been per- ceived. She sereamed with fright and ran toward the house; the Indian did not follow her. The harvest hands heard the screams and immedi- ately came to the house to learn the case of the alarm. When they heard that Indians wereabout, they immediately armed themselves and followed after them with their dogs. The men went as far as the flat of Jack's Mountain, but they did not apprehend the savages. Nothing more was heard of them until the next morning, when they captured George Sigler, JIr.
The circumstances of Sigler's capture, as far as can be ascertained, are these : George Sigler, Sr., heard that Indians were in the east end of Kishacoquillas Valley, and said he would go over to Bell's and inquire whether he had heard the report ; and if Bell would go with him, they would eross the mountain into Kishacoquillas Valley and there ascertain the truthfulness of the report. Bell lived near to where Henry Hlassinger now lives, being abont a half-mile from George Sigler's. George Sigler, Jr.,' said to his father that he (George Jr.,) was younger than he, and that he would go to Bell's instead of his
father. He went, and when he was abont half- way, and near a small spring (near the north side of the present publie road), the Indians sprang out of the bushes and intercepted him. He be- ing swift of foot, ran toward home; the Indians pursued him and hurled tomahawks at him several times, until, about half-way home, he was struck across the neck and shoulders with a war chib, which felled him to the ground, and be- fore he could regain his feet the Indians laid hold of him ; they pointed with their hands to- ward the mountain. Ile was unarmed and had neither coat nor shoes and was compelled to go with his captors.
There were five Indians and one white man (a Frenchman) in the party. When they reached the mountain they gave him a pair of moccasins to put on and then crossed Jack's Mountain into the east end of Kishacoquillas Valley. When they arrived at the north side of the mountain they were joined by another party of five In- dians and one white man. This second party had a white girl with them. (This second par- ty had made an attack on Mathias Ruble's house, which will be noticed hereafter.) They contin- ued their course northward, and after leaving Kishacoquillas Valley they were joined by more Indians. On the first night after being cap- tured Sigler was tied so tightly around the wrists that he moaned with pain. The Indians would come to him where he was lying and strike tomahawks into the ground beside his head. The Frenchman told them to slacken the thongs with which they had him tied, that they were too tight and were the cause of his moaning. They slackened the ropes, which gave relief.
Sigler said their food was generally venison, pole-cat and sometimes horse-flesh. He was compelled to carry two flat-irons in a bag all the way. All the Indiaus left camp one day ex- cept two, who were sleeping soundly. He said if he had known that the gun in their posses- sion would not shoot he would have brained both of the sleeping Indians with the flat-irons. After they began to near the Canadian line they often left him entirely alone in camp during a whole day. But, mistrusting them, he sallied j out of camp one day and discovered an Indian
1 George Sigler, Jr., was born in the State of New Jersey on the 17th day of February, 1762. At. what time the fam- ily moved to Pennsylvania is unknown ; he was thirteen years old when he was captured.
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watching him. Ile then gave up all hope of making his escape from them. On arriving in Canada he was painted black and compelled to rim the gauntlet, and in the course of his race he knocked down some of the young Indians and thus he succeeded in getting through with but few bruises or sears. He was an odd pris- ouer,-that is, he was one more than the chief was allowed to have,-but the havoc he made among the young Indians while running the gauntlet so pleased another chief that he ex- changed a white girl for him. After the treaty of' peace the prisoner- were sent home. Young Sigler, in company with another young man whose father had been murdered by the Indians, resolved to be avenged ; on their way home, at some place on the Susquehanna River, they found an old chief who was very drunk and split his head open with an axe they found there. Sigler and his companion came down the Sus- quehanna River until they reached Northin- berland ; there Sigler met one of his father's neighbors (Caleb Parschal). Parschal had gone to Northumberland for a load of salt and gro- ceries. Here Sigler parted with his companion and came home with Parschal. They arrived at home after night. He ( Parschal) went with Sigler to his home and left him outside of the house until he could prepare Sigler's mother for the meeting. This was about ten o'clock at night. Parschal went into the house and asked her if she had heard from George. She said she heard that he was somewhere along the Susquehanna River. She said if she thought the report was true she would leave her siek child that night and go down to the big river and try to find him. Mr. Parschal then said he had just come from Northumberland and had seen George there and was certain he would be home soon, perhaps that night. Ile then went to the door and called George in. After being with his mother some time his four broth- ers were waked up. They all gathered into the back kitchen and remained there during the remainder of the night. George Sigler was in captivity one year and one day, and was re- leased July 11, 1776.
George Sigler was married to Elizabeth Bum, of Hunterdon County, N. J., in 1791.
They had five children,-two sons and three daughters. He died Angust 3, 1821, aged fif- ty-nine years, five months and fourteen days. He built a stone house on his property and from the thickness of the walls it would appear that he still feared an attack from the Indians. This house is still in a good condition and is situated in Decatur township, a short distance south of the old stage-road.
Mathias Ruble moved into what was then the extreme east end of Kishacoquillas Valley prior to 1773, as is shown by a becch-tree still standing on the property he owned. He cut his name on the bark of that beech in 1773 and it can still be easily scen. In the summer of 1775, on the same day the Indians captured young George Sigler, five Indians and one white man (a Canadian Frenchman) made an attack on Mathias Ruble's house. They approached the house on the east side. Ruble had several eross dogs which gave the alarm. The children were quickly gathered into the house, and the smallest took the babe and crept under the bed. Peter, one of the older boys, crept ont of a win- dow at the west side of the house, so as not to be seen by the Indians, and ran to the hemp patch, which was some distance west of the house, where his mother was pulling hemp. He told her of the Indians' attack. She cried out in alarm that they would kill her babe and then fainted. Peter covered her with an armful of hemp and then ran to notify the inhabitants of the neighborhood, who were few at that time. During this time Mathias Ruble kept up a great noise and commotion in the house, making it appear as if there were a dozen or more per- sons there. They had only one gun that would shoot, and several gun-barrels, which he and his son John stuck through the loopholes. The Indians concealed themselves behind the large rocks which still remain there. In this way Mathias and his son kept the Indians from approaching any nearer to the house. The dogs also did good service during this time. The Indians were kept busily engaged watching them so as not to be bitten, and they were afraid to shoot them, lest, while their gims were empty, the men in the house might attack them. Peter Ruble, after leaving the hemp patch, went
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to Robert Glass', then to - Kishler's, John Bates' and Stephen Beatty's. Beatty, Bates, Kisler and Glass armed themselves and went together to relieve (if possible) the family. They went along the foot of Jack's Mountain so they could have a view of the valley, knowing if the family had been murdered the house would be on fire. When they came within sight they saw the house nudisturbed, and were satisfied that the family was safe. Jolm Bates and Rob- ert Glass came to Ruble's first and learned that the Indians had gone ; and Mrs. Ruble was brought home from the hemp patch nothing the worse for her fright and fainting. The Indians went back castward perhaps one-fourth of a mile, where they met the Indians who captured George Sigler, and from there the two Indian parties traveled together. John Beatty and Robert Glass followed the trail of the Indians to near the top of what is now called Beatty's Knob. The trail was easily followed, because of the abundance of pea-vines growing in the woods at that time. Bates and Glass thought this was the trail of white men who were in pursuit of the Indians till they came near the top of the Knob. They there in some way dis- covered that it was the trail of the Indians and that their mmber had increased ; they went home and each prepared to meet another raid, but the Indians never returned to that neighborhood.
The original settlers of the MeNitt family were Alexander, Robert, William, John and James. Alexander MeNitt was the father of young Robert, who was taken by the Indians. Hle was taken on the old Robert Thompson farm (surveyed August 5, 1768, in pursuance of an order, No. 5114, dated July 19, 1760, granted to Robert MoKce). Young Robert MeNitt and a small girl were out in the rye- field following after the reapers and picking berries along the fence. The first notice the reapers had of the approach of Indians was when they were fired upon. One of the bullets passed through Alexander MeNitt's hat. They all ran in confused haste toward the house. Young Robert followed the party, crying and calling to his father to wait for him. One of the Indians caught the boy, and he was taken to Canada. He was eight years old at that
time. The little girl hid in the rye and was not discovered by the Indians. A small girlby the name of Lace was taken by the same party of Indians from some other locality. Young MeNitt and this girl were captives four years in Canada, and were both adopted into the same Indian family. The girl's father heard that his daughter was somewhere in Canada, went in search of her, and found her as had been repre- sented to him. He also found young MeNitt at the same place. His daughter had become attached to MeNitt and entreated her father to take him along also. He did so, and brought him to some place in York State (at or near Rochester), and then advertised that he had a captive boy who called himself Nitt. Alexan- der MeNitt, the father of the boy, heard of this notice, and he immediately started on horse- back to the place where the boy was. He ar- rived there after night after his son had gone to bed. The next morning the son was up before his father, and when he saw the horse he knew him, but did not know his father when he saw him. His father brought him home seated on the horse behind him. He was captive four years, and was brought home in 1781. During his captivity he had become expert with the bow and arrow, and would amuse himself by shoot- ing the chickens and ducks, etc. Ile finally grew into manhood and married his own cousin, Jane Taylor, a daughter of Henry Taylor, who was one of the first settlers of the west end of Kishacoquillas Valley. This marriage took place on Christmas day, and MeNitt was killed in the following May by the falling of a tree on his own farm. He had but one child, who became the first wife of Robert Milliken. His widow married Crawford Kyle.
EAST KISHACOQUILLAS CHURCH .- The first settlers of Kishacoquillas Valley were Scotch- Irish, and belonged to the Presbyterian Church. They were of the better order of pra-antry, and brought with them the characteristics of their native land. What the date of the organi- zation of this church was we have no knowl- edge. There is reason to believe that there uever was any formal organization, as is now the enstom under the direction of the Presby- tery. It was natural that the Presbyterians
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among the carlier settlers, who were as sheep without a shepherd in the wilderness, should voluntarily bind themselves together without any formal organization. These men would all the people together for prayer and praise, and when ministers and missionaries found con- gregations begun in this way, they preached to them and administered the ordinances of Di- vine grace. At what precise time that building called the meeting-honse was erected it is in- possible to tell ; nor are any of the oldest sin'- viving residents of the neighborhood able to give any very satisfactory account of it. It was situated a little west of where the stone church stood. It was probably erected by each mem- ber of the congregation agreeing to furnish a certain number of logs of a certain length, and to deposit them at the designated place. It was a rough lag building, one story high, without any plastering, without any floor and without any fire-place or provision made for heating the house. It had windows on each side of the door, on the opposite side and perhaps at each end ; but the lights were small and few in num- ber. The entrance-doors faced toward the present ruins of the old school-house, and were made of plain boards. The seats were slab benches, made perhaps of split logs, with holes bored in them, into which were fitted round pieces of wood for legs, and without any back support for those who might sit upon them. The pulpit consisted, probably, of a simple stand or table. In the coldest season of the year the minister had to preach, and the people came to hear with their overcoats buttoned up to their chins ; and seldom was the sermon less than an hour and a half in length, and often much longer. Judge Kyle stated that at one time in particular, whilst a boy, he came a direct course across the fields and through the forest to attend the services in the old log meeting-house. He wore snow-shoes, because the snow was so deep as to cover the tops of the fences. Not a spark of fire was in the church, yet the pastor stood up manfully to his work, with surtout buttoned up to his chin, preaching to a full house, and there was not a shiver or a shake among the entire congregation, although the merenry was near zero at the time. Rude and nucomfortable
as that old meeting-house was, it was yet a sacred spot to many a person long since de- parted. What the names were of a number of that old congregation may be learned from the call given to Rev. James Johnston to become their pastor, dated March 15, 1783. This call is in the handwriting of Master Arnold, a teacher whom some gray-headed men still remember as a renowned penman. It is as follows :
" MR. JAMES JOHNSTON, preacher of the Gospel :
"Sir: We, the subscribers, members of the United Congregation of East and West Kishacoquillas, hav- ing never in this place had the stated administration of the Gospel ordinances, yet highly prizing the same, and having a view to the advancement of the King- dom of Christ, and the Spiritual Edification of our- selves and families, have set ourselves to obtain that blessing among us, and therefore, as we have had the opportunity of some of your labors in this place, and are satisfied with your Soundness, Picty and minis- terial ability to break unto us the bread of life, we do most heartily and sincerely, in the name of the Great Shepherd of the Flock, Jesus Christ, call and invite you to come and take the Pastoral Charge and over- sight of us in the Lord. And for your encouragement we do promise, if God shall dispose your heart to em- brace this call, that we will give a dutiful attention to the word and ordinances of God, by you administered ; that we will be subject to your Admonitions and re- proofs, should our falls and miscarriages expose us thereto, and will submit to the discipline of the Church, exercised by yon, agreeably to the Word of God; and also, that we will treat Persons with Friend- ship and Respect, and behave in all things towards yon as becomes Christians always should towards their Pastor, who labours among them in word and Doctrine. And farther, as we are persuaded that those who serve at the Alter should live by the Alter, we do promise, in order that you may be, as much as possi- ble, free from wordly incumbrances, to provide for your comfortable and honorable maintainance in the manner set forth in our Subscription Papers accom- panying this, our Call, during your continuance with Is as our Regular Pastor. And in witness of our hearty desire to have you settle among us, we have hereunto set our Names this Fifteenth day of March, Anno Domini 1783,-
" W" Brown. John M.Nitt.
James Scott. William Wilson.
John Cooper. Robert MeNitt.
William Corbet.
Thomas Thompson.
John M. Managill.
Joseph M Kibbins.
Sammel Mitchel. James Langhlin.
Ingh Martain. Robert Allison.
Mathew Taylor. James M.Cay.
Joseph Adams. William Fleming.
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William Me Alevy.
Mathew Kenny.
We Harper.
Robert Gardner.
Ja' Alexander.
James Reed, Jun.
James Reed.
Robert MClelan.
Jaunes Glass.
William Miller, Jun.
Thomas Brown.
Joseph Wesley. W" Mitchell.
Alex M'Nitt.
Elijah Crisswell.
James Burns.
John Fleming. .
John M. Dowell.
Alex Brown, Jr.
Robert Campbell.
Edm& Richardson.
Samuel Miliken.
William Miller.
David Barr.
Rob' Barnhill.
Neal MeManigal.
Wm Young.
Benj. Hall.
James S. M.Clure.
Benjamin Creswell.
Thomas Arthurs.
Henry Taylor.
Thos Alexander.
Elisha Cresswell.
Summnel Alexander.
Thomas Sankey.
Samuel Wills.
William Thompson.
Wm M.Nitt.
John Culbertson.
Philip Clover.
Abraham Sanford.
David Kelley.
John Kyle.
Arthur Buchanan.
Sam' Hower.
Joseph Brown.
Joseph Haslet.
John Means.
John Reed."
James Means.
The Rev. James Johnston accepted the call, and continued to serve the congregation accept- ably as their pastor during the remainder of his active life, which was thirty-seven years, or up to 1820.
In the mean time, in 1807, a subscription was taken for the purpose of erecting a new meeting- honse. The log church had grown old and dilap- idated, and was not sufficiently large for the wants of the growing congregation. The stone church was built in 1808, a short distance cast of where the old log church stood. There was an aisle ex- tending across the width of the building, and from this, at right angles, were two other aisles leading to the front of the building; the former communicated at each -ide with a door. and the latter with door- in front. The pul- pit was goblet - shaped, high up the wall, and stood at the middle of the east side of the house. The pews, sixty-odd in number, were arranged on either side and in front along the aisles. The backs of the pews were so high as to hide from view entirely the persons who sat in the next pew in front. A gallery extended around three sides of the building. There were double rows of windows; the one row opening from the main floor and the other from the gal-
lery. A desk was in front of the pulpit, at which the clerk stood who led the congregation in their psalms of praise. This church was used by the congregation as a place of worship until 1857, when it was taken down. The present brick church was completed and dedicated to the worship of Almighty God June 18, 1858. The Rev. G. W. Thompson, of' Lower Tuscarora, preached the dedicatory sermon, and the Rev. George Elliott Jed the congregation in the ded- icatory prayer. The elders at the time were Joseph Kyle, Henry Taylor and William Barr. Additional elders were elected about that time, Robert Milliken having died and Thomas Reed removed to the Little Valley,-viz., Crawford Kyle, Henry L. Close, Charles Naginey and, in 1870, John D. Barr, James R. Beatty and Fran- cis A. Means. The names of the pastors who served this congregation are eight in number, viz. :
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