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LACK TOWNSHIP ASSESSMENT OF 1767 .- (Those already located in list of 1763 are marked *),-
William Arbuckle,* William Armstrong,* John Armstrong,* James Armstrong,* Thomas Armstrong, John Bayle,* Thomas Boal, Andrew Bogs, William Bell, John Blackburn, Samuel Brice, William Brice (the town of Waterloo is on this tract), Robert Campbell,* William Campbell, Dougal Camp- bell,* Thomas Carr, James Calhoon, * James Chambers; James Cristy, Dennis Cristy, John Collins,* John Crozier, Widow Cunningham, Joseph Days,* Abra- ham Dewitt, Paul Dewitt, James Gray,* William Graham,* Henry Graham, John Glenn, * John Hardy, Thomas Hardy, John Hamilton, Robert Hogg,* Cle- ment Horrell, Charles Ilunter,* Robert Hustion,* Francis Innis, * James Irwin, * William Irwin, * James Kennedy,* Charles Kenny,# James Kenny, * William Kirk, John Little, * Robert Little, John Lyon, John McClellan,*John MeDowel, George MeConnel,*Thom- as MeGuire, John MeIntire, John MeKnight, Esq., James McMahon, John Matcere, Robert Moore,* Wil- liam Morris,* Milright's Place, William Patterson,* John Patton," Charles Pollock, Jacob Pyatt,* Hugh Quigley,* Alexander Robinson (at the Doty farm in M.), Patrick Robinson, William Rennison,* James Scott," Joseph Scott, William Scott," John Scott,* John Shaw, William Spedy (at B. Lauver's place in M.), James Stone (at Harvey Wallace's in L.), John Steel, merchant (at heirs of Rev. Thomas Smith, in
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S. IL.) ; Abraham Stamford, grist-mill, (in charge of the Thomas Beale mill in B. ) ; Robert Taylor (at John Robinson, Jr.'s, in M.), James Williams," John Wil- liams,* hunter, John Williams,* William Wilson, John Wilson, & Thomas Wood, Francis West," James Wallace.
ADDITIONAL NAMES IN 1768.
Adams, Thomas.
Anderson, Thomas.
Arbuckle, John. ( Adjoining William Arbuckle in T.)
Buchanan, John. ( At Joseph Sheesley's in M.)
Cochran, John. (At Irwin Stewart's, McCoysville in T.)
Coleman, Michael.
Delief, Thomas.
Erwin, John.
Finlay, Samnel. (At Harrison Reed's in B.)
Glenn, Hugh. (At the mouth of George's Creek in L.)
Glenn, James, free. (List of 1774 says, "adj. Trough Spring." Later near Behel's saw-mill. )
Gammill, Jolm. (The Pern Mills property in L.)
Hays, Adam. (Across the creek from Waterford in T.)
Jacobs, Joseph. (Now occupied, below Hough's in M.)
Jeffry, Thomas.
Kearsley, Jonathan. (At Calvin Barton's in L.) Kilgore, Joseph.
Lin, James.
Lukens, John, surveyor-general. (At the Ander- son l'ulling-mill in T.)
MeNear, David. (At Capt. J. J. Patterson's in B.) McDonald, Duncan. ( At Thomas Stewart's in M.) Magaw, David, on George's Creek.
Morris, John.
Porter, Stephen, attorney. (At Stephen Porter Harlan's in T.)
Potts, John, adjoining Bigham's Gap in 1769. (At J. W. Milliken's in T.)
Redman, James. (At the David Cunningham place in M.)
Sando, Jacob.
Shell, John.
Stuart, Charles. (At Pleasant View in S. II.) Weights, John.
Williams, Enoch. (Married the widow of John Gray.)
Single Freemen .- William Barnes, Sammel Hender- son, Robert Thompson, John Wilcock, Robert Coch- ran, William Smith, Joseph Wilson.
ADDITIONAL NAMES, 1769 .- - William Beal, Whar- ton and Morgan Bayntou, Captain Copeland, Daniel Campbell, John Cook, Rev. George Duffield, at head of Tuscarora, Ezekiel Dunning, Thomas Dobbs, David Elder, adj. head of George's Creek, James How, Men- derson Harvey, Robert Livers, of Philadelphia, John
Martin, Robert Porter, William Reany, Ralph Star- ret, John Thomas, Samuel Taylor, James Thompson, David Wilson, William Wallace.
Single Freemen .- William Barnes, James Curran, James Glenn, William Morris, James Spencer, Wil- liam Spencer, Simon Tuffry, William Tutfry, Andrew Watts.
ADDITIONAL NAMES, 1770,-Thomas Bale, adj. John Gammel, James Corran, John Crawford, Widow Doug- lass, Christly Erwin (Christopher Irwin), Jolm, Glenn, Benjamin Jolly, Thomas Jeffries, John Kears- ley, Thomas Lennox, William Morris, saw-mill, John Morrison, Henry Thompson, Joseph Tull.
ADDITIONAL NAMES, 1771 .- Widow Armstrong, poor, Jolin Brumfield, Alexander Blaine, Benjamin Gailey (Gally), John Harvey, William McConnell, Samuel Scott, adj. Bigham's Gap, Hannah Steen, William Williams, Benjamin Wallace.
ADDITIONAL NAMES, 1772 .- Charles Adams, David Bail, John Bail, William Bree, Thomas Blair, unset- tled (it was uncertain whether Blair lived in Lack township or not), William Harvey, Neal MeCay, Richard Murrey, John Rollins, Arsbell White, Wil- liam Wisley.
Single Freemen .- Thomas Dyes, William Morris, Nathan Burney, William and James Spencer, William and John Harvey.
ADDITIONAL NAMES, 1773 .-- Barnabas Barnes, Joseph Gordon, James Hervey, Mary Killough, John Mahan, William Neely, Joseph MeFarland, John Stuart, William Smith, Andrew Watts.
Single Freemen .- David Beals, Thomas Johnston, Neal McCoy, William Morris, Edward Githins, Wil- liam Jones, John McMahon, at George McConnell's, Barnabas Nahan, Jonathan Hotten, Michael McCol- lum.
ADDITIONAL NAMES, 1774 .- John Fleming, Andrew Ferrier, James Glenn, adj. Trough Spring, William Ginstin, Nathaniel Innis, Picket Jones, Robert Magaw on Wood's Run, Joseph Willford, Thomas White.
ADDITIONAL NAMES, 1775 .- John Anderson, Sr., John Anderson, Jr., Robert Arthur, Samuel Bell, Wil- liam Black, James Black, William Campbell, Jr., Henry Carson, John Calvert, Robert Croan, James Fulton, William Gillin, George Gooschorn, Amos Iloops, Ezra Hoops, John McConnell, James Mccutcheon, James McGlaughlin, Thomas Martin, John Mans- field, Jesse Mersey, James Miller, John Mortland, John Morgan, John Murray, Thomas Patton, James Reed, Samuel Shannon, Jolm Smiley, William Walker, Robert Walker, Jeremiah Warder, Mesan- der Wilson.
ADDITIONAL. NAMES, 1776 .- John Agnew, Esq., An- drew Ervin, Robert Grey, John Gill, John Harris, Dennis Hannigan, Andrew Isinminger, John Kelley John Knox, James Larrimore, Daniel Longhirey, Dominic Me Neil, Amos Miser, Samnel Martin, John
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Potter, Jonathan Robinson, Moses Starr, James Stack- pole, William Stewart, George Woods,
Single Freemen .-- Brice Collins, Daniel Campbell, William Harvey, John Morgan, Abel Morgan, John McMahan, Jr., James MeFetter, Michael Patterson, John Smiley, Archibald Smiley, Robert Swaine, Jinnes Wilson.
COUNTY AND TOWNSHIP LANES .- It will be remembered that Lack at its formation had no specified limits. It was the settlement called " Tuscarora." The mountains at each side gave it shape on the south and north. The forma- tion of Milford limited it on the east. The west end was undefined and long uncertain. It is very probable that the limits between Lack and Ayr were on the dividing waters running into the Tuscarora and Anghwick. The for- mation of Dublin township, in 1767, is so imperfectly defined as to the eastern limits that nothing can be determined by it. It was to bound " Ayr and Fannet townships on the one side," but Lack is not mentioned, and there are no dividing lines as to Ayr or Lack. The first Duhlin assessment, in 1768, shows no transfer of names from Lack. The only thing that places any part of Dublin east of the Shade mountain is that it was to join on Fannet, which lay on the other side of the Tuscarora Mountain. It is probable that the Tell township waters draining into the Tuscarora Creek were still regarded as part of Lack. One of these streams is called Trongh Spring.
That Lack extended, for many years, much farther up the valley than the present limits of the township and county is very apparent from the tax-lists and records of the Land-Office and the county surveyor's office.
The original idea that Lack was to take in the whole Tuscarora settlement was not inter- fered with by anything on the west prior to the formation of Bedford County, in 1771, and as this line was never run, it is probable that most of the few scattered settlers in this region still regarded themselves as in Lack. After the act of April 1, 1791, defining the "north line," more began to fall into their proper townships ; but it was not until the line was surveyed under the act of March 29, 1792, that all know in which county and township they actually lived. By the division of Dublin, forming Tell, in
1810, the ancient seats of these pioneers, so long undefined, fell into the latter township. So it may be truly said, that although Huntingdon is recorded as all taken from Bedford County, yet it did take a slice of what was locally regarded as still a part of " old mother Cumber- land."
TAXABLE INDUSTRIES .-- The tax lists of Lack from 1763 to 1831 show assessments on the following in addition to lands and stock. Those that fell into Tuscarora in 1826 are marked """."
GRIST-MILLS.
Anderson, Enoch, 1805.
Anderson, James, T., 1787-1800.
Arbuckle, John, 1787.
Beale, David, T., 1775-1828.
Beale, Joshua and Jesse, T., 1829-31.
Fahnestock, John, T., 1829-31.
Ferrier, Andrew, 1779-82.
Ferrier, John, 1790-1803.
Kelly, William, 1820-22 (Waterloo).
Laughlin, Thomas, 1796-1800.
Lyon, James, 1820-22.
Magaw, Robert, 1783-87.
Morris, William, 1771-73.
Morrow, Thomas, 1783.
McConnell, Thomas, 1810.
McCoy, Neal, Jr., T., 1830-31.
McCulloch, Samuel, T., 1809-31.
Patterson, John, 1811-14 (Peru).
Patterson & Lyon, 1815-16.
Patterson & Co., 1817-19.
Patterson, John, 1823-25. Patterson & Morrow, 1826-28.
Patterson, Robert & James, 1830-31.
Patterson, John, 1823-25 (Waterloo).
Patterson, William 11., 1826-31.
Shaver, Peter, 1795.
Shell, John, Sr., 1795-97.
Walker, Robert, 1776-78. Wallick, Samuel, T., 1809-28.
Wharry, Thomas, Sr., 1799-1815.
PULLING-MILLS.
Anderson, James, T., 1817-31.
Anderson, Thomas, 1783-95.
Cook, Christian, 1811-25.
Cook, Elias, 1826-31.
Kirk, James, Sr., 1823-31.
McConnell, Thomas, Sr., 1809-15.
Reed, John, T., 1814-24, and 1827-31 (now Cook, [831 ). Reed, John and Jacob Seibert, T., 1825-26.
MERCILANTS.
Anderson, Enocb, 1806.
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Fahnestock, John, T., 1828-29. Kelly, William, ISIS-19. Lyon, James, 1816-20, & Co., 1819. McCulloch, George, T., 1811-14, 1823-21.
MeC'ulloch, Samuel, T., 1803, '06, '16,'22-'28. McCulloch, S. & Joseph Laird, T., 1829-31. Okeson, William, T., 1828. Patterson, William 11., 1825-31.
Thompson, Jamies, 1819. Wallace, Benjamin, 1795, '97, '98.
Wallick, Samuel, T., 1816-18.
Wonderlich, John, T., 1830.
SAW-MILLS.
Anderson, Enoch, 1805.
Anderson, James, T., 1817-31.
Anderson, Thomas, 1783-1800.
Beale, David, T., 1778-1831.
Biarou, Jolm & D. W. Hulings, 1831.
Fahnestock, John T., 1829-31.
Ferrier, Andrew, 1779-80. Kelly, William, 1819-22.
Langhlin, Thomas, 1799.
Lyon, James, 1820-22.
Magaw, Robert, 1783.
Morris, William, 1770-73.
McConnell, Thomas, Sr., 1810-15.
McCoy, Neal, Jr., T., 1829-31.
McCulloch, Samuel, T., 1809-31.
McKee, John, 1826-29.
Okeson, William, T., 1829-31.
Patterson & Co., 1817-19 (Peru).
Patterson, John, 1823-25.
Patterson & Morrow, 1826-28.
Patterson, Robert & James, 1830-31.
Patterson, John, 1823-25 ( Waterloo).
Patterrou, William H., 1826-31.
Reed, John, 1811-16. Rhine, George, 1817-31. Shell, John, Sr., 1795-1801. Stewart, Thomas, 1805. Vance, William, Jr., 1820-25.
Walker, Robert, 1776-78.
Wallick, Samuel, T., 1809-28.
Wharry, Thomas, Sr., 1801-5. Wilson, William, 1809-10.
CARDING-MACHINES.
Anderson, James, 1820-27.
Cook, Christian, 1820-25. Cook, Elias, 1826-27. Kirk, James, Sr., 1826-29. McCulloch, Samuel, 1820-25.
OIL-MILL.
Beale, Joshua & Jesse, T., 1829-31.
TANNERS.
Anderson, Euoch, T., 1817-31. Anderson, Enoch, Jr., T., 1818-29.
Andersou, John, T., 1806- 31. Cook, Christian, 1816-25. Cook, Peter, 1823- 31. Doty, Amos, 1800. Hart, Hugh, Jr., T., 1819-31. Innis, Joseph, 1816-31. Linminger, Andrew, 1780.
Langhlin, Matthew, T., 1821-31.
Magill, William, 1811-25.
Me Vitty, Thomas, 1811-15.
Oyster, Peter, 1800-4.
Wright, William, 1815-17.
DISTILLERIES.
Beale, David, 1786.
Black, Robert, T., 1810.
Boggs, John, Sr., 1796.
Boggs, Joseph, 1813. Brice, William, 1789, '94, '97. Brown, William, 1782-83. Carson, Henry, 1794-95.
Diviney, John, 1819-20.
Dobbs, John, T., 1829-31.
Douglass, James, 1827. Douglass, William, 1810-13.
Ferrier, Andrew, 1782.
Ferrier, James, 1796-97.
Ferrier, John, 1794-180-4.
Forbes, James, 1812.
Frederick, Nicholas, 1805-10.
Hart, William, 1794-95.
Headdon, Noah (2), 1811-22.
Isinminger, Andrew, 1797-98.
Jacobs, Benjamin, 1821.
Kirk, William, Sr. (2), 1812-13. Knox, Jolin, 1790-98.
Lyon, James, 1820-22.
Magill, Robert, 1817-22.
Martin, John, 1816-18.
Moore, John, 1805.
MeClure, John, 1817.
McCulloch, Samuel, T., 1797-1831.
McDonald, Samuel, 1794.
McElroy, Thomas, 1789-90.
McKee, Robert, 1831.
Nevill, James, 1792.
Owens, Daniel, 1826-29.
Owens, Daniel & Nancy, 1825.
Patterson, John, 1823-25.
Patterson, William H., 1825-31.
Ross, Jolin, 1779-80. Shaver, John, 1794-98. Shnell, John, Sr., 1792-97.
Snow, Jacob, 1796-98. Thompson, John (2), 1810-15. Van Swearingen, Evan, T. (2), 1805-19 (1), 1829- 31. Van Swearingen, Thomas, 1794-96. Wallace, Benjamin, 1798.
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Wallick, Samuel, T. (2), 1809-28. Weldon, Patrick, 1805-19.
Wharry, Thomas, Sr., 1792-1803.
Williams, William, 1783-89.
Woods, William ( Irish ), 1792.
INNS OR TAVERNS.
Barkley, Cornelius, 1828. Conn, George, T., 1831. Douglass, William &.Bartley, C., T., 1826-28. Fahnestock, John, T., 1831.
Gardner, James, 1810. Gocshorn, Robert, 1818. Laird, William, T., 1823-28.
Mettlen, Samuel, 1820. McCoy, Thomas, T., 1831.
Patton, Joseph, 1820.
Rice, Peter, 1818. Shnell, John, Sr., 1800. Wallace, Benjamin, 1796. Wilson, John, 1820. Wilson, John & Fagan, 1818.
EARLY SETTLERS .- Leaving the Peter Shaver lands, at Waterford, we have, first, to the right hand of the road, in a loop next the creek :
William Kirk, two hundred and sixty aeres, occupied already in 1767. In later days one hundred and sixteen aeres went to Joseph Me- Meens and William Wallace, now Kongh and Hockinberry ; one hundred and sixteen aeres to A. J. Ferguson, now partly David Moyer; while about twenty-seven acres belong to Isaac Kirk's heirs.
Andrew Ferrier had a traet southwest of Shaver's, on the stream that comes out of Horse Valley. I.e was there in 1774. The foundry and plow-factory of G. W. Kough is proba- bly on this tract. Just above the foundry about one hundred yards, at the head of the dam, there formerly stood the fulling-mill and card- ing-machines of James Kirk, Sr., 1826 and later. Close to the site of the fulling-mill James Garner had his sickle-mill in 1799. A few rods above there are the remains of an old dam, older than the fulling-mill, and not used for it. It is probable that this sickle-mill was also the location of the Morris, Walker, Ferrier, Magaw, Shaver grist-mill.
John Harvey, on the left of the road, west of the town, one hundred and forty-four acres, April 28, 1767 ; sold, May 21, 1789, to Archi- bald Watts, of Toboyne. Alexander Melntyre
got one Indred and twenty-one acres of this land, which composes the present farm of Lem- nel Ramsey; and Thomas Bracken got thirty acres. In 1803 there was a saw-mill where Bracken's part joined the run.
John Slmell owned the traet on the run, just above the Melntyre part of Harvey's tract. Here, about a fourth of a mile above the foundry, at a high bank, and in the very edge of the Mill Run, is a remarkably well-preserved stone wall ; it is three or four feet wide, six feet high and forty feet long. It stands eight feet from the bank. There can be no doubt that this is the place that Shnell had his grist and saw-mills, taxed in 1795.
James Stone, one hundred and twenty-six aeres, April 20, 1763, called " Litharge," ad- joining William Kirk and Bracken to the cast ; now Herman Hoekenberry and Harvey Wal- lace. James Stone had seventy-five acres ad- joining this tract surveyed October 8, 1765. Ilis son, John Stone, took up three tracts towards the mountain.
Captain John Little, or Lytle, one hundred and ninety-four acres, June 10, 1762, on both sides of the creek ; surveyed in 1768 by George Woods; sold to Samuel Shannon in 1772; Ed- ward Thatcher, 1778, and his wife, Sarah, to 1796 ; later, Larrimore, and then JJohn Wood- sides ; now, Matthew Clark, residing on the north side of the creek.
Captain John Lytle took out a warrant for two hundred aeres October 17, 1767; now Daniel Thatcher's, John Burns' and Matthias Stump's land, on the Lytle tract; and on the Thatcher part there were eight or ten acres cleared at an early day by one Woods (tradition says it was George Woods, being on the heads of Woods' Run). It was early abandoned, and to- day is covered with tall oak timber.
George Woods was taken by Indians when Fort Bigham was burned ; his companion was shot. Woods is said to have been a man of fine education and a good surveyor. He was taken with the others to Kittanning, and after running the gauntlet, was adopted into the tribe, assigned to one John HIntson, who had Jennie Gray, and was taken to Pittsburgh and there he was delivered " to the French Governor,
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Mons. Duquesne." The story of Woods marry- ing Mrs. Gray is not trustworthy. Woods is said to have taken his captivity little to heart, to have bargained with Hutson for his release, agreeing to give a yearly payment of ten pounds of tobacco during life to the Indian, and which was regularly called for by him for many years. However this may be, Woods got back, and af- terwards removed to Bedford, where he became a man of considerable prominence, and was the father-in-law of United States Senator James Ross, who ran against MeKean and Suyder for Governor. Woods was one of the surveyors that laid out Pittsburgh. The great business street is named " Wood Street" after him, Tench Francis, agent of the Penns, employed Woods to lay out the town into lots, and for this purpose he moved from Bedford to Pittsburgh, in May, 1784, where he reared a large family and lived to a ripe old age.
George Woods, July 20, 1762, took up a large tract on both sides of the creek, and cover- ing the mouth of a run on the north side. John Glenn held two hundred and seventy- eight acres of this land west of Lytle. Ile also warranted sixty-six acres on the right of Woods, March 28, 1767, called " Panama." David Glenn held one hundred and fifty-one acres of Woods' tract (1815-38). In 1820 William Glenn held ninety-nine aeres, later John Woodsides, and Robert Brown the other part (thirty aeres) in 1838, who also then got the survey of Robert Brice, one hundred and thirty- six acres, September 1, 1767. William Show- ers now lives here on the north side, and William Robison and Alexander Wallace, late John Woodsides, on the south side of the creek The stream emptying into the creek on the north side through this tract is called " Woods' Rin."
Alexander Melntyre, one hundred and ninety-four neres, June 4, 1762, adjoining John' Glenn and George McConnell, now Alexander Eaton. This was John MeIntyre's place. The Cooney tract, so called from a blacksmith, Peter Cooney (1815-28), is now ocenpied by James Gray, one of the nine sons of Joseph Gray, all of whom were in the army.
George McConnell in 1763 held a large
tract, part of which is now held by Mrs. Ezra Montgomery and George W. Armstrong. The lower part, three hundred and three aeres, was warranted by his son, James McConnell, March 9, 1787, now Rev. J. A. Ross. On the north side of the creek Robert Wright had one hun- dred and fifty acres, November 7, 1785.
Thomas Woods, two hundred and twenty acres, February 3, 1755, on both sides of the creek. John Wallace had one hundred and twenty-two acres. Half of cach tract (one hundred and seventy-one acres) went to William Neely (1772), and the other half to John Har- vey. Harvey's lands now belong to Samuel and Joseph Simonton, and Neely's part, later (1821) James Neely, now Robert Robison.
George Woods held a tract, the southern part of which now belongs to John Leonard, while W. H. Gallagher occupies the northern part. The small stream emptying into the Tuscarora Creek is called " George's Creek."
John Wilson, forty-one acres, December 2, 1766; James Harvey, one hundred acres, May 20, 1786, sold by William Brice, tuner, Feb- ruary 21, 1800, to William Neely ; William Neely, thirty-five acres, May 21, 1790; Jolm Johnson, a part, November 9, 1809 ; Manasses Ramsey, a part, January 2, 1810. These parts of larger surveys composed the Arbuckle or Alexander tract. The John Neely part of Wil- liam Neely, and part of the Johnson tract formed the traet of John Magee and Achia, his wife. Jolm Wright also had a tract February 22, 1785. The Arbuckle tract now belongs to Jolm Leonard and Esquire Henry Titzel.
William Brice, two hundred and ninety-one acres, December 2, 1766. This is called a " lo- cation." On this traet are the village of Water- loo and Williams' grist-mill and lands of Jason Robison, Johu HI. Little, Ezra Montgomery and Absalom Rice.
Above Brice, on the creek, are three surveys -- David Wallace, two hundred and two aeres, February 21, 1755; James McCracken, one hundred and forty-six acres, March 25, 1763; and David Wallace, eighty-three acres, March 25, 1763. The last-named is now Absalom Rice and John HI Blair. The MeCracken tract is Rice, Blair and Mrs. Dr. Maclay, nee Pome-
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roy. The carly warrant of Wallace proves he had an eye for good land. The region about his lands used to be called " Wallacetown," be- fore Waterloo was laid ont.
David Wallace, May 14, 1767, a tract of which he sold twenty-eight acres to John Brown. It lies at the north end of Waterloo Bridge. Arks were formerly built on the Tuscarora, as far up as Waterloo.
David Glenn, for fifty-five aeres, December 2, 1767, called "Acheron," situated "on a run, including a large deer lick." This tract was enlarged to two hundred and thirty-one acres, and the well-known voting-place, Liek School House, is on it. He also had a tract of one hundred and sixty acres, JJune 28, 1786, on a corner jutting up to Joseph Douglass, with James Mccutcheon above, and John Cook across the stream ; MeCutcheon, one hundred and eighty-five aeres, December 21, 1768; now Samuel Woodside's heirs. On July 28, 1761, Governor Hamilton issued a procla- mation, offering one hundred pounds for the arrest of the person who, on or about the 24th of June last, fatally wounded a certain Indian called Thomas Hickman, of the Delaware tribe, with a rifle or fusce, near a deer lick in the valley of Tuscarora, in the county of Cumberland, of which said wound he shortly after died. It is supposed that the act was committed by a white man with intent to murder said Hickman, notwithstanding his well-known constant friendship and attach- ment to the English during the whole course of the war, which greatly aggravates the horror and wickedness of the deed.
Above the Tuscarora township line, in the valley next Shade Mountain, is the survey of John Bell, the founder of a well-known family; now Joseph Bell and others.
Thomas Mellroy, three hundred and thirty- seven acres, May 6, 1768 ; near MeKnight on the south ; now James Barton and Thomas Murphy.
Patrick Murphy made an improvement which was held by him and his children until a recent date without a warrant ; now William Thomp- son and others. It extended west to John Gemmil.
Robert Levers, of Philadelphia, warranted
three hundred and twenty-seven aeres, which later was increased to four hundred and three acres, June 1, 1762, on Woods' Run. This tract is now owned by J. C. Burns and W. 1. Wilson. The county line crosses it. Matthias Campbell, two hundred and thirty-seven acres, on the county line, south of Levers. East of this and south of Levers was William White, one hun- dred and five acres ; and farther cast Thomas Shanks, two hundred and sixty-four, acres.
The name of Captain John Brady, in 1763, in Lack, is pretty conclusive evidence that he was then living there. He had no warrant for the tract, and was probably here for a short pe- riod after leaving Shippensburg, and before he settled opposite Standing Stone. He afterwards moved to the West Branch and became a noted Indian fighter, as did also all his sons.
William MeMullen, of Laek township, served in Proctor's Pennsylvania artillery regiment in the Revolution ; died about 1622.
PERU MILLS.
The tract on which Peru Mills is situated was warranted to JJohn Gemmill September 13, 1762 ; one hundred and fifty acres. Gemmill sold the traet to William Goff; who sold it to Thomas Proviance, and he sold it to John Ferrier in September, 1798.
On Willow Run, formerly Little Tuscarora, four miles below Peru Mills, lived one Thomas Wharry, who had on the run a small grist-mill from 1799 to 1816. Above this, on the same run, about three miles below Peru Mills, about 1785, Henry Thompson sold Jolin Ferrier his " improvement " right to a tract then " adjoin- ing the surveyed line of Ralph Starrett," where F. Vawn now lives. His father, Andrew Fer- rier, lived near by. Here they erected a small grist-mill, for which John is taxed as early as 1790. In 1792 Andrew Ferrier, while attend- ing court at Lewistown, slept in a bed, the cloth- ing of which the tavern-keeper had purchased at anction in Philadelphia, and which was in- feeted with yellow fever. Ferrier and a num- ber of others in this vicinity took the fever and died, and they were buried on this old mill property. His son John carried on the grist- mill for some years. Finally, after he purchased
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