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It will be noticed that Joseph Sellers united with John Hamilton in taking out the warrant for the land on the Cocolamus in 1776. It is not known that he was connected with the one who later bought it, but probably was the father of Jacob and Joseph Sellers, two brothers, who, in the year 1793, went to the Cocolamu- Creek, in what is now the northwest corner of Monroe town- ship, and purchased a tract of land in two parcels,
one in 1793, the other in 1795. On the 15th of January, 1796, Joseph sold all his interest in the land to Jacob Sellers, Jr., and the same year bought of the heirs of Jolm Hamilton one hundred and seventy acres and the grist-mill and the saw-mill. The grist-mill was allowed to run down and was abandoned, although it was the first grist-mill in this part of the county. The land and saw-mill were kept by Joseph Sel- lers until his death, in 18!1, aged seventy-six years. Hle married Anna, a daughter of Samuel Sharon. Their children were James M., Mar- garet, Sarah, Mary and Anna. Margaret and Sarah now live at MeAlisterville, Anna died there, and Mary became the wife of David Cas- tle and moved to Michigan. The property passed to James M. Sellers, who, April 7, 1853, sold the property to Jolm Landis, who kept it several years, and in addition to the saw-mill established there a foundry, which he ran as long as he retained the property, which later was sold respectively to James M. Sellers, James B. Mode, Abraham Page and, on April 1, 1871, to Robert M. Humphrey, who now owns it and continues the saw-mill.
It is evident that in the early settlement of the county this grist-mill was a central point, as several roads were made leading to it. The Patterson and Jordan mills were also running at the same time.
James Chambers warranted a tract of land on the Juniata River containing three hundred acres, September 8, 1755 ; and on the 26th of January, 1767, he was granted three hundred and two acres on order of survey No. 2565. The first tract was sold to Henry Cooper in July, 1761, who sold, November 17th, the same year, to William Stewart, who was a permanent set- tler upon the land until his death, in 1784. The other tract, of three hundred and two acres, in time passed to Judge James Black and was patented as " Black Oak Ridge," and sold to General Louis Evans, whose heirs now own it. It lies cast by north from the Evans mill. Cham- bers was killed by the Indians in the early troubles.
John Thomson, or Thompson, as later spelled, from whom the most of the family of that name in this county descend, was one of several
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brothers who resided in Paxton Valley, and, about 1768 or 1769, came up the Juniata, with his family, and purchased a tract of two hun- dred acres of land (which had been previously warranted) about two miles from the present. borough of Thompsontown. His mane is not mentioned in the tax-rolls of Fermanagh town- ship until 1769, when he is assessed on two hun- dred acres (now owned by Uriah Sherman). Robert, his eldest son, was also assessed ou two Imudred acres adjoining, and below, at Lock- port.
John Thompson married three wives, by whom he had children as follows : Robert, Will- iam, Andrew, Thomas aud Peter, Susan and Sarah. Susan married David Boles, and set- tled in Pfontz Valley. Agnes married - Black, aud settled in Blount County, Tem. Sa- rah became the wife of William McAlister, and settled ou Cocolamus Creek, where his grandsou (Jolin MeAlister) now lives. John Thompson died abont 1779 (as his name disappears from the tax-rolls at that time), and is buried in the old Thompson grave-yard. A simple stone with the letters "J. T.," without date, marks his resting-place.
Robert, his eldest son, lived and died on the land he bought in 1769. He married Mary Mitchell, by whom he had children-William, John, James, Robert, Andrew and a daughter, Jane, who married John McAlister, E-q., sou of William, of Cocolamus.
Of the sous of Robert (son of John), Will- iam, the eldest, after receiving his portion from his father, became unfortunate in his invest- ments, and lived in Thompsontown in his later days and conducted a small farm. Johu aud James settled in Lost Creek Valley, and, about 1803, sold to Michael Bashore, and, April 1st, in that year, bought the James Micheltree tract of JJames MeLio and David Walker, excentors, which laud was granted on an order of survey, No. 3229, to ,James Micheltree. John Thompson, with his brother Robert, bought, November 15, 1811, another tract, adjoining, which had been grauted to Micheltree on order of survey, March 27, 1767. John Thompson died, January, 183.1, aged fifty-eight years. Of his sons were Will- iam G., James, Robert M. and John. William
G., Jolm and the widow of Robert M. are living on these lands.
James, the son of Robert, after the sale of the property on Lost Creek, bought, with John, the Micheltree property, but soon after sold to Robert, his brother, and went to Ohio.
Robert, son of Robert, purchased part of Andrew Thompson's (tailor) land, and settled upon it, where he lived and died. Some of his children are now living in Thompsontown.
Andrew, son of Robert (the first), settled ou his father's place and bought other lands ad- joining. He was known as Audrew Thompson, farmer. His children all moved West.
Mitchell, the youngest son of Robert, lived and died ou part of his father's estate. He married Jane, a daughter of David Allen. Ad- eline (Mrs. J. Stewart Lukens) is a daughter. Lavinia, a daughter, was the wife of James Cochran, of Liverpool.
Andrew, the son of John Thompson, the au- cestor, was a tailor, and settled at Thompsontown, and, about 1803, emigrated to Chillicothe, Ohio.
William Thompson, the second son of John, married Jean, a daughter of George Patterson, of Mexico, and in 1785 purchased the tract on which Thompsontown is located, and died there abont 1813.
Thomas and Peter Thompson, the youngest sons of John, inherited the homestead of their father, and February 28, 1807, they purchased eighty-four acres of land of Frederick Keller, which had been patented in two tracts by Isaac Yost,-one named Rivulet Grove, March 30, 1796, the other Green Plains (later called Green Dale), March 29, 1796. They passed, April 6th in that year, to Jacob and Martin Miller, who sold, April 5, 1802, to Michael Bashore, who resided there a year, and, May 16, 1803, sold to Keller. On May 1, 1809, Thou- as and Peter Thompson sold it to Andrew Thompson, farmer, and it is now the property of Mes. Robert M. Thompson. Thomas died a bachelor, and the old farm, which then em- braced four hundred and thirty-three acres, passed to Peter. He had children-Jolm, Samt., Silas, Thomas, Johu, Patterson, Mary, Mar- garet, Susanna and Ellen, who inherited the estate. It was bought of the heirs by Jolm P.
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and Samuel Thompson ; the latter sold later to Jolm P., and purchased the original Robert Thompson farm, now owned by George Tay- lor. Jolm P. kept the old home-farm until 1865, when it was bought by Judge Samnel Hepburn, of Carlisle, who, March 1, 1869, sold it to Uriah Shuman, the present owner.
Upon this tract John P. Thompson and George Moss, about 1863, erected the " Ma- ria" Furnace, which they continued until the sale of the property to Judge Hepburn, who continued it a year or two and abandoned it about 1869.
Gabriel Fry became a settler in Delaware township in 1773, as on the 22d of May in that. year he purchased a traet of land contain- ing two hundred and thirty-five aeres, on Dela- ware Run, which was granted on an order of survey, November 29, 1766, to Esther Patter- son, and was sold by her to James Crampton. It was sold by the sheriff, in 1770, to William Petterman, by whom it was conveyed to Fry. He also took out a warrant for fifty aeres ad- joining, January 5, 1793. He was a blacksmith, and had a smith-shop, as in 1782 a road was ordered by the court of Cumberland County to be laid out from John Harris' plantation (now Mifflintown), past Gabriel Fry's smith-shop (now David Dumm's, in Kurtz Valley), to John Hamilton's grist-mill (now Robert Hum- phrey's saw-mill). This tract Gabriel Fry sold, January 5, 1793, to Isaac Thompson, with a distillery, but Fry still resided in the vicinity on other lands. He died about 1826.
Samuel Fry, a brother of Gabriel Fry, came to the township about the same time. Samuel settled here and in 1775 purchased a tract of one hundred and ten acres of land, which David Wilson warranted November 30, 1774. He brought his family to the farm in the next year, 1776, when Jonathan was one year old. The land was on Cocolamus Creek, a short distance above the Hamilton mill (now Humphrey's). Sammel Fry had sons-Benjamin, Gabriel, Enoch, Jonathan, Samuel, John and James; the three youngest sons emigrated West. Benjamin lived to maturity and died single upon the farm. Gabriel settled on a farm now owned by John Fry, son of Jonathan Fry, Jr. Enoch settled
south of the homestead, near Goodwill, where his son George now resides. Jonathan settled on the homestead, where he died in April, 1817, aged seventy-two years. His son Jonathan re- sides on the homestead.
Gabriel, Enoch and Jonathan cach married a daughter of Benjamin Dearduff, who was im carly settler on the farm now owned by Daniel Kepner.
Joseph Cookson first appears in tax-rolls in 1778, assessed on three hundred acres of land, one hundred of which he warranted, and which was located near Thomas Jordan. The next year he was assessed on one thousand one hun- dred, and 1781 on five hundred; Daniel, on one hundred, and Thomas and William on stock. In 1785 Joseph had seven hundred
and eighty-eight acres; William and David, cach, three hundred, and in 1789 Joseph six hundred and eighty-eight, and William six hundred. From 1783 to 1805 Joseph was running a distillery. William appears assessed on a grist-mill from 1790 to 1803, and his heirs from 1811.
The Joseph Cookson lands, of three hundred acres, lying on Delaware Run, and the Thomas Jordan land (now S. O. Evans') were sold by Joseph Cookson to his son, Charles, with a portion of other lands, about 1810. He built what is known as the White House, and lived there until his death. He sold, soon after his purchase, two hundred and fifty acres of the tract near the run to John Kurtz, the ancestor of the family now in the Kurtz Valley, which traet he divided among his three sons, Samuel, Abraham and John. Samuel's descendants moved to the West. Abraham purchased the interest of John, who settled near on other property. The descendants of the brothers are still living in the valley.
A tract of land, containing forty-six acres, lying east of the Hunter Tennis tract, was war- ranted to John Bowne, April 4, 1766, on which one Yakes resided, set out an orchard and built a saw-mill. The race, upon the building of the Pennsylvania Canal, in 1829, was made a feeder. The land now belongs to the heirs of William Thompson.
Richard Dunn, before 1798, settled on land
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later, in part, owned by David Westfall. Hle died in 1820. His son, James, was a teacher, and, later, settled in the sune locality, and in 1816 bought a farm (now William Rannels') in Fayette township, where he died in 1868. William Dann, Esp., of MeAlisterville, is a son.
The land on which the Guyers first settled was bought by Henry Guyer, April 13, 1794. A part of it was warranted by Richard Bell and William Vance. The latter sold to Bell. The other part was granted, on an order of survey No. 2316, to Joseph Trotter, January 5, 1767. Ile deeded it, February 12, 1768, to Samuel Wallace. It was sold to Christian Stutzman, who, January 1, 1810, sold to John Stutzman. He, June 8, 1829, sold to Abra- ham Guyer, and April 13, 1838, it passed to Henry Guyer. On March 10, 1827, Henry Guyer sold the first-mentioned tract to Abra- ham Gnyer.
Peter Evey was a freeman in 1806, and in 1809 purchased a tract of land on Cocolamus Creek, on which he built a saw-mill, which he continued many years; it is now abandoned. About 1816, Christian Gingrich built a saw- mill about two and half miles north of Thomp- sontown, which also was run many years.
The strip of land that was attached to Fer- managh township in 1791 now belongs to Walker and Delaware, and an account of a few of the settlers living on that side has been obtained. In the year 1775, William MeMeen was as- sessed on fifty acres, ten of which are cleared, and later with one hundred aeres. On the -Ith of September, 1791, he sold to George Wood one hundred and one acres, " on which he then lived, and opposite James Micheltree," who then lived below Thompsontown, on the land now owned by Mrs. Robert Thompson and William G. Thompson, on which Durward Station is located. William Willcox, prior to 1768, made an improvement which, August 18th of that year, he sold to William Stewart, which is described as here given, --
" A certain improvement, being on the south side of Juniata River, opposite where he, the said William Stewart, now liveth. Beginning at a Run of water, called the Deep Run, westward of the improvement,
and from thence down the Javiata to a run opposite the Delaware Run."'
The land at the upper end of this strip that belongs to Delaware township, containing four hundred and forty-four acres, now known as the Bradford Fruit-Farm, was a part of several tracts, warranted as follows : James Wright, December 28, 1770; Daniel Neef, December 16, 1773, and the application of William McCraekin, November 1, 1792. The title to this property became vested in Michael Eckert, who died in 1802. His heirs sold it to Henry Lukens, son of Abram and grandson of John Lukens. He married Gracey, a daugh- ter of William Stewart, by whom he had chil- dren as follows: Abraham, John, Elizabeth, Sarah, Jane, Margaret, Mary, William and Rachel (twins). Abraham settled on the Tennis farm and died there; JJ. Stewart Lukens is a son. Margaret became the wife of Robert MeCracken ; Mary, of Robert Thompson, tanner; and Rachel, of Levi Myers.
Henry Unkens lived on this tract until his death, when it was sold to Robert Thompson, who, September 4, 1852, sold it to William and Theodore S. Thompson, from whom it passed to others. In 1878 Frederick Miller sold it to Hezekiah Bradford, who set many acres out in fruit of various kinds. .
Sonoons .- One of the first school-houses in the township was the one built at what is now Humphrey's mill, then Joseph Sellers'. How long it had been built before the agreement here given was made is not known. The John Keller here mentioned was a son of Frederick Keller, who bought, in 1803, part of the land Mr. Robert M. Thompson now owns, and later settled near Pine Swamp, now in Monroe township, where he died. Jacob, the brother of John, taught school near this place in 1820.
An article of agreement was made December 15, 1818, between John Keller, schoolmaster, of Greenwood township, and the subscribers, by which Keller was to teach a school in the school- house, on the premises of Joseph Sellers, for the term of three months, beginning on Mon- day, the 28th of December, " which school shall be taught in spelling, reading, writing and arith- metie, in English." The " subscribers agree to
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make up 20 scholars, and give liberty for an open school, and keep the school-house in good state, with a sufficiently of fire-wood at the Door, and find for the said master $1.50 per scholar, good and lawful money, at the Expir- ation of the school. Joseph Sellers, 1 ; William Stoll, 3; John Jones, 1 ; Peter Borris, 2; Rob- ert Patton, 1 ; Aquilla Burchfield, 3; George Miller, -. "
A school-house, in 1817, was on the farm of Nathan Van Ilorn, and was torn down about 1825, and another was built near where John West now lives, which was torn down about 1870.
In 1820 a school was kept in a blacksmith- shop on the farm now JJonathan Keiser's.
About the same time a school was kept by a Mrs. MeLanghlin.
Mrs. Hannah Caveny, about 1825, taught in a small honse on the road from Thompsontown to Good-will.
Peter Dawson, William P. Law and Simon Skuyler were early teachers.
The school law was accepted by the township in 1838, and General Lonis Evans was the presi- dent of the board of directors, and George Wor- ley scoretary. There was, in the township, bitter opposition to the law, but it was carried and the township was districted with school- houses at the locations here mentioned : At Cross-Roads, North East (formerly Cameron's), Delaware Hill and Smith's. Thompsontown was made a joint district with part of Green- wood township, Perry County.
In 1868 the school-houses of the township and their value was as follows : Delaware Hill, fifty dollars; Smith, fifty dollars ; Cross- Roads, fifty dollars ; Northeast, fifty dollars ; Lock, fifty dollars : Salem, seven hundred and fifty dollars ; Good-will seven hundred and fifty dol- lars ; with the addition of Jumiata School-house, which stands near Thompsontown, the loca- tions are the same. New houses have been built since that time in several of the districts. The number of pupils in attendance at the schools is three hundred and thirty-seven.
The dedicatory sermon was preached by the Rev. II. Eberly.
The Delaware (Mennonite) Meeting-House was erected, of brick, about 1870, and is located a short distance from East Salem. It is inder the care of the Rev. JJacob Graybill.
EAST SALEM.
This hamlet is built on the Guyer lands. Samuel M. Kurtz, April 4, 1844, purchased a few acres of land of Henry Guyer, and built thereon a house, where his widow now lives. A road was laid out from Brown's Mills to Thompsontown, about 1825, which passed through the land on which the settlement wa- made.
In 1848, John Caveny opened a store in the basement of the house in which Adam Makel now lives. In 1850, John Kurtz erected a two-story building, in which, about 1870, Curtiss G. Winey began keeping a store, and a little later Samuel Schlegel opened a store. A post-office was established a number of years ago, of which C. G. Winey is now the postmaster.
The Methodist and United Brethren congre- gations have churches at this place. They are both under care of a circuit and have not local ministers.
Good-WILL (OR GOODVILLE) is a small chuis- ter of houses lying northeast of Thompsontown, and also contains a school-house and a cabinet- shop.
CHAPTER XIX.
BOROUGH OF THOMPSONTOWN.
JOUN TENNIS came from Montgomery County, and on August 1, 1765, made an article of agreement with Colonel Samnel Hunter for a tract of three hundred acres of land he warranted on Delaware Run, July 20, 1755. The deed of this tract he received from Hunter, July 1, 1772. In 1770 he sold to John Kepler, or Kepner, one hundred. and sixty acres of the tract on which the borough of Thompsontown now stands, who, in 1771, erected a grist-mill and saw-mill on the run
Currents. - The Whiteland United Chris- tian Church was built near Robert Humph- rey's mill in ISTS, and dedicated May IS, 1879. below, not far from the present mill. The
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faunily of Kepler, or Kepner, have been quite numerons in this township. Of the carly settlers were Abraham, Sr., from 1776-87 ; Abraham, Jr., 1801 to 1812; Benjamin, Sr., 1778-83; Daniel Sadler, 1818; Frederick, 1822; Esme, 1797 -1818; Jacob, 1778-81 ; Jacob (distiller), 1809-30; John, dr. (potter), 1778-81, and many others later. The family were also in Milford and Turbett townships.
The Kepler mill was abandoned in 1781, and in that year the people in the vicinity, sce- ing the necessity of a road to a mill, presented a petition to the court of Cumberland County, at the July term, 1781, for a road from John Kepler's to John Hamilton's mill, then on Cocolamus Creek, at the site of Robert Hnm- phrey's present saw-mill. This road was soon after laid out and is the present road through the town down to the river.
Michael Quiggle, who had been a settler in Fermanagh township from the year 1771, and the owner of land, also purchased a part of the Hunter tract of John Kepler, and on Septem- ber 13, 1785, sold it to William Thompson, son of John Thompson, who lived on the place now owned by Uriah Shuman. Quiggle owned other lands until 1794. He had three sons-John, Peter and Philip -- who resided here from the time they were of age until as follows: John, 1793-98; Peter, 1793-96; and Philip, 1794-1805.
William Thompson, who bought the Quiggle property, was the second son of John Thomp- son, the ancestor. Ife was born in 1755; mar- ried Jane Mitchell, a sister of the wife of Robert Thompson, his older brother. Upon coming to this property to settle, he built a stone dwelling-house below the present resi- dence of Theodore S. Thompson, and a stone grist-mill the same year upon the site of the present mill, and in 1790 built a saw-mill near the grist-mill. In this year he laid out a town on the land, and Michael Holman in this year was licensed to keep a tavern at Thompsontown.
On the 16th of January, 1791, he sold to Jas. MeLin (sometimes spelled Macklin) a one- acre lot in the new town, with right " forever of sufficient water for use of a Tan-yard to be taken in a french out of the race dug to convey
water ont of Delaware Rum and lying west of said lot." At this time the patent was not yet obtained, and Thompson bound himself to give another deed when obtained. Angust 29, 1796, he sold a lot to Andrew Thompson, tailor, and another March 30, 1798, and a lot to John Walters, December 7, 1796. He and James Murray were licensed to keep tavern in Thomp- sontown in January, 1791. Walter sold the lot he bought, February 28, 1799, to William Groathouse, who erected upon the lot a tavern- house. He kept tavern in this house until his death in 1805. He had several daughters, of whom Amelia became the wife of General Louis Evans ; Rachel was the wife of - Jones, and in 1808 became the wife of Joseph Buchanan.
Rachael Jones, and later Mrs. Buchanan, kept the tavern from her father's death until 1809, when the property passed to John Mc- Gary, who married a daughter of William Groathouse, and in that year erected the present stone house that stands at the junction of the two roads. He kept tavern in this place until about 1840.
Samuel Davis owned a lot adjoining the tavern-lot, which was on the north side of the Main Street. Onthe 11th of September, 1798, Mr. Thompson sold to John and Michael Hol- man, Jr., two one-quarter aere lots, and Octo- ber 16, 1767, two lots to William Groathouse, with the right to repair the mill-race. March 16, 1808, Thompson sold lot No. 32, on Mill Street, to Caleb Worley.
Matthias Lichtenthaler came to Thompson- town in 1796, and from 1797 kept tavern for several years. He also carried on two distil- leries where Miss Louisa Thompson now lives. He died about 1810. Dr. I. N. Grubb's resi- dence is known as the old Lichtenthaler resi- dence. His sons were Albert and Griffith. The former lived and died here. Griffith went to Lock Haven. A daughter, Jane, lived many years in the town.
The tannery built soon after 1794 by James MeLin, in 1820 was owned by James North and in 1837 came to Solomon Sieber, who con- tinued it at that place until 1846, when he moved it to its present location and ran it until 1 883, since which time it has been united.
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Michael Holman kept tavern until after 1820. John McGary began keeping tavern in the house now owned by Daniel Bastress in 1809, and continued until 1810. He was the first postinaster and was appointed a justice of the peace in 1825.
The family of Michael Holman was quite numerous. He appears to have been a settler here in 1783, and owned land in partnership, part of the time, with John Holman. Of other tavern-keepers were Fleming Stewart, in 1815; Samnel Miller, in 1818; and Albert Lichten- thaler, in 1819.
In 1801 William Thompson opened a store in the stone house now ocenpied by Theodore S. Thompson, and kept there until his death. In 1809 he erected a fulling-mill and two dis- tilleries at the place, and in 1812 put in carding- machines. He died about 1813.
Ilis children were dohn (known as Goshen John), William, James, Robert, Isaac and Samuel, Sarah, dane and Elizabeth. James went to Mexico, Isaac to Hollidaysburg and Samuel to Pottsville. Sarah married Judge William MeAlister ; Jane, Henry Walters ; and Elizabeth, Dr. William Waterhonse. John settled about 1809 on the old Poultney tract, where Van Dyke Station now is. The tract was known as the " Happy Banks of Goshen," and the school-house is now known by that name. William married Jean, a daughter of George Patterson and granddaughter of Colonel James Burd. After the death of his father he, with his brother Robert, took the business at Thomp- sontown and conducted it many years, increasing the business and purchasing much other land in different parts. They also purchased at different times the Cuba Mills and Oakland Mills, and other mill properties. About 1829 they built a store-house on the Diamond, and removed the store to that place, now ocenpied by Wickersham & Shelley ; a store-house was built on the canal-bank, and in 1835 theold mill was torn down and the present brick mill was erected. William Thompson died about 1835, and his son, Theodore S. Thompson, lives in the old mausion-house. Robert was a bachelor and died January 3, 1866. The property is now owned by the heirs of Win. and Robt. Thompson.
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