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CHAPTER VII. LANDISBURG BOROUGHI.
the county-seat of Perry County and Fourteen miles from Carlisle. It was laid out by Abraham Landis, a resident of Cocafico township, Lancas- ter County, who, May 25, 1787, took ont a war- rant for one hundred and sixteen acres, lying along Montom's Run. In 1793 he laid ont a part of this land into seventy-two lots, and named it Landisburg, with the following de- scribed bonudaries :
" Beginning at a Post near the Run, at or near the Great Road; thence along said Road, past a certain dwelling and Store-House (now in possession of Mr. Shippen Rhine) on said tract, North 220 west 1084 ft. to a post ; thence by land of the said Abraham Landis, North 68° east 780 feet to a post ; thence south 229 east 1084 feet to a post ; thence 68" west 780 feet to the beginning."
The survey was made and the plan executed by John McChire. A lottery was then pro- jected, and the tickets offered for sale. Each person who secured a lot was required to build within three years a house two stories high, or higher, and to have a brick or stone chimney. Each lot also was subject to an annual quit- rent of seven shillings and six-pence. A mim- ber of lots were sold and deeds given in later years. The earliest deed on record was made to George Woll; wheelwright, and bears date December 1, 1795, for lot No. 33, sixty by one hundred and fifty feet, the size of the town lots, James Wilson bought a lot April 15, 1797, and November 9, 1807, another lot and part of a lot near lot 73, which then had upon it a small brick house, owned by Jean Kilgore, widow of Hugh Kilgore; Wilson bought lot 73, and April 12, 1811, sold lots 72, 73 and the part of a lot near 78, the last now owned by William Power. On November 9, 1807, Landis deeded to John Bigler lot No. 18, which he had drawn in the lottery. Bigler, on March 28, 1808, sold it to Euros Cadwallader. On the 1st of May, 1810, Landis sold to George Stroop lots Nos. 59, 62, 63, 61, and 65, for sixty-three dollars; Stroop sold lot 59 to George Wolf, March 3, 1811. Landis sold to George Wolf, April 11, 1810, lot No. 58, and he (Wolf) had bought lot. No. 40 of George Stroop, June 14, 1808; Wolf, on the 8th of June, 1812, conveyed to Frederick Liby, (Cooper) lots
This town is ten miles from New Bloomfield, | Nos. 40, 58, 59, who retained them mutil March
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9, 1813, when he sold them for seven hundred dollars to John Leiby, shoemaker, who for four Inindred dollars sold them, October 4, 1819, to Jacob Stroop, millwright; he sold them for seven hundred dollars, January 19, 1820, to Andrew Mateer. December 11, 1811, Abra- ham Landis on December 13, 1820, deeded Jacob Fritz a tract on the west side of the town. Lot 42 was sold by Landis to Samuel Ross, saddler, in 1810, which, in 1813, belonged to Daniel Cosier. March 10, 1813, George Stroop bought the remainder of the Landis traet and laid out a portion into lots. On November 1, 1816, Ludwig Bower bought lot 118, and January 25, 1822, sold it to Abraham Shively.
The quit-rents had been reserved by Landis in his sale to. Stroop, and on April 21, 1821, Landis gave a power of attorney to Jacob Stroop to attend to business in the place for him, which right was revoked July 5, 1823.
Lot 20 was bought by James Diven, on which he built a dwelling-house, now owned by Chas. Kell. His tannery was on lots 7, 8, 9, 10. They were purchased by J. Seroggs and Jolm Big- ler, and the tannery was built by Seroggs and sold to Jamas Diven, Jr., who died in 1816. From that time the tannery was rented by the heirs until 1810, when it was purchased by James A. Diven, the son, and one of the heirs of James Diven, Jr. It passed in 1853 to John D. Diven, who died in 1872, and the tannery was sold to William W. MeChire, who, in ISSO, sold to D. Moffat & Co., of New York.
Lots 1, 2, 23 and 24 were bought from Landis by James Diven, who built, in 1831, a tannery npon lot 1, and occupied a dwelling-house upon lots 23 and 24, which had been built many years previously. This property (dwelling- house and the Rice-mill) passed to Jacob Bigler, the father of William and Jolm Bigler, who kept a tavern. Upon the death of James Diven, in 1840, the tannery passed to Parkinson Hench and Samnel Black, who owned it until 1859, when William B. Diven, son of' dames Diven, the former owner, became the purchaser. He routinned business until 1867, when he sold the tannery to James Murray, who ran it until
1870, when it became the property of the Perry County Bank. It was sold to R. 11. Middleton & Co., who conveyed it to Peter A. Ahl & Co. The dwelling-house is now owned by Mrs. James Diven.
The first tavern was the Bigler House, corner of Carlisle and Water Streets, kept by Jacob Bigler. In 1820, David Heckerdoru was keep- ing it; Robert Welsh succeeded, and Peter Smee was the last landlord, and the property passed to James Diven.
The next tavern was on High Street, and on lot 73, which, in 1807, was bought from James Wilson by Christian Bigler; it came to Jacob Fritz, who built a log tavern-house, and kept a few years, when it was sold to Abram Ful- weiler, who made an addition to the house, and opened there a store, which he kept until 1825, when he moved to Main Street, and built the stone house and died there.
The next tavern was built on lot 48, now owned by John A. Wilson, before the county was organized, and was at that time, 1820, kept by John Creigh ; later by John Kebler, until 1831, when he sold to Thomas Elliot, who kept it a short time and sold to Henry Cooper, who kept it many years. It was long since abandoned as a tavern. Another tavern was in the building now occupied by James L. Diven, which was used till 1803 by John Wingert as a store. After his death, in that year, it was fitted as a tavern and kept by Michael Sypher, Jacob Fritz and Thomas Craighead, who kept during the time the courts were held in Landis- burg. About 1826-27 the property passed to William McClure, who opened a store and kept until 1834. In 1859, James L. Diven became the purchaser and still owns it.
What is now known as the Landisburg Hotel was built by Jacob Fritz. In 1820 it was kept by John Hackett, who was succeeded by David Heckerdorn, Gilbert Moon, Robert Welsh and Gilbert. Moon. In 1834, Jacob Evinger became the owner and kept the hotel until 1845, when he died ; since 1868 it has been kept by Major George A. Shuman. On lot, 17, now owned by Dr. James P. Sheibles, Was once a hotel, kept in 1821 by James Atehley, who was preceded by Henry Light-
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uer and sneceeded by Gilbert Moon, who was the last to keep tavern in the house.
Lot No. 45 was drawn by Edward West and later owned by Dr. John Creigh, who built the dwelling-house and resided there until he went out as a captain, in 1812, after which he moved to Carlisle. It was then occupied by John D. Creigh, and, about 1819, was opened by John ITipple as a hotel and kept by him until 1829, when he was elected sheriff and moved to Bloomfield. In ISSI the old building was torn down and the parsonage of the Reformed congregation now stands upon its site.
The land on which Patterson's store now stands was bought by Jacob Fritz on an article of agreement with Abraham Landis, Decem- ber 11, 1811, for which he received a deed De- cember 13, 1820. This lot Fritz sold to Samnel Anderson, who built thereon the present brick dwelling. The prothonotary's office was kept there by William B. Mitchell until its removal to Bloomfield, in 1826. The property then passed to General Henry Fetter, who removed his store from lot 32, now owned by Joseph 11. Kennedy's heirs, to the building where he kept store many years.
Henry Wingert learned the trade of a hatter in Lebanon County, and, after a seven years' apprenticeship, married and came to Landis- burg, and, April 1, 1811, purchased lot No. 33 of Abram Shade, and built a part of the house now occupied by his son, Dr. J. F. Wingert, and, with his brother, began the hatting busi- ness and continued it many years together. Val- entine, moved to Huntingdon County, and Henry continned until about 1852, and died in 1873. In April, 1813, he purchased lot 31, in 1815 lot 35, and lot 36 he purchased of Lcon- ard Keck and paid for it in hats.
Samuel Ross, a saddler, bought, April 2, 1810, lot 42, on which he built the house now owned by ex-Sheriff Forman, of Carlisle. He sold it, in 1812, to John Falmnestock, who sold to Dan- iel Cozier, March 29, 1813. Ross carried on the business at this place until 1820, when the lot was bought by Daniel Stambaugh, who used it as a dwelling, store and the sheriff's office. Ross removed to Shafer's Valley.
John Leiby sold a lot to Bernard Sheibley, a
wagon-maker, who settled in the town. Dr. J. II. Sheibley, now of Landisburg, is his son; other sons and daughters are living in the county.
Lorenzo Wingert, about 1798, settled near St. Peter's Church. His sons were Simon, John, Jacob, Valentine and Henry. The daugh- ters intermarried with the Hacketts and Ful- weiler. John settled in Laudisburg about 1791, and opened a store on the lots now owned and occupied by James 1. Diven as a dwelling and store, and died in 1803. His father, Lorenzo, also died in Landisburg.
A plot of the town in possession of William Lin, Esq., gives the names of owners of lots about 1812. The list is as follows :
Nos. 1, 2, Abraham Landis; 3, H. Waggoner; 4, J. Waggoner ; 5, S. Waggoner; 6, 7, 8, J. Seroggs; 9, 10, 11, 12, J. Bigler; 13, John Peck; 14, school- house; 15, Polly Ross; 16, H. Titzell; 17, Charles Simon ; 18, E. Cadwallader; 19, C. Rumple ; 20, James Diven; 21, A. Landis; 22, A. B. Crewel; 23, 24, A. Landis; 25, 26, J. Fritz; 27, Jolm Power ; 28, J. Dun- bar; 29, Mary Wilson ; 30, HI. Landis; 31, S. Bern- heisel; 32, E. W. Cozier; 33, Dewalt Werts; 34, S. Atlas ; 85, 36, -; 37, 38, 39, Geo. Stroop; 40, George Wolf; 41, W. Asken ; 42, S. Ross ; 43, S. Win- gert ; 4, S. Bernheisel ; 45, E. West ; 46, Dr. J. Creigh; 47, G. Moore; 48, James Wilson ; 49, Jean Kilgore, 50, Robert Cree ; 51, Dr. J. Creigh ; 52, 53, E. West ; 51, John Topley ; 55, 56, S. Wingert ; 57, S. More; 58, 59, G. Stroop ; 60, HL. Kline ; 61, George Dunbar; 62, 63, 64, G. Stroop; 65, S. Bernheisel ; 66, J. Fahnes- tock ; 67, 68, Chas, Cozier; 70, Dr. J. Creigh ; 71, James Bell ; 72, James Wilson.
LANDISBURG A COUNTY-SEAT .- In 1820, when the county of Perry was organized, Lan- disburg was chosen as the place for holding courts until another site should be selected. It was hoped the town would be selected, and a subscription list was started to erect county buildings, an account of which will be found in the "Organization of Perry County," page 896. A large log building had been erected by John Hackett in a line with Water Street, west of the town plot, in which courts were held until 1826, when they were removed to New Bloomfield. The first court was held under Judge Joh Reed, on December 1, 1820. Of the jurors at the first court, John Black, of New Bloomfield, is the only one living. The building, after the re-
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moval, was owned by Robert Gibson, Esq., and was torn down in 1811. The site is now oceu- pird by the brick residence of David Drium- gold.
James 1. Diven, in February, 1881, contrib. uted an article to the Historical Society of Perry County on the county-seat at Landisburg, which was published in the Perry County Freeman; and is here given,-
" LANDISBURG, Pa., Feb. 12th, 1881.
" W.M. HENRY SPONSLER-Dear Sir: The house in bandisburg known as the 'old court-house,' and in which the first courts of the county were held, was a large and unfinished log building, 'chunked and daubed,' situated on the northwest corner of Carlisle and Water Streets. There was a small one-story dwelling immediately adjoining it on the west, on Water Street, in which a tanner by the name of Allen Nesbit lived, who had a small tau-yard on the same lot and carried on the business of tanning in a small way.
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"The court-room ocenpied the whole of the first tour of the court-house; the second floor was divided by rough board partitions into three apartments, for commissioners' office and jury-rooms, and was reached by a rude, open stairway in the corner of the court- room. The seats in the court-room were ordinary board benches. The judges' beneh was a raised plat- form in the north end of the room, made of unplaned boards and furnished in front with a top or shelf, as a writing-desk. The counsels' table was a common piue dinner-table ; while the clerks had desks similar to those in use in the old court-house in New Bloom- ti .Id and possibly were the same ones.
" The room was also used as a place of public wor- ship by the Presbyterians and Methodists until they each obtained a church building of their own.
" When the courts were removed to New Bloomfield the old court-house property came into possession of the late Robert Gibson, Esq., who used the room for a cabinet-maker's shop until the year 1840, when he look the old building down and built the present brick dwelling-house on its site.
" The county offices, with the exception of the commissioners' office, were in the dwellings of the officers. The first sheriff, Daniel Stambaugh, and also Jesse Miller (his successor), had the office in the house on the northeast corner of the Centre Square, Sheriff Stambangh dying there during his term.
" Protbonotary Wm. B. Mitchell had his office and residence in the brick house, with store-room attached, owned and occupied afterwards by the late General Henry Fetter, and now owned by his grandson, Will. H. Niblock. The office was in the front room, on Carlisle Street.
"Jacob Fritz, Esq., register and recorder, lived in
the store-house on Water Street afterwards owned by Jesse Hipple, and now owned and occupied by Rob- ert Jones, Sr. The register's office was in the base- ment of the house.
" John Topley, Sr. (father of A. F. Topley, Esq.), was court erier. The court was called by a troop of small boys ringing a dinner-bell through the streets at the appointed hour. Respectfully yours, "JAMES L .. DIVEN."
William Power, before 1821, kept store where J. Keek now has a store, and in 1821 retired to his farm. In 1820 the tavern-stand kept by Thomas Craighead was known as the " Lawrence Inn." Heury Lightner's tavern, now the property of Dr. J. P. Sheibley, in that year was known as the "Spread Eagle." Michael Sypher was keeping tavern in that year; Samuel Maus was keeping a clock and watch-maker's shop on the site of the post-office ; Robert II. MeClellan, in July, 1820, opened a new store ; Alexander & Hays were saddle and harness-makers, and their shop was opposite the printing-office of the Perry Forester ; John D. Creigh, Charles B. Davis, F. M. Wadsworth were attorneys and had offices in the town ; Allen Nesbitt, about 1818, established a small tannery in the rear of the court-house lot and continued until abont 1828-29 ; Joseph HI. Ken- nedy, in 1821, manufactured nails by hand in the town ; a fair and cattle show was held ju Landisburg August 16-17, 1821; Valentine Miller kept an apothecary-shop in the cast end of the present hotel and soll it in 1830; William Dalton also had an apothecary-shop adjoining John Hipple's hotel. The Perry Forester, the liest paper in the county, was started in Land- isburg, July 12, 1820, by HI. W. Peterson and Alexander Magce. H. W. Peterson was asso- ciate editor from 1820 to 1821, and then after- wards edited a paper in Lebanon County. He removed to Gault, Upper Canada, where he became probate judge and died there. The Forester was continued by Alexander Magee at Landisburg until April 9, 1829, when the first issue was sent from the office on Main Street, New Bloomfield.
The fiftieth anniversary of American inde- pendence was observed in Landisburg July 1, 1826. The Landisburg Artillerists, under Cap- tain Henry Fetter, the Landishurg Guard-,
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under Captain Robert MeClellan, and the citi- zens formed in the centre square and marched to the court-house, where an address was deliv- ered by Jonas Butterfield, after which they marched to the farm of William Power, on Sherman's Creek, where a dinner was served and toasts drank.
The Golden Rule Lodge, F. and A. M., No 208, was constituted in Landisburg Inne 26, 1825, when an address was delivered in the court-house by the Rev. Robert Piggot, of Lewistown. The services were performed by District Deputy Grand Master Thomas IT. Crawford, of Chambersburg. The officers first installed were Robert 11. McClellan, Worthy Master ; Jacob Stroop, Senior Warden ; and John Dunbar Creigh, Junior Warden. The lodge was discontinued about 1833.
A fire company was established about 1829, and a new hand fire-engine was purchased. The company was not long-lived. The engine was kept many years and finally sold. The road to Carlisle for many years was by way of Sterrett's Gap and by Long's Gap. In the session of 1826-27 a State road was ordered laid by the way of the gap now known as Wag- goner's Gap. It was built in 1828, and is now mainly used as the nearest route to Carlisle.
It is not known whether a post-office was in Landisburg prior to 1821, but in that year Samuel Anderson was postmaster. He died in 1823, and August Ist, in that year, Henry Fetter was appointed. Postmasters since were, -1825, Jonas Butterfield ; 1826, John Kibler; 1828, Francis Kelly; 1831, John Burtnett ; 1811, William Blaine; 1811, Jesse Hipple; 18IS, George Shafer; 1852, John Burtnett; 1861, Mary Sheibley ; 1866, Mary Hutchinson; 1868, R. HI. Preisler; 1877, Nancy Conner ; 1885, James C. Preisler.
The town was incorporated December 23, 1831. The records of the Council have not been preserved.
SeHoors, -In the town plot of 1793, lot No. It was set apart for school purposes and a log school-house was built and used nutil 1837, when the present stone house was put np.
John MeClure, a surveyor, was an carly teach- er. Ile taught at various times, and was the
first teacher in the new school-house in 1837. He is well remembered by James L. Diven, Dr. John Wingert, Jeremiah Rice and others as the teacher in their youth. Jonathan Ross and Alexander Roddy were teachers in the old house, - Anderson and Edward Drumgold in the later house. James B. Cooper began a night- school in the town November 15, 1827, and in September, 1835, W. P. Johnson was keeping a select school. The old log school-house was managed by a board of trustees chosen by the citizens, and in the act incorporating the bor- ongh, John Kibler, Henry Fetter and John Diven were appointed trustees of the school. The public-school law of 1834 was accepted in 1836, when the trustees gave place to a board of school directors. The school reports for 1884 give an attendance of ninety-five pupils.
Mount Dempsey Academy was founded on the 8th of April, 1856, by the Rev. T. B. Bucher, The principals of the school following were F. A. Gast, David Evans, Esq., Rev. R. Z. Salem, William HI. Sheibley, S. H. Galbraith, Esq., Rev. G. C. Hall, S. C. Cooper, J. C. Sheibley and L. B. Kerr, Esq. The school was held in the basement of the Reformed Church, and was closed about 18644.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- The Presbyteri- ans of this section attended the Old Centre Presbyterian Church until 1825, when thirty- two persons, members of the old church, were constituted as the Landisburg Presbyterian Church, June 7, 1825. Rev. James M. Me- Clintock was installed pastor, and continued until J834, when Rev. Jolm Dickey became pas- tor of the New Bloomfield charge, and the Land- isburg and the Ickesburg congregations were mited with it. He remained until 185.4, when Rev. Lewis Williams was called in charge of Centre. Upper and Landisburg congregations. These he served until his death, in March, 1857, and was succeeded by Rev. John Clark, who resigned in 1864, and was followed by the Rev. James Ramsey for two years. After a vacancy of two years Rev. Robert MePherson was called, and continued until 1877. Rev. Silas A. Daven- port became the next pastor, served two years, since which time the congregation has been without a pastor. The carly services of the church were
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held in the old log court-honse. On June 9, 1829, Sammel Linn, Jacob Stambangh and William look, trustees of the congregation, purchased of Sebastian Wonder lots No. 120 and 121, on the Main Street, and in 1830 built the present church.
THE Cucken or Gon .- The founder of this denomination, Rev. John Winebrenner, visited Landisburg in 1821 and preached on Sunday, April 10th. In 1828, Henry Wingert, of Landisburg, began preaching, and was a teach- iug elder until 1832, when a regular organiza- tion was efected here under the care of the East Pennsylvania eldership. Services were held occasionally in the old log school-house until 1836, when Elder Wingert built a small log Bethel, adjoining his residence on Main Street. In 1812 a lot was purchased on the voruer of Water and George Streets and a brick Bethel was put up which was in use until the present one was built, in 1873. The ellers -ince the organization, in 1832, according to records, were :
Edward West, David Kyle, John B. Porter, William McFadden, William Mooney, George McCartney, Jos- epli Bumbarger, Michael Snovely, Carlton Price, Wil- liam Mulnex, Joseph Hazlett, A. Swartz, William Miller, Thomas Desbarce, Solomon Bigham, A. Fon- lon, Josiah Hurley, Wilson Coulter, Henry Clay, J. F. Weishampel, Thomas Steel, Samuel Crawford, William Johnson, J. C. Seebrook, B. F. Beck, Carle- low Price, S. R. Richmond, George W. Selheimer, W. L. Jones, W. P. Winbigler, F. L. Nicodemus, J. . 1. MeDonald, J. F. Meitel, J. F. Fleigel, C. W. Bor- dens and the present eller, J. W. Grisinger.
The congregations under this charge are Shafer's Valley, Kennedy's Valley, Oak Grove, Sudy Hollow and Little Germany.
TRINITY REFORMED CHURCH in Landisburg was organized in 1850, from a portion of the membership of the Lebanon Church, at Loy's- ville. The Rev. Jacob Sholl, who for many years was in charge of churches in this section, preached in this town occasionally. The Rev. Charles 11. Leinbach become pastor after the organization. A lot was purchased on Carlisle Street and the present brick clutch was built. The pastors in charge succeeding Mr. Leinbach were, -
Henry Musser, 1860 to October, 1861; James A.
Shultz, Angust, 1865 to May, 1867; T. F. Hotlineier, July, 1868, to February, 1872; D. L. Steckel, July, 1872, to October, 1873; W. H. Herbert, May, 1871, to May, 1880; 1I. T. Spangler, October, 1880, to April, ISSI ; M. H. Groh, since April, 188.1.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- The Revs. Shepherd, Tannehill, Finicle and other ministers on the circuit visited this town and preached prior to 1831. In that your an organ- ization was effected and the present building was erected. Landisburg is not an independent station ; it is on the New Bloomfield Circuit and served by the ministers of that charge.
A society of the Independent Order of Odd- Fellows was organized in Landisburg in 1845, under the name of " Mount Dempsey Lodge, No. 172." About 1816 the society purchased the Stambaugh building, on Main Street, fitted the upper room for a hall and sold the lot and lower story. In this hall meetings were held until about 1863, when they leased the third- story room in the Landisburg Hotel building and moved thereto, where they still remain. The lodge bas at present abont thirty-five members. The present officers are J. C. Jacobs, N. G .; A. C. Shall, V. G .; J. C. Preisler, Secretary ; I. J. Wilson, Assistant Secretary; and D. II. Sheibley, Treasurer.
The town at present has a population of about three hundred and fifty, and contains a hotel, post-office, four stores, tannery, four churches, school-house and various industries.
CHAPTER VIII.
TOBOYNE TOWNSHIP !!
Turis township was embraced in Tyrone until 1763. During that year a petition signed by a number of the inhabitants of Tyrone, asking for the crection of a new township, was presented to the Cumberland County Court. The official record at Carlisle, found among the proceedings of the March term 1763, reads as follows:
" Upon application of some of the Inhabitants of Tyrone Township to this court, setting forth that said township is too large, it is adjudged by the said Court that Mexander Roddy's Mill Runn be the line, and the name of the Upper, Toboyne, Alexander Logan being in Toboyne Township."
! By J. R. Flickinger.
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The mill of Moses Waggoner's heirs, two miles west of Loysville, occupies the site of Alexander Roddy's mill, and Alexander Logan lived on the farm now known as the MeMillon homestead, at Sandy Hill. The situation of these points indicates that the original division line between the two townships extended nearly north and south. . The limits of Toboyne, as defined by the foregoing order of court, were from Waggoner's mill on the cast to the Round Top on the west ; Cumberland and Juniata Counties, respectively, were the southern and northern boundaries. Its area then was about one hundred and seventy-live square miles, or almost one-third the present size of the entire conniy.
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