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EARLY Locations .- It was no sooner an-
Thomas Elliot, on the same date, took up a tract of fifty acres adjoining his other land, and, September 2, 1767, took up another fifty aeres. He was then twenty-five years of age. The Indian troubles that followed the defeat ot Braddock drove him, with the other settlers, back to the more thickly-populated settlements, and they did not return until 1762. At that time Edward, Charles and John Elliot came with him. Edward located land afterwards owned by Jon- athan Swartz and now by the heirs of John Kochenderfer. It is related in " Robison's Narrative" concerning the troubles of 1763 (to which the reader is referred in the General Ilis- tory, page 74), that the men were harvesting at. Edward Elliot's when the news was brought that hostile Indians were in the neighborhood. The next day a party of men organized and started to assist those who were in danger, and at Nicholson (afterwards the Adam Orris farm) they were caught in ambush by the Indians, and five of their mumber were killed. Among them was Charles Elliot, who, with Edward MeConel escaped, but were both shot by the Indians as they were ascending the bank of Buffalo Creek, now the property of' W'm. Fuller. John Elliot was then but seventeen years of age.
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The most distinguished descendaut was Rev. David Elliot, D.D., LL.D.'
Robert Elliot, a brother of David, married a
' Rev. Dr. Elliot was one of three sons, -David, Robert und Charles. David was born on the Boden farm, in the old log house that stood on the site of Mr. Jobn Boden's new house, on the Gth of February, 1787. After attending the schools of the neighborhood and when sixteen years of age, he was sent to a classical school in Tuscarora Valley, taught by the Bev. John Coulter, and in 1801 began sindy at a classical school in Mifflintown, where he finished his studies in Greek and Latin. At this time the Rev. Mat- thew Brown was pastor of the Cedar Spring congregation, und resigned to take a position in Washington College, l'a., of which he later was president. Through his influence, David Elliot beemne an assistant instructor in the college in 1805, and in Jannary, 1807, he entered the college, from which he graduated September 28, 1808. He was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Carlisle, September 26, 1811, and February 19, 1812, received a call to settle as pastor of the Upper West Conecocheagne Church at Mercersburg, Franklin County, where he labored until 1829. On July 6, 1829, he was called to the pastor- ate of the Presbyterian Church at Washington, Pa., where he remained until 1836. While serving as pastor at this place, he was instrumental, more than others, in the re- viving of Washington College, which, for several years, lind been on the decline. The degree of " D. D." was con- Terred mpon him, in 1835, by the board of trustees of Jef- ferson College, at Cannonsburg, and " LL. D." in 18-17, by Washington College. In the summer of 1836 the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Pennsylvania ex- tended to him a call to accept a professorship in the West- ern Theological Seminary, at Mlegheny City, which he accepted. He retired from active duties in the seminary in 1870, and was elected emeritus professor, and served the seminary with his counsel until his death, March 18, 1874. He was moderator of the General Assembly in 1838, ar a most trying time. To quote from Dr. J. I. Brownson's address on his life, he says :
"Never did a Presbyterian moderator ocenpy the chair in so momentous and trying a crisis. Yet there he sat, calm above the tunmlt, meeting euch emergency with in- stant decision, and yet with an accuracy which, in every instance, received the sanction of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, us expressed in the opinion rendered by one of the ablest judges of this or any other State, -- the late Chief Justice John Bannister Gibson. That eminent. jurist, after a most exhaustive review of the proceedings, -- of which the moderator's decisions were often the most vital, -as well as the pleadings, arguments of counsel and the adverse judgments of the Court of Nisi Prius, vindi- cated each of these decisions separately, as well as all of them conjointly. It was just after this searching review that the distinguished chief justice is reported to have mid, in conversation with a gentleman of the lar, that l'ensylvania had only missed having the best lawyer in the State, in the person of Dr. Elliot, by his becoming a minister of the gospel "
daughter of William Linn, settled on the home- stead, and resided there many years, and later moved to Iekesburg. He was elected associate justice of Perry County in 1836, and late in life moved to Fannetsburg, and resided with his daughter, Mrs. John II. Walker, until his death. Judge William Elliot, of Newville, Cumberland County, is a son. Charles, a half- brother of David and Robert, purchased a farm of Nicholas Iekes, in 1825, on which he lived until 1833, when he sold it to Judge John Rice, and moved to Maince County, Ohio. There are none of the family bearing the name of Elliot at present in the township.
Robert, William and James Elliot, whose names occur in the early records, were related to those above mentioned, and were descendants of those who came in 1762. Robert bought, June 4, 1787, a tract of land of Jolm Sanderson, con- taining one hundred and eighty-seven acres, which he had taken up on application No. 517 1, April 2, 1767. Robert Elliot also warranted forty-one acres adjoining the above, March 23, 1793. These two tracts were sold to Andrew Patterson, March 11, 1806, which Patterson later had patented. They were sold by him, April 11, 1835, to John Rice, and are now owned by William Rice and Christian Schwab.
William and James Elliot warranted land in February, 1793. William died about 183 4 and left two sons, William and James, and five daughters,-Mary, Elizabeth, Martha, Nancy and Jane. The land of William, Sr., was devised to James and the daughters. James lived to be eighty-two years of age, and died at Ickes- bnrg.
A part of the present William Rice farm was also bought by John Rice, April 19, 1839, of James Nelson.
.John Black, before 1774, was in possession of land on the west side of Buffalo Creek, now owned by Henry Hall.
Robert and James Irvine came from Ireland in 1752, and on December 27, 1771, Robert warranted three hundred acres of land on the west side of Buffalo Creek, adjoining land of Edward Elliot and JJohn Black on the cast and the top of Conecocheague Hill ou the north. Heaccu- mulated other lands, and upon his death it was
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divided between his sons- William, James and John. The southwest part, three hundred and thirty aeres, passed to James, who patented it November 6, 1812; to William he left the mansion tract of two hundred and fifty acres, to which he seenred a patent, dated September 1, 1812. On this tract is the old stone house, now the residence of James Irvine, the great-grand- son of Robert Irvine, the warrantee.
To John Irvine, Robert, his father, gave two hundred acres. William Irvine, Sr., lived up- on the homestead (now James Irvine). He had sons, Robert and George; the former lived and died npon the place. George resided there for a time, and in 1854 moved to lekesburg, and later to Newport. The land was sold to the heirs of James Irvine.
James Irvine died about 1823 and left chil- dren,-An (Mrs. Thomas Milligan), Martha (Mrs. William Elliot), William and Robert.
William Elliot, Jr., settled where his daughter Sarah Ann now lives, and John Ronsh and Prof. Lewis B. Kerr own part of the land.
Mrs. William Rice, of New Bloomfield, is a daughter of Mrs. Thomas Milligan. James Irvine, now on the old Irvine warrant, is a son of William Irvine, Jr. Elizabeth Irvine, also a daughter of William Irvine, Jr., is the wife of James Melaughlin, of Juniata County.
On the 5th of July, 1755, John Smith war- ranted a traet of fifty acres, adjoining lands of John Stewart, Robert Sanderson, Robert Elliot and William Waddell. It is now owned by Philip Jacobs and others.
Alexander Sanderson warranted, July 21, 1774, three Inmdred acres of land adjoining Thomas Elliot on the cast, James Henry on the northwest and a small run on the north, which included an improvement he had previously made. James Sanderson, the same date, war- ranted fifty aeres adjoining Charles Weise, and James Bartley warranted three hundred acres of land on Big Buffalo Creek, near the line of Rye and Tyrone townships (now Saville and Juniata), September 27, 1786.
Over against Buffalo Hills, David MeClure owned three tracts of land, one of one hundred and five acres, warranted JJune 11, 1762; fifty acres, January 8, 1770, and one hundred and
forty-eight acres later. They were surveyed to David MeClure March 9, 1774, in right of William Power.
Thomas Patton, on an order of survey min- bered 931, and bearing date Angust 22, 1766, took up two hundred and fifty-five acres lying on both sides of Buffalo Creek, with barren hills on both sides.
Adjoining land of David and Wilson MeChe, Jolm MeClure took out a warrant for two hun- dred and twenty aeres on the Buffalo Hills.
Colonel Thomas Hartley, of York, was an officer in the Revolution, and a member of Con- gress for twelve years. He was granted by the State authorities, for meritorious services in the army, a large tract of land in what is now Un- ion County, and after whom the township of Hartley and borough of Hartleton are named. One James Adair had made an improvement and located a traet in part now owned by Peter Wolf. Owing to financial difficulty, Adair's right in the tract was sold at sheriff's sale, and bought by Colonel Thomas Hartley, who, ou the 22d of April, 1786, took ont a warrant for three hundred acres, including the improvement of Adair. He sold it to Peter Shively (Sheibley) before 1793, as in January of that year mention is made in a warrant of Michael Loy as adjoin- ing land "late property of Colonel Thomas Hartley, now Peter Shively." This tract is on Buffalo Creek, above where the two crocks unite above Roseberg.
Adjoining the Colonel Thomas Hartley tract Michael Loy warranted two hundred acres, January 31, 1793, which passed at his death to his son Nicholas, who sold to George. The property is still in the name.
Andrew Cronse, May 21st in the same year, warranted two hundred acres adjoining Loy's land ; and adjoining Cronse's land, Thomas Me- Kee, Angust 22d, the same year, warranted two hundred acres on the north side of the North Mountain, including Winn's Gap.
Robert Kearney, June 26, 1789, took ont ou a warrant two hundred aeres adjoining Robert Elliot, Alexander Sanderson and the Tuscarora Hills. On a small branch of the Big Buffalo Creek, and bounded by lauds claimed by the "heirs of Thomas Patton," by land of Andren
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Davis, of Henry Comp, "and of late James Semple, now the property of John Semple," in Angust, 1792, Nicholas Lambert took up two hundred acres, he having previously made at the place an improvement.
William Marshall laid a warrant upon two hundred and fifty-eight acres January 9, 1786, which he sold to Nicholas Tekes, who, June 1, 1825, conveyed it to Charles Elliot, who was a half-brother of Judge Robert Elliot and to the Rev. David Elliot. Charles and Robert Elliot married sisters whose maiden-name was Linn.
At the month of Lick Run, on Buffalo Creek, John Creigh warranted three hundred acres, May 7, 1792.
Adjoining lands of Edward Elliot, August 1, 1766, William MeMeen took ont, ou order of survey No. 575, one lumdred and fifty acres of land on the waters of Buffalo Creek. Lawrence Mealy, ou the 9th of January, 1786, warranted three hundred aeres, bounded on the north by the Tuscarora Mountain, on the cast by John Young and on the south by Andrew Noble. The Noble tract is now owned by James Whit- mer, and joins the Thomas Elliot traet, now John Boden. Adjoining the Noble tract, and wow owned by James Whitmer and Alexander Barnes, was a tract of one hundred and fifty arres taken up by William Robisou, May 8, 1794. Robert Robison also owned at the time an adjoin- ing tract.
A tract of land on Buffalo Hill and Buffalo Creek was, before 1794, owned by Thomas Rob- ison, and April 1, 1796, he warranted one hun- dred acres adjoining it. Mary Buchanan, of Tyrone township, claimed a tract lying next to it.
A tract of land lying north of Iekesburg, on the way to Run Gap, now in possession of D. C. Orris, was formerly the Nicholson lands. The roads that now meet nearer the gap, in earlier days met at this place. It was here that the skirmish occurred in 1763. The spring men- tioned was near the foot of the hills. The prop- erty later came to Adam Orris, whose sons, George, Adam and Samuel, settled below, and at his death the sons of Adam came into posses- sion. Of these sous, D. C. Orris is on the old homestead, one is a professor in Princeton Col- lege, another is a physician at Newport.
William Linn, a brother of the Rev. John Linn, warranted one hundred and seventy-eight acres on Buffalo Creek, May 24, 1785, and AApril 16, 1793, warranted four hundred acres adjoining Ar- chibald and Andrew Kinkead. A mill was built at the place, which for nearly a century has been known as the Buffalo Mill. In 1814 it was owned by Samuel and Andrew Limm, and later by Andrew, who, in 1837, sold it. It has since been owned by John MeKinley, of Juniata County, George Rice and William Shull, and at present by Peter Smith. The Lutheran and Reformed Church is at this place. The children of William Linn were Samuel, Andrew, Wil- liam, John, and three daughters, who married Robert Elliot, Charles Elliot and David Coyle. The two former resided in the township and the latter in Madison township.
Archibald and Andrew Kinkead warranted three hundred acres of land, August 30, 1786, adjoining their other lands.
Zachariah Rice, who emigrated from Yellow Spring-, in Chester County, in 4786, with ten or twelve of his sons, settled in what is now Perry and Juniata Counties. One of these sons was Conrad, who purchased, soon after 1786, land in this vicinity, probably the Kin- kead lands, where he lived until his death, aged about sixty-two years. His sons were Samuel, William and Conrad. Samuel settled in Liberty Valley. Josiah Rice, of Landis- burg, ex-register of Perry County, is his son. William located in Loysville and kept store for a time, and moved to Blain, where he died. Conrad settled on the homestead, where he died. The place is now owned by Ellerman Shull.
Rebecca and Sarah Rice were daughters of Conrad Rice, Sr .; the former became the wife of Samuel Shull, and the latter married Mich- acl Ickes.
Peter Hartman was of the emigration that came to this section of country with Zacha- riah Rice, about 1786. He bought the farm now owned by Levi Weibley and John Shull. Ilis sons were Benjamin and Frederick. Ben- jamin removed to Huntingdon County. Fred- erick settled on the homestead, and late in life sold the farm to Levi Weibley. Of his daugh-
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ters, Mary became Mrs. Daniel Hall, of Madi- son township, and Elizabeth married Samuel Shoemaker, and settled north of Green Park. Mary remained single and lived at home.
Frederick Shull came from Chester County abont the same time as the Rices, Hartmans and others. He settled on Buffalo Creek, near the line between Saville and Madison townships. ITis sons were Samuel, John, Frederick and William. Samuel lived on part of the Linn tract, near the mill, and died in 1833. Samuel Shull, of Duncannon, is a son, and James W. Shull, an attorney of New Bloomfield, is a grand- son. John and Wm. died many years ago, Fred- erick lived on Buffalo Creek, above the home- stead, and died at seventy years of age. Henry lived north of Ickesburg, and died in 1883, aged sixty-nine years.
Patrick Duffield, on May 23, 1792, warranted two hundred acres of land now owned by Bol- ton's heirs. When it was taken up it was ly- ing next the farms of Thomas Elliot, William Car-on, Andrew Noble and the Widow Robi- son. David Hamilton located fifty acres March 1, 1775. It was described as lying " on the waters of Buffalo Creek, including two springs, with a small deadning at each of them, and a cabbin half built, including a Chestunt Ridge and a cabbin that is built."
Adam Hays located eighty aeres adjoining William Miller, William Sanderson, David Carson and George Wolf, November 11th, 1796.
On the 13th of January, 1772, David Sam- ple warranted a tract of land containing two hundred and twenty acres. It is described as including a survey made by Samuel Finley, in 1761, and situated on the " north side of Lime- stone Ridge, opposite to Samnel Fisher's honse." This tract is now owned by the heirs of Henry Fleisher, and is in the southwest corner of the township, north of Elliottsburg. Sam- nel Fisher then lived on the south side of Lime- stone Ridge, near what is now Elliottsburg and adjoining John Sanderson. For an in- teresting account of the troubles of the early settlers, the reader is referred to a suit for the possession of' land, which is given in Spring township, and to which the John Sanderson who
is mentioned as owning land in what is now Saville was a party.
The site of Eshcol is on land owned by An- drew Shuman, who came to the location in 1801. Ile was a resident in the vicinity in 1798, as in that year he put on the roof of the old log Union Church near New Bloomfield. In 1802 he moved to Smith's Mill (now Markels- ville), and in 1804 to this place. On the 18th of September, 1810, he warranted three hm- dred and twenty-eight acres of land on Buffalo Creek. He probably erected the grist-mill soon after his removal here, in 1804. He re- sided at what is now Eshcol, and his mill was near his residence in 1815. In 1830 he do- nated ground on which to creet a Union Church, which was begun and completed in 1831. He erected, in 1824, a grist-mill farther up the creek, which is known as the Upper Mill, and the mill at his residence as the Lower Shuman Mill. He died in 1852, aged seven- ty-eight years. The property passed to hi- sons, John and Andrew, John taking the upper part and mill and Andrew the Lower Mill. On the 12th of March, 1867, Andrew Shuman sold one hundred and seventy-six acres and the mill property (excepting the church lot and burial-ground) to Isaac Weaver, who still owns the mill.
John, the eldest son of AAndrew, now lives on Middle Ridge, Juniata township. Andrew re- sides at Mannsville, in Centre township ; an- other brother, Samuel, resides in Nebraska.
Andrew Shuman, Sr., became possessed also of parts of two tracts of land-one, one hundred and thirty-one acres, which was pat- ented to Alexander Power, December 6, 1775, imder the name of Grogg Bottom ; the other was patented to Philip Clinger, May 22, 1807, under the name of Ennaville, and contained three hundred and seventy acres.
The Upper Shuman Mill in 1871 was sold to John Kindig and John Hostetter. The tract adjoining up the stream was of John Hays' warrant, and Jannary 21, 1852, William Rosensteel purchased forty-three acres, part of Hays and Shuman lands, and erected theron a tannery with a capacity of tanning fifteen hun- dred hides per annum. The tannery passed to
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Jacob Spanogle before 1870, and was sold to Samuel Hench and Henry Duffield, by whom it was abandoned. The property is now owned by the Rev. J. J. Hamilton.
In 1820 Robert Hackett had a distillery, which he conducted for several years. In the same year, at Linn's Mill, Andrew Linn was carrying on, beside the grist-mill, a store, dis- tillery and a saw-mill. In May, 1822, Edward Miller built a fulling-mill on Buffalo Creek, two miles south of Ickesburg, and in 1831 was keeping at the place a store, and also rimning a aw-mill.
George Sanderson established a tan-yard in 1821, which was still in operation in 1831.
In 1820, Henry Trostel was running a dis- tillery, and in 1822 a saw-mill; in 1828 they were conducted by William Trostel, and in 1831 the saw-mill was still in use, but the dis- tillery was abandoned.
In 1865 there was considerable excitement over the report that oil had been discovered in the township. Two companies were formed in the month of October iu that year, one called the "Snyder Spring Oil Company," with a capi- tal of fifty thousand dollars, and fifty thousand shares at one dollar each.
This company held two leases for twenty-one years, one from William Snyder, the other from Godfrey Burket, both of Saville township, and about eight miles from New Bloomfield.
The other was the Coller Oil Company, with a capital of one hundred thousand dollars, di- vided into twenty thousand shares at five dollars per share par value, and subscription price one dollar, which gave the company a working capital of ten thousand dollars. The company held a lease on the head-waters of Buffalo Creek, consisting of one hundred and thirty acres, which was held under the lease for ninety-nine years. Suffice it to say oil was not obtained.
THE LUTHERAN AND REFORMED CHURCH, known as the Buffalo Union Church, is situated two miles west of Ickesburg. In 1840 a Union Church was built. The Reformed congregation were supplied by the Rev. Charles Leinbach until 1850. He was succeeded by Revs. Mick- ley, Rothrock, Herring, and Rev. L. F. S. Lindaman.
The Lutherans from 1850 were supplied by Revs. Lloyd, Knight, Jacob Martin, D. II. Focht, John Williams, Levi Seerist, R. II. Claire, Jeremiah Frazier and the present pastor, Rev. J. P. Neflith.
The Reformed congregation in 1885 built a new brick church near the site of the Old Union Church.
EARLY Schoons is Savna ...-- On a small plot of ground opposite the lane leading from the old lekes mill to the public road, aud joined by Mrs. Susan Boden's farm, may still be seen a corner-stone, which marks the site of the first school-house in Saville township.
Boys and girls from the surrounding country, as far as Eshcol, Roseburg, and where the Mountain Home School-house now stands, came here to attend school. Nicholas Hench's mother attended this school as early as 1785, and the date of its origin is still earlier.
Among the teachers before 1800 were John Bolton, Thomas Stevenson, Mr. J. Watts, Thomas Meldrum and George Williams.
Linn's School was started about 1800, near Mr. Thomas Shull's residence. A Sunday- school was held here during 1825. The build- ing was bought by Mr. Blair and moved away. Mrs. John Rice, now of New Bloomfield, at- tended school at Duffie's Hill in 1803. Mr. Jamison was teacher at the time.
The most hotly-contested election in Saville was at the time of the adoption of the public- school system. JJudge Elliott favored the sys- tem and Mr. Andrew Shuman opposed it. The western part of the township went almost nnani- monsly against accepting it, while the north- western portion was as strongly in favor. It was carried, but at a subsequent election it was voted down, as will be seen in school report of 1877,-
"There were six accepting districts in 1835, of which Saville township made the following report : 'Number of schools, 5, three male and two female teachers, to whom was paid, for a term of one and one-fourth months, an average salary of $16.50 per month ; sixty-eight male and seventy-one female pupils.'
"Saville therefore accepted the system in 1835, but in 1836 a majority of the citizens voted against is, when the school directors appealed to the State de-
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partment, to know whether a tax laid for school pur- poses could be collected ; it was decided that a meet- ing of the people has no power, under the school laws, to control the action of a board of directors."
Among the first public school teachers were Peter Baker, Andrew Titzell and Daniel Hall. They received from $15 to $16 per month. Benjamin Wilson who was a teacher himself, added as township examiner. Nicholas Hench taught several terms about the time of the adoption of the new system.
October 29, 1829, Samuel Jacobs conveyed to Andrew Shuman, Edward Miller and George Robinson, trustees, a lot for school purposes at what is now known as Roseburg. The school- house built on it was called " Union." In 1836 it was conveyed to the authorities of the public schools and named " Jefferson." An exchange of lots was made with Mrs. E. A. Rosensteel March 8, 1851, and the house was moved. Oe- tober 3, 1868, a lot was bought from Samnel Hench and Henry Duffield, and the brick build- ing now known as " Jefferson " was built.
The school known as Lin's, after the adop- tion of the public-school system, was continued as a public school until about 1860, and when the old building was sold and removed, the di- rectors built a house on land owned by Alfred Kell and called it " Spring Grove." The house was moved to lands of Levi Weibley. The present brick school-house was built about 1878.
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