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Near the Union Church lived Jacob Stahl, who was the wagon-maker of the day. People came from far and near to get wagons there.
Mendel Baker, the ancestor, landed in Phila- delphia September 27, 1749. The second bought of Samnel Maclay the George Calhoun tract, and moved into the valley from York County in 1772. He had a saw-mill about a half mile cast of Cowan, in 1789; afterwards a filling-mill and sture, and carried on an exten- sive and varied business, and died in 1814. In 1775 he is assessed with twenty acres, two horses, two cows and one sheep. This place you will see as you turn to your right at Beaver Run. He left John, Jacob, Mrs. Mathias Als- pael ; grandchildren, John and Ann Mizener.
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Adam Wagoner built a mill on Rapid Run, Cowan, which was burned, and the site pur- chased by Jacob Baker and rebuilt in 1828, and it burned for him at one o'clock in the morning -- mill, saw-mill and miller's house-the family barely escaping. He died soon afterwards, and his daughter Elizabeth got this for her portion. Her brother-in-law, Jacob Rengler, built the third mill in 1830 -- saw-mill, miller's house and the brick house and bank-barn across the creek, on the Vonieda farm. But in the fall of 1836 Rengler sold to Daniel Guldin for thirteen thousand three hundred dollars, and next year went to Belleville, Ill. In 1851 Guldin sold the mill to Young & Spigelmyer for ten thou- sand dollars. In 1863 Martin Rudy and G. W. Himmelreich bonght the mill property. In a
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few years Rudy bought Himmelreich's interest, and sold the property to Mussina, Heiser & Co., together with the store, property and stock, for twenty-one thousand five hundred dollars. Rudy came to Union County in 1830, and began mer- chandizing in 1850. In 1818 S. L. Shoemaker bought two acres off of the Steans farm and erected the first store-room at Cowan. This Rudy bought. Mussina, Wolfe & Co. built a new store-room where the old warehouse stood. An old school-house, called Stean's, stood where Himmelreich's store now is. A new one was built of brick, between that and the bridge, in 1835, after the adoption of the school system by Buffalo. The third and present one was built about 1870. This place was called at one time Farmersville, and when established as a post- office, in Senator Cowan's time, it took his name. It is seven miles due west from Lewis- burgh and three north of Mifflinburg. Popu- lation, one hundred and eighteen. Daily stage communication with Lewisburgh, and also by telephone.
VICKSBURG.
Vicksburg is a small town situated in the heart of Buffalo Valley, and is traversed by the Lewisburgh and Tyrone Railroad. Its popula- tion is abont one hundred and twenty-five iuhab- itants. Among the oldest houses in the town is the hotel which was built in the year 1860 by Charles Driesbach ; the store of J. S. Rauden- bush ranks second, and was built in 1865. The town received its name from J. S. Randenbush, who called a meeting in September, 1865, and called it by its present name. He also, at the same time, made application for a post-office, which was granted to him a short time after. Mr. Raudenbush is now one of the leading citi- zens and most prominent business men in the town; he owns the large grain-house, which was built in 1872, where he now carries on a large and extensive grain business. There is an old house only a short distance from the town, which still bears the marks of Indian violence upon the carly settlers in this section of many years ago. Addison Baker laid out lots on the north side of the Pike in 1885.
An account of the officers' surveys by which lands were taken in a body, and of their distri-
bution and sale has been given in another place, as also of the Driesbach Church. Within sight of the latter lived the Hon. Samuel Maclay.
Hon. Samuel Maclay died at his residence, in Buf- falo Valley, October 5, 1811. He was born June 17, 17 11, in burgan towuship, Franklin County. Of hi, carly education I can learn nothing. Htis field-note books, as assistant deputy surveyor to William Ma- clay, in 1767 and 1768, are before me and indicate a cultivated hand. He next appears in 1769 as assistant to his brother ou the surveys of the officers' tract in Buffalo Valley. He was lieutenant-colonel of a battalion of associators, and, as such, delegate with MeLanachan, to Associators' convention at Lancaster, July 4, 1776, which elected two brigadiers and or- ganized the associators, the then militia of the State.
In 1792 he was appointed one of the associate judges of the county, and resigned December 17, 1795. In October, 1794, he was a candidate for Congress, and carried the county by eleven hundred majority ; vote only two thousand eight hundred and fifty. In Buf- falo he had four hundred and sixty-four, to fourteen for his opponent, John Andre Hanna.
On the 2d of December, 1801, Mr. Machay was elected speaker of the Senate and re-elected December 7, 1802. On the 14th he was elected United States Senator, and, being speaker, had to sign his own cer- tificate. In January, 1803, he presided at the impeach- ment trial of Judge Addison, and continued acting is speaker against the protest of the opposition, however, after March 3d until March 16th, when he resigned that position, and, on the 20 of September, his posi- tion as State Senator.
Ile resigned his seat in the United States Senate on the 4th of January, 1809.
Mr. Maclay was very popular in his manuers, a good scholar and efficient writer. Ile had an extensive library, containing many valuable books. He was al. ways of the people and for the people, plain and sim- ple in his manner, disliking ostentation. On one of- casion he brought a handsome coach home from Lan- caster, and the family took it to Buffalo church the next Sabbath. Mr. Maclay noticed the impression, and that coach never left the carriage-house after- ward ; it rotted down where it was left that Sunday evening.
He was a large man, resembling Henry Clay very much, though much stouter in his latter years. Hon. Martin Dreisbach, who still recollects him well, says his return home was always indicated by the hogs being driven ont of the fields, the repairing of the fences and general activity over the whole place. Hle was a good mechanic also, and often amused himself working in the blacksmith-shop.
Mr. Maclay's wife was Elizabeth Plunket, an ac- count of whose family appears L. A. year 1791. Their children were,-
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1. William Phinket Maclay, born in Buffalo Val- 1 . August 23, 1771.
2. Charles Maclay (John Binns' second in his duel with Sam Stewart) died, mumarried, white on a visit th Wayne County, N. Y., aged twenty-eight.
3. Juhu Mactay, register and recorder of ITnion County, also prothonotary for two terms. Married to Annie Dale, daughter of Hon. Samuel Dale and sister of the late James Dale, Esq., of Buttato township.
1. Samuel Maclay, married first to Margaret and afterwards to Elizabeth, daughters of Res. James Johnston, of Milllin Connty. Samuel died February 15, 1836, leaving seven sons and three daughters, of whom only three are living,-Robert P., in Louisiana, sad Elizabeth and Jane, in Galesburg, III.
5. David Maclay, married to Isabella, daughter of Gallaaith Patterson, Esq., died in 1818, leaving no issue. David was a ripe scholar and would have made bis mark in public life if his health had not failed. Ilis widow married Hon. A. L. Hayes, late and for many years associate law judgs of Lancaster County, P' ..
6. Robert Plunket Maclay, boru in April, 1799. Senator from Union in 1812. Still living in Kishaco- quillas Valley, Mifflin County. His wife was a Lastetts, of Union County.
Samuel Maclay's daughters were,-
1. Eleanor, the eldest, married to her cousin, David Maclay, of Franklin County, Pa. Herself and chil- dren dead.
2. Hester, who accompanied Charles to Wayne County, N. Y., and died there about the same time.
3. Jane E., married to Dr. Joseph Henderson, died without issue January, 1848. Doctor Henderson was a captain in the War of 1812 and in Congress four years during General Jackson's administration. He was a brother-in-law of Rev. James Linn, D. D., of Bellefonte, now deceased.
Mr. Maclay is buried on the farm now owned by Joseph Green. The brick wall inclosing the grave is within sight from the turnpike, after passing the New Berlin road. It is immediately in front of his old stone mansion. How few now know that within it rests the remains of one of Pennsylvania's ablest statesmen. The disjecta membre of a fine monument, intended to be placed at the head of his grave, still lie in one corner of the inclosure, as they were un- loaded forty years ago.
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In 1795 Mr. Morrison, the Presbyterian minister at Buffalo Cross-Roads, led a deter- mined opposition to the Republicans. The re- sult was, the pew-rates ceased. He commenced preaching against Maclay from the pulpit. Maclay refused to go and the larger portion of the congregation went with him. In 1799 it culminated in an action of slander,-Morrison
cx. Maclay, 101, August term. It was regu- larly continued till 1517, when the lawyers were ahno4 all dead.
George Coryell was a native of Hunterdon County, New Jersey ; was born at Coryell's Ferry, on the Delaware River, now Laubertville, on the 28th of Aprit, 1761. He entered the army in Captain Craig's company of dragoons, in 1776, just after the taking of the Hessians and before the camonade at Trenton, on the 2d of January, 1777. His company marched up the ereck and was in the battle at Prince- ton. Ile was a year with Captain Craig. He was afterwards drafted into a company of dragoons, under Lieutenant Reading, in which he served one year. Ile was afterwards drafted into the company of Cap- tain Palmer, in which he continued uutit the fall of 1780. Ile was only sixteen years of age when he en- listed, and while in Captain Craig's company he was sent. as an express, to Boston, leaving orders at Dan- bury and other places on the route. He said there were gray-headed men and minors in Craig's com- pany. At one time General Washington had his head-quarters at his father's house, at the ferry, while the army encamped partly in his orchard. The Bri- tish and Hessians got possession of his father's prem- ises at one time, and cut the bedding, threw the feathers into the street and burned all the feuces on the farin, which lay in common a long time. George
Coryell was married, in 1790, to a sister of Richard Van Buskirk, of Mifllinburg, and moved, in 1793, to the premises of Samnel Maclay, in Buffalo township. lle was a carpenter by trade and built many honses in Buffalo Valley, among others, the old Black Horse Tavern, at Lewisburgh. Of barns, he built the one on Maclay's place, now owned by Joseph Green. In 1799 he was captain of the Buffalo Valley Republican troop, and always rode, ou parade days, a sorrel horse that had been wounded at St. Clair's defeat. John Webb, a hatter, father of Colonel Webb, who, some years ago, kept hotel in Philadelphia, was first lien- tenant of the company. Webb lived in Milllinburg, and moved to Ohio many years ago. Coryell was adjutant. of Colonel George Weirick's regiment at Marens Hook, in 1814. He moved to Lycoming County once; then back to Buffalo Valley ; then to White Deer Valley ; thence to Butler County, near Hamilton, where he died 1837-38. Ilis wife soon followed him to the grave. He had fonr sons,-Tunison, John, Joseph R. and Abraham, of whom Tunison, the eldest, and Abraham, the youngest, alone survive. There were several daughters, most of whom ended their days in Ohio and Indiana.
In the second road sonth of the Dreisbach Church, on the land lately owned by John Byler, Baltzer Klinesmith lived, owned then by George Sholtz, on Friday, July 14, 1780. He was a private in Captain Joseph Green's com-
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pany. Mrs. Chambers, a daughter, with her father and sister went out to work in the field. Seeing some squirrels, he sent Baltzer, Jr. back for hi- gun. Meanwhile the Indians came along and captured his father and the two girls, Elizabeth and Catharine.
Just where the road winds around the hill, above Heimbach's blacksmith-shop, on the road to New Berlin, they killed' Kline-mith. Mrs. Dreisbach, the judge's mother, pointed ont the place. She helped carry his body down, and they buried it in the Preis- bach church-yard.
The Indians then made their way to the spring, north of New Berlin, where they left the girls in charge of an old man of their party, and went down Dry valley. After a little while it began to rain, and the Indian motioned the girls to gather brush to cover the flour-bag. He laid down under a tree, with the tomahawk under his head. Thegirls, in pa-sing with brush, worked it gradually from under him as he dozed. Elizabeth picked up the tomahawk, and made a motion to her sister to run. She then sank it into the old man's head. The old man yelled fear- fully, and the girls ran. By this time the Indians were on their return, and heard the old man yell. They pursued the girls and fired on Catherine, just as she was springing over a fallen tree. The ball enter- el below the right shoulder-blade and came out at her side. She had the sears until her dying day, as large as a half dollar. She rolled herself' under the tree, and the Indians passed over her, in pursuit of the sister. Elizabeth, being active, reached Beatty's harvest field. The men ran to their rifles and pur- sued the Indians. When they came pretty near Catherine, one of the men, supposing an Indian in ambush, was about firing, when she pulled off her apron and waved it. They found her much weakened from loss of blood, but she soon recovered. Philip Pontius said that the Indians were going to Beatty's, and George Rote, who was a lame man, but great on a halloo, frightened them back, by hallooing to an imaginary company to surround the black rebels. Klinesmith's widow drew a pension as late as 1819, at New Berlin. "Elizabeth married John Boal, moved to French Creek, near Meadville first, and, in 1813, to Ohio or Indiana, her husband, being one of those restless spirits, who fancy that the land is over-crowded, when the population exceeds one to every ten square miles, and she, from her courage and energy, being an excellent second to a man always exposed to the perils of frontier life." -- Manu- script of G. H. Snyder.
Katy, as she was called, first married Daniel Camp- bell, a revolutionary soldier, and had, by him, two children, John, who died near Mifflinburg, and Ann who married Robert Barber. They removed west. Katy afterwards married Robert Chambers, by whom
she had one child, the first wife of John A. Vanvalzal, deceased. Notwithstanding her two wound, she snr. vived her two husbands. Baltzer, Jr., died near Har. tleton about 1820. This party of Indians were to). loved by Van Campen, who with Peter and Michael Grove, had a thrilling story of attack to relate to them. (L. A. 191.)
SCHOOLs .- Mrs. Jame Mcclellan, grand- daughter of Colonel Chambers of Chambersburg, taught at Der's mill as early as 1790. About 1801 she taught all the English branches, be- side painting, drawing, was-work and sewing. Kimber Barton Taught at Pontins, near the Ridge, in 1800 and 1801.
Philip Callahan is mentioned as one of the principal teachers of the valley, and is said to have had a large account at Henry Spyker's store for whiskey and tobacco. John Beta. taught at the Dreisbach school-house about 1800. He and his wife were celebrated as a very handsome couple.
In 1881 there were in this township four hundred and sixty-five pupils. The names of the present school districts are Strawbridge, Buffalo Cross-Roads, Union, Black Run, Cowan, Poutins, Vicksburg and Reed.
BUFFALO CROSS-ROADS PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- No records were kept when the congregation was formed, but according to Mr. Hood's account this church was organized in 1773, and James McClenachan and Samuel Al- len were its first enling ellers, the former ordained in Derry, now in Dauphin County, the latter at Silver Spring, Cumberland County. Mr. MeClen- achan was from Hanover township, Danphin County, and came into the valley in April, 1773. These gentlemen continued tonet asellers, to re- ceive supplies, nutil 1781, when the church was broken up in consequence of the country being overrun by the Indians. In 1783 the people returned, and in the same year Mr. McCleu- achan died, and as Mr. Allen had died while the people were away, it appears that the con- gregation were without elders until the year 1785, when Matthew Laird, who had been an elder at Big Spring, came to reside in the coll- gregation.
In 1784 we have the first recorded evidence in regard to the church. Ou the 17th of Decem- her of that year, Edward Shippen aud Joseph,
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his brother, by a written paper agreed to give a lot of five acres, to be laid off at the northeast corner of the Edward Bonsall tract, including a spring, for the purpose of erecting a meeting-house thereon for the Presbyte- rian congregation. The buikling was pro- bably erected the ensuing year. There is a re- cript dated December 23, 1778, to William Rodman for ten pomals, being in full of a sub- scription lodged in their hands for building a meeting-house in Buffalo Valley, signed Wil- fiat Clark, Thomas Hutchinson, who were probably the building committee. In 1797, the Shippens made a deed to Samuel Dale and David Watson, trustees appointed by the con- gregation for that purpose.
"It seems, from Dr. Grier's statement, that the church received an additional grant of five acres ad- joing, of the " Isaiah ARthouse " tract, either of Hen- ry Vandyke or Francis Zeller, former owners. The old church was accordingly built on both traets, and the one halt on land now claimed by Daniel Rengler, as an inspection of the old foundation will show, and many persons were buried in Mr. Rengler's field. The Alt- house tract was patented to Henry Vandyke, 14th of December, 1774. On the same day he sold off to Cap- tain John Foster nineteen acres and ninety-four perches, adjoining Foster's. Henry Vandyke's will, dated ISth October, 1782, wills his mansion, farm and tan-yard to John. John and Martha, his wife, sell to Francis Zeller two hundred and eighty-nine acres. This would, therefore, include the alleged five aeres given to the church.
" Flavel Clingan says ' the old church had three doors and nine windows, one immediately behind the pulpit and two on each of the ends and sides. Part of the church covered where the present pulpit is, and extended out into the fields behind the present church, that it was put on the line of the two grants of five acres cach, and the careless trustees lost five acres when Mr. Rengler bought the farm.
" For a number of years the church was dependent on such supplies as the elders might secure, but in May, 1787, a call was given to the Rev. Hugh Morri- son 1 by the Buffalo Cross Roads congregation, in con- nection with the congregations of Northumberland and Sunbury.
IThe Rev. Hugh Morrison, the first regular pastor of the Presbyterian Church in this Valley, came from Ireland, Presbytery of Root, in 1786. Among the records of the Synod, ander date of May 18, 1786, . the Presbytery of Donegal reported that they had, since our last meeting, ad- mitted Hugh Morrison, a licensed candidate from the Presbytery of Root, in Ireland."
" In October, Rev. Hugh Morrison became the pas- tor. The congregation engaged to pay him $75 per year. From a list of contributing members found in the treasurer's books, were the following names : John Anderson, Joseph Allen, Christopher Baldy, James Barrett, Thomas Black, James Boyd, Jolin Bra- dy, James Buchanan, William Charters, Captain John Clark, Robert Clark, Walter Clark, William Clark, Samnel Cox, Tunis Cox, David Davis, John Davis, George Derr, William Douglas, William Dugan, Thomas Elder, Joseph Evans, John Farley, William Fleming, Andrew Forster, James Forster, Robert Fruit, Edward Graham, John Gray, Captain William Gray, Joseph Green, Charles Grogan, George Hammersly, Jonathan Holmes, JJoseph Hudson, James Huntsman, Thomas Hutchinson, William Irvine, Matthew Irvine, William Irwin, Esq., Christopher Johnston, Alexan- der Kennedy, Colonel John Kelly, George Knox, Matthew Laird, Paschall Lewis, George Links, Jolm Linn, Captain John Lowdon, William and Andrew McClenachan, William McDougal, Alexander Mc- Grady, Samuel MeClay, James Magee, William Mar- shall, Benjamin Miller, John Milligan, Samuel Mont- gomery, George Moore, William Nichols, Charles Poak, Joseph Poak, Thomas Poak, Widow Poak, Samuel Porter, John Ray, Daniel Rees, John Reznor, Flavel Roan, Widow Rodman, Alexander Rorison, Allen Seroggs, Richard and Joseph Sherer, William Simms, David Snodgrass, Alexander Steele, Captain James Thompson, John Thompson, Levi Vanvolsan, David Watson, William Williams and William Wilson. The subscriptions by the more wealthy attendants upon service were Andrew Forster, 62; Samuel Maclay, John Lowdon and William Irwin, cach £1 10s .; Wil- liam Irvine, £1 6s .; James Forster, [1 2s."
Soon after Mr. Morrison became pastor an election for elders resulted in the choice of Walter Clark, John Linn, William Irwin, David Watson, John Reznor and Joseph Allen. Messrs. Clark and Allen soon afterwards moved to the West, but the others served until their deaths. About 1810, William Clingan, an elder from the Donegal Church, moved within the bounds of the congregation and was added to the session.
In October, 1791, the pews of the church appear to be rated and rented for the first time.
There were thirty-six pews or seats. No. 1, prob- ably reserved for the minister's family ; No. 2, rated at .£3 5s., taken by David Watson, Colonel John Clarke, Alexander Kennedy and Joseph Clark ; No. 3, Thomas Forster, Andrew Forster, Robert Forster and Robert Chambers; No. 4, 64, Christopher John- aton; No. 5, Captain James Thompson William
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Thompson, Sammel Porter and James Boyd ; No. 6, 22 15s., Arthur Clellan ; No. 7, Robert Clark, Rich- ard Sherer and Joseph Allen; No. 8, Samuel Dale, Esq,, and Joseph Eraus; No. 9, John Reznor and David Tate; No. 10, Samuel Maclay, (this seat he retained until his death, in 1811); No. 11, John Steel, Joseph Hudson and William Steele; No. 12, Joseph Green, 91 9%. 67. ; No. 13, James Irwin and Matthew Irwin ; No. 11, William Irwin, Esq., 22; No. 15, John Thompson; No. 16, Benjamin Miller ; No. 17, John Ray, William and Thomas Black ; No. 17, Roan Mcclure; No. 18, Mr. Lincoln; No. 19, George Knox; No. 20, Walter Clark ; No. 21, Wil- liam Irvine; No. 22, Jonathan Hohes and Joseph Sherer ; No. 23, James Poak, William Poak, Widow Poak and Thomas Poak; No. 24, Edward Graham and John Davis; No. 25, William Wilson and James Black ; No. 26, vacant ; No. 27, John Linn, John Gray and Joseph Patterson; No. 28, Robert Fruit and Gideon Smith; No. 29, William Gray and Thomas Howard ; No. 30, William Clark, James Forster and Widow Forster; No. 21, Thomas Elder, David Bu- chanan and Robert Elder ; No. 32, Charles Pollock, Thomas Hutchinson and William Williams; No. 33, Colonel John Kelly and Captain Joseph Poak; No. 34, Samuel Demming, James Moore (Widow Moore), George Moore, Widow Fleming, Thomas Rodman, James Meginness ; No. 35, Adam Laughlin, Widow McGrady and James Clelland; No. 36, Matthew Laird and Andrew McClenachan.
On the 12th of November, 1801, Mr. Morri- son's pastoral relation with the church was dissolved, and he removed to Sunbury, where he died in 1804. The White Deer Valley con- gregation having been formed, an effort was made to secure a joint pastor, in 1803, by ex- tending a call to James Magraw, which he de- elined, accepting a call from some church in Maryland. In the winter of 1804, Thomas Hood, a licentiate of the Presbytery of New Castle, visited these churches, preaching for them, and was ordained and installed pastor October 2, 1805. He preached with acceptance and sustained an eventful pastorate until his resignation, in April, 1835. At the time he came there were but sixty members in the con- gregation, and in 1828 the number had reached two Imidred and seventy-three, the greatest accession at any one time being in the fall of 1824, when thirty-five persons joined. The membership was soon reduced by the formation of new congregations, chiefly out of the okl Buffalo Church, the Bethel, in White Deer
township, in 1881 ; the Laund Rim in 1832; and the Lewisburgh Church in 1833 ; so that when Mr. Hood left there were but fifty-eight members. Later, in 1811, the New Berlin Church was formed, which again made a de- mand upon the membership of the Buffalo cou- gregation, which, in its existence, has contrib- nted to the formation of five congregations, the first being at Mifflinburg, in 1819, on ac- count of a disagreement on the psalmody ques- tion.
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