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Irvine, Rosanna, wife of Samuel, b. 1797; d. April 4, 1834.
Irvine, Samuel, b. 1785; d. May 10, 1849.
Irvine, Isabella, wife of Samuel, b. 1803; d. July 12, 1839.
Irvine, Margaret McClelland; wife of Samuel, b. Sept. 21, 1803; d. Sept. 2, 1886.
Irwin, James, b. 1776; d. Feb. 22, 1854.
Irwin, Prudence, b. 1784; d. Oct. 20, 1818.
Jacobs, Adam, b. Oct., 1787; d. Aug. 17, 1872.
Jacobs, Marjory, wife of Adam, b. July 1, 1795; d. Apr. 30, 1865.
Jacobs, Sarah Lenney, wife of Adam, b. 1787; d. Aug. 30, 1834.
Jacob, Joseph, b. 1782; d. Oct. 9, 1864.
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Jacob, Lydia, wife of Joseph, b. 1785; d. Dec. 20, 1849. Johnson, John, b. 1780; d. Sept. 8, 1841.
Johnson, Elizabeth, b. 1788; d. Mar. 2, 1847.
Kelley, John, b. 1791; d. March 1, 1864.
Kelley, Grizelda, b. 1796; d. March 23, 1864. Ker, Sarah, wife of Alex., b. 1784; d. June 29, 1838.
Ker, William, b. Jan. 1, 1755; d. Oct. 8, 1845.
Ker, William, b. Oct. 30, 1791; d. Sept. 20, 1874.
Ker, Eliza B., wife of William, b. Sept. 16, 1806; d. Dec. 24, 1844.
Kennedy, Thomas, b. 1744; d. 1831.
Kennedy, Margaret, wife of Thomas, b. 1759; d. Jan. 16, 1826.
Kilgore, William, b. 1756; d. Oct. 11, 1823.
Kilgore, Isabella, wife of William, b. Oct. 1761; d. Feb. 18, 1826.
Kilgore, Jesse, b. Dec. 13, 1773; d. Aug. 19, 1823. Kilgore, James, b. March 20, 1771; d. Dec. 5, 1834. Kilgore, Bobert, b. Sept. 7, 1799; d. Aug. 27, 1878. Kinsley, John, b. 1780; d. Dee. 13, 1851.
Klink, George, b. May 23, 1792; d. Jan. 30, 1869.
Klink, Elizabeth, wife of George, b. 1795; d. March 24, 1875.
Knight, Thomas H., b. Nov. 8, 1795; d. Apr. 30, 1852. Knight, Elizabeth, wife of Thomas, b. Mar. 11, 1805; d. Apr. 17, 1863.
Knettle, Henry, b. 1774; d. July 5, 1845.
Knettle, Hannah, wife of Henry, b. 1778; d. Oct. 27, 1854.
Koons, Isaac, b. Sept., 1792; d. Nov. 19, 1874. Laughlin, James, b. Sept. 14, 1783; d. Feb. 11, 1851. Laughlin, Atcheson, b. 1756; d. Jan. 11, 1825.
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Laughlin, Mary, wife of Atcheson, b. 1760; d. Oct. 22, 1842.
Laughlin, William R., b. Feb. 6, 1784; d. Feb. 12, 1835.
Laughlin, James, b. April 18, 1770; d. 1852.
Laughlin, John, b. March 15, 1773; died at sea. Laughlin, William b. Aug. 17, 1778; d. June 21, 1844. Laughlin, James, b. Sept. 14, 1785; d. Feb. 11, 1851. Laughlin, Agnes, b. Aug. 7, 1794; d. Aug. 18, 1871.
Laughlin, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1796; d. Feb. 21, 1864. Laughlin, Atcheson, b. Feb. 8, 1799; d. July 7, 1876. Laird, Catharine, b. June, 1764; d. June 13, 1850. Laird, Hugh, b. 1787; d. Sept. 30, 1815.
Laird, Thomas, b. 1794; d. April 19, 1830.
Laird, James, Esq., b. 1753; d. Oct. 10, 1834.
Laird, Robert, b. 1789; d. Jan. 15, 1848.
Lenney, Isaac, b. 1793; d. Aug. 14, 1848.
Lenney, Hannah, wife of Isaac, b. 1797; d. Aug. 16, 1869.
Lenney, Elizabeth, b. 1782; d. Jan. 17, 1847.
Lenney, Sarah, wife of Adam Jacobs, b. 1787; d. Aug. 30, 1834.
Lenney, William, b. 1782; d. Oct. 20, 1823.
Lenney, Sarah, wife of William, b. 1789; d. March, 17, 1862.
Leckey, Sarah B., b. Sept. 1, 1789; d. Oct. 6, 1823. Leckey, Alexander, b. 1740; d. Mar. 16, 1818.
Leckey, Elizabeth, wife of Alexander, b. 1765; d. Nov. 16, 1817.
Leckey, Daniel, b. Sept. 4, 1783; d. March 3, 1854. Leckey, Ann Davidson, wife of Daniel, d. Sept. 5, 1843. Leckey, Sarah; dau. of Alexander, b. July 5, 1787; d. Dec., 1859.
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Leckey, Isabella, b. 1799; d. Dec. 1862.
Leckey, Sarah, b. July 5, 1787; d. Dec. 1859.
Lindsay, William, b. July 6, 1793; d. Jan. 23, 1838.
Lindsay, Mary Forbes, wife of William, b. April 27, 1786; d. Oct. 26, 1842.
Lindsay, Jane, b. Oct. 1760; d. May 4, 1837.
Logan, James, b. 1782; d. Oct. 26, 1828.
Logan, Alexander, b. July 22, 1795; d. Nov. 12, 1870. Logan, Martha, wife of Alex, b. 1797; d. Nov. 7, 1873. Mathers, William, b. 1760; d, Oct. 18, 1850.
McCachran, Isabella, b. at Abbington, near Philadel- phia, Jan. 8, 1765; d. Jan. 12, 1851.
McCachran, Rev. Robert, b. Sept. 24, 1796; d. Feb. 25, 1885. (Pastor of Big Spring Presbyterian Church.) McCachran, Jane Laughlin, wife of Rev. Robert, b. Aug. 3, 1802; d. Nov. 27, 1871.
MeCachran, James, b. Jan. 1, 1797; d. Aug. 25, 1885. McCachran, Rachel, wife of James, b. Feb. 1803; d. Dec. 22, 1859.
McCormick, Samuel, b. 1726; d. Sept. 4, 1803.
McCormick, Elizabeth, wife of Samuel, b. 1727; d. Oct. 7,1811.
McCormick, Thomas, b. May 29, 1766; d. Jan. 16, 1835. McCormick, Margaret Young, wife of Thomas, b. Jan. 20, 1766; d. Feb. 20, 1824. McCandlish William, b. 1768; d. Apr. 9, 1827.
McCandlish, Jane, wife of William, b. 1781; d. Aug. 4, 1827.
McCandlish, Maria, wife of John, b. 1802; d. Oct. 1, 1827. McCulloch, James, son of John. b. 1761; d. Aug. 13, 1825.
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McCulloch, Jane Henderson, wife of John, b. 1773; d. June 24, 1847.
McCulloch, John, b. 1741; d. May 10, 1808.
McCulloch, Elizabeth Hueston, wife of John, b. 1740; d. 1813.
MeCulloch, William, b. 1778; d. Nov. 8, 1824.
MeCulloch, Sarah M., b. 1782; d. April 4, 1834.
McCulloch, John, of Dickinson, b. 1771; d. Feb. 5, 1847.
McCulloch, Mary Williamson, wife of John, b. 1773; d. Sept. 5, 1862.
McCulloch, David, b. Dec. 16, 1798; d. Nov. 22, 1859. McCulloch, Betsy Coyle, wife of David, b. Sept. 3, 1804; 1. Dec. 28, 1882.
McCulloch, Jane Dunbar, wife of John, b. 1805; d. March 7, 1838.
McCrea, William, b. 1759; d. 1837.
McCrea, Margaret, wife of William, b. 1759; d. 1822.
McCrea William, b. July 21, 1800; d. Oct. 25, 1885.
McCracken, Capt. William, b. 1753; d. Jan. 16, 1803. (A Revolutionary soldier.)
MeDannell, Daniel, b. in Ireland, Nov. 11, 1722; d. March 27, 1789.
MeDannell, Jane, wife of Daniel, b. in Ireland, Jan. 1, 1726; d. June 28, 1795.
MeDannell, Mrs. Elizabeth, b. Oct. 18, 1790; d. May 25, 1866.
MeDannell, Margaret, b. March 6, 1797; d. May 8, 1809. MeDannell, Daniel, b. July 18, 1751; d. June 26, 1811. MeDannell, Daniel; son of Daniel, b. March 23, 1792; d. Nov. 13, 1825.
McDannell, Jane, b. 1765; d. Feb. 18, 1842.
MeDannell, John, b. 1729; d. Jan. 1, 1800.
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McDowell, Margaret, b. Dec. 30, 1792; d. June 9, 1851.
McDowell, Elizabeth, b. Nov. 16, 1797; d. June 8, 1851.
McDowell, Mary, b. 1768; d. Dec. 24, 1834.
McDowell, Samuel, b. 1764; d. Apr. 24, 1830.
McDowell, Mary, b. Sept. 18, 1794; d. Apr. 28, 1863.
McDowell, John, b. 1778; d. Jan. 9, 1829.
McDowell, Margaret Laird, wife of John, b. Dec. 19, 1790; d. May 30, 1855.
McElwain, Robert, b. 1781; d. Jan. 18, 1853.
McElwain, Jane, wife of Robert, b. 1790; d. May 12, 1869.
McElwain, Andrew, jr., b. April 19, 1785; d. Aug. 10, 1840.
McElwain, Mary, wife of Andrew, b. July 16, 1798; d. Oct. 27, 1868.
McFarlane, William, b. 1757; d. Jan. 29, 1802.
McFarlane, Esther, b. 1769; d. Feb. 18, 1789.
McFarlane, Eleanor, b. 1776; d. Oct. 19, 1814.
McFarlane, Elizabeth, b. 1767; d. March 16, 1816.
McFarlane, James, b. 1757; d. Dec. 16, 1807.
McFarlane, Elizabeth, wife of James, b. 1764; d. March 26, 1814.
McFarlane, Robert, b. Nov. 15, 1784; d. April 24, 1838. McFarlane, Lydia, wife of Clemens, b. Aug. 1799; d. March 20, 1846.
McFarlane, William, b. 1744; d. April 3, 1811.
McFarlane, Robert, b. Oct. 23, 1776; d. Sept. 14, 1847. McFarlane, Jane, wife of Robert, b. Nov. 21, 1799; d. Feb. 1, 1882.
McFarlane, Jane, wife of Robert, b. 1787; d. March 11, 1833.
McFarlane, Rosanna, b. 1734; d. Nov. 26, 1812.
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McFarlane, Patrick, b. 1727; d. March 16, 1792.
Mellhenny, Margaret, wife of Robert, b. 1792; d. Apr. 22, 1835.
Melntire, John, b. 1745; d. Ang. 16, 1830.
MeIntire, Margaret, wife of John, b. 1756; d. Sept. 17, 1830.
MeKechan, Benjamin, b. Aug. 2, 1748; d. Oct. 23, 1814.
McKeehan, Margaret, wife of Benjamin, b. Feb. 22, 1758; d. Apr. 24, 1829.
MeKeehan, Samuel, b. 1786; d. Dec. 12, 1870.
McKeehan, Deborah, wife of Samuel, b. 1789; d. April 30, 1867.
McKeehan, Robert, b. Oct. 13, 1784; d. April 26, 1863. MeKeehan, Mary Trego, wife of Robert, b. March 24, 1782; d. Feb. 28, 1854.
MeKibben, Joseph, b. 1794; d. Nov. 13, 1836.
Mckinstry, James, b. 1805; d. Jan. 30, 1846.
MeMonigal, William, b. 1766; d. July 14, 1813.
MeMonigal, Agnes, b. 1755; d. May 19, 1812.
Mc Williams, Robert, b. 1786; d. Mar. 10, 1813. Megaw, James, b. 1775; d. May 26, 1838.
Megaw, Sarah, b. 1770; d. May 24, 1846.
Mickey, Robert, b. Dec. 21, 1746; d. Dec. 3, 1827. Mickey, Ezemiah, b. 1755; d. Dec. 8, 1830.
Mickey, James, b. 1795; d. 1835.
Mickey, Lucetta, wife of James, b. 1802; d. 1862. Miller, Henry, b. Jan. 1, 1777; d. Jan. 23, 1838. Morrow, John S., b. July 26, 1788; d. April 16, 1863. Moffit, Robert, b. May 6, 1790; d. Sept. 14, 1856. Nicholson, Richard, b. 1713; d. Dec. 18, 1792. Nicholson, Mary, b. 1708; d. Jan. 5, 1793,
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Nickey, Jacob, b. Jan. 4, 1797; d. Jan. 1, 1886.
Neal, James, sr., d. Feb. 27, 1793.
Neal, Sarah, wife of James, d. Sept. 13, 1814.
Over, Keziah, wife of Samuel, b. Sept. 23, 1800; d. July 28, 1861.
Pollock, Mary, wife of Joseph, b. 1758; d. Aug. 1838. Pierce, Paul, b. 1716; d. June 7, 1794.
Pierce Joseph, b. 1756; d. Aug. 30, 1806.
Pierce, Jane, wife of Joseph, b. Dec. 1768; d. Feb. 25, 1827.
Patterson, Elizabeth, b. 1772; d. Mar. 8, 1798.
Patterson Andrew, b. 1730; d. Nov. 10, 1792.
Patterson, Mary, wife of Andrew, b. 1734; d. March 15, 1827.
Patterson, Thomas, son of Andrew, b. 1773; d. Dec. 10, 1822.
Patterson, Obediah, b. 1762; d. March 10, 1804.
Patterson, Ann, wife of Obediah, b. 1798; d. March 5, 1840.
Patton, Elizabeth, b. Jan. 3, 1797; d. Feb. 4, 1870.
Peebles, Capt. William, killed at the battle of Flat Bush, L. I., 1776.
Peebles, Capt. Robert, b. 1776; d. Jan. 7, 1830.
Phillips, Edward, b. 1796; d. Dec. 25, 1857.
Phillips, Janc, wife of Edward, b. 1793; d. Dec. 22, 1870.
Randolph, Mary Knettle, wife of John, b. 1800; d. Dec. 12, 1841.
Ralston, Mary, b. 1779; d. Feb. 13, 1852;
Ralston, David, b. 1783; d. March 8, 1849.
Ralston, Lacy, wife of David, b. 1790; d. Jan. 28, 1863. Reed, James, b. 1789; d. May 12, 1842.
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Reed, Hugh, b. 1783; d. 1823.
Richy, William, b. 1760; d. Feb. 3, 1830.
Sharp, James, b. Jan. 27, 1774; d. Feb. 28, 1823. Starrett, James, b. JJuly, 1768; d. June 18, 1812. Sterrett, David, b. April, 1767; d. July 26, 1825.
Starrett, Martha, wife of Robert, daughter of Thomas Woods, b. in Lancaster County, July 25, 1801; d. 1838. Sterrett, David, b. 1746; d. Nov. 2, 1790.
Sterrett, David, b. Apr. 4, 1800; d. May 6, 1864.
Sterrett, Rebecca, wife of David, b. Aug. 11, 1802; d. Mar. 7, 1865.
Sterrett, Rachel, b. 1796; d. Dec. 28, 1823.
Steel, Robert, b. 1766; d. Aug. 17, 1836.
Steel; Mary, wife of Robert, b. Feb. 1, 1776; d. Aug. 19, 1859.
Stevenson, John, b. 1739; d. Aug. 19, 1777. Stevenson, Rachel, wife of John, dau. of Alex. Seroggs, b. 1756; d. Apr. 30, 1780.
Stevenson, Jane, b. 1758; d. 1818.
Stevenson, William, b. 1741; d. Dec. 1, 1817.
Stevenson, Margaret, d. Apr. 1, 1821.
Stevenson, John, b. 1780; d. Jan. 1, 1835. Stevenson, JJohn, b. 1786; d. Feb. 14, 1835.
Stevenson, Mary, b. 1783; d. Feb. 11, 1837. Stevenson, William, b. Sept. 22, 1792; d. Nov. 27, 1848. Smith, Hugh, b. 1750; d. Mar. 17, 1823.
Smith, Elizabeth McCormick, wife of Hugh, b. 1764; d. May, 22, 1822. Smith, Benjamin, b. 1747; d. Oct. 16, 1838. Thompson, Matthew, b. 1754; d. Oct. 19, 1823. Thompson, Joseph, b. 1786; d. Nov. 5, 1832. Trego, Rebecca, wife of Moses, b; 1762; d. Oct. 7, 1823.
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Wallace, John, b. 1744; d. Dec. 12, 1814.
Wallace, Agnes, b. 1767; d. May 28, 1827.
Wallace, Margaret, b. 1792; d. April 2, 1855. Wallace, John, b. 1798; d. 1876.
Wallace, Mary, wife of John, b. 1801; d. 1887.
Wallace, Thomas, b. Nov. 27, 1792; d. Sept. 30, 1832.
Wallace, Mary, wife of Thomas, b. Nov. 22, 1796; d. Apr. 13, 1838.
Weakley, Samuel, b. 1755; d. Feb. 10, 1829.
Weakley, Hetty, b. 1755; d. Oct. 1, 1819.
Weakley, John, b. 1778; d. Nov. 22, 1826.
Weakley, Martha, b. 1778; d. Oct. 1, 1857.
Wilt, Peter, b. 1776; d. July 23, 1842.
Wilson, Samuel, b. 1748; d. Apr. 3, 1837.
Wilson, Matthew, b. 1746; d. Jan.6, 1824.
Wilson, Rev. Samuel, b. 1754; d. Mar. 4, 1799. (Pas-
tor Big Spring Presbyterian Church.)
Wilson, Jane, wife of Rev. Samuel, b. 1761; d. May 29, 1835.
Wilson, John, son of Rev. Samuel, b. 1793; d. Jan. 30, 1809.
Williamson, William, b. 1791; d. Apr. 24, 1837.
Williamson, Tamar, wife of David, b. 1763; d. Mar. 23, 1813.
Williams, Catharine, wife of George, b. Aug. 5, 1780; d. Mar. 5, 1862.
Williams, Rev. Joshua, D. D., b. 1767; d. Aug. 21, 1838. (Pastor Big Spring Presbyterian Church.)
Williams, Eleanor, wife of Rev. Joshua, b. 1780; d. Apr. 28, 1856.
Williams, James C., son of Rev. Joshua, b. 1801; d. 1822. Whitley, Andrew, b. 1769; d. Dec. 7, 1848.
THE OLDEST MARKED GRAVES IN THE GRAVEYARD. JAMES GRAHAM, BORN 1725, DIED SEPT. 2, !807.
MARTHA GRAHAM, BORN 1731, DIED JULY 22, 1779.
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SOLDIERS BURIED IN THE GRAVE YARD.
Allen, J. K., Rebellion.
Boose, Jonathan, War 1812.
Brandon, Thomas, Rebellion.
Barr, John, Rebellion.
Barr, Alexander, Rebellion.
Brown, John, b. Sept. 19, 1752; d. Jan. 10, 1842, Rev- olution.
Brown, George, Co. E, 187 Pa. Inft.
Butler, Corp. Elliott, Co. A, 127 U. S. C. I.
Buchanan, Gen. Thomas, b. 1747; d. Oct. 13, 1823, Revolution.
Crawford, Sargt. G. W., Co. G, 45th U. S. C. Inft.
Denning, William, b. 1737, d. Dec. 19, 1830, Revolu- tion.
Fenton, Samuel, Revolution.
Fenton, John, War of 1812.
Fenton, Col. James, b. 1776, War of 1812.
Fulton, Robert H., d. Aug. 16, 1891, Rebellion.
Fry, Capt. Jesse R., b. 1832; d. 1893, Co. D, 77th Regt. Pa. Vol., Rebellion.
Ferguson, William, Revolution.
Graham, Sargent George W., b. May 6, 1841; killed May 16, 1863.
George, S. C., Co. E, 127 Pa. Inft.
Hays, John S., b. 1842; d. Mar. 29, 1877. Sargt. 130 Reg. Pa. Vol.
House, John, b. 1782; d. Nov. 1872, War of 1812.
Hackett, Thompson, b. Dec. 28, 1844; d. Apr. 14, 1893, Rebellion.
Howard, Nicholas, d. Nov. 18, 1847, War of 1812. Hood, Josiah, b. Aug. 11, 1794; d. Oct. 2, 1873, War
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McElwain, Thomas, War of 1812.
Mccullough, Leo, b. May, 27; 1842, Rebellion.
Mc Williams, John, War of 1812.
Moffitt, David S., b. Sept. 18. 1818; d. May, 8, 1888, Rebellion.
McCracken, Capt. William, b. 1753; d. Jan. 16, 1803, Revolution.
Nehf, George, Co. I, 12 Reg. Pa., Reserv. Vol.
Neal, Col. Joseph, d. Mar. 25, 1838, War of 1812.
Perry, Abram, Co. K, U. S. C. Inft.
Peebles, Capt. William, killed at the battle of Flat Bush, L. I., 1776.
Peebles, Capt. Robert, b. 1776; d. Jan. 7, 1830, War of 1812.
Roberts, Capt. JJohn, War of 1812.
Richardson, John H., Rebellion.
Stewart, Samuel I., Co. K, 158 Reg. Pa. Inft. of 1812.
Ickes, Charles, Rebellion.
Jenkens, George, Co. B, 23rd U. S. C. I.
Johnson, William H., d. July 16, 1869, Rebellion.
Johnson, John Bell, U. S. N.
Kinsley, J. R., Co. H, 3rd Pa. Cal.
Kyle, Samuel, War of 1812.
Kennedy, John, War of 1812.
Knight, James, U. S. Navy, Rebellion.
Laughlin, William, killed at the battle of Fredericks- burg, Dec. 13, 1862.
Martin, Sargent D. E., Co. I, 201 Pa. Inft.
McCune, J. A., Co. M, 7th Pa. Cal.
McElwain, Robert, b. 1781; d. Jan. 18, 1853, War of 1812.
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Snowden, Sargt. Samuel S., Co. G, 8th U. S. C. Inft. Snowden, James H., Co. A, 24th U. S. C. I. Turbet, William, Mexican War. Vanderbilt, C. H., Rebellion.
Zeigler, Samuel R., b. Oct. 22, 1846; d. Mar. 15, 1897, Rebellion.
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APPENDIXES.
APPENDIX A.
In giving the adherents of the Big Spring Church in John Carson's district on page 30, the following persons were inadvertently omitted:
Samuel McCune 14,
Elizabeth Kilgore 70, **
Hugh McCune 12, Jesse Kilgore 22,
John McCune 60,* Robert Kilgore 19,
Mary McCune 40,* William Kilgore,
Adam Fullerton 16,
Isabel Kilgore 21,
James Fullerton 14,
Alexander Fullerton 11,
James Mickey 24,
Robert McCune 7,
Joseph Parks
55,*
Samuel Weir
66,*
Rebecca Parks 50,*
Jane Weir 30,*
Thomas Parks 20,
George Weir
30,
Joseph Parks 18,
Margaret Weir
25, Anna Parks 16,
Agnes Marten,
John C. Parks 14.
George, a Negro,
Mary Hawks 12,
John McCune 9,
Agnes Mickey 19,
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APPENDIX B.
The Presbyterians of the Cum= berland Valley.
An Address at the Celebration of the Founding of the Log College, at Neshaminy, Pa., September 5, 1889.
BY REV. EBENEZER ERSKINE, D. D.
Mr. Chairman and Christian Brethren:
There is an instinctive tendency in the human mind to trace all things to their natural and proper origin. Discoverers and explorers follow rivers to their sources. Naturalists seek to trace all animal and vegetable organ- isms to their original germs. Philologists run back words to their roots. The great problem of the ages, in all the speculative schools of thought has been, what is the origin of moral evil? What is the origin of the ma- terial universe?
It is under the influence of this principle of causation, of antecedent and consequent, that we are here gathered to-day to celebrate the founding of the Log College by the elder William Tennent, as the first academical and theological school within the bounds of the Presbyterian Church of the United States for the training of young men for the work of the ministry. On this historie spot, with all its interesting historic environments, we have assembled, that here, with uncovered heads we may ac- knowledge, with gratitude to God, the obligations we are under to the consecrated, self denying founder of an humble institution, which sent out an influence that has pervadedl the church and the nation.
We are here not from any superstitious regard for this historie place; nor with any mere affectation of interest in these historic scenes which we do not feel; but to call to
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mind the life, character and labors of William Tennent, the history of the school which he here established, and to inquire what were the faith, the spirit and the princi- ples which animated and governed him and which found expression in the young men of talent and energy whom he here trained. The orthodox, Calvinistic faith, the evan- gelical spirit, and the consecrated life of William Tenn- ent, which he impressed upon and infused into the young men here trained, are what made the Log Col- lege so famous in the history of the Presbyterian Church. William Tennent lived in those he here trained, more than in his work as a minister of the Gospel or any other thing which he accomplished. From this school went forth young men who, like Barnabas, were full of faith and of the Holy Ghost. The character of the school in this respect was the secret of its great power for good. This line of thought I cannot further pursue. I have been asked by the committee in charge of these services to say something in regard to the Presbyterians of the Cumberland Valley, and their relationship to the Log College.
THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY.
Perhaps there are those here to-day who would like to know just where and what this Cumberland Valley is.
I answer, that it is a part of that extended valley which lies between two chains of that great Appallachian range of hills and mountains which runs in a northeast- erly and southwesterly direction across the eastern half of this continent and which is trom twelve to twenty miles in width, the whole length of it. Starting out from the southern part of the State of Vermont, under different names at different stages of its progress, it runs down through eastern New York, crossing the Hudson at Newburg; coming on through Pennsylvania, it crosses the Delaware at Easton, the Susquehanna at Harrisburg and the Potomac at Harper's Ferry; and running on down through Virginia, it crosses the James River at
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Lynchburg and then runs around through Tennessee and on down into Alabama.
Now, that part of this extended valley which is called Cumberland Valley, is that part which lies between the Susquehanna and the Potomac rivers and takes its name from Cumberland County, the first county organized in it, and which name was taken from that of a county in the North of England, bordering on Scotland.
By many it has been much regretted that it had not been allowed to retain its original Indian name, that of the Kittatinny Valley, the valley of endless mountains.
ITS SCENERY, SOIL AND CLIMATE.
From the Susquehanna to the Potomac, the Kitta- tinny, or the North Mountain, as it is commonly called, lifts up its long and almost level line of summit to the height of from seven to twelve hundred feet above the surface of the valley, presenting to the eye all along, a varying aspect of extended forests with here and there intervening patches of rocks, the changing drapery of floating mists, the fleeing shadows of ever passing clouds, and all the diversified hues of spring, summer and autumn foliage. To the dwellers in the valley it is ever a most pleasing object of sight and very restful and grateful to the eye.
The South Mountain, which runs along the other side, slopes more gradually into the valley than the North and is broken into knobs and spurs with deep intervening recesses, and is alike an object pleasant to behold.
The surface of the valley itself, is varied by hills, plains and dales, and is noted for the fertility of its soil, for its numerous great and ever flowing springs and its clear running streams, for its abundant erops of grain and its pure and bracing atmosphere. In all these re- spects it is perhaps unsurpassed by any other valley of equal extent in any part of the American continent.
Attractive as this valley thus is, its settlement was delayed by reason of the Indian claim to it, which was
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not purchased until the year 1736 and also somewhat by reason of the controversy pending between the two Provinces of Pennsylvania and Maryland in relation to the boundary line between them which was not adjusted until 1737, nor confirmed by Mason and Dixon's survey until 1763.
EARLY SETTLERS.
By whom was this beautiful valley first settled? The answer is almost exclusively by the Scotch Irish Presby- terians, a people of the same race and of the same relig- ious faith and worship with the founders and alumni of the Log College.
It is not for me to tell you in detail here to-day who the Scotch Irish Presbyterians were. That task has been assigned to our friend Dr. Muchmore, who has been everywhere and knows everybody, and like most editors, almost everything.
I must answer the question, however, who were the Presbyterians, that were the chief original settlers of the Cumberland Valley? In doing so let it suffice here to to say, that they were Scotch Irish Presbyterians; and that they were very much a Scotch colony, induced by James the First to settle on the forfeited lands of the Earls of Tyrone and Tyrconnel in the Province of Ulster, with its nine counties in the North or Ireland. The story of the English conquest of Ireland is one of great interest at the present time. When Pope Adrian in 1166 made a grant of Ireland to England, it was on two conditions. The first was that they were to have Ireland when they could get it. The second was that the Pope was to have an annual tax in perpetuity of a penny a family. This was the origin of Peter's pence, which they still continue to pay.
England found the native Irish a people hard to con- quer and still worse to govern. Their troubles in this respect are still not ended. For a long time they tried to placate their Irish subjects by a liberal bestowment of
CRECTEC BY THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM DENNING THE PATRIOTIC BLACKSMITH AND FORGER OF WROUGHT IRON CAMION DURING THE KEVOLIMTIONARY GAR. BORN 1737 - DIED 1830.
WM DENNING
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titles of nobility, and restoration of lands, but in vain. For a period of more than three hundred years the Eng- lish rule was limited to Dublin and its vicinity. Half of the people of Ulster perished in the successive rebel- lions and conflicts, they were wasted by wars, starved by famines, and reduced to the lowest state of poverty and wretchedness. Still they hated English domination. The break of Henry the Eighth with the Pope did not improve the situation. Elizabeth's distinctive Pretestant- ism made her reign still more offensive. It was not until the Scottish James came to the throne, and resorted to the old Roman policy of confiscation that Ulster was subdued. He confiscated five hundred thousand acres of land in various parts of the Province. On these lands the hardy and loyal Scotch gentry and people were induced to settle. To do so, they left the hills and glens and lowlands and mists of Scotland, where they had so heroically battled for the rights of conscience and the Crown rights of Christ, and came and sojourned for a time beneath the moister skies of Ulster, and there took on a milder type of character and a more evangeli- cal and warmer type of religion, by reason of the gracious revivals of religion with which their churches were blessed. These were the Scotch Irish Presby- terians.
As soon as America was open for settlement, the Scotch and the Scotch Irish were among the earliest en- igrants, and with their restless energy and spirit of ad- venture, they touched the American coast at almost every point from Nova Scotia, to which they gave its name, to the Carolinas. But their main settlements were in Pennsylvania and the Carolinas. The reason of this was, the laws of the Provinces of New York and Virginia, and their Provincial officers were unfriendly to the coming of any ministers except those of the Church of England. This was illustrated in the experience of the Rev. James Anderson, an able and thoroughly edu-
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