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First National Bank of Canonsb'g 405
First National Bank of Cecil. 289
First National Bank of Claysville 258
361
371
Findlay Clay Pot Co.
Oil and gas industries
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HISTORICAL INDEX
First National Bank of Donora .. 432
First National Bank of Finleyville.
437
Graded schools. 202
First National Bank of Fredericktown 309
First National Bank of Houston. 440
Obliged to fly. 102
First National Bank of McDonald.
444
Captured and threatened. 102
Prosecutes offenders. 102
Granges.
125
Gt. Britain retains northwestern forts. 101
37
Greek, J. M., Coal Co .. 296
Greek letter fraternities. 193
"Green House"' 463
Greer 290
Gregg, Albert M., articles on mounds by 266
298
Griffiths Tin Mill. 471
Groghan, Geo .:
Judge of West Augusta Court 72
His plantation. 72
His character and death. 72
Growth of banks.
261
Gubernatorial contests
151
Hackett, town of. 343
Hallam House. 463
Hamilton, Alex., enforces excise law. 104
Hamilton Bottle Works .. 420
Hamilton, David, a justice in Western Insurrection. 108 Hamilton, Gen. Henry :
Sends Indian parties against Americans 77
British commander at Detroit. 73
Gives bounty for American scalps. 73
Hand, Gen .:
Succeeds Gen. Neville at Fort Pitt. 78
His failures. . 78
Takes command of Fort Pitt for U. S. 70
Hanlin station.
329
Hannastown attacked by Indians and Canadians 94
Hanover Township:
Erection and boundaries 321
Roads and villages. 321
Farming and dairying 322
Cemeteries
Roads 322
Schools
322
Early settlers
323
Churches
Harkaway Club. 445
Harmar, Gen. Josiah:
His expedition; defeated by the Indians. 101
Harrison, Gen. W. H., at Monongahela. 517
"Hating out" offenders. 98
Hawkins, Col. A. L .. 136
Hays, Christopher, his droll letter. 93
Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. 469
Hazel Kirk. 286
Hazlett Bank .. 486
. 257,
223
.Henderson, "Uncle Joe"
148
"Herald of Liberty ".
491
Hickory
Hickory National Bank.
336
Hicksites, The ..
166
Higher education.
190
Good House 463
Good Intent village
370
Hills 290
Hogs and pork. 122
Gordon sand. 243 Hoge, David. 454
323
Geology of the county
235
Georgetown. . 512
Gibson and Linn, their expedition to New Orleans for powder. 74'
Gibson, Col John:
Among the first settlers of Washington County 50
Enters 400 acres at Logstown. 51
His titles and honors. 51
In command at Fort Laurens 79
Gilmore, Judge Samuel A. 153
Ginger Hill village. 317
Girty, Simon: Leads Indians against Rogers 78
Globe Hotel. 461
Globe Inn. 462
Gloucester tract granted Decker and Froman 53
Goat Hill ... 282
Good Will Fire Co .. 477
398
Florence. 321
Forbes Road. 50
Forgie's Planing Mill.
474
Ford Burd built. . 50
Fort Duquesne becomes Fort Pitt. 38
Fort Henry attacked by savages. 77
Fort Laurens established. 79
Garrison besieged. 79
Fort McIntosh established
79
Fort Pitt Bridge Works. 411
Fort Pitt: Weakness of garrison under Irvine 94
Ft. Ticonderoga captured. 69
Franklin Bank of Washington .257,
486
Franklin House. 463
Franklin-Wash. Natural Gas Co. 482
Fraternal orders, Wash. 502
Fredericktown ..
309
French, early explorations of.
35
Found Montreal.
35
Their claims in 1603.
35
Their claims conflicting with English claims .. 35
Froman, Paul, obtains lands etc., on the Monongahela. 54
Frye Station. 285
Fulton, Robert. 325
Furniture, pioneer 98
Gallatin, Albert, his road plan. 215
Gardener Convertible Steam and Gas Engine Co ... 473
Gas explosion at Cannonsburg 398 Gas explosion, Washington. 464
Gas operations. 243
Gastonville 362
"Gospel Reflector" 450
Graham appointed exciseman 102
First National Bank of Roscoe.
450
First National Bank of Washington
257, 487
First U. S. Excise law passed Opposed by Pennsylvania.
Five Points.
322
Flinn Road Act
215
Flood in Chartiers Valley, 1888.
103
103
Great Meadows, battle of, 1754.
Gretna .
Highland Glass Co. 470
334
Hempfield railroad.
322
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HISTORICAL INDEX
Home Dressed Beef Co.
Home Hotel. 463
Home Telephone Co. 326
Hopewell Township:
Erection and boundaries 323
Towns and villages. 324
Churches 324
Farming and stock raising. 324
Schools 325
Roads, real estate and population 325
Hopkin 's Infantry. 135
Hopkins, Wright & Co.'s Bank. 258, 486
Horses and horse. breeding 122
Houston Borough:
Situation and surroundings 437
Population, taxes, etc. 438
Railroads 438
Incorporation 438
Town's first officers. 438
439
Jail
209
James I issues land patents. 35
James River (Va.) as route to the South Sea. 44
Jefferson Academy at Canonsburg. 196
Jefferson Light Guards 135
Jefferson Township:
Erection and boundaries 329
Roads and taxes. 329
Schools 329
Towns and population. 329
Gas wells. 329
330 Coal industry Churches 330
Jennings, Dr. Ebenezer. 381
Jennings, Obadiah . 154
472
Jonestown 318
494
Journal Print. & Pub. Co.
Judges and attorneys, famous. 152
Jumbo mine. .
292
Justices' and Aldermen's Association 213
Justices appointed by Gov. Penn in January, 1774. 58
Juvenile court
153
Kanawha, battle at mouth of. 64
Results of the battle. 64
Keel boats. 229
Keenan & Piper Contr. Co. 524
Keeney greenhouse, Monongahela City. 524
Keystone House. 379
Killbuck, Indian chief, attacked by whites. 91
Description of his camp. 91
King of England forbids settlements west of the Alleghenies, 1763. 42, 49
Kirkpatrick, Maj. Abram, captured by rioters 108
"'Labor Journal"
494
Laboratory 359
Lafayette, visit of. 462
Lafayette visits Washington. 119
Land deed of Nov. 5, 1768; its indefinite terms. 43
Land office opened by Pennsylvania, 1769 49
Lands assigned Delawares and Shawanese by the Iroquois 41
Lawrence, George V. 516
Lawrence, Joseph. 148
Indian mound on Haines farm 339
Indian trails. 214
474
Indian troubles in 1776. 73
Indians, northern, number of in 1763. 40
Indians poorly recompensed for lands. 48
Intermarriage of French with Indians 35
Inter-state war threatened, 1781. 30
Industrial development. 127
Insurgents pardoned.
113
Insurgent representatives refused seats in legis- lature 115
Insurgents, severe treatment of. 113
Iroquois Indians. 39
Description of, by William Penn. 40
Irvine, Gen. William:
Given command at Fort Pitt. 84
His views on Indian situation. 91
His views on Indian situation. 94
Jackson, Andrew, visits Washington. 119
Jackson's Carriage Factory. 474
Schools
439
Banking
4.40
Churches 440
Houston's Inn. 460
Houston, Miss Margaret E., article on Indian
fort, etc.
269
Houston Run. 361
Howden, James, born in sycamore tree. 100
Howarth Marble Works. 473
Hughes, John:
Appointed captain of rangers. 86
His service with Wayne. 86
His death and funeral. 86
Hundred-foot sand. 243 Hunter, Joseph:
Acquires large land grants through his children. 51
Sells claim to David Hoge. 51,
52
Hupp, John, Sr., killed and scalped. 95
Hussey-Binns Shovel Factory . 421
Huston's Old Home Inn. 461
Indefinite phraseology of early land deeds. 41
Independence Township:
Erection and boundaries 325
Towns and population. 325
Churches 325
Farming and stock raising. 326
Roads and taxes.
326
Coal operations. 327
Trade and industries 328
Banks 328
Early settlers, population, etc.
328
Independence village ..
326
Independent coal companies.
251
Indian atrocities.
28, 29, 30, 90
Indian attack on British forts, 1763. 40
Indian burying ground. 269
Indian council at Ft. Pitt, 1766. 42
Indian council in 1742. 41
Indian council in 1764. 41
Indian mounds. . 265
Indians surrender prisoners to Col. Bouquet. 41
Indian fort, old .. 269
Indian treaty, January, 1785 100
Indian depredations. 79, 100
Lee, Gen. Henry, in command of troops to sup- press insurrection 113
Jessop Steel Co
"Journal" newspaper, Washington. 494
Public service corporations.
Public library.
439
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HISTORICAL . INDEX
Legal history. 152
Legislative apportionments. 148
LeMoyne, Dr. F. J., nominated for Vice-President. 130
Lenox, Maj. David, serves writs in Western In- surrection 107
Liberty poles in Western Insurrection.
110, 111
Licentious soldiery. 91, 94
Liggett Spring & Axle Works. 524
Lincoln National Bank, Savella 328
Linden village. 339
Lindley's Mills.
331
Lindley, Rev. Jacob
175
Linn and Gibson, their expedition to New Orleans for powder.
74
Little Turtle defeats St. Clair. 102
Local militia ordered to Continental army 75
Lochry, Col., raises men for Gen. Hand. 78
Locks on Monongahela River 230
Logan and Cornstalk defeated by Col. Lewis 64
Log cabin and hard cider campaign.
150
Logan, Chief: His family massacred. 62
Retaliates on whites. 62
His letter to Capt. Cresap. 62
Defeated at mouth of Kanawha 64
Lone Pine 276
Long Branch borough:
Origin and situation
440
Coal deposits. 440
Population and taxables 440 Schools and churches. 440
Long Knives, Virginians so called by Indians 62
Luxurious residence in 1792.
117
Macbeth-Evans Glass Co. 420
McCarty & Robb lumber yards. 445
McClain, Alex., prevented from surveying state line; his report 92.
93
McClure Tin Mills
471
McConnel's Mills.
297
McDonald borough:
Origin and situation. 441
Oil interests
441
Schools, etc.
442
Early settlers. 442
Fire department and fires. 442
442
Schools and academy 443
Water company. 443
Churches and societies. 443
Newspapers 444
Banks and trust companies.
444
Business interests (general) . 444
McDonald "Budget"'
444
McDonald fairs .. 445
Mc Donald, John, appointed to administer oaths of fidelity to Virginia
77
McDonald Oil Field. 239
McDonald "Outlook" 444
McDonald "Record" 444
McDonald Savings & Trust Co. .444
73
McFarlane, Andrew, captured. Imprisoned at Quebec.
73
His death. 73
McFarlane, Maj. James, killed in Western In-
surrection 107
MeFarland, Samuel 155
McGovern station. 297
McIlvaine, Judge John A. 153
McIntosh, Gen., placed in command at Fort Pitt .. 78
His forces depleted. 79
McKean, Thomas. . 154
McKennan, Thos. M. T. 148
McMillan, Rev. John, his early school. 190
McMurray village.
342
McPeak mill ..
336
McPherson's mill. 288
Mackey, Eneas, appointed colonel of Eighth regi- ment; his death. 72
Malate, battle of. 136
Manila, attack on 136
Mansion House. 463
Manufacturers' Light & Heat Co
482
Manufacturers' Natural Gas Co.
481
'Manuscript Found'
183
Marianna, town of. 367
Marksmanship of early settlers.
118
Marshall, Col. James, county lieutenant: Opposes Gen. Clark. 83
Requests men for defence against Indians 29
Matthews oil well. 239
Matthews Woven Wire Fence Co. 432
Meadowlands Coal Co 296
Meadowlands, town of 297
476
Medical history.
211
Meetings against excise law
104
Mercantile Bridge Co
449
Methodist church.
176
Mexican war ..
135
Midland Coal Co.
295
Midland, town of. 298
Midway borough:
Origin and situation. 445
Egypt village and mill. 445
Early settlers. 445
Business interests 446
Population 446
Schools 446
Banks and banking. 447
Churches and societies 447
Incorporation 446
. Midway National Bank 447
28
Miller, Jacob, Sr., killed and scalped. 95
Miller, Oliver, killed by rioters. 107
Millsborough
308
107
Mingo Club .. Mingo Creek meeting-house, political meetings
held at.
107
Insurgents meet at. 108
Mingo region, lawlessness in 114
170
Moffatt, Rev. James D
176
Monongahela Bridge Co
507
Monongahela City: Early proprietors. 511
The Parkinsons
511
Early settlers. 511
Parkinson's ferry 511
Transportation facilities 511
Early trade and travel. 512
Original plot. 512
Georgetown laid out ..
512
Public square and market. 512
212
Mechanics Library
Medical societies
Public service, car lines, etc.
Militia call in 1781.
Missionary efforts.
12
HISTORICAL INDEX
Williamsport made borough. 513
Postoffice history.
513
Mormon church. . 183
Real estate valuation 513
Morrison Free Public Library . 439
Early flat boat traffic. 513
Morris Township:
Keel boats. 513
Erection and boundaries 331
Railroad enterprise. 514
Early settlers
514
Early settlers. 332
Early taverns and industries
514
Roads and taxes, etc. 333
Population 333
Mason and Dixon's line. .
44
Distinguished citizens
.516, 517
Public service corporations
.517, 519
Bridges
518
Hospitals
518
Springs and drainage. 333
Newspapers
519
333
Hotels
519
Agriculture
333
Banks and trust companies.
520
Sheep and wool growing
333
Manufactures
520,
524
Early settlers.
333
Schools and education.
524
Schools
334
Churches
525
334
Fraternal organizations.
529
Churches 334
Oil and gas wells. 335
Monongahela County formed ..
71
Mills and industries. 336
Roads 336
Court assumes jurisdiction over part of Washing- ton County
76
Wants land office law repealed.
76
Opposed by Yohogania County court.
76
Mountain, James
154
Murder cases
155
Monongahela City Gas Company.
517
Murdock's greenhouses
290
Murdocksville 322
Murdocksville oil field. 240
Muster roll of Captain Anderson's company 133
Nanowland, the "pet Indian" killed. 91
National Bank of Claysville. 425
National pike, travel on. 118
National Roadhouse. 462
National Wrought Iron Annealing Box Company 473
Negro slaves registered, 1781-82.
97
Monongahela Glass Works .. 523
Monongahela Granite and Marble Works. 523
Monongahela Manufacturing Company . 516
Monongahela Milling Company. 524
Monongahela River .. 228
Geologically considered. 237
Monongahela River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company
520
Monongahela Valley: Distressed condition of in 1780. 80
Monongahela Water Works. 518
Monroe, President at Canonsburg. 398
Moral teaching. 169
Moravian missions. 89
Morgan, Col. George, and John Neville appointed to confer with Indians. 75
Morgan, Col. George:
Accuses Gen. McIntosh of incapacity 79
Arrested and removed by Congress. 78
Writes British commander at Detroit 75
Morgan, Dr. John, his land grant .. 52
Morgan, Gen. John, placed in control of Indian affairs by Congress .. 74
Morgan, L. W., his reminiscences. 382
Morgan's Rifle Corps recruited from Eighth Regt. 72
Morganza 290
Morganza, origin of name. 52
North Charleroi:
Origin and situation. 448
Population and taxes. 448
River locks. 448
Government shops. 448
Coal tonnage .. 448
449
Railroads and bridges
Schools
449
North Franklin Township:
Erection and boundaries 337
Soil and agriculture. 337
Oil and gas 337
Roads and real estate 337
Cemeteries 338
Water reservoirs 338
Early events. 338
Schools 337
70
His house attacked. 107
His escape. 108
Neville, Col. Pressley, captured by rioters. 108
Newspapers .
205
(See also under separate towns.)
New State (Ohio) proposed. 95
Nitro-glycerine, explosion of. 467
Niagara Oil Company. 481
Nickel Plate Coal Mine. 444
Monongahela "Democrat". 519
Monongahela, early settlement at. 53
Monongahela, English settlements on, burned by the French ... 37
Monongahela Foundry and Forge Company 524
Mount Wheeler hill.
338
Monongahela City Dock Company. 524
. Monongahela City Macaroni Factory 523
Monongahela City Memorial Hospital. 518
Monongahela City Trust Company. 520
Monongahela Clay Manufacturing Company. 523
Monongahela Consolidated Coal and Coke Co. 249
Monongahela "Daily Republican"' 519
Towns and villages.
Parkinson, Joseph (sketch)
529
Mason and Dixon survey interrupted.
47
Mount Pleasant Township: Erection and boundaries 333
Private currency
516
Early politicians.
516
Mormon, book of. 183
Towns 331
Soil
Population, taxes, etc. 336
Neville, Capt. John, placed in charge of Ft. Pitt .. Neville, Gen. John:
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HISTORICAL INDEX
Northrup Machine Shop.
473
Pentecost, Dorsey :
Magistrate and county commissioner 59
Appointed clerk of court. 71
Elected president of war council. 74
Nearly precipitates Indian war 75
Soil and agriculture.
339
Villages
339
Becomes lieutenant of Yohogania County 83
Roads and taxes.
339
Schools
340
Real estate valuation
340
North Strabane Water Company .
Nottingham Township:
Erection and boundaries
340
Schools and teachers.
340
Churches 340
Trade and agriculture
340
Population, real estate, etc.
341
Drainage
340
Roads and taxes. 340
Novelty Glass Company. 471
Oak Grove. 282
Oats, amount grown. 120
Ohio County formed. 71
Ohio Presbytery.
168
Ohio, state of, proposition to establish. 95
Population
Towns and villages. 342
Schools
343
Churches 344
Coal mines 345
76
Old Briceland Tavern, Canonsburg. 397
Old Fulton House. . 460
515
Old Indian Fort.
269
Old National pike 215
Orchard crop .. 120
"Our Country"
newspaper.
493
Outrages by U. S. troops in Western Insurrection. 112
Pack-peddlers 118
Paris 321
Parkinson's ferry established.
54
Parkinson, Joseph, acquires rights on the Monon- gahela River .. 54
Establishes ferry 54
Parkinson, Joseph, sketch of. 529
Parkinson, Thomas and William, appointed to pro- vide military stores. 75 219
Parkinson's ferry. 511
Passengers, distinguished, over National Road. 217
Patent of lands in "Augusta County, Va., "' grant- ed by Dunmore to Washington.
57
Patterson's Mill. 302 Payroll statistics, Charleroi. 419
Peace vote in Western Insurrection. 112
Penn Bridge Company. 425
Penn, William, His instructions to agents 164
Penn's grant, terms of. 44
Pennsylvania assembly warns settlers from land west of mountains. 42
Pennsylvania Reform School. 210
Pennsylvania loses land under Virginia warrants .. 81
Pennsylvania magistrates seized. 66 Pennsylvania's officials restrained. 66
Pittsburg & Westmoreland Coal Co.
Pleasant Grove. 250
325
Pleasant Hill Seminary.
Pluggystown, expedition against.
75
ยท Plummer, Jerome, his aid to temperance cause. 130
51
Peters Township: Erection and boundaries. 341
Drainage 341
Farming and dairying. 341
Real estate valuation. 341
Coal deposits. . 342
Roads and railroads. 342
341
Oil and gas. 238
Oil and gas sands 245 Oil and gas sands, table of. 245
"Old Black's Dam"' 287
Petition for erection of Westsylvania county.
Petition from Laurel Hill settlers against provin- cial officials. 55
Petition to Lord Dunmore from settlers on the Ohio 60
"Petroleum Exchange 494
Petroleum Iron Works 473
Philadelphia Bank 256
Phillipsburg
315
Phoenix Glass Works. 470
Physicians in pioneer days.
117
Pike Run Meeting-house 165
Pioneer clothing. 98
98
Pioneer diet. 117
Pioneer manners and customs. 116
Pipe, Indian chief, sides with British. 76
Pittsburg and Steubenville Turnpike. 220
Pittsburg and Washington Turnpike.
412
Pittsburg Casket Co. 237
412
Pittsburg coal bed. 248
Pittsburg Coal Co.
70
Pittsburg, description of in 1770.
53
Pittsburg Mercantile Co 388
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co. 420
Pittsburg Southern Railroad 223
Pittsburg, Virginia & Charleston R. R. 226
Pittsburg Window Glass Co 471
Pitsburg & Charleroi Street Railway 228
Pittsburg & Southwestern Coal Co. 327
Pittsburg & Steubenville Railroad. 224
311
Pennsylvania throws western lands open to set- tlement, 1769. 43
Penobscot Coal Company. 327
413
Goes to Virginia.
89
89 Is suspended from office His death and influence 89
People aid academy. 170
People's Bank of California. 258
People's Bank of Monongahela City. 258
People's Light & Heat Co .. .238, 481
Peters, William, Indian, granted land title.
86
His hostile attitude toward Pennsylvania. Resigns as councillor and appointed common pleas judge. 86
Given command of the militia. 80
Churches 338, 340
North Strabane Township:
Erection and boundaries. 338
North Star .. 346
Pittsburg-Buffalo Coal Co. 248, 364,
Pitsburg, court removed from.
Pioneer conditions of life described.
Old glass works, Monongahela.
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HISTORICAL INDEX
Poe, Adam:
Receives reward for taking Indian scalp. 29
Paid for Indian scalp .. 86
Political complexion of county. 151
Pontiac, conspiracy of. 40
Population statistics. 125
Postoffice, Washington borough. 475
Postal facilities .. 128
Pratt, Parley P. (Mormon) .. 187, 188
Presbyterian church ..
167
Presbyterian church, early strife in. 168
Presbyterian statistics. 173
Presbyterianism explained. 167
Presbytery, first west of mountains 167
President judges. . 156
Presidents medical society
213
Presidential contests.
151
Primitive settlers, character of 81
Primrose station ..
334
Principals' Round Table ..
204
Production of coal for 1907
251
Proprietary Government of combative character of. 49
Prosperity Plank Road. 221
Prosperity village. 331
Prothonotaries 157
Prothonotaries since Civil War 151
Pryor Coal Co.
327
Quakers or Friends. 165
44
Racine 310
Raccoon Church Cemetery: First person buried in 29
348
Raccoon station.
Railroads
223
29
Rank Forging Works. 444
Rankin House 463
Rankin, Matthew, his land grant. 53
Real Estate Trust Co., Wash. 491
Record Publishing Co. 494
Redstone Baptist Association 179 .
Redick, David, describes military conditions in Feb., 1792 102
Redstone, land entries filed at. 51
Redstone Quarterly Meeting. 165
Reed & Snee Greehouses. 424
Reissing 292
Religion among pioneers 117
164
Religious revivals.
97
Religious services introduced. 81
Representatives in General Assembly. 160
Reserve Corps of Penna. 135
Resistance to Great Britain organized. 69
Revolutionary War closes. . 95
Reward offered for Indian scalps 29
Richardson, Thomas, executed for burglary 30
Ridgeway mines. 292
Rigdon, Sidney 181, 182, 185, 186, 189
Ringgold Cavalry 135
Ritner, Joseph. . 147, 279
River improvements. 230
Riverview 286
Road, national. 214, 215, 217
Road legislation. 221 Robertson, John, excise collector, maltreated. 104
Robinson Township:
Erection and boundaries. 345
Villages 346
Coal, oil and gas 346
Roads and taxes.
346
Schools 347
Early settlers 347
Churches 347
Raccoon Graveyard. 348
Interesting events. 348
Indian mound. 349
Rogers, Capt David:
Assists Clark against Hamilton 78
His career and death. 78
Rogue Alley 436
Roscoe Borough:
Origin and situation. 449
Real estate and population. 449
Boat building .. 449
Public service and car lines. 450
Newspapers 450
450
Hotels, schools, and churches.
450
Societies 450
Roscoe "Ledger"
Roverville
310
Royal proclamation forbidding settlements west of the Alleghenies. 42, 49
Rural high schools 204
Rush for lands in 1769 50
Russell, A., machine shop 380
Ryan Boiler & Iron Works. 472
St. Clair, Gen. Arthur:
Appointed prothonotary of Westmoreland 56
County
Describes conditions in Dunmore's War. 62
Endeavors to bring about peace. 63 Commissioned colonel in the American army 71
Defeated by Indians. 101
Salvation Army 500
Sample's Inn. 463
Sandy Plains Fair. 309
"Saturday Evening Supper Table" 494
"Saturday Voice"'. . 519
Scalp bounty revoked. 29
97
Scenery Hill.
365
Schools, common. 201
School superintendents.
203
School statistics.
205
"Scotch-Irish Pickett''
494
Scott, Thomas:
Appointed first prothonotary . 85
Imprisoned 66
Sheep and wool statistics. 120
Sheriffs 157
Shingiss station 297
Shire Oaks. 361
Shipyard at California 383,
387
Shirtee Creek, origin of name 52
Silk, early manufacture of. 122
Simpson, James, historian 300
Simpson Stove Works. 413
Sixth Regt., P. V. M .. 136
Slavery 128
451
Banking
Pennsylvania, non-
Queer map of Virginia, 1651
Raccoon Graveyard. 351
Rangers recruited, 1781.
Scarcity of mills in 1872.
Religious paper signed, 1782.
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HISTORICAL INDEX
Smiley, William, his courageous trip. 165
Smith, Devereaux, wounded and arrested for mur-
der 69
Smith, James, book peddler. 118
Smith, Joseph (Mormon apostle). 186
Smith, Rev. Joseph, his school at Buffalo. 190
Smith, Thomas, attorney for George Washington in ejectment cases. 99
Smith Township:
Erection and boundaries 350
Coal, oil and gas. 350, 352
Towns and villages 350
Roads and taxes. 351
Old forts .. 352
Schools and churches. 353
Union Agricultural Association. 353
Real estate and population 354
Smith, William, & Sons' Bank 257
Soldiers' claims encouraged by Yohogania County officials 80
Somerset Township:
Erection and boundaries 354
Soil and crops. 354
Oil and gas. 354
Roads and railways. 354
Villages 355
Schools 355
Churches
356
Population, real estate, etc. 354
Early settlers .. 355
South Canonsburg (see Canonsburg) 389
South Franklin Township:
Erection and boundaries 356
Schools 357
Roads and taxes. .357, 358
Churches 357
Coal, oil and gas 357
Stores, etc .. 357
South Strabane Township:
Erection and boundaries.
358
Towns 358
Agriculture and trade. 358
Coal and oil. 358
Roads and taxes. 359
Population, statistics. 359
Southwark tract granted Decker and Froman. 53.
South Washington (see Washington). Tom, the Tinker 108, 110
S. W. Penn. Pipe Lines Co.
482
Southwestern State Normal school. 200
Spanish-American War. 136
Sparta 331
Spaulding, Solomon. 183, 184
Speers borough:
Origin and situation. 451
Population, tax statistics 451
Schools 451
Sand works. 451
Plaster works 451
Churches 451
Industrial facilities 452
Public service companies
451 Sprowls Road Act. 215
State constabulary in Burgettstown.
379
State line survey urged.
83
Standard Oil Co. 239
Standard Real Estate Co., Donora 432
State road statistics. 222
Standard Tin Plate Co .. 290, 412
Steamboat navigation. 231
Stephens Bros., contractors. 524
Stevenson's Laundry, Wash. 485
Stills seized. .
114
Stockdale borough: Incorporation 452
First proprietor 452
Population, taxes, etc .. 452
Roads
452
Schools and churches. 452
Stockdale, Thomas 452
Stogie cigar.
464
Street railways
227
String options. 251
"Students' Enterprise" 404
Subscription schools. 202
Sucker Rod Factory. 473
Superstitions and signs. 118
Susquehanna Company's claims 60
Swearing punished ..
72, 76
Sycamore, old, at
Monongahela, birthplace
of
James Howden ..
100
Synod of Pittsburg, 1819 173
Tanacharison, Chief:
Threatened by the French. 36
Counsels Washington. 36
Taylor, Col. Henry (Judge). 152
Taylor, Henry, president of quarter sessions court Taylor, Judge James F.
86
Taylorstown
277
Taxation statistics. 126
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