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Revolutionary War, depletion of South western Pennsylvania thereby, 4, 7, 210, 211.
Richey, Browne & Donald, sub-contractors for
ornamental iron work for court-house of 1900, 201.
Ritchie, Matthew, associate judge, 39. Roads, early road from the mouth of Ten Mile Creek to General Braddock's road, 210. Roberts, Samuel, second president judge under constitution of 1790, sketch of, and descen- dants, 49, 50.
Ross, James, mentioned, 44, 48; admitted to Roll of Attorneys 1784, sketch of, 264.
Ryan, Michael, contractor for iron furnace- stack for court-house of 1900, 202.
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Scott, Hugh, a grantee of the public square in trust for a court-house and prison, 216.
Scott, John, associate judge, 61; one of the last associate judges, 62.
Scott, Thomas, report as clerk of courts as to indictments against Colonel Gabriel Cox, 14; letter with return of election of Colonel David Williamson and William Johnston as justices of the peace in 1785, 33; admitted to Roll of Attorneys 1791, sketch of, 265.
Scott, William, commissioned as one of the first associate judges, 215.
Second court-house, 1791-1794, and related public buildings, cost and description of, 24, 218.
Sermon concerning court-house of 1900 by Rev. Dr. James H. Snowden, 223.
Sheriffs, list of, from 1781, 306.
Sheriffs and coroners, under the constitution of 1790, 38.
Shillito, William G., elected county commis- sioner from January 1897, 184, 197.
Simonson, John, admitted to Roll of Attorneys 1796, death of, in 1809, 268.
Slack-water improvements on Monongahela River since 1840, 113.
Slagle, Jacob, associate judge, 55.
Sloan, Tom P., elected county commissioner from January 1900, 197.
Smith, Thomas, admitted to Roll of Attorneys 1782, sketch of, 263.
Snowden, Rev. Dr. James H., sermon by, con- cerning court-house of 1900, 223.
South Washington borough, population in 1900, 113.
Southwestern Pennsylvania in 1763, descrip- tion by Thomas Hutchins, engineer with Bouquet's Expeditions, 2.
Speer & Hollar, contractors for furniture for court-house of 1900, 201.
"SSURRATTSINN," 28.
Standard Manufacturing Company, plumbing fixtures for court-house of 1900, 202.
Statement required by the act of April 20, 1874,
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P. L. 65, regulating the incurring of in- debtedness hy municipalities, filed, 195. Statue of George Washington on third court- house, what became of it, 77, 78. Steiner & Voegtly, sub-contractors for hard- ware for court-house of 1900, 202.
Stewart, Hon. W. F. Bay, judge of York County, letter of regret in reply to invita- tion to dedication of the court-house of 1900, 154.
Stinson, Kennedy & Co., contractors for plumbing work and electric fixtures for court-house of 1900, 192, 201.
Sub-contractors for court-house of 1900, 201. Subpæna for social meeting of Washington Bar Association on December 14, 1901, 254. Superintendents of common schools, list of, from 1854, 319.
Swearingen, Andrew, and John Hoge, con- tractors for erection of first court-house, 17, 18, 22.
Swearingen, Van, a grantee of the public square in trust for a court-house and prison, 216.
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Taylor, Colonel Henry, at Council of War at Catfish Camp in 1777, 5; first president judge, commissioned August 24, 1781, re- commissioned September 30, 1788, and sketch of, 35; associate judge under con- stitutian of 1790, 39 ; before the Presbytery of old Redstone for encouraging promis- cuous dancing, 42 ; settled near Washington in 1770, 208 ; hound over to keep the peace in the quarter Sessions of Westmoreland, 208, 210; commissioned as first president judge, 214, 215.
Taylor, Hon. J. F., great-grandson of Colonel Henry Taylor, 11, 35, 115; opinion and decree approving plans of fourth court- house and jail, 107; address on laying of corner-stone of fourth court-house, 118; sketch of, response on behalf of the Court to presentation address on dedication of the court-house of 1900, 177.
Tax-levy for 1860, 84 ; for 1900, 248.
Ten Mile Creek, the Hupps, Teagardens, and Bumgartners settle at mouth of, in 1767, 208; early road from the mouth of, to General Braddock's road, 210.
Third court-house, and related public build- ings, cost of, 67, 218; contents of corner- stone, 1840, 68; law library therein, 68; contractors for, 71; description of, 76, 78, 218.
Thomas, Eli, sub-contractor for artificial mar- ble work for court-house of 1900, 202.
Todd, Mr. M. Hampton, of the Philadelphia Bar, letter of regret in reply to invitation
to dedication of the court-house of 1900, 155.
"Tommehocks and sculping knives," to be made, 7.
Topographical description of Southwestern Pennsylvania and Virginia in 1763, hy Thomas Hutchins, 2.
Town Hall of 1869, removal of, in 1898, 67; history of, 187, 188.
Treasurers of county, list of, from 1781, 318. Triennial assessment of coal, separately, in Washington County in 1900, 114, 115, 116. Turnpikes in Washington County in 1840, 113. Twenty-seventh judicial district, composed of Washington and Beaver counties, created in 1866, 52-60; became a separate judicial district under constitution of 1874, 61, 62.
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Van Dorn Iron Works Company, sub-con- tractors for prison work for court-house of 1900, 202.
Vankirk, William, associate judge, 55. Virginia and Pennsylvania, Boundary Contro- versy, 4; discussed, 211, 214.
Virginia counties, during the Boundary Con- troversy, 4, 211-214.
Virginia Courts in Western Pennsylvania, 13, 14; in Washington County, on Gabby Farm, 14, 213.
Virginia, letters from Patrick Henry, governor of, in 1776, 1777, 6, 9, 10.
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Wadsworth Stone and Paving Company, sub- contractors for cement floors and side- walks, 202.
Washington, General George, statue of, on third court-house, what became of it, 77, 78.
Washington, town of, laid out on Catfish Camp and Grand Cairo on October 13, 1781, 207, 216.
Washington Bar Association, incorporation of, 251 ; officers and committees on organ- ization, 252; Mr. Alexander Wilson and Mr. Samuel Amspoker, president and re- cording secretary respectively, in 1900, 253 ; social meeting of members, Decem- ber 14, 1901, 253.
Washington Borough, aged citizens, in 1840, 74; population in 1840 and in 1900 ; 113.
Washington County, created by the act of March 28, 1781, 12; original limits, early court-houses of, 13; first terms of court, 14 ; first court-house, erected in 1787-1789, 18 ; contractors, cost of and to whom paid, 18-22 ; second court-house, erected in 1791-
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94, cost, description of, 24-30; lawyers practising in, prior to 1840, 30, 31; early judges under constitution of 1776, 35; judicial system under constitution of 1790, 37; changes in limits prior to 1800, 39; in fifth judicial district in 1791, 39; president judges to be learned in the law, 1791, sketches of, 39-66; in fourteenth judicial district in 1818, 51; in twenty-seventh judicial district in 1866, 60; made a separate judicial district in 1874, the twenty-seventh, 62; third court-house, erected in 1839-42, cost of, 67; new jail of 1867-68, 67; contents of corner-stone of 1840, 68; description of third court-house, 76, 77 ; court library room in, 63; finances of, in 1860, 79; tax-levy for 1860, 84; the court-house of 1900, approval of the plans, 86; of the competitive preliminary plans, those of F. J. Osterling selected, petition of commissioners by Mr. James Q. McGiffin, for approval, 87; approval of erection hy two grand juries, 88; estimated cost of court-house and jail, $500,000, 89 ; increase of public business in public offices, since 1880, 90-93; overtaxed condition of the old jail, 94 ; proposed style and manner of construction, 94; remonstrance against expenditure of $500,000, 96 ; indorsements by county officers, 97, 98; report of court reporter, Mr. Clarke, as to court-houses, etc., of Westmoreland, Fayette, and Allegheny counties, 99-103; circular and remonstrance against expenditure of $500,000, attached to petition, 103-105; hearing ou exceptions to approval of plans, 106; order, opinion and decree ap- proving plans as presented, 106, 107; further statistics showing development since 1840, 112-116; population in 1840, 1900, 113; slack-water navigation since 1840, 113 ; turnpikes and public roads, 113; agricultural changing to manufacturing and commercial interests, 113; corporate combinations and companies in, 114 ; coal acreage separately assessed in 1900, 114; coal companies operating, and acreage owned and assessed, 114-116 ; laying of the corner-stone of court-house of 1900, 117; address by Hon. J. F. Taylor, A. L. J., 118; address by Hon. J. A. Mellvaine, P. J., 119; early settlers of, 208 ; organization of courts of justice, 214; presiding judges from the beginning, 215.
Washington Hospital, lunch and dinner by ladies of, on dedication of court-house of 1900, 222.
Washingtou and Pittsburg Turnpike, 113.
Washington and Williamsport Turnpike, 113. Warne, W. Parkison, and Boyd E., great-
grandsons of Joseph Parkinson, brother of Thomas and William Parkinson, 11, 12.
Watson, James, declines commission as presi- dent judge in 1864, 58; admitted to Roll of Attorneys 1831, sketch of, 28.
Westmoreland County, organized by act of February 26, 1773, 4; court-house and jail, description and cost of, 99; erection and western limits of, 209; Hassler's History of Old Westmoreland, 209; early records of its courts kept by General Arthur St. Clair, commissions of, 209; Pitt and Springhill, townships of, embracing lands now in Washington County, 210; early road from the mouth of Ten Mile Creek to General Braddock's road, 210.
West Washington borough, population in 1900, 113.
Whiskey, amount consumed in building of first court-house, 19, 21, 22 n.
White, John, commissioned as one of the first associate judges, 215.
White, Scott A., sub-contractor for tile roof- ing for court-house of 1900, 202.
Wilkeson, Samuel, as to destitution of com- fortable clothing at time of the first term of court, 23.
Will case, in ye olden time, Brown v. Brown, 256.
Williamson, Colonel David, at Council of War at Catfish Camp in 1777, 5; elected hut not commissioned a justice of the peace and judge in 1785, 33 ; character of, 33; expedition against the Moravian Indians, 33.
Wilson, Alexander, admitted to Roll of At- torneys 1826, sketch of 279.
Wilson, Mr. Alexander (1853), sketch of, re- sponse on behalf of the bar and county officers to the presentation address on the dedication of the court-house of 1900, 180; president of Washington Bar Association 1901, 253.
Wilson, Mr. David S., first librarian in charge of court library, 250; admitted to Roll of Attorneys 1849, sketch of, 286.
Wilson, George, ex-officio judge of Bedford County, 209.
Wilson, James, mentioned, 281.
Wilson, R. S., director of the poor, death of, noticed by Mr. James I. Brownson, 196.
Witherow, Samuel R., describes second court- house, 24.
Wotring, Abraham, associate judge, 55.
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Young, B. P. & Co., sub-contractors for marble work for court-house of 1900, 202.
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