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mill, to which is attached a cabinet and wood-working shop, is on Snowy Glade Creek, 5 miles from Cranberry.
Organizations .- In 1818, all the southern part of the district belonged to Randolph County. In 1828, a narrow strip was added to Preston, and in 1838 the remainder was annexed.
Frederick Hersh and Teavolt Shaffer were the first jus- tices of the peace within its limits, of whom we have any account. John Stemple, Wm. Wheeler, John D. Stemple, Allen Shaffer, Wm. H. Grimes, and John C. Wotring were among the justices from 1818 to 1850.
In 1852, the territory of Union was organized into the Fourth (magisterial) District.
The list of magisterial officers elected from 1852 to 1863, as far as could be obtained, is as follows :
1852-Justices, Wm. H. Grimes, John A. Wotring, John D. Stemple and - Shaffer ; constables, no record.
1856 - no record.
1860 -Justices, Philo Weills, William Wheeler, and J. H. Shaffer ; constables, no record.
On the 10th of July, 1863, a committee established the Fourth District as a township by the name of Union, and ran its boundary lines as follows:
" Beginning at a stone marked F X, called Lord Fairfax's stone, standing at the head of the North Branch of the Potomac River, an original corner to Maryland and Virginia ; thence north (with the Maryland line) to a maple corner to Portland Township ; thence with the lines of the last named township, to wit, with an old road (crossing Laurel Run) to a stone ; thence leaving said road N. 123, W. 248 poles to a stone at said road; thence with said road to pointers stand- ing west of a large flat rock; thence leaving said road N. 62, W. 1060 poles to a stone on the south side of the B. & O. R. R., near to and west of Henry Nine's dwelling ; thence with said railroad to the east end of the railroad bridge across Cheat River ; thence up said river with its meanders to &
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point opposite Muddy Run, in the Tucker County line ; thence with two lines of said county, to wit, S. 682, E. 10} miles to a sugar and pine at the Black Fork of Cheat River ; thence S. 36, E. 580 poles to the place of beginning. "
Township officers from 1863 to 1872 :
1864-School Board-Summers McCrum, president, Da- vid Stemple, W. L. Fansler.
1865-School Board-J. C. Wotring, S. B. Daniels, Elias Nine.
1867-School Board-J. H. Shaffer, Thos. Beatty, W. L. Fansler.
1869-Squire B. Daniels, treasurer; W. L. Fansler, supervisor; James H. Wilson, clerk ; Jacob C. Foglesong, school commissioner; Isaac N. Grimes, constable ; David Wotring and James Beatty, inspectors of elections; David Wotring, J. F. Porter and Perry McKinney, road surveyors ; Elias Nine, overseer of the poor.
1870-W. H. Grimes, supervisor and justice of the peace, James H. Wilson, clerk. I. L. Painter and Henry Kight, school commissioners ; David Wotring and James Beatty, inspectors of elections; David Wotring, road surveyor, district No. 1 ; -- , No. 2; Jacob Lantz, No. 3.
1871-W. H. Grimes, supervisor ; John H. Lantz and David Stemple, school commissioners ; A. M. Shaffer, clerk ; Alpheus Messenger, overseer of poor; David Wotring and Squire B. Daniels, inspectors of elections; William H. Grimes and James H. Wilson, justices ; John D. Stemple and W. L. Fansler, constables ; Michael Boyles, surveyor of roads, precinct No. 1, Jacob Shaffer, No. 2, B. F. Dumire, No. 3.
In 1872, the name of Union Township was changed to that of Union District. The district officers elected from August 22, 1872, to December 31, 1881 :
1872-Justices, James H. Wilson and Jacob Stemple ; constables, Michael Boyles and Lewis Brady.
1873-School board, W. H. Grimes (president), I. L. Painter and G. W. Deakins ; J. H. Wilson, secretary.
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1875-School board, Dr. B. F. Latham (president), C. T. Lawton and W. L. Fansler ; J. H. Wilson, secretary.
1876-Justices, I. L. Painter and James H. Shaffer ; con- stables, Henry K. Wilt and W. L. Fansler.
1877-School board, Charles T. Lawton (president), J. F. Miller and W. L. Fansler; Page R. McCrum, secretary, succeeded by Lloyd L. McCrum.
1879-School board, Dr. J. Roy Arnett (president), Elias Nine, Lewis Bush, W. L. Fansler, Gabriel Pulliam; L. L. McCrum, secretarv.
1880-Justices, Isaac L. Painter and Levi A. Shaffer ; constables, Henry K. Wilt and L C. Shaffer
1881-School board, C. T. Lawton (president), L. S. Stemple, W. L. Fansler; Lloyd L. McCrum, secretary. Mr. McCrum graduated July 26, 1877, from Mt. Union College, Ohio. with the degree of A. B. and B. C. S.
The following road surveyors were appointed by the county court, October, 1881: Precinct No. 1, John A. Wilt ; No. 2, William F. Wilt, No. 3, N. Bolyard ; No. 4, Thomas Beatty ; No. 5, Jacob Stemple; No. 6, Allen Forman.
Towns .- On the Fourth of July, 1793, Leonard Deakins and a man by the name of Hogmire laid out Mount Carmel, intending it for a county-seat. The first house stood back of Shaffer & Forman's store, and was built by a man of the name of Laidley. The town grew slowly, and the location of the turnpike south of it injured it some, but of late years it has commenced to build up. The first store was kept by William Sigler, near Samuel Wotring's; Shaffer & Grimes kept next, where Jesse Shaffer lives; then Shaffer & Son ; next Painter & Wilson, from 1859 to 1863, where James H. Wilson deceased, resided. Painter & Co., in 1875, kept acı oss from Wilson's house. In 1877, they sold to D. M. Wotring and Martin L. Shaffer, who built the present store building, and sold it in 1879, to Lloyd Shaffer and James Forman, now merchandizing as Shaffer & Forman.
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The postoffice was established as Carmel in 1880; Mrs. E. Startzman, p. m.
A glove factory is operated here by I. W. Painter & Co. The Rev. D. W. Rector is manager of the factory. His youngest daughter, Miss Alice, an amiable and accomplished young lady, was killed in the terrible railroad collision at Thornton, September 8, 1881. James H. Wilson established his fao tory in 1860. Deer skins are brought from the Rocky Mountains and South America, and the gloves sent to all the eastern cities and to the West. Mr. Wilson was a member of the Legislature in 1874, and was chairman of three com- mittees. He died March 11, 1882, at the age of 44. He was a native of Hampshire County.
Mount Carmel is 20 miles southeast from the court-house, and 9 miles south of Cranberry.
Aurora was laid out about 1840, by the name of West Union. It was the second of the Northwestern Turnpike towns, and is 20 miles southeast of the court house. Jacob Shafter built the first house, which stood between the resi- dence and store of Lloyd L. McCrum.
Summers McCrum came to West Union in 1846, from Tyler County ; and in 1851, with I. W. Stalnaker, opened a store in a building where Ridenour's ware-house stands. This firm was succeeded in 1853, by S. McCrum, and later by Grimes & McCrum. McCrum & Grimes then did busi- ness on the opposite side of the street. John Shaffer kept several years where L. L. McCrum is now keeping.
David Ridenour and C. M. Bishop opened in 1863, in the present postoffice building, succeeded by David Ridenour : McCrum & Son, from 72 to 77; and D. Ridenour & Son, from 1880 to the present.
The present popular hotel was built by its landlord, Squire J. H. Shaffer, in 1872, and is large, well-fitted, and cen- trally located in the town. It is well known as a summer resort, whose guests, increasing every year, numbered 150 last season.
The physicians have been Drs. J. C. Kemble, I. L. C.
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Carr, Felix Elliott, - Musser, J. H. Legge, and B. F. Latham. The present physicians are J. Roy Arnett and John D. Hall. Dr. Arnett was pronounced incurable of consumption, yet the climate here effected a cure.
A postoffice by the name of German Settlement was kept close to the town, about 1820 ; and then east of it in 1827, by Henry Grimes, succeeded by W. H. Grimes in 1841 ; and then in West Union by I. L. Painter ; succeeded by D. M. Ridenour, the present p. m., under whom the name was changed to Aurora,
C. W. Dorsey, from Maryland, formerly of Kingwood, carries on a wagon making shop.
Mr. Riley has a magnificent trout basin here. Red sul- phur springs are plenty, and a strong calybeate spring is three miles east of Aurora.
Eglon is a village situated 23 miles southeast from the court-house, and 11 miles from Oakland. Its age dates from the establishment of the postoffice, April 4, 1881, with George Giessman as p. m., and M. C. Feather, assistant p. In. The first store was established by A. C. Scheer, now A. C. Scheer & Co Frederick Felty opened his present store in 1878. On March 8, 1880, a cooperative store of 80 members was organized, and is conducted by P. S. Fike, treasurer and manager.
Mail Service .- In connection with Aurora and Mount Carmel, Painter's Mills, established in 1872, is a postoffice three miles from Aurora, on the road from Cranberry to Aurora ; Isaac L. Painter, postmaster. Mr. Painter is a brother to Israel Painter, at Mount Carmel, and came from Hampshire County.
Horse Shoe Run p. o. is 25 miles southeast of the county- seat ; established in 1856, A. Wotring, p. m .; succeeded by D. C Wotring in 1866.
The mail is carried tri-weekly from Cranberry to Aurora, via Painter's Mills and Mount Carmel. During the last two summer seasons, it has been carried daily, From Aurora,
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the mail is carried tri-weekly to Eglon and Horse Shoe Run. Mails are also carried tri-weekly from Oakland, Md., by Horse Shoe Run, to Tucker County.
Salt Well .- In 1838 or '39, F. W. Deakins and John Hoy bored for salt, at the Cheat River bridge, on the North- western Turnpike They went down about 700 feet, and manufactured from five to seven bushels of salt per day. A . greasy substance was struck near the bottom of the well, which it is supposed was oil. Hoy thought they had better turn it into a soap factory.
Oil Wells. - On Salt Lick Creek, near 72, on the farm of Nathan Tanner (asserted to be a relative of the noted fasting Dr. Tanner), a company, in 1880, bored for oil, going down 700 feet. A Pittsburgh company, a short distance away, bored another hole of about the same depth. No record could be obtained of these borings. Just before each com- pany quit boring, it is asserted that they found good indications of oil.
Religious Denominations,-The Evangelical Lutheran is the oldest, and was founded by the Rev. John Stough and his followers in 1787. The first church built was a log structure, which burned down, and was succeeded by the present neat and tasteful building, erected in 1842, at Mt, Carmel, and called Salem. A German and English Lutheran church is near Eglon ; built about 1858.
The first congregation at Salem was composed of Luther- ans and German Reformed. The ministers in charge have been as follows: The Rev. John Stough till 1806, then Jolin G. Butler; succeeded in 1811 by J. G. Lampreth ; Frederick Heyer, 1820 to '21; followed by Martin Kibbler, when the first Sunday school was organized ; George Haas from 1827 to '32; Daniel Heilig, 1836 ; in 1844, Henry Kempper, a German Reformed minister. From 1845 to '51, J. W, Sheperson ; 1852 to 54, George Haines; 1856 to 61, John
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H. Cupp; 1861 to 64, J. Winecoff; 1865 to 1873, John H. Cupp; 1874 to 75, P. H. Miller ; ard from June 3, 1876, the present pastor, W. Y. Cline.
The Methodist Episcopal Church was started between 1820 and 1825. The Rev. W. Hank, from Maryland, was here in 1822 or '23. From 1828 to 1831, the following min- isters were here: J. H. Tacket, George McClaskey, and Athey of the Pittsburgh Conference. A fine church strust- ure is at Aurora.
Two union (Methodist and Lutheran) churches are in the district. One is near Horse Shoe Run, built eight years ago, to succeed the old Texas (union) Church, which was built 25 years before. The other, the Centennial Union Chapel, built in 1876, is on the Beverly Turnpike, about 6 miles from Aurora.
The German Baptists organized in 1856, and erected a church in 1866 one mile from Eglon. This congregation is known as the German Settlement Congregation. The ministers in charge have been Benj. Beeghly, P. Musser, Samuel A. Fike, T. Musser, A. Fike, Samuel Pifer, Moses Fike, Dennis Weimer, James Liller, and Jesse Hays.
Amish Church, the Rev. D. Beachy ; no church building.
Schools .- August Christian Whitehair, about 1790, was the pioneer teacher. Union is divided into 16 sub- school districts. The schools and teachers for the winter of 1881- 82 were as follows :
No. 1. A. C. Moore.
No. 9 .. Hampton Werner.
2 J. L. Pierce. 10. W. H. Bowman. 3 E. H. Wince. 11. Lloyd Heckart.
4 W. B. Hutson. 12. K. E. Burke. 5. C. F. Trotter.
13. John A. Dodge.
6 J. O. Wotring.
7 E. S. Felton.
14. John D. Hootou. 15. Miss Bowman. 8 Godfrey Felton.
16. B. H. Elsey.
Number 4 includes the town of Aurora.
Enumeration of pupils in the district between the ages of
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6 and 21 (1882): Males-white, 895 ; females-white, 334, colored, 1; total, 720.
Wealth of the district (1880) : 59,140 acres in farms, $171,. 921 ; buildings, $30,975 ; town lots, $6,482 ; total real estate, $209,378; personal property, $72,105. Aggregate, $281,483.
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CHAPTER XXI. VALLEY DISTRICT.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION - INDIAN TRAILS -- EARLY SETTLEMENTS : MURDER OF FIELDS, ANECDOTE RELATED BY GENERAL WASHING- TON TO COLONEL FAIRFAX - ROADS - MILLS - ORGANIZATIONS : MAGISTERIAL, TOWNSHIP, DISTRICT -TOWNS -- MAIL SERVICE- ATTEMPTED FURNACE - THE GREAT SANDSTONE CAVE -- DECKER'S CREEK FALLS - THE POISON SPRING - MINERAL PAINT SPRING - PROJECTED RAILWAY -RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS - SCHOOLS.
The territory of Valley was embraced in the Fifth (mag. isterial) District in 1852. In 1863, the Fi'th District became, with but little change of boundaries, Valley Township, and by a change of designation merely, in 1872, it became Valley District.
Valley District lies in the western part of the county. It is bounded on the northeast by Grant District, on the east by Pleasant District, on the south by Kingwood and Lyon ' districts, and on the west and northwest by Monongalia County. It is 7th in size, 8th in order of population, 5th in order of designation, 8th in order of wealth, of the eight districts into which the county is now divided.
Valley District lies in the Ligonier Valley. Its extreme western part forms a portion of the eastern slope of Chestnut Ridge. The central and southern portions constitute a level tract, known as the "Monongalia Glades" until 1818, and since then as the "Preston Glades." Kane's Creek from the center, and Dillon's Creek from the south, flow through two productive and beautiful valleys, and empty their waters into Decker's Creek on the west, which breaks with impetuous
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force through Chestnut Ridge, and mingle with the waters of the Monongahela, at Morgantown. On the east, Cheat River. with its tributaries, Bull Run in the north, and Lau- rel Run in the southeast, drains the district.
The soil is clay loam on the hills, and a heavy black loam on a clay sub-soil, in the west on the creek bottoms. About Reedsville it resembles western prairie soil, and when tilled with proper care, returns good crops of wheat which average between 8 to 15 bushels per acre. Potatoes yield large returns, and oats, barley, rye, buckwheat and corn do well. Grass is always a certain and large crop.
Some suppose that the western part of the district was once covered by a lake, but Prof. White and other geologists assert the contrary of this.
Timber of the best quality and in large quantities still remains. Oak, chestnut and poplar are the leading varieties, with considerable ash, sugar and hickory.
Coal, limestone and iron ore are abundant in all the district. The Upper Freeport coal vein varies from 4 to 10 feet throughout Valley. The 100-foot vein of limestone is in the northern part, and other veins abound. Iron ore of good quality exists in many places in large quantities, especially the red and brown hematites.
Fruit of all kinds, especially the hardier varieties, do well with proper attention.
The buffalo, bear, panther and wolf left many years back, and their place is supplied by the horse, the cow and the sheep, which thrive and do well, as the district is remarkably well adapted to stock raising.
Indian Trails .- The great War Path, running from the Ohio to the South Branch (of the Potomac), entered Valley from Monongalia, passed through the McMillen farm, by Masontown, then through Thomas Watson's farm, and north of Reedsville, running in some places with the present Mor- gantown and Kingwood turnpike. The Southern Branch left between Masontown and Reedsville and ran toward Glades.
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ville. The Indians had a camping place on Thomas Watson's farm.
Early Settlements .- About 1776, a man by the name of Ashcraft had a hunting camp on the McMillen farm. It is asserted that Ashcraft had committed some crime and fled from justice. About this year, William Menear came from Germany, and took by settlement right 600 acres, near where Reedsville now stands. His sons were John, David, Lear and Samuel H.
George Zinn married Mary Sayler, and came to Valley District between 1780 and 1790. His children were Jacob (father of Major William B. Zinn), Michael, Samuel, John, William (father of Peter and Samuel of Reno District), Alexander and Peter.
Benjamin and Richard Fields came from Augusta County, Va, about 1777, and Richard, it is supposed, was the brother of Benjamin who was killed and scalped by Indians at a spring near where Edwin Watson now lives, described on page 37. Benjamin married Katy Howell, and settled in 1793, near Gladesville. One of his sons, Richard, was in the War of 1812, and another, Hiram, now a very old man, is still living in this district.
About 1789, Colonel John Fairfax came out and purchased of Phillip Doddridge a large tract of land, portions of which are now occupied by his sons George W. and F. B. F. Fair- fax. He returned the next year. His father in law, Samuel Byrne, contemplated coming out, but died before starting ; and his widow, Clarissa, and children, Samuel, Peyton, Sarah and Elizabeth, came out with Colonel Fairfax.
Colonel Fairfax told the following anecdote, related to him by General George Washington : In 1770, Washington visi- ted southwestern Pennsylvania, and, on his return, stopped over night on the banks of the Youghiogheny, a short distance from the eastern boundary of Preston ; and here he said was the first place in America that he ever saw perfect equality- where the children, the cats and the dogs ate out of the
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same wooden dish filled with mush and sat on the floor.
Daniel Fortney came from France about 1790, and settled northwest of where Reedsville now stands. (His family is noticed in the biography of Neil J. Fortney.) At this time came Robert McMillen, a Revolutionary soldier. His son William married Sarah Cobun, and his grandsons, A. F. and E. W. McMillen, are school teachers of several years' ex- perience.
James Cobun was born in 1746, on George's Creek, and married Saborah, daughter of Nathan and Sabrah Trader. He car came from Morgantown about 1790 and patented 1000 acres where Masontown now stands, and settled where Waitman Hartley lives.
His children were Catharin'e, Jonathan, James, Arthur, Isaac and John. Isaac was born in 1786, and married Pru- dence Davis. Their children were James, George, Jacob, Simon, Benjamin, Isaac, Catharine, Charity and Sabina, widow of Samuel Graham. Sabrah Trader Cobun, in 1785, was called "the pretty squaw" by the Indians, on account. of her beauty and her suit of heavy, long get black hair.
In 1790, William Watson, from Eastern Virginia, lived near the site of Masontown, having patented 300 acres of land. His wife was Elizabeth Patton. His children were John, David, Jacob, Nancy, Mary, Jane and William, who was a soldier of the war of 1812, and whose son Thomas Watson (the father of J. W. Watson of Cranberry) now resides on the home farm.
Thomas Brown was a soldier under Greene in the Revo lutionary War. He came from Fauquier County, Va., in 1805, to where William Menear lives. His wife was Nancy Ash, and their children were Elizabeth, John B., George (father of Bailey Brown), Samuel, William now 87 years old, Mary A. and Thomas F.
Richard Pell married Elizabeth, sister of Colonel John Fairfax, and died when preparing to come out. His widow and children, Hezekiah, John, Fairfax, Nancy (wife of Henry Miller), and Martha came out in 1807.
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In 1813, Edward Hartley came from Fairmont, and lived in a cabin on the site of Hartley's store in Masontown. His wife was Margaret Miller. Their children were Calder, Malin, Henry, Amos, Elizabeth, Charlotte, Mary, Nancy, Jane, Emily, and Peter M. ex-justice of the peace and a leading member of the M. E. Church at Masontown. His son Edgar M. is a merchant at Masontown, and his sons S. C., L. E. and H. P., are merchants at Meyersdale, Penn., and his son J. M. is å merchant at Independence and Fairmont.
Squire Samuel Graham, who died lately, was a son of David Graham, who operated a powder mill, 100 years ago. His mother was Hannah Sterling, of Greene County, Pa., who dressed the heads of the Rev. John Corbley's family, who were wounded and killed by the Indians.
Joseph Liston (father of John A.), came about 1825.
Mills .- Major Wm. B. Zinn built the mill on Stony Run many years ago. It was then known as Zinn's (now Wil- liam Brown's) Mill. Hardman's steam mill, built by Heidelberg, is on Kane's Creek. The Hartley mill, on Decker's Creek, near Masontown, was built in 1837 by Edward Hartley. It was bought by Coleman Hartley in 1880. Swingley's and Cornwell's mills are on Bull Run.
Roads .- The oldest road was the Morgantown and Winchester Road. It ran nearly on the route of the King- wood and Morgantown Turnpike. The old Sears road ran from near Reedsville to the vicinity of Gladesville, intersect- ing the old Clarksburg Road. The present main roads are : The Kingwood and Morgantown Turnpike ; the Ice's Ferry and Tunnelton Turnpike; the Reedsville and Independence road, by way of Zinn's (now Brown's) Mill; the Masontown and Cheat River road, by way of Fieldsville and Hacklebar- ney ; and the Hacklebarney road to Kingwood.
On the Winchester and Morgantown road was the celebra- ted Reeder tavern. It was on the farm of John W. Guseman. Allen Martin, from Charles Co., Md., kept it from 1806 to 1809. His wife was a Maddix ; and his son Aquila married
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Mary Fairfax. Robert Reeder kept it in 1814; and here a company of soldiers, en route to Norfolk, received their orders to turn back.
Organizations .- From 1818 to 1852, the territory of Valley District was not recognized as a distinct part of the county. Colonel John Fairfax was the first justice of the peace within its limits, and Joseph Matthews is said to have been the second.
In 1852, the territory of Valley was organized into the Fifth (magisterial) District. Officers from 1852 to 1863:
Justices-Peter M. Hartley, David C. Miles, Isaiah Kirk and Barton Hawley ; constables, no record or information obtainable.
1856-no record or information.
1860-Justices, G. W. Fairfax, Peter M. Hartley, Barton Hawley, Isaiah Kirk; constables, no record. .
On the 10th of July, 1863, a committee, of which Peter M. Hartley was a member, established the territory of the Fifth District as a township by the name of Valley, and ran its boundary lines as follows:
" Beginning at the mouth of Laurel Run on the west side of Cheat River; thence up said run S. 50, W. 500 poles to the fork of said run ; thence leaving the aforesaid run S. 42, W. 80 p. to a small chestnut; thence S. 81, W. 508 p. crossing said Laurel Run to pointers; thence S. 58, W. 54 to a hickory and pointers; thence S. 37, W. 176 p. to a pin oak ; thence S. 81, W. 116 to a chestnut stump on a ridge above George Conley's dwelling house; thence S. 492, W. 310 p., crossing the Morgantown and Kingwood Turnpike to a stone standing in the old Clarksburg road, about 30 poles east from Benjamin Freeland's dwelling house; thence with the last named road to a small W. O. standing on the north side of said road; thence N. 83, W. 82 p. (passing north of Jordan's dwelling house) to a stone ; thence west 230 p. to a W. O. standing at the west side of a new road ; thence with said new road to a small chestnut on the south
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side of said new road, and in the Monongalia County line ; thence with a line of the said county N. 36, E. crossing the Morgantown and Kingwood Turnpike and also the Ice's Ferry and Tunnelton Turnpike, to a point on Cheat River at the Beaver Hole, opposite a double chestnut, corner to Grant Township; thence up said river with its meanders to the place of beginning. "
There is no record of the township officers elected from 1863 to 1868. The officers elected from 1869 to 1872 were as follows :
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