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In 1842 a good brick church was built in Kingwood, and dedicated by Dr. W. Hunter, P. E. This was used till 1879, when the house now in use, costing near $10,000, was erected, which will compare favorably with any church edifice in the State. The corner stone was laid April 29, 1878, and it was dedicated Sunday, May 25, 1879. S. M. Howard, of Wheeling, was the architect, and Robert McCafferty, S. W. Smalley and D. C. Hughes, builders. It contains three memorial windows, respectively in remembrance of Abner Ravenscraft, William Sigler and the Rev. David Trowbridge, who was a local preacher for over 61 years.
The following are the names of the class, as far as can be ascertained, which met in the old log church : William Sigler and his wife, Nancy Sigler, John Francisco and wife, David Trowbridge and wife, Jacob Snider and wife, John Snider and wife, Cornelius King and wife, John Cassatt and wife, Keziah Moore, Sarah Carroll, Mrs. Spurgin, and Mrs. Snider, John Francisco and D. Trowbridge were local preachers. The society in Kingwood has now (1882) four classes with Smith Crane, James Carroll, James E. Murdock, and Mrs. Mattie Heermans, leaders. Total membership, 140; a. flourishing Sabbath School, with 150 scholars ; superin- tendents, J. Ami Martin and F. Heermans.
A class meets at Howesville in the school house : J. F. Rhodes, class-leader. First members : J. F. Rhodes and wife, Henry Wright and wife, Joseph Wright and wife, and others.
The Presbyterians come next in organization. The Rev. Joel Stoneroad, sent out by the board of missions in 1831. preached at Mrs. Baldwin's house (now J. S. Murdock's),
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succeeded by the Rev. C. B. Bristol. The church was organized November 11, 1837 ; present, Rev. Messrs. A. J. Fairchild, C. B. Bristol. Elders- John Jones, Samuel Gra- ham ; members: Thomas Brown and wife, Eleanor ; Samuel Graham and wife, Rebecca ; Edward Hartley, Jonathan Blay- ney and wife, Susannah; James Nusem and wife, Anne Brown, Julia Brown, Juliet A. R. Brown, Elizabeth Parks, Hannah Royse, Rachel Royse, Maria Smith, and David Simpson (by letter) from Middletown Church, Alex. Smith, Sarah Smith, Isabella Smith, Phebe Baldwin, George Robinson and wife, Millie H. Nicholas and ---- Gray (by letter) from Morgantown Church.
The present fine church edifice in Kingwood was com- menced in 1877; S. Sloan, of Philadelphia, architect ; and D. A. Sprigg, of Grafton, builder. The corner stone was laid August 16, 1877, and the church was dedicated July 7, 1878. The cost was $6,000. The ministers in charge have been, 1831 (6 months), Rev. Joel Stoneroad ; 1831 to 1844, C. B. Bristol ; 1845 to 1856, John G. Howell ; 1857 to 1862, James H Flanagan ; 1866 to 1867, John Branch; 1868 to 1870, W. R. Sibbett ; 1870 to 1873, Morehead Edgar ; 1874, George M. Fleming ; part of 1875, Alexander Gulick ; 1875, to 1879, Henry G. Blayney ; from Dec. 15, 1879, the present minister, Samuel Graham, who came from Clarion County, Pennsylvania, about 1872, and whose maternal ancestor was John Rodgers, who was burnt at Smithfield, England. Church officers installed have been as follows: Elders- 1837, Samuel Graham, Thomas Brown; 1847, Thomas Wat- son ; 1848, John P. Byrne ; 1849, James P. Caldwell ;: 1869, Joseph Jackson, C. E. Brown; 1875, Elias Lantz ; 1877, Dr. James Cox. Deacons-1841, John P. Byrne, Thomas Watson ; 1875, John T. Neff, Dr. James H. Manown ; 1877, Nicholas Posten, Samuel A. Dill. The present membership is 75; whole number received, 253. This church was in. the Redstone Presbytery of the Pittsburgh Synod until Oct .. 6th. 1863, when it became part of the West Virginia Presby -. tery, of the Wheeling Synod.
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The Catholics about 1845, built a church near Howesville, called St. Joseph's, now torn down. The first members were John J. Gocke, John H. Greaser, Garret Arn, Garret Westling, and others. The corner stone of the present church here was laid Sept. 16, 1877; and it was dedicated Sept. 15, 1878. It is also called St. Joseph's. Its member - ship is 208. The Rev. E. M. Hickey was the first priest, and the Rev. J. M. McBride the present one in charge. The Rev. J. J. Gocke, son of John J. Gocke, is a priest in the diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, and is settled as pastor at South Thompson, Ohio. He is the only priest ever born in Preston County.
The Evangelical Association, in 1874, built the church at Pleasant Dale, and, in 1875, Kingwood Circuit was taken from Preston Circuit. The ministers in charge have been as follows : D. Sayler, 1875 ; - Bowling, 1876; R. P. Van- meter, 1877; J. T. Bowles, 1878; E. C. Martin, 1879 : J. M. Balentine, 1880.
The Baptists organized a church in Kingwood, April 23, 1881. It was organized by the Rev. Joseph Clarke, assisted by the Rev. Felix Elliott, and consisted of 7 members, namely : Felix Elliott, John Williams, A. W. Snyder, Caro- line Monroe, Orpah Fortney, Elizabeth Potter, and Jennette R. Davis. It now has a membership of 14. In September, 1881, the church called the Rev. P. H. Murray as pastor, and he accepted and entered on his labors in December, 1881. For 30 or 40 years previously this denomination have had occasional preaching in Kingwood. They now have a Sab- bath School, which meets in the Court house hall.
The African M. E. Church has an organization which meets in their school house at Kingwood. The Rev. Alfred Steptoe is the present minister.
The Kingwood Auxilliary of the Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Society was organized October 19, 1873, by Mrs. L. A. Hagans, with 23 members. The officers were Mrs. James A. Brown, president ; Miss Jennie Startzman, recording secretary ; Mrs. Smith Crane, corresponding secretary. It
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now has a membership of 31, and has collected nearly $400 for the missionary cause. The presidents have been as follows : Mrs. James A. Brown, Mrs. Wesley Prettyman. Mrs. James C. McGrew, Mrs. Marcellus Murdock and Mrs. Ashford Hall.
Schools .- In early days a man by the name of Murphy taught school close to Kingwood, and about 1812, George Neil taught, and some what later Robert White was a very popular teacher.
Kingwood District is divided into 13 sub-school districts. whose teachers for the winter of 1881-2, were as follows :
No. 1, Kingwood, A. W. Frederick, Ph. B., Prin. ; E. C. Ravenscraft, Ist assistant ; Miss Annie V. Klauser, 2d as- sistant ; Miss Ella Berry, 3d assistant ; No. 2, A. W. Snyder : No. 3, W. Harshbarger; No. 4, Howesville, William R. Shaffer ; No. 5, D. H. Savage; No. 6, Miss Julia Bonafield ; No. 7, "80" Cut, Edward S. Elliott ; No. 8, Tunnelton, James M. Nugent ; No. 9, S. M. Shaffer ; No. 10, H. W. Nine ; No. 11, George Herring ; No. 12, A. M. Moore ; No. 13, J. E. Mattingly. Colored school, Miss Florence Parks.
Enumeration of pupils (April, 1882) in Kingwood District, between the ages of 6 and 21 : Whites-males, 371 ; females. 297; colored, 28; total, 696.
Kingwood District in 1880 contained 34,200 acres in farms, worth $190,223 ; buildings, $53,750 ; town lots, $73,- 666; personal property, $254,930; total, $572,569.
The following information was mislaid and not found until too late for classification :
The Snider M. E. frame church, in the Kingwood Circuit. was built in 1877. The trustees are Samuel Snider, George F. Huffman, Amos Snider, W. D. Martin and Charles C. Craig, a son of John Craig who came in 1821, from Smith- field, Pa. The first class-leader was Samuel Snider, about 25 years ago. The present class leader is W. D. Martin. The parsonage for the circuit was built in Kingwood about 1873.
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For the history of the M. E. denomination in Kingwood district, we are indebted to the Rev. A. Hall. For the histo. ry. of the Presbyterian and Baptist denominations in the district, we are indebted to the Rev. Samuel Graham and the Rev. Felix Elliott.
Dr. Benjamin Allen, now in. Wheeling, was in Kingwood about 1850. Dr. James Harvey Manown, referred to as a physician of Kingwood, was the son of James Manown who married Cassandra Devore. He attended Washington College, and practiced medicine at Vincennes, Indiana, and Greensboro, Pa., before locating in Kingwood. He mar- ried Mary Isabella Armstrong in 1856.
An old blacksmith shop once stood close to the Journal office in Kingwood, where Thomas Squires worked nearly 50 years ago. The present blacksmith shops in Kingwood are run by G. D. Strider and George A. Williams.
Elias Lantz, boot and shoe maker, came to Kingwood in 1865.
Henry Shaffer came from Loudon County, Va., to Monon- galia and his brother David came to Preston and his sons were Henry, David and John.
David Potter came from Maryland to Kingwood district. His sons were John, secretary of the school board, William T., Conrad and David.
The B. & O. R. R. runs along the southern boundary of Kingwood District for 2 miles and 274 poles.
Capt. G. W. Clutter died at the residence of Smith Crane in 1857. He was born in Pleasant District ; commanded a company in the Mexican War; established the Wheeling Argus, and at his death was Auditor of Public Accounts of the State of Virginia.
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JOHN BARTON PAYNE.
During the reign of King Charles I., about 1640, a member of the Payne family of England came to the Colony of Virginia. He had four sons, two of whom never married and from the other two, who married in Virginia, descended the present somewhat extensive family of Paynes, scattered over Virginia, West Virginia, and other southern states.
Francis Payne, the great grandfather of the subject of this sketch and a direct descendant of one of these married brothers, was an American officer in the Revolutionary War and a citizen of Fauquier County, Virginia. His son, Fran- cis Payne, was a Fauquier County Farmer, and married Miss Withers, daughter of Dr. Withers of that county.
Dr. Amos Payne, eldest son of Francis Payne, was born Septem- ber 11, 1803 ; read medicine, and graduated in 1833 at Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky. On the 18th of May, 1837, he married Miss Elizabeth Barton Smith, daughter of Capt. John P. Smith, a man of fine natural ability, who served with distinction in the legislature of Virginia as a delegate from Fauquier County. Her mother's maiden name was Barton, and she was a native of Frederick County, Virginia.
Dr. Payne removed, in 1847, to Pruntytown, Taylor County, and remained several years practicing his profession quite successfully. Here, on the 26th day of January, 1855, his youngest son, John Barton Payne, was born.
In 1860, Dr. Payne, with his family, returned to Orlean, Fauquier County, where he now resides. Here was spent the youth of the subject of this sketch.
The facilities for acquiring an education in Virginia during and for several years after the war were very poor. These, however, were utilized, and by the fall of 1870, John Barton Payne had acquired a fair English education, attending school in the winter and working on the farm in summer, as he was needed.
Moet Truly yours Ona Barton Payns
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In the fall of 1870, he engaged with Mr. A. Ullman, one of the leading merchants of Warrenton, Virginia, and remained in his employ for over two years. From there he went to Thoroughfare Station, in Prince William County, and took charge of a store for Major Robert F. Mason, remaining there until the fall of 1873.
On the 8th of March, 1874, he came to Pruntytown to transact some business for his father, and upon his arrival engaged with Adolphus Armstrong, clerk of the courts of Taylor County, as a clerk in his office, studying law while not engaged at his duties in the office.
He left the next year and engaged with a firm in the shook business at Thornton, and remained until he attained his majority in 1876. Early in this year he completed his law studies, and on the 15th of August passed an examina- tion before Judges J. M. Jackson, Charles S. Lewis and John Brannon, and was licensed to practice law.
He made his maiden speech September 1, 1876, before the circuit court of Taylor County, in defense of a man named Taylor. In the presidential campaign of 1876, he took an active part, and was made acting chairman of the Democratic county committee, serving as a delegate from Taylor County to the senatorial and congressional conventions, and stump- ed the county for Tilden and Hendricks. In October, Le attended the circuit court in Preston County, and during his stay delivered a Tilden speech in the Court-house. On the 5th day of March, 1877, he removed to Kingwood and located permanently for the practice of the law, and entered at once into active practice.
At the March term of the county court, he was engaged alone against the Hon. William G. Brown, ex-Judge Dille and others. and has ever since been engaged in all cases of importance.
In 1878, he was elected chairman of the Democratic execu- tive committee of Preston County, which position he has held ever since. In the summer of 1878, he was chairman of the Preston delegation in the Democratic congressional coL
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vention, which convened at Keyser, and supported the Hon. B. F. Martin for the congressional nomination.
Mr. Payne was married on the 7th of October, 1878, at the residence of the Hon. James. C. McGrew, to Miss Kate Bunker, the Rev. J. R. Thompson, then president of the West Virginia University, performing the ceremony.
When the convention assembled in Grafton in June, 1880, to select delegates to the National Democratic Convention at Cincinnati, Mr. Payne was chosen by the executive committee temporary chairman of the convention. And in the Fairmont congressional convention, which assembled soon after, he was chairman of the Preston delegation, and made the speech placing the Hon. Daniel B. Lucas in nomination for congress; and was recognized as the leader of those pressing his claims. After the congressional nomination was made, Mr. Payne was tendered the position of presidential elector, but. declined, and was subsequently chosen a member of the congressional executive committee.
A delegate to the Martinsburg State convention, he sup- ported the Hon. Charles James Faulkner for the gubernator. ial nomination. In the presidential canvass which followed, he took a very active part, and after stumping his own county, crossed the Mason and Dixon line, speaking in Pennsylvania for Hancock. In May, 1881, he was elected special judge of the circuit court of Tucker County, to decide a chancery cause pending in the court, to which the regular judge, the Hon. William T. Ice, was a party.
Mr. Payne has been engaged in some cases of considerable importance. Soon after his removal to Kingwood, he be- came engaged with others in the case of Carroll vs. Carroll, involving much of the land in and around Kingwood, and was sent to Kentucky to work up the case, and was succes- ful. In 1878, a large body of the "Canaan" lands in Tucker County, owned by Adam C. Harness, was purchased by one Leatherman for taxes, and ex-Judge Maxwell, of Clarksburg, brought an action of ejectment to recover the land for Leatherman. Mr. Payne was employed by Mr.
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Harness to defend it. The case was fully argued before the Hon. John Brannon, then judge of the circuit court of Tucker County, by Judge Maxwell for the plaintiff, and Mr. Payne for the defendant; and was decided for the defendant.
The legislature of the State, in the session of 1872-3, passed an act providing that the chattel exemption should not be claimed where the debt due was for rent. This pro- vision was deemed by Mr. Payne unconstitutional, and, in 1878, he obtained from Judge Brannon an injunction raising this question. His position was sustained by the circuit court, and upon an appeal to the supreme court of appeals, where the question was fully argued by Mr. Payne, in June, 1880, the judgment was affirmed.
In January, 1882, Mr. Payne was elected Mayor of King wood, and is now serving in that capacity. He was an active worker in organizing "The Kingwood Railway Company. " He is a director and the secretary of the company, and a member and the secretary of its executive committee. He took a very active part, in connection with Senator Dawson and others, to secure the vote of Kingwood District to sub- scribe $25,000 to aid the construction of the road.
In March, 1882, he was called to Baltimore to assist in the argument of an important case before Judge Bond, of the circuit court of the United States.
Mr. Payne is ever alive, and always enlisted in any move- ment for the advancement of the material interests or the intellectual progress of the county,
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CHARLES E. BROWN.
Charles Edgar Brown is the youngest son of Thomas Brown, who was an old and leading lawyer of Preston County. His mother was Ellen S., daughter of Alexander Smith, of Fort Pendleton. Mr. Brown is a brother of Com- mander R. M. G. Brown. of the U. S. Steamer Alarm, and General George W. Brown, of Grafton. He received a good education, and taught four terms in the free schools. He was made a trustee of the Kingwood public school and as such served acceptably. From 1871 to 1877, he gave his at- tention to the mercantile business in Kingwood.
He studied law with his uncle, the Hon. William G. Brown, and was admitted to the bar, at Kingwood, in September, 1878. In 1879, Mr. Brown took a special course at the Columbian Law School, at Washington City, from which he graduated with honors June 10, 1879. Returning to Kingwood, he practiced law until April 11th, 1880, when he located in Cincinnati with Judge M. B. Hagans and S. J. Broadwell, attorneys, practicing before the Superior Court.
In religious belief, Mr. Brown is a Presbyterian, being in . stalled an elder in the church at Kingwood, in 1869. Politically, he is a conservative Democrat.
He was elected a director of the projected Iron Valley and Pennsylvania Line R. R., in 1873.
Mr. Brown was always interested in every enterprise cal -. culated to benefit the county.
CHARLES E. BROWN.
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CHAPTER XXIII.
LYON DISTRICT.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION - INDIAN TRAIL - EARLY SETTLEMENTS --- ROADS - MILLS - ORGANIZATIONS : MAGISTERIAL, TOWNSHIP, DIS- TRICT - - TOWNS . MAIL SERVICE - I - FURNACES : IRONDALE, GLADESVILLE - COAL AND COKE WORKS - OIL WELL - RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS - SCHOOLS.
The territory of Lyon District was embraced in the Seventh (magisterial) District, in 1852. In 1863, without change of boundaries, it became Lyon Township; and in 1872, by change of designation Lyon District.
It is bounded on the north by Valley District, on the east by Kingwood and Reno districts, on the south by Reno Dis- trict, and on the west by Taylor and Monongalia Counties.
In order of size, Lyon is eighth ; in order of designation, seventh ; in population, first ; and in wealth, the second dis- trict in the county.
The district lies mainly in the Newburg Trough of the Ligonier Valley. Chestnut Ridge is on its western bound. ary, and the Three Fork Creek hills almost loom up into a mountain ridge. The surface is broken, except in the north. eastern part where there is a high and elevated plain. On the chestnut ridges, the soil is a sand loam, but on the hills is a clay loam. Good crops of wheat are raised, averaging from 8 to 16 bushels per acre. Oats, com, buckwheat, bar. ley, and potatoes do well.
The climate is cold but healthy. Three Fork Creek with its branches, Raccoon Creek in the south, and Brain's, Fields and Bird's creeks in the north afford water power for mills and furnaces.
Considerable quantities of timber remain, although much
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has been destoyed in clearing. Oak, poplar and chestnut are most abundant, with some ash, sugar and sycamore.
Coal, iron ore and limestone are abundant. The Newburg seam of the Upper Coal Measures comes about two miles northeast of Newburg. The Austen vein or Lower Freeport coal is abundant all through the district. It is accessible along Three Fork and on Lick Run, and on B. M. and R. B. Squires's farm, and on the Pyle place is accompanied by the Upper Freeport vein near 5. feet thick. Limestone veins from 3 to 7 feet are found in all parts of the district. Iron ore is abundant. The Hardman lump ore and the Glades- ville shell ore being the most accessible, and are principally used at the furnaces.
Fruit does well, especially the hardier varieties of apple, pear and plum.
Sheep, cattle and horses thrive and do well in Lyon.
Wild animals have long since disappeared, excepting a few wild cat, and now and then a deer is to be seen.
Indian Trail .- The "Southern Branch, " leaving the "" Great War Path " between Masontown and Reedsville in Valley, came by Gladesville, passing between where Inde- pendence and Newburg now stand, and went south.
Early Settlements .- About 1790, the territory of Lyon was a favorite hunting ground for the early settlers of Valley District, and afterward members of the Brown, Zinn, and Fortney families, from there came into the district.
Some time after 1790, Sand Ridge (now Scotch Hill) was settled by David Matthews, the Rev. Kidd Smith, Simpson and others.
John Dale Orr was born in Baltimore, and was in Har- mar's, St. Clair's and Crawford's defeats. He was in Capt. Williams's company, under Crawford, and was wounded but escaped from the battle field. He came to Sand Ridge from Uniontown, Pa., in 1798. His wife was Elizabeth Johns, Their children were Catherine, John, born in 1798, Ruth, Hiram, born in 1804,. George and James P., an old school
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teacher now living in Illinois. Hiram was the father of U. N. Orr, a major in the 173d Va., militia, and elected in 1880 as a member of the House of Delegates from Preston County. Another of his sons, Morgan D. Orr, lives in Marion County.
Nehemiah Squires came at an early day from Loudon County, Virginia. He married Elizabeth Polen. Their children were John, Samuel, William, Harriet, Elizabeth, Sarah and Thomas, the father of B. F. Squires.
Cotemporary with Squires was Thomas Piles, George Monahan and John Casedy.
George Monahan once, with a companion, followed a bear to a cave. Monahan let himself down into the cave with a lighted torch, and there set Mr. Bruin with his paws hanging down, and looking very innocent. He stuck the torch to the bear's nose, and Bruin, astonished and insulted at this mode of attack, ran over him and out of the cave before he could draw his knife. . Monahan on coming out found his comrade up in a tree and the bear gone.
Samuel Powell came from Fayette County, Pa., about 1820. His wife was Sarah Morton. One of his sons was John M., father of M. T. Powell.
The territory of Lyon was but thinly settled until the projection and completion of the B. & O. R. R., through the district, and from that time (1850-1853), its increase in pop- ulation has been very rapid, until now it stands, numerically, first of the eight districts in the county.
Roads .- The oldest road in the district is the old Clarks- burg road, entering the district from Zinn's (now Brown's) mill, and running to Gladesville. Here it left the present road and went in a southwest direction. Capt. Gandy kept a tavern on this road, near the site of Gladesville. The pres ent roads are the Ice's Ferry and Tunnelton Turnpike, running along the eastern boundary of the district. The road from Howesville, past Allender's mill, to Newburg, and the road from Brown's mill, past Gladesville and Irondale, to Independence.
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Mills .- Colonel John Fairfax built a mill, on Fields Creek, now owned by John Weaver. Jonathan Fortney's water mill is near Irondale. James Allender's mill is on Bird's Creek. A. Fortney built it, about 20 years ago, and sold to Cephas Jacobs, and he to James Childs, of whom Allender purchased. Mr. Allender is from Monongalia County, and is one of the present county commissioners.
A Mr. Thomas built & mill which once stood where Fream's store is, in Independence. In the same town is Samuel Squires's mill, built and run by James Hyatt, and then by Purinton, Weaver, Sapp, James Allender and Rolla Hardman, from whom Squires purchased. The Independence steam mill was built by William McGee about 25 years ago, and was bought by Samuel P. Linton in 1881. Hyatt also built a carding mill, which Weaver afterwards turned into a flour ing mill, and operated for several years.
Organizations .- From 1818 to 1852, the territory o." the district was not recognized as a distinct part of the county. In the latter year the territory of Lyon District was organ- ized into the Seventh (magisterial) District. On the 10th of July. 1863, it was established as Lyon Township. Its boundary lines are as follows :
"Beginning in the northwest turnpike, on the north side of Little Sandy Creek, in a line of Taylor County ; thence N. 72, E. 626 p. to a maple on the west side of the old Evans- ville road ; thence with said road to a stone ; thence leaving said road N. 762, E 320 p. to a W. O. ; thence N. 53, E. 42 p. to a R. O., on the north side of said Evansville road ; thence with said road to a stump near James Shea's dwelling house ; thence leaving the aforesaid road, N. 62}, E. 41 p. to a stump ; thence N. 35, E. 300 p. to the big fill west of the big tunnel, corner to Kingwood township; thence with the lines of the last named township, N. 6, E. 600 p. to a W. O. on the east side of Ice's Ferry and Tunnelton turnpike ; thence with said turnpike to the old Clarksburg road at Zinn's mill (including Cephas Jacobs and Henry Martin
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