History of Jefferson County,Pennsylvania
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By W. J. McNight, Published 1898
700+ pages, indexed
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The history of Jefferson county really begins in the year 1796, when
Joseph Barnett, Andrew Barnett, and Samuel Scott first penetrated to
the banks of the Sandy Lick Creek, and located the first white man’s
home in the wilderness.Previous to that, but little is known of the
territory now comprising the county. Lycoming county, from which
Jefferson county was taken, was formed from Northumberland in 1795. It
was part of the purchase of lands by the Proprietary Government at the
treaty at Fort Stanwix,* November 5, 1768, then known as the "New
Purchase."
BOOK CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. - INTRODUCTORY TIMES, PRIVILEGES, SOCIAL HABITS OF THE
PIONEERS, CHRISTIANITY OF THOSE DAYS, ETC 9
CHAPTER II. - OUR ABORIGINES THE IROQUOIS, OR Six NATIONS INDIAN
TOWNS, VILLAGES, GRAVEYARDS, CUSTOMS, DRESS,
HUTS, MEDICINES, DOCTORS, BARKPEELERS, BURIALS, ETC 12
CHAPTER III. - THE WILDERNESS IN 1755 THE SAVAGE INDIAN MARIE LE ROY
AND BARBARA LBININGER, THE FIRST WHITE
PIONEERS TO TREAD THIS WILDERNESS THE CHINKLACAMOOSE PATH PUNXSUTAWNEY
AND KIT-
TANNING REV. HECKEWELDER, REV. ZEISBERGER, REV. ETTWEIN, AND ROTHE 32
CHAPTER IV. - THE PURCHASE OF 1784 42
CHAPTER V. - TITLES AND SURVEYS PIONEER SURVEYS AND SURVEYORS DISTRICT
LINES RUN IN NORTHUMBERLAND,
NOW JEFFERSON, COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA 78
CHAPTER VI. - PIONEER ANIMALS BEAVER, BUFFALO, ELK, PANTHERS, WOLVES,
WILD-CATS, BEARS, AND OTHER ANIMALS
PENS AND TRAPS BIRDS WILD BEES . 88
CHAPTER VII. - RUNWAYS, PATHS, TRAILS, DEER RUNS AND CROSSINGS, INDIAN
TRAILS THE WHITE MAN'S PATH DAVID AND
JOHN MEADE MEADE'S PACKHORSE TRAIL PIONEER SETTLEMENT IN THE NORTHWEST
WHITE BOYS CAPTURED AND REARED
BY INDIANS PIONEER EXPLORERS AND SETTLERS 115
CHAPTER VIII. - PACK PROVISION FOR OPENING A ROAD REPORT OF THE
COMMISSIONERS TO THE GOVERNOR STREAMS, ETC ' 124
CHAPTER IX. - THE OLD STATE ROAD EARLY ROADS AND TRAILS WHY THE STATE
ROAD WAS MADE THE FIRST ATTEMPT
TO OPEN THE ROAD LAWS, ETC., TOUCHING THE SUBJECT THE SURVEY THE ROAD
COMPLETED THE ACT OF THE
LEGISLATURE WHICH SANCTIONED THE BUILDING OF THE ROAD 137
CHAPTER X. - PIONEER AGRICULTURE How THE FARMERS IN THE OLDEN TIME HAD
TO MAKESHIFT THE PlONEER HOMES
PlONEER FOOD PlONEER EVENING FROLICS TREES, SNAKES, AND REPTILES
SOLDIERS OF 1812 PIONEER
LEGAL RELATIONS OF MAN AND WIFE EARLY AND PIONEER Music LIST OF
TAXABLE INHABITANTS IN 1820 THE
TRANSPORTATION OF IRON THE FIRST SCREW FACTORY POPULATION OF THE STATE
AND OF THE UNITED STATES 150
CHAPTER XI. - THE ERECTION OF THE SITE FOR COUNTY ESTABLISHED, AND
DEED FOR PUBLIC LOTS PIONEER COURT-HOUSE
AND JAIL THE PIONEER ACADEMY 185
CHAPTER XII. - THE COMMON SCHOOL SYSTEM ITS INCEPTION INTRODUCTION
INTO AMERICA STATE EFFORT HISTORY OF
EDUCATION IN THE STATE SCHOOLS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY PROGRESS OF
EDUCATION, ETC 199
CHAPTER XIII. - PIONEER MISSIONARY WORK THE FIRST WHITE MAN TO TRAVEL
THE SOIL OF JEFFERSON COUNTY REVS.
POST, HECKEWELDER, AND OTHERS , . 229
CHAPTER XIV. - PIONEER AND EARLY CHURCHES PRESBYTERIAN THE PIONEER
CHURCH IN THE COUNTY THE PIONEER
PREACHER AND CHURCH 237
CHAPTER XV. - WHITE SLAVERY ORIGIN NATURE IN ROME, GREECE, AND EUROPE
AFRICAN SLAVERY IN PENNSYLVANIA
GEORGE BRYAN PIONEER COLORED SETTLER IN JEFFERSON COUNTY CENSUS, ETC.
DAYS OF BONDAGE IN
THIS COUNTY , . , . . 266
CHAPTER XVI. - PIONEER MONEY 296
CHAPTER XVII. - " SCOTCH-IRISH" ORIGIN OF THE TERM UNDER JAMES I.
LORDS AND LAIRDS EARLY SETTLERS IN
PENNSYLVANIA THE PIONEER AND EARLY SETTLERS IN JEFFERSON COUNTY 299
CHAPTER XVIII. - FROM 1830 TO 1840 311
CHAPTER XIX. - PIONEER SETTLEMENT OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA PIONEER
PENNSYLVANIA INDIAN TRADERS THE
PIONEER ROAD BY WAY OF THE SOUTH BRANCH OF THE POTOMAC AND THE VALLEY
OF THE KISKIMINITAS
THE PIONEER ROAD FROM EAST TO WEST, FROM RAYSTOWN, NOW BEDFORD, TO
FORT DUQUESNE, NOW PlTTSBURG,
A MILITARY NECESSITY
GENERAL JOHN FORBES OPENS IT IN THE SUMMER AND FALL OF 1758
COLONEL GEORGE WASHINGTON OPPOSED TO THE NEW ROAD AND
IN FAVOR OF THE POTOMAC ROAD DEATH OF GENERAL JOHN FORBES
PIONEER MAIL-COACHES, MAIL- ROUTES, AND POST-OFFICES .... 334
CHAPTER XX. - PIONEER ROADS IN PROVISIONAL JEFFERSON COUNTY FROM 1808
TO 1830 . 346
CHAPTER XXI. - PIONEER COURT PIONEER JUDGES PRESIDENT AND ASSOCIATES
PIONEER BAR AND EARLY LAWYERS
MINUTES OF PIONEER SESSIONS OF COURT DECEMBER SESSION, 1830, AND
FEBRUARY SESSION, 1831 LIST OF RETAILERS
OF FOREIGN MERCHANDISE IN THE COUNTY, FEBRUARY SESSIONS, 1831 EARLY
CONSTABLES 364
CHAPTER XXII. - THE PIONEER PHYSICIAN IN THE COUNTY, DR. JOHN W.
JENKS, OF PUNXSUTAWNEY THE PIONEER
PHYSICIAN ON THE LITTLE TOBY, DR. NICHOLS OTHER EARLY PHYSICIANS, DR.
EVANS, DR. PRIME, DR. DARLING, DR. BISHOP,
DR. A. M. CLARKE, DR. JAMES DOWLING, DR. WILLIAM BENNETT PIONEER
MAJOR OPERATION IN SURGERY IN 1821 EARLY
RIDES, FEES, ETC 391
CHAPTER XXIII. - PIONEER TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS AND PIONEER TAXABLES
396
CHAPTER XXIV. PIONEER NEWSPAPER IN THE WEST PIONEER NEWSPAPER IN THE
COUNTY TERMS EARLY MARKET
OTHER PAPERS 407
CHAPTER XXV. - MILITIA AND TOWNSHIPS . 414
CHAPTER XXVI. - MY FIRST RECOLLECTIONS OF BROOKVILLE 512
CHAPTER XXVIII. - JOSEPH BARNETT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE PATRIARCH
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY 570
CHAPTER XXVII. - CORNPLANTER OUR CHIEF CHIEF OF THE SENEGAS, ONE OF
THE SlX NATIONS BRIEF HISTORY SOME
SPEECHES LIFE AND DEATH MOSES KNAPP SAW-MILLS JOHN JONES 560
CHAPTER XXVIII. - JOSEPH BARNETT BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF THE PATRIARCH
OF JEFFERSON COUNTY 570
APPENDIX 593