HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA,
ILLUSTRATED 1887
Containing a History of the County, its Townships, Towns, Villages, Schools,
Churches, Industries, Etc.; Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men;
Biographies; History of Pennsylvania, Statistical and Miscellaneous Matter,
Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO:
WARNER, BEERS & CO., 1887
Chicago:
JOHN MORRIS COMPANY, PRINTERS
118 and 120 Monroe Street.
Special thanks to Joyce Moore who transcribed this work. If you have techical problems, please notify me. Joe
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PART I - History of Pennsylvania | |
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Chapters I - III |
CHAPTER I - Introductory Cornelis Jacobson Mey, 1624-25. William Van Hulst, 1625-26. Peter Minuit, 1626-33. David Petersen de Vries, 1632-33. Wouter Van Twiller, 1633-38 | CHAPTER II - Sir William Keift, 1638-47. Peter Minuit, 1638-41. Peter Hollandaer 1641-43. John Printz, 1643-53. Peter Stuyvesant 1647-64. John Pappagoya, 1653-54. John Claude Rysingh 1654-55 |
CHAPTER III - John Paul Jacquet 1655-57. Jacob Alrichs 1657-59. Goeran Van Dyek 1657-58. William Beekman 1658-63. Alex D'Hinoyossa 1659-64. |
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Chapters IV - VII |
CHAPTER IV - Richard Nichols, 1664-67. Robert Needham, 1664-68. Francis Lovelace, 1667-73. John Carr, 1668-73. Anthony Colve, Peter Alrichs, 1673-74 | CHAPTER V - Sir Edmund Andros, 1674-81. Edmund Cantwell, John Collier, 1676-77. Christopher Billop, 1677-81 |
CHAPTER VI - William Markham, 1681-82. William Penn 1682-84. |
CHAPTER VII - Thomas Lloyd, 1684-86. Five Commissioners: John Blackwell, 1688-90. Thomas Lloyd 1690-91. William Markham, 1691-93. Benjamin Fletcher, 1693-95. William Markham, 1693-99. |
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Chapters VIII - X |
CHAPTER VIII - William Penn, 1699-1701. Andrew Hamilton, 1701-03. Edward Shippen, 1703-04. John Evans, 1704-09. Charles Goken 1709-17. | CHAPTER IX - Sir William Keith, 1717-26. Patrick Gordon, 1726-36. James Logan, 1736-38. George Thomas, 1738-47. Anthony Palmer, James Hamilton 1748-54. |
CHAPTER X - Robert H. Morris, 1754-56. William Denny, 1756-59. James Hamilton, 1759-63. |
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Chapters XI - XIV |
CHAPTER XI - John Penn, 1763-71 --James Hamilton, 1771-- Richard Penn, 1771-73--John Penn, 1773-76 | CHAPTER XII - Thomas Wharton, Jr., 1777-78. George Bryan, 1778. Joseph Reed, 1778-81. William Moore,1781-82. John Dickinson, 1782-85. Benjamin Franklin, 1785-88. |
CHAPTER XIII - Thomas Mifflin, 1788-99. Thomas McKean, 1799-1808. Simon Snyder, 1808-17. William Findlay, 1817-20. Joseph Heister, 1820-23. John A. Shulze, 1823-29. George Wolfe, 1829-35. Joseph Ritner, 1835-39. |
CHAPTER XIV - David R. Porter, 1839-45. Francis R. Shunk, 1845-48. William F. Johnstone, 1848-52. William Bigler, 1852-55. James Pollock, 1855-58. William F. Packer, 1858-61. Andrew G. Curtin, 1861-67. John W. Geary, 1867-73. John F. Hartranft, 1873-78. Henry F. Hoyt, 1878-82. Robert E. Pattison, 1882. |
PART II - History of Franklin County | |
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Chapters I - II |
CHAPTER I. -- PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION -- The great Eastern Valley -- The Path of a Probable Gulf Stream -- The Mountain Ranges and their Appendages -- Systems of Drainage -- Geological and Mineralogical Aspects -- Character of Soil -- Vegetation -- Climate. | CHAPTER II. -- PIONEER SETTLERS -- Two Classes: Scotch-Irish, their Origin, Arrivals, Character and Locations -- Germans, Sketch of Persecutions, Arrival, Trials, etc. -- Trend of Settlements in Cumberland Valley Westward -- Shippensburg a Distributing Point -- Settlements at Falling Spring -- Sketch of Benjamin Chambers -- Other Settlements and Settlers in Various Parts of the Country -- List of Taxable in 1751-52 -- Mason and Dixon's Line. |
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Chapters III - IV |
CHAPTER III. -- INDIAN WAR -- Indian Nations Described -- War Between French and English -- Colonies Involved -- Braddock's Defeat and its Effects -- Forts Located and Described -- Massacres from 1754 to 1765 -- Conflicts Between . | CHAPTER IV. -- THE REVOLUTION -- Its Causes -- Loyalty to the Mother Country -- Early Military -- Roster and Roll of Franklin Men -- From Colonies to States -- Heroes from Franklin County -- One of the First American Cannons, etc. |
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Chapters V - VI |
CHAPTER V. -- WHISKY WAR -- Eleven Years of Peace -- Causes of the Whisky Insurrection -- Its Prosecution and its Subversion -- Sympathy of the Militia, etc. | CHAPTER VI. -- FRANKLIN COUNTY ORGANIZED-- Date of Erection -- Petitions in Favor of and in Opposition to the Project -- Fight over the County Seat -- The First Court House and First Jail -- Early County Officers -- Estimate of Population -- First General Election -- Officials, etc. |
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Chapters VII - VIII |
CHAPTER VII. -- INTERNAL AFFAIRS Lands and Land Titles -- Indian Trails -- Roads -- Bridges -- Turnpikes -- Inns or Taverns -- Militia -- Muster Days -- Mail Routes and Post-Offices -- Postmasters -- Railroads -- Cumberland Valley Railroad -- First Sleeping Car Ever Made -- Franklin Railroad -- Shenandoah Valley Railroad -- Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad -- Western Maryland Railroad -- Baltimore & Cumberland Valley Railroad -- Mont Alto Railroad -- Mont Alto Iron Works, etc. | CHAPTER VIII. -- WAR OF 1812-1815 Cause of War -- Declaration of War -- Franklin County Companies -- Incidents of the War |
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Chapters IX - XI |
CHAPTER IX. MEXICAN WAR Texas and Mexico -- Whig and Democrat -- Counter Arguments -- Declaration of War -- Franklin County Company -- Its Services | CHAPTER X. THE PRESS Introductory - First Newspaper - Press of Chambersburg - Press of Waynesboro - Press of Mercersburg - Press of Greencastle |
CHAPTER XI. AGRICULTURE A Business of First Importance - Its Promising Future - Improvements Introduced - Judge Watts - The First Reaper - First Stock in the Country - Wheat and Corn - Hessian Fly - Improved Implements - A Wonderful Feat with the Scythe - Agricultural Societies, Officers, etc. |
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Chapter XII |
CHAPTER XII. THE MEDICAL PROFESSION Introductory View of the Human Structure - Sketches of Prominent Deceased Physicians - Epidemics - Medical Societies - Roster of Resident Physicians |
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