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Chapter 8 – The War of 1812

CHAPTER VIII THE WAR OF 1812 Alarms on the Frontier – Drafts -Captain Wallace’s Company – Incidents of the March to the Maumee – Fort Meigs – Neely’s Company –…

Chapter 7 – From the Settlement of the County to the War of 1812

CHAPTER VII FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY TO THE WAR OF 1812 Absalom Travis – Securing Warrants – John Laughlin – Settlers from Westmoreland-From Centre County – Character of…

Chapter 6 – From the Purchase of 1784 to the Settlement of the County

CHAPTER VI FROM THE PURCHASE OF 1784 TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY The Purchase – Pickering & Co.- Small Warrantees – The Fox Estate – Lewis and Peters The…

Chapter 5 – From the Earliest Period to the Purchase of 1784

CHAPTER V FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PURCHASE OF 1784 Aborigines, Senecas, and Delawares – Indian Remains – Petroleum – Christian Frederick Post – Tobeco and Toby- Redbank Creek…

Chapter 4 – Geology and Mineralogy

Chapter IV GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY* Definition – Anticlinals and Synclinals – Geologic Column – Surface Rocks – Measures- Freeport Group – Kittanning Group – Ore and Limestone – Analyses- Clarion…

Chapter 3 – Topography of Clarion County

CHAPTER III TOPOGRAPHY OF CLARION COUNTY Table-Land Character – Drainage – Streams – Elevations – General Description – Forests- Scenery – Ancient Channels. THE surface of Clarion county has a…

Chapter 2 – From the Revolution to the Present Time

CHAPTER II FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME Mason and Dixon – Indian Troubles – Stamp Act- Connecticut and Virginia Claims-First-Continental Congress — Second Continental Congress – Declaration of…

History of Clarion County – Preface

PREFACE JOSEPHUS says, “Those who undertake to write histories, do not, I perceive, take that trouble on one and the same account; but for many and various reasons. For some…

Chapter 1 – Pennsylvania From First Settlement to the Revolution

CHAPTER I PENNSYLVANIA FROM FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE REVOLUTION Introductory – The Natives – Hudson – Dutch Settlements – Settlement by the Swedes Conquest of the Swedish Colony by the…

History of Lycoming County, Lloyd, Chapter 05

CHAPTER V COLONEL HARTLEY’S EXPEDITION – DEATH OF JAMES AND CAPTAIN JOHN BRADY. SELECTED TO LEAD EXPEDITION AGAINST INDIANS – PLAN OF CAMPAIGN OBJECTIVE – ENGAGEMENTS WITH INDIANS – SUCCESS…