History of Beaver County, Chapter 6
CHAPTER VI ERECTION AND ORGANIZATION Need of New Counties–Eight Counties Formed-Boundaries of Beaver County Defined–Commissioners Named–Personal Sketches of First Commissioners–Organization of Courts–Admission of First Attorneys–First County Officers–First Grand Jury–Constables Appointed–Licenses…
History of Beaver County, Chapter 5
CHAPTER V FIRST LAND TITLES I “Land-grabbing,” Indian, Swedish, Dutch, and English-Duke of York’s Tenure-William Penn’s Tenure-Conveyances-Manors-ExtinÂguishment of Indian Title-Purchases of 1768 and 1784-Treaty of Fort McIntosh, I785-Depreciation and Donation…
History of Beaver County, Chapter 4
CHAPTER IV THE FIRST SETTLERS AND THEIR LIFE The Scotch-Irish-The Germans-The Moravians-Date of Early Settlements-Claims of Priority-Incidents of Indian Incursions-The Poes and Captain Brady-The Last Indian Murder-North Side Settlers-Pioneer Life-“Forts”…
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Chapter I General History of Lancaster, Lancaster and its People, An Account of Lancaster, Pa.
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