County Commissioners 1795-1835
John Fletcher, qualified October, 1795. John Read, qualified October, 1795. John Leech, qualified October, 1795. Jonathan Kurtz, elected October, 1796. Andrew Ream, elected October, 1797. Joseph Weigley, elected October, 1798.…
County Auditors 1843-1881
John Mong, elected October, 1843. Conrad M. Hicks, elected October, 1844. Isaac Kauffman, elected October, 1845. Samuel J. Leichty, elected October, 1846. John Witt, elected October, 1847. George Weller, elected…
Attorneys of Somerset County 1851-1883
The names of present members are designated by an asterisk: Alexander H. Coffroth,* admitted, February 3, 1851. Thomas F. Brooke, admitted February 4, 1851. James W. Black, admitted February 4,…
Attorneys of Somerset County 1821-1850
The names of present members are designated by an asterisk: Thomas S. Smith, admitted February 26, 1821. Horatio N. Weigley, admitted May 27, 1822. (Horatio N. Weigley was a son…
1860 Middlecreek Township Census
<a href=”http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~parahgs/1860midcrk.htm”><u>1860 Middlecreek Township</u></a>1860 Milford Township Census<a href=”http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~parahgs/1860milfrd.htm”><u>1860 Milford Township</u></a> Attorneys of Somerset County 1795-1820Since the organization of the county about two hundred attorneys have been admitted to practice in…
The Fire of 1876
The Fire of 1876It is probable that if there is ever a history of Somerset written, the month of May will come in for a good share of the attention…
Early Somerset County Newspapers
SOMERSET GAZETTE As early as 1806, a German newspaper, known as the Somerset Gazette, was published in the town of Somerset, but by whom published, when established, or when its…
Early Banks of Somerset Borough
EARLY SOMERSET BOROUGH BANKS About 1853, John T. Hogg, of Fayette county, established the first banking-house in the town of Somerset. William Roddy, who still resides at Petersburg, in this…
Early Physicians of Somerset County
SOMERSET Dr. William Gore Elder, was the first physician to locate in the town of Somerset. Dr. Norman M. Bruce appears to have been the next physician to settle in…
Paint Township
HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP Paint, the seventeenth of the twenty-five townships of Somerset County, was named after Paint Creek and formed in 1837 from a part of Shade township. John…