History of Jefferson County, Pennsylvania By W. J. McNight, Published 1898 700+ pages, indexed Requires Adobe Reader 5 or higher to View $11.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/History-of-Jefferson-County-Pennsylvania_W0QQitemZ130247100149QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item1e535506f5 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