My gggrandfather, A.B. Dickinson, is included in the index to the Outline History of Tioga and Bradford Counties. Does anyone know where I can order copies of the entries? Thanks. Ellen Kane Buglewicz Papillion, NE

Hello, I've been trying to determine the birth place of my 2nd great grandmother Mary R. Sawyer, daughter of Ami (Ammi) Sawyer and Mary Gifford. There's a Sawyer site that has her information as - born 28-Sep-1831, Daggett Mills, Bradford County, New York. He's unable to tell me where he got the information from. I have 28- Sep- 1831 in Daggett, Tioga Co. PA. Census records say NY. According to Joyce's wonderful site the area changed names a few times. Family record has it that her father owned a saw mill for a short time in Daggett. I've found the family in 1840 & 1850 in Wells Twp, Bradford Co. PA. I'd like to verify her birth information but I'm pretty confused about whether Daggett Mills is in NY or PA? Is it now Jackson Twp? Is Daggett Mills and Daggett two different places? Was there a state line change there too? How might I go about finding her father's saw mill there? A little more info on her - She married David Bennett, son of Josiah Bennett and Hannah Kimber and they are both buried in Webb Mill cemetery. I'd greatly appreciate any help in understanding this better and finding her birth record. Darla Stimbert

Hi, Daggett Mills is in Jackson Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. It is situated in the Seeley Creek Valley on Route 549 and is close to the Wells Township, Bradford County line. If you continued south on 549 you will come to Daggett. There is usually a distinction between the two and they are about a mile apart. However, in some histories present Daggett is refered to as Daggett Mills. You can find Daggett on a modern Rand McNally atlas. Daggett Mills is not on the Rand McNally atlas. Daggett Mills consists of a few homes and there is a historical roadside plaque designating the location. The 1897 Tioga County History for Jackson Township states - "The next settlement was made in 1797 by Reuben Daggett, who brought his family from his native state--New Hampshire--and settled on Seely creek, near the Bradford county line, in the southeastern part of the township. The place is still known as Daggett’s Mills. Here he and his sons, Rufus, Reuben and Seth, erected the first grist-mill and the first saw-mill in the township." It further states - "The pioneer grist-mill in the township was the Daggett mill, erected on Seely creek, about a mile below the present village of Daggetts. It first appears on the assessment list in 1817, and is assessed to Reuben Daggett, Jr. It was a water-mill, and was operated until 1820 by Reuben Daggett, Jr., from which time until his death in 1835 it was carried on by Rufus Daggett. His widow, Hannah Daggett, retained control of the property until 1849, when it passed into the possession of William Daggett. He rebuilt and operated it until 1853, when the firm became Daggett & Sixbee, who ran it for a number of years. The mill is now the property of George W. Eighmey. It has three run of stone and the roller process, and has a capacity of 200 barrels of flour a day. Steam and water power are both used. The first saw-mill in the township appears on the assessment list of 1817, assessed to Seth Daggett, for many years a prominent and leading lumberman. He operated this and other mills until 1843, when he removed to Tioga. This is the only saw-mill appearing on the assessment list of the township until 1831, when the names of Seth Daggett, Ezra Houghton, James Miller , Joshua G. Spencer and Foster Updyke are given as owners of saw-mills. All these mills, except that of James Miller, which was at Millerton, appears to have been in operation on Seely creek. The Foster Updyke mill was between Daggett’s Mills and Job’s Corners and was operated by him until his death about 1847. It then became the property of Warren Wells, and afterward had other owners. In 1832 Boynton & Dalrymple began operations in the township and had three mills on Hammond creek. In 1834 they were operating five mills in various parts of the township. The hard times of 1837 appear to have caught them, as after that year their names are not on the assessment list. The mill established by James Miller at Millerton appears to have been conducted successfully for a number of years. Among the other early mills owners and operators were Aaron Gaylord, Thomas & Sayre, Irvin Clark, Norman Wells A. C. Bush, William S. Valleau, Henry Johnston, Richard Jones, Jedidiah and Thomas Luce, Amos Kelly, Richard Updyke, George Weyborn, Abraham Minear, John Mitchell, Nathan Boynton, Clark Stilwell, Samuel Buchanan, William B. Keyes, S. L. Parmeter, Thomas Shear, Oliver B. Cook, Aaron Chidister, Samuel Rexford, who erected the first steam saw-mill in the township in 1846, and who at one time owned six mills; William R. Sherford and Albert Mitchell. The only mill now in operation, except portable mills, is the Mitchell on Alder brook, established in 1835, and now owned by George Mitchell." Ami Harrington Sawyer first appears on the 1839 assessment list of Wells Township, Bradford County, Pennsylvania which was compiled in the fall of 1838 and which would imply the family arrived in 1838. The 1850 census indicates that children - Jane Antoinette Sawyer b. c. 1828, Mary R. Sawyer b. 28 Sept 1831, and Myron Sawyer b. c. 1835 were all born in New York State. Jackson Township assessment lists would have to be consulted to see if the family resided in Jackson Township. Ami could have lived in Wells and operated a sawmill or was foreman of a sawmill at Daggett Mills in Jackson Township. The family removed in the early 1850's to Michigan and were enumerated in Albion Township, Calhoun County in 1860. Any idea why Mary R. Sawyer and David Bennett who were married in Calhoun County, Michigan returned east to Chemung County, New York? J. Kelsey Jones [email protected] > Hello, > I've been trying to determine the birth place of my 2nd great grandmother > Mary R. Sawyer, daughter of Ami (Ammi) Sawyer and Mary Gifford. There's a > Sawyer site that has her information as - born 28-Sep-1831, Daggett Mills, > Bradford County, New York. He's unable to tell me where he got the > information from. > > I have 28- Sep- 1831 in Daggett, Tioga Co. PA. Census records say NY. > > According to Joyce's wonderful site the area changed names a few times. > Family record has it that her father owned a saw mill for a short time in > Daggett. I've found the family in 1840 & 1850 in Wells Twp, Bradford Co. PA. > I'd like to verify her birth information but I'm pretty confused about > whether Daggett Mills is in NY or PA? Is it now Jackson Twp? Is Daggett > Mills and Daggett two different places? Was there a state line change there > too? How might I go about finding her father's saw mill there? > > A little more info on her - She married David Bennett, son of Josiah Bennett > and Hannah Kimber and they are both buried in Webb Mill cemetery. > > I'd greatly appreciate any help in understanding this better and finding her > birth record. > Darla Stimbert >