Hello List, I'm new to this list so any help would be appreicated. I'd like to know if some kind soul would have the following book, and would do a look up for me? Some Genealogies and Family Records, Albert Young Straw, Clearfield, PA: Clearfield County Historical Society, 1931 I am researching the HARTSHORN FAMILY OF CLEARFIELD, PA., and I was told this book had info on the family. Thanks, Shirley Middleton Moller Early Maryland Families Researcher

I don't have the Straw book, but I do have the "History of Clearfield Co. Pennsylvania With Illustration, 1887" Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich. This book lists the following Hartshorn's Pg 55 - Abraham Leonard was born in Ireland, and emigrated from there before the present century, and took up his residence in Huntingdon county. In 1801, he came to this place and located near the old toll-gate, on the Snowshoe and Packersville turnpike, about two miles east of the borough. He made his clearing and house, and brought his family here in March 1804. His family then consisted of his wife and three children - James T., Thomas and Elizabeth. Elisabeth married John Spackman. The children born (of) Abraham after coming here were Rachel, who married Jonathan Hartshorn; Zenas, Hannah, who married William L. Moore; Robert, Agnes, who married Abraham Pierce and Andrew. Pg 61 - "Daniel Ogden, Frederick Haney, and Matthew Ogden had each built mills prior to 1805. Daniel Turner soon after build one on Clearfield Creek; and in 1808 Robert Maxwell erected a mill near Curwensville, and William Kersey had a saw and grist-mill at Kersey's settlement about the same time. James and Samuel Ardery built a mill near where the old Clearfield bridge afterward stood in 1808. Benjamin Hartshorn built a tannery on the place where he settled in 1806. This is now Pike Township, not far from Curwensville. This was the first tannery built in the county. >From this time, 1805, until 1812, the influx of families became so rapid that their settlement cannot be accurately fixed, nor can the names of all be recalled. Benjamin Hartshorn came in 1806, bringing his wife and six children. He crossed the river near Jordon's, and cut his way to his forest home with an ax, making a road sufficient to allow the passage of a wagon. After he had made a clearing and built a cabin, the tannery above mentioned was built. At the time of his death in 1821, Mr. Hartshorn had a family of eight children, viz.: Margaret, Anne, Jonathan, William, Benjamin, Nancy, Eliza, and Mary Ann.." Pg 69 &70- In December 1806, the commissioners of Centre county, having jurisdiction by law over the county of Clearfield, by their warrant under their hands commanded Alexander Read, assessor of the township of Chincleclamousche, to take an account of all the freemen and the personal property made taxable by law, together with a just valuation of the same, and also a valuation of all trades and occupations subject to taxation, and to return the same to the said commissioners at Bellefonte on or before the 28th day of January 1807. The following list will show the names of the taxable inhabitants of Chincleclamousche township, made in compliance with the above warrant: Benjamin Hartshorn. Pg 77 - Alexander B. Reed was appointed county treasurer December 19, 1822. The first traverse jurors summoned in the county were for attendance at this court. They were: William Wright, Richard Shaw, John Irvin, Samuel Tate, George Brown...Jonathan Hartshorn, Moses Norris, Jason Kirk, John Moore, Robert Wilson. Pg 99 - The Clearfield and Curwensville Turnpike Road Company was incorporated by Abraham K. Wright, John R. Bloom, Richard Shaw, Christopher Kratzer, Joseph Boone, Jr., Thomas Brown, William L. Moore, William Bigler, Philip Antes, George Welch Sr., Benjamin Hartshorn, Isaac Chambers, and Robert Ross. The date of the act appointing them commissioners was April 16, 1838. The road commenced at Clearfield, and was authorized to extend, by the most convenient route to be determined by the commissioners, to connect with the Philipsburg and Susquehanna turnpick, at a point west of the river. Pg 122 & 123 - Clearfield's Military History - W.R. Hartshorn, May 29, 1861; promoted to major June 13, 1861; to colonel of 149th P.V August 29, 1862 W.R Hartshorn, May 29,1861; promoted to adjutant February, 1862 Pg 293 - We find that among the minutes and proceedings of the Board of Trustees of the Clearfield Academy, *inter alia*, it is thus recorded. "And now to wit: May 8, 1830, On motion Martin Hoover, esq., was appointed President of the Board of Trustees of the Clearfield Academy, for the ensuing year, and Joseph M. Martin was appointed Secretary." "And now to wit: Saturday, May 22, 1830, Messrs. Ross, Hartshorn, Hoover, Hempbill and Martin being present on motion. Pg 313 - Chapter XIX - Political History of Clearfield County. ...The first election that tradition gives us was held in the year 1804, when Thomas Jefferson was elected president of the United States....The issue in that election appeared to be confined to the prejudice that then existed between the tory element and the patriots of the Revolution. A riot occurred at the poll, there being but one election district in the county at the time. As the story of the election was told by one of the officers, the participants in the riot on the one side were Bloom and Ogden, assisted by their compatriots. The leaders on the other side were Caleb Bailey, Benjamin Hartshorn and others. Pg 323 - Civil List and County Organizations: *Representatives in State Legislature. - *W.R. Hartshorn, 1875-6; Pg 414 & 415 - Chapter XXIV -History of Bell Township. "The township of Bell was organized at the same time, under the same procedure, and by the same commissioners that laid out and erected the other townships of Burnside and Penn, to the formation of which serveral distinct bodies, the older townships of Pike and Chest surrendered their territory, the latter yielding to the new erections a major part of her lands, and former somewhat less. As near as can be determined at this time (the Quarter Sessions records being so defective as to give no light on the matter), the first petition was presented to the court at a term thereof in December, 1834, which petition, with the names of signers thereto, was as follows..."The petition of the undersigned...Benjamin Hartshorn. Pg 568 - History of Jordan Township - About 1820 John Swan, sr., left his home in New York State, where he had married Miss Phoebe Tubbs,...Mr Swan died here, and was buried in Zion Cemetery. Anson, the eldest son, for whom Ansonville was named never married,..Sophronia married William Hartshorn,who is now dead, and his widow is living at Curwensville, with her daughter, Mrs. Doctor Crouch...Mrs. Swan died at her home in Ansonville, September 4, 1883. Pg 630 - 631 - The Hartshorn family is one of the oldest, and is widely connected, and as class are model, respectable citizens. Benjamin Hartshorn, Sr., was born in 1765. He married Isabella McClure, and they emigrated from Maryland to Centre County in the year 1796. In 1806 he moved his family to Clearfield county, living on the land now known as the Jonathan Hartshorn farm. This was then nothing but woods, and the family endured untold hardships before a home could be provided. The children were: Margaret, Anna, Jonathan, William, Benjamin, Nancy, Eliza, and Mary Ann, all of whom married and who famiolies reside in or near Curwensville. Pg 634 & 635 - (History of Curwensville Borough) William Hartshorn, Sr., came in 1826. As a matter of interest we give the following list, taken from the department of records at Washington, showing the names of the postmasters, and the dates of their appointments: Benjamin Hartshorn, January 10, 1841. The following comprises the names of the chief burgesses from 1851 to 1886: 1864, Benjamin Hartshorn Pg 644 - Benjamin Hartshorn established the first tannery on the farm now owned by Jonathan Hartshorn. In 1826, William Hartshorn, a son of Benjamin, moved the tannery to the lot now owned by Mrs. Harriet Crough, on corner of State and Filbert streets, where it was operated for about thirty years. Pg 688 - Potter, Dr. J.W. ...For one term Dr. Potter served, with credit to himself and county, in the Legislature. The next year, 1874, he was re-nominated by the independent Democrats, but was defeated by Col. W.R. Hartshorn, the regular nominee, a man of large and favorable acquaintance throughout the county. On 2/26/07, SHIRLEY MOLLER <shirleymoller@verizon.net> wrote: > > Hello List, > I'm new to this list so any help would be appreicated. > I'd like to know if some kind soul would have the following book, and > would do a look up for me? > > Some Genealogies and Family Records, Albert Young Straw, Clearfield, PA: > Clearfield County Historical Society, 1931 > > > I am researching the HARTSHORN FAMILY OF CLEARFIELD, PA., and I was told > this book had info on the family. > > Thanks, > Shirley Middleton Moller > Early Maryland Families Researcher > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Peggy and List, Thank you Peggy for you work and information it is a great help. The following is the family I'm interested in. Pg 630 - 631 - The Hartshorn family is one of the oldest, and is widely connected, and as class are model, respectable citizens. Benjamin Hartshorn, Sr., was born in 1765. He married Isabella McClure, and they emigrated from Maryland to Centre County in the year 1796. In 1806 he moved his family to Clearfield county, living on the land now known as the Jonathan Hartshorn farm. This was then nothing but woods, and the family endured untold hardships before a home could be provided. The children were: Margaret, Anna, Jonathan, William, Benjamin, Nancy, Eliza, and Mary Ann, all of whom married and who families reside in or near Curwensville. >From research I've been given I see that Benjamin Hartshorn and his wife Isabella McClure may have had a dau Rachel but as you can see there is not a Rachel mentioned in the piece about the family. But that doesn't mean they didn't have a dau Rachel. So I need to find other info on this family. I'm a Maryland researcher and have a hard time when it comes to doing research in PA. Question, how would one find information regarding a family that lived in Clearfield? Wills, deeds, etc.? A source that gives info on the family? Are there any books that have been done containing these recorded acts of the person for the Clearfield area? Maryland State Archives has much on line and is easy to access. Some people have abstracted the wills and deeds and orphan court records and put them into books and you can purchase them, is this the same for Clearfield? All I need is for someone familiar with doing research in this area to point me in the direction and I will do it, Thanks for any help, Shirley Middleton Moller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peggy DeHoog" <wletto@gmail.com> To: <paclearf@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:19 PM Subject: Re: [PACLEARF] Book Lookup >I don't have the Straw book, but I do have the "History of Clearfield Co. > Pennsylvania With Illustration, 1887" Edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich. This > book lists the following Hartshorn's > > Pg 55 - Abraham Leonard was born in Ireland, and emigrated from there > before > the present century, and took up his residence in Huntingdon county. In > 1801, he came to this place and located near the old toll-gate, on the > Snowshoe and Packersville turnpike, about two miles east of the borough. > He > made his clearing and house, and brought his family here in March 1804. > His > family then consisted of his wife and three children - James T., Thomas > and > Elizabeth. Elisabeth married John Spackman. The children born (of) Abraham > after coming here were Rachel, who married Jonathan Hartshorn; Zenas, > Hannah, who married William L. Moore; Robert, Agnes, who married Abraham > Pierce and Andrew. > Pg 61 - "Daniel Ogden, Frederick Haney, and Matthew Ogden had each built > mills prior to 1805. Daniel Turner soon after build one on Clearfield > Creek; > and in 1808 Robert Maxwell erected a mill near Curwensville, and William > Kersey had a saw and grist-mill at Kersey's settlement about the same > time. > James and Samuel Ardery built a mill near where the old Clearfield bridge > afterward stood in 1808. Benjamin Hartshorn built a tannery on the place > where he settled in 1806. This is now Pike Township, not far from > Curwensville. This was the first tannery built in the county. >>From this time, 1805, until 1812, the influx of families became so rapid > that their settlement cannot be accurately fixed, nor can the names of all > be recalled. > > Benjamin Hartshorn came in 1806, bringing his wife and six children. He > crossed the river near Jordon's, and cut his way to his forest home with > an > ax, making a road sufficient to allow the passage of a wagon. After he had > made a clearing and built a cabin, the tannery above mentioned was built. > At > the time of his death in 1821, Mr. Hartshorn had a family of eight > children, > viz.: Margaret, Anne, Jonathan, William, Benjamin, Nancy, Eliza, and Mary > Ann.." > > Pg 69 &70- In December 1806, the commissioners of Centre county, having > jurisdiction by law over the county of Clearfield, by their warrant under > their hands commanded Alexander Read, assessor of the township of > Chincleclamousche, to take an account of all the freemen and the personal > property made taxable by law, together with a just valuation of the same, > and also a valuation of all trades and occupations subject to taxation, > and > to return the same to the said commissioners at Bellefonte on or before > the > 28th day of January 1807. > > The following list will show the names of the taxable inhabitants of > Chincleclamousche township, made in compliance with the above warrant: > Benjamin > Hartshorn. > > Pg 77 - Alexander B. Reed was appointed county treasurer December 19, > 1822. > The first traverse jurors summoned in the county were for attendance at > this > court. They were: William Wright, Richard Shaw, John Irvin, Samuel Tate, > George Brown...Jonathan Hartshorn, Moses Norris, Jason Kirk, John Moore, > Robert Wilson. > > Pg 99 - The Clearfield and Curwensville Turnpike Road Company was > incorporated by Abraham K. Wright, John R. Bloom, Richard Shaw, > Christopher > Kratzer, Joseph Boone, Jr., Thomas Brown, William L. Moore, William > Bigler, > Philip Antes, George Welch Sr., Benjamin Hartshorn, Isaac Chambers, and > Robert Ross. The date of the act appointing them commissioners was April > 16, > 1838. The road commenced at Clearfield, and was authorized to extend, by > the > most convenient route to be determined by the commissioners, to connect > with > the Philipsburg and Susquehanna turnpick, at a point west of the river. > > Pg 122 & 123 - Clearfield's Military History - W.R. Hartshorn, May 29, > 1861; > promoted to major June 13, 1861; to colonel of 149th P.V August 29, 1862 > > W.R Hartshorn, May 29,1861; promoted to adjutant February, 1862 > > Pg 293 - We find that among the minutes and proceedings of the Board of > Trustees of the Clearfield Academy, *inter alia*, it is thus recorded. > "And > now to wit: May 8, 1830, On motion Martin Hoover, esq., was appointed > President of the Board of Trustees of the Clearfield Academy, for the > ensuing year, and Joseph M. Martin was appointed Secretary." "And now to > wit: Saturday, May 22, 1830, Messrs. Ross, Hartshorn, Hoover, Hempbill and > Martin being present on motion. > > Pg 313 - Chapter XIX - Political History of Clearfield County. ...The > first > election that tradition gives us was held in the year 1804, when Thomas > Jefferson was elected president of the United States....The issue in that > election appeared to be confined to the prejudice that then existed > between > the tory element and the patriots of the Revolution. A riot occurred at > the > poll, there being but one election district in the county at the time. As > the story of the election was told by one of the officers, the > participants > in the riot on the one side were Bloom and Ogden, assisted by their > compatriots. The leaders on the other side were Caleb Bailey, Benjamin > Hartshorn and others. > > Pg 323 - Civil List and County Organizations: *Representatives in State > Legislature. - *W.R. Hartshorn, 1875-6; > > Pg 414 & 415 - Chapter XXIV -History of Bell Township. "The township of > Bell > was organized at the same time, under the same procedure, and by the same > commissioners that laid out and erected the other townships of Burnside > and > Penn, to the formation of which serveral distinct bodies, the older > townships of Pike and Chest surrendered their territory, the latter > yielding > to the new erections a major part of her lands, and former somewhat less. > > As near as can be determined at this time (the Quarter Sessions records > being so defective as to give no light on the matter), the first petition > was presented to the court at a term thereof in December, 1834, which > petition, with the names of signers thereto, was as follows..."The > petition > of the undersigned...Benjamin Hartshorn. > > Pg 568 - History of Jordan Township - About 1820 John Swan, sr., left his > home in New York State, where he had married Miss Phoebe Tubbs,...Mr Swan > died here, and was buried in Zion Cemetery. Anson, the eldest son, for > whom > Ansonville was named never married,..Sophronia married William > Hartshorn,who is now dead, and his widow is living at Curwensville, > with her daughter, > Mrs. Doctor Crouch...Mrs. Swan died at her home in Ansonville, September > 4, > 1883. > > Pg 630 - 631 - The Hartshorn family is one of the oldest, and is widely > connected, and as class are model, respectable citizens. Benjamin > Hartshorn, > Sr., was born in 1765. He married Isabella McClure, and they emigrated > from > Maryland to Centre County in the year 1796. In 1806 he moved his family to > Clearfield county, living on the land now known as the Jonathan Hartshorn > farm. This was then nothing but woods, and the family endured untold > hardships before a home could be provided. The children were: Margaret, > Anna, Jonathan, William, Benjamin, Nancy, Eliza, and Mary Ann, all of whom > married and who famiolies reside in or near Curwensville. > > Pg 634 & 635 - (History of Curwensville Borough) William Hartshorn, Sr., > came in 1826. > > As a matter of interest we give the following list, taken from the > department of records at Washington, showing the names of the postmasters, > and the dates of their appointments: Benjamin Hartshorn, January 10, 1841. > > The following comprises the names of the chief burgesses from 1851 to > 1886: > 1864, Benjamin > Hartshorn > > Pg 644 - Benjamin Hartshorn established the first tannery on the farm now > owned by Jonathan Hartshorn. In 1826, William Hartshorn, a son of > Benjamin, > moved the tannery to the lot now owned by Mrs. Harriet Crough, on corner > of > State and Filbert streets, where it was operated for about thirty years. > > Pg 688 - Potter, Dr. J.W. ...For one term Dr. Potter served, with credit > to > himself and county, in the Legislature. The next year, 1874, he was > re-nominated by the independent Democrats, but was defeated by Col. W.R. > Hartshorn, the regular nominee, a man of large and favorable acquaintance > throughout the county. > > > > On 2/26/07, SHIRLEY MOLLER <shirleymoller@verizon.net> wrote: >> >> Hello List, >> I'm new to this list so any help would be appreicated. >> I'd like to know if some kind soul would have the following book, and >> would do a look up for me? >> >> Some Genealogies and Family Records, Albert Young Straw, Clearfield, PA: >> Clearfield County Historical Society, 1931 >> >> >> I am researching the HARTSHORN FAMILY OF CLEARFIELD, PA., and I was told >> this book had info on the family. >> >> Thanks, >> Shirley Middleton Moller >> Early Maryland Families Researcher >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Shirley: Would scanned copies of those pages help you out? If so, I can send them to you. Best regards, Jacquelyn ----- Original Message ----- From: SHIRLEY MOLLER To: paclearf@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 6:11 PM Subject: Re: [PACLEARF] Book Lookup Peggy and List, Thank you Peggy for you work and information it is a great help. The following is the family I'm interested in. Pg 630 - 631 - The Hartshorn family is one of the oldest, and is widely connected, and as class are model, respectable citizens. Benjamin Hartshorn, Sr., was born in 1765. He married Isabella McClure, and they emigrated from Maryland to Centre County in the year 1796. In 1806 he moved his family to Clearfield county, living on the land now known as the Jonathan Hartshorn farm. This was then nothing but woods, and the family endured untold hardships before a home could be provided. The children were: Margaret, Anna, Jonathan, William, Benjamin, Nancy, Eliza, and Mary Ann, all of whom married and who families reside in or near Curwensville.

Shirley This book and others available at www.clfdhistory.org . Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "SHIRLEY MOLLER" <shirleymoller@verizon.net> To: <PACLEARF@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:42 PM Subject: [PACLEARF] Book Lookup > Hello List, > I'm new to this list so any help would be appreicated. > I'd like to know if some kind soul would have the following book, and > would do a look up for me? > > Some Genealogies and Family Records, Albert Young Straw, Clearfield, PA: > Clearfield County Historical Society, 1931 > > > I am researching the HARTSHORN FAMILY OF CLEARFIELD, PA., and I was told > this book had info on the family. > > Thanks, > Shirley Middleton Moller > Early Maryland Families Researcher > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PACLEARF-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >