Dear Elk County searchers: Interesting info on Bundys, from a book my cousin sent me pages of. But guess what...I don't know the name of the book, or the author!!! I will ask her when she returns home from a trip she is on. It has to do with BOONE's MOUNTAIN, SABULA and the area. Here is some of the info: The earliest evidence of white men in the area were ax- blaze marks found on hemlock trees on Mountain Run, believed to have been made by Jesuit priests from Canada, and discovered by Lucien Bird, after 1729. Sabula Wilderness was settled by a group of Moravian missionaries led by David Weisberger in 1765. In 1811, William Kersey cleared an old Indian Trail, and made "corduroy" roads, and when he completed it, a settlement quickly followed. It was called Kersey. Travelers used the cabin Kersey built as an over night resting place. It was built in a place today called "Burnt Cabin" on Burnt Cabin Creek. One of the most famous old hunters of the area was called Bill Long. He was one of eight sons of Louis Long of Brookville, all of them hunters. Bill shot his first deer when he was 10 years old. As a young boy, he traveled with Cornplanter Indian hunting parties . He roamed all over northwestern PA, but his favourite ground was up Sandy Valley, over the Divide, down Bennetts Branch and out onto the Clearfield mountains. Bill Long was known to many people in the area, and there is an old hunting story famous to the people in the Sabula area, about Bill Long and a panther. The Shaffers settled at the settlement of Morningside. George Shaffer lived in the area, and died about 1817, and was the first person buried in Morningside Cemetery. Mike Shaffer settled at the crossing and there was a Fred Shaffer and Aunt Katie, who used to have a two room log cabin, and everyone passing through the area made it their stopping place. The next settlement in the area was Hickory Kingdom. In 1818 several families left the Mohawk Valley in New York State, and migrated to a place called Centreville, near the little town of Kersey. After living there for several years, they heard of a place further down the Kersey Trail, where land on the mountain was plentiful and cheap. In 1830 seven of the families left Centerville, and moved deeper in the Wilderness to form a settlement called Hickory Kingdom, the Hickory part in honour of Andrew Jackson, and Kingdom, because an old woman apparently ruled it as if it were her Kingdom. It was also sometimes referred to as "Boones Mountain Settlement", and the "Bundy Settlement"., as five of the seven families were Bundys or married to a Bundy. Although they all arrived at the same time the list will begin with John I. Bundy, as he was the father of all the other Bundys. John I. Bundy, Sr. and his wife, Philena Atwood, settled where a William Tinker lived at the time the book was published. They had three unmarried sons still living at home: Steven, Joseph and Freeman. One son - Alexander Bundy, remained in Kersey. The three bachelor sons of John, Sr. married. Freeman Bundy married Annie Reliance Bliss of Penfield. They settled on the Warry Shoemaker place, and died there. Their 5 children were: James, Harriet, Rowena, Aldora, and Cedora. Steven Bundy married Susannah Hewitt, daughter of Ebenezer Hewitt of Penfield. They took up residence on the improvements vacated by Jacob Burns on the old Conway place, as Burns moved to the Alspaugh place. Steven and Susannah had 4 children: Jefferson, Solomon, Atwood and Charles. It was said Jefferson would go barefoot to school all through the winter snows. Solomon died as a young man, but the rest grew up and raised families. About 1850, Steven Bundy left his residence, an moved to Penfield. Joseph Bundy married Mary Ann Hewitt, also a daughter of Ebenezer Hewitt. They settle on the now Clarence Spicher settlement. They took up permanent residence at the Merritt Bundy place. Joseph Bundy was one of the few Bundys to remain in Sabula. Most of the Sabula Bundys are descended from Joseph and Mary, and this is a brief outline of their family: (Joseph Bundy had 12 children and 122 grandchildren) James Bundy married Margaret Smith Thomas Bundy married Jane Gardner Anthony Bundy married Rebecca Smith Absolam Bundy married Altera Beer Alexander Bundy married Eileen Beer Renaldo Bundy married Ida Hoyt John Bundy married Maggie Shannon Isaac Bundy married Mamie Reinard Erwin Bundy married James Duttry Agusta Bundy married John Collins Philena Bundy married Henry Clinton The 2nd family was John I. Bundy, Jr. and his wife, Hulda Bowen, and they settled on the current Frank Sherwood place. Their children were John, William, Susannah, Judson, and Angeline. The 3rd family was Jacob Burns, whose mother was said to an Indian princess of the Mohawk tribe, was married to Betsy Bundy. They settled the old Conway place which now (at the time of the book) is Jake Fossler's. Their children were: Elijah, Ellis, Jacob, Jr., Mary and Elizabeth. The 4th family was Philena Bundy, married to William Morgan. William Morgan's health was failing, so he was appointed school master of Hickory Kingdom; however, most of his students had more education than him. The children's names are unknown. The 5th family was Sally Ann Bundy, married to Thomas Bliss, and they settled at the head of Bliss Run on what was later part of the old Conway place. Names of children are unknown. The 6th family was Asa Place and his wife, Nancy Dutcher, and they settled on the Sam Spicher property. Their children were: Sally, Hannah, Betty, Jacob, Charles, Levi, and James. The 7th family was Zacheous Heath, and his wife's name is unknown, but their children were: Alf, Lionel, David, Joseph, Sarah Ann, and Mary. The Morningside and Hickory Kingdom settlements were not communities. The Bundys returned to the Kersey area from whence they had come, and the Shaffers neighboured towards Luthersburg. I hope all this info is important for someone. As I said, I do not have the name of the book handy. Ta Ta for now, Sharon in Canada

The name of the book is called "The Hills of Home" by Jennie Smith Dixon, and is a wonderful resource for those who have families in the Boone Mountain, Sabula area of Clearfield and Elk Co., PA. Anyone requiring info on Hewitt, Hoyt, Bundy, Burns, Gelnett, etc. can contact me off the list. Sharon, I just sent you an e-mail. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sharon Dani and JP" <amuckdjp@sympatico.ca> To: <PAELK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 8:06 PM Subject: [PAELK] Bundy, Shaffer, Bird, Beer, Bowen, Burns, Hewitt, Kersey and others > Dear Elk County searchers: > Interesting info on Bundys, from a book my cousin sent me pages of. But guess what...I don't know the name of the book, or the author!!! I will ask her when she returns home from a trip she is on. > It has to do with BOONE's MOUNTAIN, SABULA and the area. Here is some of the info: > The earliest evidence of white men in the area were ax- blaze marks found on hemlock trees on Mountain Run, believed to have been made by Jesuit priests from Canada, and discovered by Lucien Bird, after 1729. > Sabula Wilderness was settled by a group of Moravian missionaries led by David Weisberger in 1765. In 1811, William Kersey cleared an old Indian Trail, and made "corduroy" roads, and when he completed it, a settlement quickly followed. > It was called Kersey. Travelers used the cabin Kersey built as an over night resting place. It was built in a place today called "Burnt Cabin" on Burnt Cabin Creek. > One of the most famous old hunters of the area was called Bill Long. He was one of eight sons of Louis Long of Brookville, all of them hunters. Bill shot his first deer when he was 10 years old. As a young boy, he traveled with Cornplanter Indian hunting parties . He roamed all over northwestern PA, but his favourite ground was up Sandy Valley, over the Divide, down Bennetts Branch and out onto the Clearfield mountains. Bill Long was known to many people in the area, and there is an old hunting story famous to the people in the Sabula area, about Bill Long and a panther. > The Shaffers settled at the settlement of Morningside. > George Shaffer lived in the area, and died about 1817, and was the first person buried in Morningside Cemetery. > Mike Shaffer settled at the crossing and there was a Fred Shaffer and Aunt Katie, who used to have a two room log cabin, and everyone passing through the area made it their stopping place. > The next settlement in the area was Hickory Kingdom. In 1818 several families left the Mohawk Valley in New York State, and migrated to a place called Centreville, near the little town of Kersey. After living there for several years, they heard of a place further down the Kersey Trail, where land on the mountain was plentiful and cheap. In 1830 seven of the families left Centerville, and moved deeper in the Wilderness to form a settlement called Hickory Kingdom, the Hickory part in honour of Andrew Jackson, and Kingdom, because an old woman apparently ruled it as if it were her Kingdom. It was also sometimes referred to as "Boones Mountain Settlement", and the "Bundy Settlement"., as five of the seven families were Bundys or married to a Bundy. > Although they all arrived at the same time the list will begin with John I. Bundy, as he was the father of all the other Bundys. > John I. Bundy, Sr. and his wife, Philena Atwood, settled where a William Tinker lived at the time the book was published. They had three unmarried sons still living at home: Steven, Joseph and Freeman. One son - Alexander Bundy, remained in Kersey. > The three bachelor sons of John, Sr. married. Freeman Bundy married Annie Reliance Bliss of Penfield. They settled on the Warry Shoemaker place, and died there. Their 5 children were: James, Harriet, Rowena, Aldora, and Cedora. > Steven Bundy married Susannah Hewitt, daughter of Ebenezer Hewitt of Penfield. They took up residence on the improvements vacated by Jacob Burns on the old Conway place, as Burns moved to the Alspaugh place. Steven and Susannah had 4 children: > Jefferson, Solomon, Atwood and Charles. It was said Jefferson would go barefoot to school all through the winter snows. Solomon died as a young man, but the rest grew up and raised families. About 1850, Steven Bundy left his residence, an moved to Penfield. > Joseph Bundy married Mary Ann Hewitt, also a daughter of Ebenezer Hewitt. They settle on the now Clarence Spicher settlement. They took up permanent residence at the Merritt Bundy place. Joseph Bundy was one of the few Bundys to remain in Sabula. Most of the Sabula Bundys are descended from Joseph and Mary, and this is a brief outline of their family: (Joseph Bundy had 12 children and 122 grandchildren) > James Bundy married Margaret Smith > Thomas Bundy married Jane Gardner > Anthony Bundy married Rebecca Smith > Absolam Bundy married Altera Beer > Alexander Bundy married Eileen Beer > Renaldo Bundy married Ida Hoyt > John Bundy married Maggie Shannon > Isaac Bundy married Mamie Reinard > Erwin Bundy married James Duttry > Agusta Bundy married John Collins > Philena Bundy married Henry Clinton > The 2nd family was John I. Bundy, Jr. and his wife, Hulda Bowen, and they settled on the current Frank Sherwood place. Their children were John, William, Susannah, Judson, and Angeline. > The 3rd family was Jacob Burns, whose mother was said to an Indian princess of the Mohawk tribe, was married to Betsy Bundy. They settled the old Conway place which now (at the time of the book) is Jake Fossler's. Their children were: Elijah, Ellis, Jacob, Jr., Mary and Elizabeth. > The 4th family was Philena Bundy, married to William Morgan. William Morgan's health was failing, so he was appointed school master of Hickory Kingdom; however, most of his students had more education than him. The children's names are unknown. > The 5th family was Sally Ann Bundy, married to Thomas Bliss, and they settled at the head of Bliss Run on what was later part of the old Conway place. Names of children are unknown. > The 6th family was Asa Place and his wife, Nancy Dutcher, and they settled on the Sam Spicher property. Their children were: Sally, Hannah, Betty, Jacob, Charles, Levi, and James. > The 7th family was Zacheous Heath, and his wife's name is unknown, but their children were: Alf, Lionel, David, Joseph, Sarah Ann, and Mary. > The Morningside and Hickory Kingdom settlements were not communities. The Bundys returned to the Kersey area from whence they had come, and the Shaffers neighboured towards Luthersburg. > I hope all this info is important for someone. As I said, I do not have the name of the book handy. > Ta Ta for now, > Sharon in Canada > > > ==== PAELK Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from the Elk Co., PA mailing list, send an e-mail to paelk-l-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" in the body of the e-mail. (minus the quotation marks!) > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com >