Message 1 of Digest, Vol 6, Issue 174, mentions COL Richard Sparks. Richard Sparks and William Faulkner were commissioned as captains in spring of 1792 to command companies of riflemen in newly created Legion, led by Anthony Wayne. The Pennsylvania Herald & York General Advertiser reported on 21 March 1792 that President had appointed "the following gentlemen, officers of the 12 companies of Rifle-Men to be raised ... for more effectual defence of the frontiers: Captains -- Edward Butler of Allegheny; John Guthrie of Westmoreland; Richard Sparks of Allegheny, William Faulkner of Washington, Uriah Springer of Fayette, John Cook of Northumberland...." A War Department letter, 15 June 1792, noted that "Captains Faulkner, Sparks, & Butler companies are to be armed, accoutered & clothed from Pittsburgh." Any relatives of Sparks out there who might have old notes that mention his relationship with Faulkner in Legion 1792-1794? -----Original Message----- From: pawashin-request <pawashin-request@rootsweb.com> To: pawashin <pawashin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wed, Jul 27, 2011 11:42 pm Subject: PAWASHIN Digest, Vol 6, Issue 174 If you are having problems reading the digests please UNSUBSCRIBE then SUBSCRIBE again so you will receive digests in plain text format. Additional list information is on http://www.chartiers.com/pages-new/pawashin.html Today's Topics: 1. Pollock, Wall .... (Cyclex) 2. Quinby Family & Associations (Cyclex) 3. Rev. John Kerr (Cyclex) 4. The Church on the Hill, many names (Cyclex) 5. The Reporter - July 6, 1812 - Estep, Sanders, Sample, Reed, Patterson, Bowland, Quincy (Cyclex) 6. The Reporter - July 13, 1812 - 4th of July celebrations, Hatman, Smith, Beaty, Wylie, Marsh (Cyclex) 7. The Reporter - July 20, 1812 - Baird, Wilson, Burgess, Burk, Blair, Finley, Houlsworth, Nangle, DeGarmo, McKee, Charliton, Patterson (Cyclex) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 08:36:03 -0400 From: "Cyclex" <cyclex@verizon.net> Subject: [PAWASHIN] Pollock, Wall .... To: "Washington-Co-PA-Webmaster Webmaster" <washington.co.pa.webmaster@gmail.com> Cc: pawashin@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9E9C8C58EEFB411AB40D9561F6B62D3D@DinningRoom> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" http://books.google.com/books?id=bZl4AAAAMAAJ&q=baidland#v=snippet&q=mcgrew&f=false pg. 290 Samuel Pollock Dead Samuel Pollick, of Pollock's hill, an old resident of Union township, d. Tuesday, July 18th, 1893, of heart failure, at 77. Interment at Mingo. J. Sutton Wall Mr. Wall's ancestry dates from an early period in the history of America; he being a lineal descendant of Walter Wall, who emigrated from England to St. Christopher's Island (one of the British West Indies) in 1635. (Vide N. E. Geneological and Antiquarian Register for 1860, p. 355). From thence he removed to Gravesend, LI, in 1640; and subsequently became an influential member of the so called English Colony, which the celebrated Lady Moody and her followers joined at that place in 1643. She having left Salem, Massachusetts, to escape the religious persecutions of the rulers at that place. Walter Wall owned considerable quantities of land in and about Gravesend, (Vide Thompson's History of LI, Vol. II, p. 177 &c.) but owing to the unsettled condition of governmental affairs in that region, he, together with a number of intimate friends and their families, removed to E. Jersey (now NJ) in 1657, where they purchased lands from the Indians, and made a more permanent settle! ment. He purchased a large tract of land in the neighborhood of Middletown, where he resided during the remaining portion of his life. This is where his grandson, General Garret D. Wall, was born, who subsequently took a prominent part in the public affairs of NJ, and was one of its representatives in the US Senate for a number of years. (Vide Whitehead's History of Eminent Jerseymen.) The family remained together in this region during the succeeding hundred years, and mainly throughout the Colonial troubles that led to, and included the separation from the mother country. The Wall family were zealous supporters of the Revolutionary cause, giving their services and lives freely in the behalf of the new country, as many of them more recently have done. James Wall (great grandfather of the subject of this sketch), together with his brother Walter, in 1766, emigrated from "Jersey" to the "Forks of Yough", as they then called it, afterwards known as the "Jersey Settlement", now comprised within the portion of the Co. of Allegheny lying between the Youghiogheny and Monongahela rivers, in PA, where they settled and subsequently purchased large tracts of land from the state. James Wall took a leading part in the public affairs of the new settlement during his life. (Vide, Crumrine's History of Washington Co. and other local histories of the region). Garrett Wall (son of James and grandfather of J. Sutton Wall) m. a daughter of Col. Richard Sparks, of the US Army. He served in the War of 1812, 13, as quartermaster of Col. Ferree's reg. of volunteer infantry in the campaign of the NW, under Gen. William Henry Harrison. Col. Richard Sparks served as Capt. in Clark's battalion under Maj. Gen. St. Clair, in 1791, and in 1792 was appointed Capt. 3rd US Infantry, and subsequently promoted to Col. of the 2nd US infantry. He was also engaged in the campaign of the NW under Gen. Harrison, and remained in the Army until the time of his death in 1815 (see Records of War Department), at Port Gibson, Mississippi. Col. Richard Sparks had 5 children, all daughters, viz: Mary, m. to Garret Wall; Catherine, m. to Richard McClure, of Clermont Co., OH; Charity, m. to John Cooper, he d. and she afterward m. John Shouse; Elizabeth, m. to ___ Braezeale; and Elenor, who m. John Printy, of Clermont, OH. Capt. Brisben Wall, late deceased, (son of Garret and father of J. Sutton Wall) a civil engineer by profession, and widely known for his ability in that profession throughout SW PA, entered the Union service, in the war of the late Rebellion, as 1st Lt. in Co. D, 79th Reg. P. V., Sep. 21, 1861, and served under Gen. James S. Negley, in the Army of TN, until disabled for further duty during the following year. Maj. William Wall, (brother of Capt. Brisben Wall) graduated from the US Military Academy in 1832, commissioned 2nd Lt. 3rd US Artillery, and subsequently Capt. and Assistant Quartermaster. He served in the campaign against the Seminole Indians in FL, and continued in the Army until the time of his death at Pueblo, Aug. 13, 1847, while engaged in the war with Mexico. J. Sutton Wall (son of Capt. Brisben Wall) was b. Mar. 21, 1849, at the old "homestead", in the "Jersey Settlement". He received early training in mathematics and the natural sciences under the tutelage of his father, and in public and private schools of that region. His rapid progress in these studies enabled him to commence the practice of civil engineering at the early age of 18, and he has continued in the active practice of the various branches of that profession to the present time. He was elected city engineer of Monongahela City in 1871, and held that office almost continously from that time to June, 1887, when he resigned to accept the office of chief draftsman in the Department of Internal Affairs of PA, under the administration of Col. Thomas J. Steward, which he still retains. He served as a mining engineer on the board of examiners for the bituminous coal regions of PA, under the administrations of Governors Hartranft and Hoyt, from 1877 to 1885, and was reappointed to the same office by Gov. Beaver. He was appointed in 1881 to make a special survey and report on the coal mines and mining operations of the Monongahela Valley and the Pittsburgh coal regions, under the auspices of the 2nd Geological Survey of PA; which work has been published as Vol. K 4, of the reports of that survey. He has been engaged on numerous other public and private surveys where considerable professional skill and knowledge were essential to a proper execution of the work. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:05:51 -0400 From: "Cyclex" <cyclex@verizon.net> Subject: [PAWASHIN] Quinby Family & Associations To: "Washington-Co-PA-Webmaster Webmaster" <washington.co.pa.webmaster@gmail.com> Cc: pawashin@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <D01D801E3A8B4AE6AF4CD2AFA48EDA73@DinningRoom> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" 100 Years Mrs. Nancy Quinby Larwill celebrated her 100th birthday at her home in Wooster, OH, May 9th, 1893. She was b. in Fallowfield township, or what may now be Carroll, Washington Co., PA, 3 miles from Parkison's Ferry, which she tells me is as familiar to her as Wooster. Her father, Ephraim Quinby, JR., m. Miss Ammie Blackamore, in Brownsville, PA, and 3 children were born when he founded the colony in Warren, OH. Their names were Nancy, Samuel, and William. The latter has often been heard to say that his mother rode on horseback behind him when he came to OH. As he was a babe 6 months old, it is altogether probably he was right. Samuel and William are deceased, as are Elizabeth Heaton, Arabrilla Potter, Mary Girling Spelman, Charles, James and Ephraim III. Warren and George Quinby live at Wooster - Warren at the age of 85 and George at 78. The family are and ever have been singularly and happily united, and maintain the fondest affection for each other. Ephraim Quinby's! father, Ephraim, never emigrated. Ephraim, JR, came west with his uncle, Joseph Hall, and family while a lad. His brother, Samuel Quinby, lived at the Horse Shoe Bend, on the farm now owned by James Sampson, and did not leave Washington Co. until some years after Ephraim, JR, formed his settlement of 20 families at Warren, OH, in 1799, nearly all former residents of Washington Co., PA. Joseph H. Larwill, a surveyor, was employed by Col. Beaver to draught plans and survey his lands. Beaver was the starting point of emigration either by land or water. My father remembers no sugar, tea, coffee or calico could be had on the western reserve nearer than Beaver, and the produce was there exchanged for these then, as now, necessaries of life. May 22, 1817, Joseph H. Larwill and Nancy Quinby m. at her father's, in Warren, by Rev. Adamson Bentley. The home overlooks the town, on the banks of Mahonong river, and is known as Quinby Hill - a beautiful place - now occupied by George B. Quinby, grandson of Ephraim, JR. The wedding party went to Wooster on horseback, and on July 4, 1817, Mrs. Larwill cooked her first dinner in a house which stood where now stands the Frick Memorial Block. Early in life Mrs. Larwill united with the Baptist church of Warren, and has been a member of the Bethany Baptist Congregation of Wooster since it was organized, and the Quinby family in Warren has always been among the staunch supporters of the Baptist faith. Samuel Quinby, Sarah Quinby Reeves, and Mr. and Mrs. James Campbell, were the only remaining members to charter a new church when Adamson Bentley and his whole church membership were converted to Disciple belief by the eloquent evangelistic sermons of Alexander Campbell, in 1832. It was then the Quinby element held to the Baptist faith, and began anew to build the present outlook for Baptists in Warren. Descended from Quaker stock, born and reared on the neutral grounds of the revolutionary days, faith in God, and great goodness of heart, had secured to them the confidence and love of their fellow men. Joseph H. Larwill honored his employer, Mr. Beaver, by naming the streets in Wooster, Beaver, Henry for the son, Martilla for the daughter, and Larwill street for his own family, where he resided the greater part of his life, dying Nov. 20, 1867. No children blessed the union, but nieces and nephews call them blessed. One, Mrs. Nannie Laubach, of Pittsburgh, was presented by her centenarian aunt with the gold watch and chain she had carried, which had been purchased for her by Mr. Larwill in Philadelphia, in 1857. A hundred rosebuds arranged in an immense bowl, from her two brothers and the nieces and nephews, a hundred navel oranges, from a niece, Mrs. Estep, of San Francisco; a book entitled "100 Birthdays" from nieces in Washington, DC, and many evidences of love and affection were noticed. The room, which is in her own home, and where she has lived since her husband's death, to be near her brothers, was most handsomely decorated with flowers in profusion from loving friends. On waking in the morning she remarked, "If Mr. Larwill were living, we'd have a feast today"; and though Mr. Larwill will looked down from his portrait, draped in flowers and ever greens, there was a feast of reason and a flow of soul, for she was able to receive over a hundred friends, who each said a few congratulory sentences, to all of whom she replied fittingly and presented them with a card on which were printed these lines, arranged and suggested by a deceased but loving niece, Lizzie Quinby Stiles: A hundred years, a hundred years, To walk the grand old earth, And see a nation rise and grow To greatness from its birth. A hundred years, a hundred years, To drink the air and light; But happy when the shadows fall To bid the world "good-night". A hundred years of tranquil life, And nearer God each day; The years, like roses, when they die, In fragrance pass away. That any one could enjoy life at 100 years is evidence of care for youth and latter-day attendance most complete. Mrs. Kate Potter Petit, a niece, has guarded her the past 7 years from every possible care, and Frederika Link has performed for 38 years a loving service in the Larwill household. Mrs. Larwill cannot be said to suffer from the weight of years. Her hearing has been defective, but time has not dimmed her sight or repressed fro her the voice of friends. She sits up all day and observes everything about her, and in the funeral of her life-long friend, Rev. Dr. David Kammerer, which took place the same day, was heard to express sorrow and sympathy. She made inquiry for absent friends and sent messages of love to those who feared to weary her by coming. En route I made the acquaintance of Mrs. Parkison, of Beaver Falls, who informed me her husband is a descendant of Joseph Parkison, and on telling Mrs. Larwill of the incident, she replied: "I was 7 years old wh! en my father moved to Warren; I rode on horseback, and had often in his company been to Parkison's Ferry, where Mr. Parkison had his 3 mills, and was entertained by Mrs. Parkison while the grist was being ground." She particularly remembers the flowers and fruit, and was impressed that the surroundings were superior. Ephraim and Samuel Quinby were the only sons of Ephraim Quinby, SR., and Elizabeth Hall Halliday, who emigrated to Washington Co. and are the progenitors of the name in this vicinity, excepting William H. Quinby, of Cleveland, who is descended from Moses Quinby, a brother of Ephraim, SR., and William E. Quinby, president of the Detroit Free Press Co., of Detroit, whose father emigrated to that city from Brewer, ME, in 1845, and can in all probablility trace his lineage to previous Huguenot emigration. In connection with this sketch it is of interest to note that Mrs. Teresa Quinby Carver, of Sharon, PA, is a daughter of Samuel Quinby, and for a number of years made her home with her aunt, Mrs. Larwill, in Wooster. Her father, Samuel Quinby, was a soldier in the revolutionary war and was honored by military obsequies Sep. 10, 1840. She is one of the exceptional daughters of the revolution, in that she is entitled to a pension, among but few others left in the Union, and en! joys length of days in the home of her youth amid pleasant associations. E. R. Beebe. ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 09:34:59 -0400 From: "Cyclex" <cyclex@verizon.net> Subject: [PAWASHIN] Rev. John Kerr To: "Washington-Co-PA-Webmaster Webmaster" <washington.co.pa.webmaster@gmail.com> Cc: pawashin@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <98B354F8809F47C9835A698CBA9FAC00@DinningRoom> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" The old and new Monongahela, 1893, Pittsburgh, By John Stogdell Van Voorhis pg. 66 Rev. John Kerr (Written for the Republican by request.) Althought not unexpected, our citizens were startled at the announcement on Monday of the death on Sabbath morn, Mar. 20, 1892, of Rev. John Kerr, which occurred at his home in Parnassus, Westmoreland Co., PA. He was the oldest minister, as to ordination, in the Allegheny Presbytery. Rev. John Kerr was the son of James Kerr, who came from Northhampton Co. to Washington Co. in 1800. He was m. to Hannah Mason in 1803. The deceased was their fifth child, and was b. in Florence, Washington Co, PA, December 25, 1813. He commenced his classical studies in the fall of 1828, in the private school of Thomas Levingston, near Florence, PA. He was a student in the Cross Creek Academy for 3 sessions; he entered Washington College in the autumn of 1830, in the Freshman Class; graduated in 1834, and immediately entered the W. Theological Seminary During the next winter he took charge of the New London Academy in Chester Co., PA. Mr. Kerr also assisted during the winter of 1837-8 in the Florence Academy. In Oct., 1838, he was licensed to preach by the Presbytery of Washington at its meeting in Cross Creek. During the winter after he was licensed he supplied various vacant churches, especially the Mill Creek Church, where he was urged to accept a call which he de! clined, preferring to take charge of the Kittanning Academy, preaching in the meantime at Manor, Crooked Creek and Apollo. Calls was presented at the fall meeting of Presbytery from that field and Monongahela City. The latter call he accepted, and was ordained and installed pastor of this church by the Presbytery of OH, Apr. 22, 1840. He labored in the Monongahela City church from the 4th Church of Pittsburgh. He declined especially on account of the strong and untied remonstrance against his removal to any other field of labor. In 1862 he resigned his pastorate. During his labors in this church the membership increased from 90 to 205. His next field was as stated supply, and paster-elect for 3 years, of the church of Raccoon. He declined this call in order to engage in city mission work under the care of the Pittsburgh Presbytery, in which he continued until Dec. 14, 1869. Jan. 17, 1872, he was installed pastor of the Valley Church, Allegheny, from which charge he was released in July, 1874, and removed to his late residence. In later years he supplied different churches up the Allegheny, and by his personal efforts several new church buildings were erected, the last one being at Natrona, where, said he, "I expect to finish my mission and ministerial work on earth." He was m. in Apr. 1840, to Miss Anne B. Campbell, daughter of Rev. Allen D. Campbell. The deceased was the father of 6 children: B.B. Kerr, Allen C. Kerr, and J. M. Kerr, all in business in Pittsburgh. Thomas Kerr is an attorney in NY; John Kerr is a minister in Joliet, IL; his daughter Ella m. Rev. J. E. Wright, of Germantown, PA, and his daughter Euphemia is deceased. She was the wife of Dr. C. B. King, a native of this city. We can hardly realize that the friend and preacher of our youth has passed away - he whom everybody loved. During his pastorate in this city, he was held in high esteem by old and young. He was not only valued as a minister but equally so as a citizen and Christian gentleman. His heart and feelings were warm, and his disposition so mild and pliable that none feared to approach him. Settling in this city amidst the exciting times of 1840, he never failed to do well his work as a minister of the gospel, so as to hold together in unity his coworkers and church membership. He had around him as advisors such men as elders Gordon, McGrew, Martin, Van Voorhis, Fulton, Wilson, Kiddoo and Power. They, too, have all passed away excepting Power, and are today enjoying together the glories of the immortal state. He not only identified himself with the interests of the church, but incorporated himself and his interests into everything that tended to advance the good of his adopted! city and neighborhood. The twelve members of his graduating class are deceased, we think, excepting Rev. Hamilton, the Indian missionary. Among the class was such names as Prof. Murry, Dr. W. L. Lafferty, E. S. Graham and Robert Woods. The wife of the deceased survives him. The remains were interred in the Allegheny cemetery. Blessed be the memory of such a man. For much of this sketch we are indebted to the College Annual and to a personal interview with the deceased not many years ago. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 10:40:59 -0400 From: "Cyclex" <cyclex@verizon.net> Subject: [PAWASHIN] The Church on the Hill, many names To: "Washington-Co-PA-Webmaster Webmaster" <washington.co.pa.webmaster@gmail.com> Cc: pawashin@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <D1CC6D5904454927892246CBBEAE832C@DinningRoom> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" The old and new Monongahela, 1893, Pittsburgh, By John Stogdell Van pg. 69 to 74 The Church on the Hill At 11:00 AM, Sabbath day, over 60 years ago, let us enter the old brick Presbyterian Church on the hill, standing in about the centre of the graveyard lot, and take in the surroundings. The edifice was nearly square; the carpenter work was done by Benjamin Ferguson, and the interior was finished with pine, unpainted; the inside was divided by aisles, one running up and down the river from door to door and one leading from the door, fronting the river, back to the pulpit; on the right and left in going in from the inner door the seats were at right angles until reaching the main aisle running from the doors, where the seats were at angles to this aisle. The pews, as they are now called, had doors on the end next to the aisle; the owner of, at least one, kept his pew locked, and on one occasion, having forgotten his key, had, to his own discomfiture, jump into his seat. The pulpit was high toward the ceiling, and a stairway on each side leading to the interior, where a smoo! thly planed pine boat-seat furnished accommodations to the preacher or preachers; cushioned chairs and sofas were unknown quanitities. The acoustic facilities of an audience room were then believed to be in the height of the pulpit or platform, having no ideas of the angles of incidence and reflection. In front of the pulpit was located the clark's desk. Benjamin Furguson was "clark" for a long time. At the proper time he would rise up, place his elbow on the front of the desk, holding in his hand Watt's hymn book, line out the hymn and start the singing in which all joined in spirit if not with understanding, believing singing to be an essential part of worship. Mr. Ferguson removed west before the old church disappeared, leaving behind a name cherished by all who knew him. In a seat on the right and in front of the pulpit was Aaron Kerr and his family. The old gentleman, leaning on his ivory-headed cane, occupied the outer end of the pew, so as to give his stiff limb more comfort by extending it into the aisle. His family consisted of his wife and several sons and daughters. He was for years a member of the legislature from Washington Co. During his legislative career he acquired something of a reputation in a little speech in which he declared boldly that "a man should not be disfranchised because he had a black streak down his back". This expression at that time was condemned, but its outcropping has been the adoption of universal suffrage, without respect to race or color. He was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1838, and was highly esteemed. He was installed as an elder in this church Feb. 12, 1836, when James Gordon and Isaac Van Voorhis were ordained and installed. Many years ago he removed to Cross Creek, where he d. June 1, 1866. His oldest daughter, Susan, was first m. to Dr. Todd, of W. Newton, PA, and her last husband was Jesse Applegate, of Allegheny Co. She d. in Claysville, PA, Feb. 23, 1884. His daughter Phoebe m. James G. Hair, who d. at Claysville, PA, Aug. 10, 1885. She still lives. Amanda m. a Rev. Reed, who d. many years ago, leaving a daughter Lizzie, who m. John McCullough, who was a son of Hon. James McCullough, of Canonsburg, PA. Amanda m. Mr. Hanna her 2nd husband. They are both dead. Aaron H. Kerr, son of A. Kerr, studied Latin and Greek with Prof. J. D. Mason in this old church, and subsequently with Prof. J. P. Thompson, in the old carriage factory, in an upstairs room. Among the students in this academy were Rev. John McFarland, who d. years ago in Greenfield, Dade Co. MO; Abram Underwood, lately deceased; Dr. A. J. Davis, of East End, Pittsburgh; Francis Gardner, of Forward township, Allegheny Co.; Dr. J. H. Storer, of Treadelphia, WV; Dr. J. H. Manown, of Kingwood WV; Dr. J. S. Van Voorhis, of Bellevernon, Fayette Co.; J. S. Morrison, now deceased, a distinguished member of the Pittsburgh bar; Dr. James C. Fleming, of Franklin, OH; Robert Officer, of Baltimore, and S. B. Bently, of Monongahela City. A. H. Kerr graduated in old Jefferson College, in the class of 1843, and also was a graduate of the W. Theological Seminary, d. Feb. 27, 1890, in Minnesota. He was a distinguished educator, and minister of St. Peter's, Minnesota. Hampton was another ! son of Aaron Kerr. He was long a successful merchant of Cross Creek, Washington Co, and d. a few years since in that place. Joseph was another son of Aaron Kerr. He d. Apr. 11, 1891, at Chicago, IL. Isaac Van Voorhis and John Hair, with their families, occupied the back seat to the left of the pulpit. Of these we will have more to say in another part of this work. Just in front of their seat the venerable form of Grand-daddy McCain, with his family, could be seen. The family have all passed to the better land. Margaret m. James Hull, who lived for many years in the old log house which stood near the present dwelling of Wm. Booth, on Taylor's Run, in Carroll. For a few years prior to his death, which took place in 1848, he lived on the farm recently owned by his son Abram in Fallowfield, now in possession of one of the Shannon boys. Hugh McCain was a blacksmith, had his shop, in 1834, on 2nd street, above the People's Bank; but, in after years, had it in Catzburg, where he died many years since. Henry McCain was a stiller by trade, and as such worked many winter seasons for the late Isaac Van Voorhis in the old log still house that stood on the present farm of Joh! n Van Voorhis, in Carroll. The later history of the old Horseshoe Bottom Congregation and the early history of the Williamsport Meeting House congregation, were so intimately interwoven that their interests were for a time identical. This was especially true in a financial way. William Irwin, of Parkison's Ferry, took an important part, with Michael Power and Samuel Moody, in managing the money matters. Among the archives of that old church is the following subscription paper. Some of the names are written in the subscriber's own writing and others not: Nov. 28, 1805 James Prine - $2.50 Robert Williams - 2.50 Daniel Vorehas - 3.00 Henry Blythe - 1.50 Moses Carr - 2.00 William Witherow - 2.00 William Fenton - 2.17 Jacob Crabs - 2.00 Subscribed Dec. 19, 1806 James Hair - $3.00 William Prian - 1.00 John Foraker - 1.00 Then is added below a subscription in pounds, shillings and pence: Henry Shepler - 17s. 6d. James McKnight - 7s. 6d. Hannah Power - 18s. 9 d. John Power - 18s. 9d. Jen McCutcheon - 7s. 6d. On the back of this paper is written, in Dr. Ralston's own writing, the following: "Apr. 5, 1806. Received from Samuel Moody 7 pound, one shilling and 10 pence one half penny in stipends for the year 1805." Elder James Hair had, during the summer of 1806, removed from Berkeley Co. VA, and among his first duties was to subscribe to the support of the gospel and deposit the certificate of himself and wife from the church of Middletown, under the signature of Father Joseph Glass, pastor. From this period to 1811, we have no record of either the spiritual or financial conditon of the congregation, only that in some way, or by some means, the place of preaching was changed to Parkison's Ferry. In the old Horse Shoe Church there was no pew rent, but the subscriptions were called stipends and pronounced "stee-pins". Seats were free to all, but each family was naturally inclined to occupy the same seat, and hence gradually was originated the idea of families each renting by the year a seat called "pews" first in the old church on the hill, where the pew-rent system was adopted. As Esq. Hair was one of the giants in the Williamsport congregation, so Michael Power was the giant in the old Horse Shoe Church, where, during his life, he delighted to worship. He lived on the high hill above the residence of one of the Shannons, on a part of the farm now owned by the heirs of Moses Colvin, deceased. His barn standing on the highest part of the hill, shortly before his death, was burned with all its contents. On hearing of the fire, Dr. Ralston remarked to a friend that "the individual who fired that sainted man's barn would die on the gallows." Subsequent events in th! e eyes of the neighborhood verified the prediction. His remains, togehter with a countless host of other earlier settlers, lie in the graveyard adjoining the old church. Wm. Irwin, although living in Parkison's Ferry, took an active part in the old Horse Shoe congregation, and was permitted to see the church on the hill grow in number and spiritual strength, and for years in it he occupied a pew. He built and resided for some years in the brick house now occupied as a boarding house by Mrs. Kerr on Main street in Monongahela City. This house was built on Lot. No. 1 in the original plan of the town, and it was the first brick house in the town. In what year it was built we cannot say, but we think in 1802. William Witherow was a cooper by trade and followed his occupation in a shop not far from the present residence of his grandson, John Witherow, in Fallowfield. Whiskey barrels, churns, buckets, tubs, wash tubs and phlakestands for still houses were the kind of vessels generally made. Flour and apple barrels were in little demand. We have as early as Sep. 17, 1814, a record that shows he was a cooper, in our possession, being an old account book. He was the father of Samuel, David, Benjamin and James. Samuel was the father of John Witherow, the well known blacksmith on the Brownsville road. He was a blacksmith, as well as his son John, who still holds the old shop and is one of the substantial fixtures in Fallowfield. Henry Shepler was another old Horseshoe subscriber. He lived and died on the farm now owned by Wm. Rogers on Maple Creek. His wife was the daughter of the older Samuel Frye. Shepler, with his brother in law, Samuel Frye, owned the old mill on Maple, Creek, where now stands the mill of Henry Cooper. Shepler had two sons. Bowman, celebrated for his love of mischief, moved west long ago, where he died. Peter lived on the farm now owned by the heirs of Wm. Swab, on Maple Creek. He removed west about 1860, and has been dead many years. ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:41:00 -0400 From: "Cyclex" <cyclex@verizon.net> Subject: [PAWASHIN] The Reporter - July 6, 1812 - Estep, Sanders, Sample, Reed, Patterson, Bowland, Quincy To: <pawashin@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <89B36F19ED404915AC2509B52F11B90C@DinningRoom> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gAJFiZdMcUIC&dat=18120706&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Washington City - Report from Senate and House of Reps, pg. 1 - 2 Pg. 2 - 4th of July, Toasts, Volunteers, etc. pg. 3 Assassination of British Prime Minister MARRIED - Sunday eve the 28th ult. in Westmoreland Co., by the Rev. James Estep, Mr. Geo. C. Sanders, of Fayette, to Miss Violet Sample of the former co. DIED on the eve of the 24th ult. in the boro of Wash. PA, Mrs. Maryann Reed, late consort of Mr. ___ Reed, of W. Middletown. $5 reward strayed from pasture of Thom. Patterson, etc. black horse, boro of Wash., etc. July 6, 1812 List of Letters - Wash. PA, June 30, 1812, Canonsburg, July 1, 1812. Strayed or stolen grey/white horse, out of pasture of Robert Bowland, living in Burgetstown, etc. July 6th, 1812 2 dollars reward strayed from Dan. Quincy, living on waters of Mingo Crk., Nottingham twp., etc. J. 6th, 1812 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:50:14 -0400 From: "Cyclex" <cyclex@verizon.net> Subject: [PAWASHIN] The Reporter - July 13, 1812 - 4th of July celebrations, Hatman, Smith, Beaty, Wylie, Marsh To: <pawashin@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <D6D7550FB82647DEB091C00CCE101FC4@DinningRoom> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gAJFiZdMcUIC&dat=18120713&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Important foreign reports, pg. 1, 2 West Middletown - parade by military horse troop, pg. 2, Toasts, Burgetstown, 4th, Toasts, etc. pg. 3 naval info, printing press office smashed. Pittsburgh Candles 10 to lb. Libes Hatman, on corner of Chesnut and Main st., Wash. PA, etc. July 13, 1812 Notice re: estate of Robert Smith, late of Cross Creek twp., dec'd, required to meet at house of Thom. Beaty, in same twp., etc. Thom. Smith, Thom. Beaty, Adm'rs, July 13, 1812 Stray horse jumped out of pasture of P. N. Wylie, living on Chartiers Crk., 2 mi. from Wash., PA, on road leading to Georgetown etc. July 13, 1812 Stray horse broke into enclosure of James Marsh, living in Somerset twp., etc. July 13, 1812 ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:00:25 -0400 From: "Cyclex" <cyclex@verizon.net> Subject: [PAWASHIN] The Reporter - July 20, 1812 - Baird, Wilson, Burgess, Burk, Blair, Finley, Houlsworth, Nangle, DeGarmo, McKee, Charliton, Patterson To: <pawashin@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <F657AC24236E4FE09006773A1FA1F1A7@DinningRoom> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=gAJFiZdMcUIC&dat=18120720&printsec=frontpage&hl=en Oration, by Thos. Baird, Esq., pg. 1-2. pg. 2 - Treason, other public correspondence, over to pg. 3, French Decree, naval updates. MARRIED Sat. even, last, by Jn. Wilson, esq., Mr. John Burgess, of KY, to the amiable Miss Isabella Burk of this place. 3 dollars reward strayed from Alex. Blair, in Wash., etc., July 20, 1812 4 dollars reward jumped out of pasture of Wm. Finley, adjoining boro of Wash. , etc. July 20, 1812 Strays came to plantation of Sam. Houlsworth, Morgan twp, Green Co. etc. Jefferson, July 20 1812 Stray horse, from pasture of Andrew Nangle, one mi. from Burgetstown, etc., Jn. DeGarmo, July 20, 1812 10 dollars reward strayed from Jn. McKee, living at mouth of Chartiers Crk., 3 mi below Pittsburgh, etc. , July 20, 1812 NOTICE req. settlements of debt., Jn. M. Charilton, Wash., July 20, 1812 The Mill Right Business announcement about opening bus., Jn. Patterson, Strabane Twp., 1 1/2 mi. from Wash., July 20, 1812 ------------------------------ To contact the PAWASHIN list administrator, send an email to PAWASHIN-admin@rootsweb.com. 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