Warren County Tidbits

On this tidbit or Miscell page, you will find anything from Land Measurements to who brought the first Mockingbird to Warren, to who had dinner with the grandson of Chief Cornplanter, to the first commander of the The American Legion....If you have any info that you would like to add to this page. just email me

DID YOU KNOW?

THE FIRST COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION, POST 135 IN WARREN WAS:
CHARLES E. BORDWELL 9-24-1919-9-24-1920
WM TRIBBLA 1920-1921
JOHN L. PHILLIPS 1921-1922
KENNETH DAVIS 1922-1923
DON MCCOMAS 1923-1924
WALTER JOHNSON 1924-1925
HAROLD HUMPSON 1925-1926
WALTER GRETZLER 1926-1927

THE FIRST LIFE MEMBER:
FRANK SCALISE

THE FIRST WOMAN AUX. PRESIDENT:
MARGARET ENOS

Hills, Mountains, and Summits Extracted from the United States Geological Survey GNIS Database
Name	Elevation	Location
Warren Rocks	3000	Scandia
Coal Knob	2150	Cornplanter Bridge
Goose Heaven Hill	2042	Scandia
Gardners Rocks	2022	Scandia
Bull Hill	2000	Sheffield
Fox Hill	1985	Scandia
Cole Hill	1938	Scandia
Jackson Hill	1925	Spring Creek
Brooks Rocks	1910	Lottsville
Cole Hill	1910	Pittsfield
Baker Hill	1880	Columbus
Crippen Hill	1880	Youngsville
Bone Steel Hill	1876	Scandia
Stone Hill	1865	Clarendon
Yankee Bush Hill	1858	Russell
Thompson Hill	1852	Russell
Crippen Hill	1850	Youngsville
Skinner Hill	1845	Russell
Staton Hill	1845	Russell
Baker Rocks	1839	Pittsfield
Turner Hill	1830	Columbus
Swede Hill	1825	Russell
Dutch Hill	1818	Russell
York Mountain	1810	Youngsville
Brown Hill	1807	Sugar Grove
York Mountain	1793	Youngsville
Davy Hill	1780	Cobham
Humphrey Hill	1750	Columbus
Ingersol Hill	1750	Columbus
Jenkins Hill	1705	Russell
Carlson Hill	1641	Russell
Sturdevant Hill	1625	Russell
Babylon Hill	1560	Tidioute
Big Four Hill	875	Russell

ODD NAMES

 The origins are very interesting and some extremely difficult to discover. Some are still here today, others are not they are fading back into the past. Lets keep them alive.

Africa Hill, near garland-has one of the steepest roads in pa; it got its name however, from the wild jungle of woods that surrounds it.

Piccadilly Hill-south of corry-english name given by english settlers

Babylon Hill-near tidioute-a gift from ben hogan, a place of liquer and lurid Nights.

Old Settler-near russell-stands the largest pine tree in all this section of North america

Hearts Contents-so named for its beauty

Blue Eye-this came from an indian who settle in the region, he had one blue Eye.

Bloody Run-Sheffield-took this name from large kills of deer, which colored the waters and impressed the hunters.

Snubbers Glory-half way between Irvine and Tidioute-got its name from rafting, they would "snub it down gently" so not to break a cable.

New London-Grand Valley-once a thriving place-a hotel, stores

Bull Hill - Bull Hill in Wrightsville comes from the Bull family who lived there

There are others, that I am not sure where the name came from a word, a man, a family, an occupation, an indian, do you know???

Yankee bush, dew drop, bull hill, cole hill (1 in pittsfield and 1 in scandia) Emerson Hill, Campbell Hill, Economite Hill, Frog Hollow, Eisenbrowns Corner, Bimbers Corner, Rock City, Quaker Hill

The Russell Soundex

System is an algorithm (sp?) that assigns numerical values to certain sounds in a word, no matter what letter produces that sound. "Soundexing" a name results in a Soundex code consisting of a Letter and 3 numbers. This is the actual first letter of the last name followed by the first three "sound numbers" following that letter (i.e., R###). So Smyth and Smith, Muller and Miller, Collins and Cullens all come out with the same code. This is a useful system for indexing/arranging individual records since even two brothers might spell their name differently, or because the census taker spelled everything phonetically rather than asking for a correct spelling, etc.

 

Land Measurements:

1 pole or rod = 5 and a half yards;

640 acres = 1 square mile;

160 square rods = 1 acre

 

Land Grants. -At the close of the Revolutionary War a debt sprung upon the new government which was to be paid by the several States according to the population of each. Pennsylvania paid most of its share by the sale of public land belonging to the State. A company in Holland purchased land in Pennsylvania. Which became known as "The Holland Land Company.  It was bought for twelve and one-half cents an acre.

A FIRST

Warren Mail, June 29, 1849.  The first Mockingbird in Warren County, was brought in my J. W. Weaver................................................................

 

DID YOU KNOW:

That alot of WARREN COUNTY COUPLES, traveled to New York to get married, because you could not get married in PA on a Sunday.  and, The railroad service allowed for couples to go to New York in the morning, get married, and return, all in the same day.

 

A register of the old people who attended a dinner, together, with
I believe Chief Cornplanters grandson. ( I have lost the rest of the
article, but the important thing here is, the names, and dates
The first column Date of Birth, second column, Date came to Warren

Warren Centennial

A. Hertzel 1829 1833
Henry Knupp 1839 1839
T. S. Messner 1822 1844
H. M. Phillips 1824 1831
James Cook 1829 1832
Alex. Kitchen 1818 1838
A.T. Arnol 1830 1845
Christian Smith 1823 1829
J. P Lacy 1813 1829
I. H. Hiller 1817 1844
Mrs. A. Morck 1825 1851
Anna Sandstrom 1829 1868
Philip Bysecker 1826 1846
L.J Marsh 1838 1838
Mrs, L. J Marsh 1834 1834
P. J. Trushel 1830 1839
Philip Siechrist 1826 1833
I G. Lacy 1823 1836
Stephen Critchlow 1820 1844
M. W. Waters 1825 1826
F. S. Knoph 1839 1839
H. A. Putnam 1837 1837
Mrs. H. A. Putnam 1837 1837
Peter Smith 1826 1852
Mrs. Allen Smith 1832 1852
Wm H. Deming 1818 1839
Wm Zeigler 1816 1839
O. W. Randall 1828 1838
Chas. Dinsmoor 1834 1836
Nelson P. Coates 1839 1839
Michael Kelly 1822 1840
A. P. Lacy 1823 1832
Russell A. Phillips 1832 1832
Rufus P. King 1817 1817
Mrs.JM Thompson 1845 1845
Ezra T. Hazeltine 1836 1860
Mrs. Ezra T. 1836 1860
A. H. Lacy 1819 1828
J. J. Taylor 1826 1826
Elizabeth Taylor 1829 1833
Jas. W. Cramer 1833 1833
Mrs. Mary Cramer 1839 1839
Henry Howard 1838 1854
Helen W. Howard 1840 1840
D. M Williams 1817 1840
Lyman D. Wilson 1839 1843
Elizabeth E Wilson 1839 1843
S.A. Wetmore 1825 1825
S H Davis 1830 1840

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