John Hyatt, one of the early settlers of this township, was a native of Maryland. He came with several others, accompanied by a number of slaves, to Turkey-Foot soon after the settlement began. While crossing the Negro mountain, a party of Indians fired upon them and mortally wounded one of the negroes, the strongest man in the company. A piece of a hollow log was found and placed over the negro to shelter him. Throwing it off, he said, “Save yourselves and never mind me; I shall die soon.” It is said that the Negro mountain took its name from this circumstance.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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