Chapter 14
Manor
Formed out of the Western Part of Kittanning in 1849-First Township
Election – Named from one of the Proprietary Manors – Kittanning afterward
Appleby Manor – Ancient Works – Numerous Relics – Speculation in Regards to
the Origin of the So-called “Old French Fort” – Soldiers Here in
1777-8 – Correspondence of Officers Relating Thereto – Fort Armstrong – Indian
Murders – William Green�s Mill Built in 1789 – “Fort Green” – The
Indians Become Aggressive – Measures Taken for the Protection of the Frontier
– Cornplanter�s Friendship for the Whites – The Militia – Game – Judge Ross
– Other Pioneers – Schools – Postoffice – Cradle Factory – Number of
Inhabitants- Village of Rosston – Borough of Manorville – Its Pioneer Settler
– Its Industrial Interests – Mercantile – Educational – Temperance –
Population of the Borough – Geology of Manor TownshipSource: Page(s) 310-345, History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania by
Robert Walker Smith, Esq. Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883.
Transcribed January 1999 by Donna Mohney for the Armstrong County Smith
Project.
Contributed by onna Mohney for use by the Armstrong County Genealogy Project
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