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<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Organized in 1853, Middlecreek Township contains 19,318 acres or about 30 square miles, and was formed out of the western part of Milford Township. It was named after the stream of the same name that ran through the middle of Milford and became Middlecreek\’s eastern boundary. One of the first settlers in … Read more
The following is a copy of the official list of voters of Middle Creek township in 1854, one year after the organization of the township:<center>A – K — <a href=”articles.php?article_id=311&rowstart=1″><u>L – Z</u></a></center>Christian BarkleyDan’l BarkleyDav. Barkley, Jr.H. B. BarnesChauncy BarronGeo. BarronHiram BarronMoses BarronSimon BarronJohn BongardHenry BoucherHiram BoucherJohn BoucherSol. BoucherBenj. BowmanJohn BoytsEmanuel CaronGabriel ChristnerCassimer CramerChas. CramerChauncy CramerDav. … Read more
Taxables of Brothersvalley Township for 1776:<center><strong>A – K</strong> — <a href=”articles.php?article_id=308&rowstart=1″><u>L – Z</u></a></center>Ambrosia, FrederickAldfather, FrederickBagly, MichaelBaker, PhilipBerkly, JacobBerkley, LudwickBough, ChristianBougher, PeterBowman, StophelBoyers, PhilipCable, AbrahamCable, JacobCafer, JacobCiblee, JacobCook, AdamCooper, MichaelCountryman, GeorgeDelabaugh, ValentineDites, MichaelDites, YostDivies, HenryDivies, WilliamDurst, CasperEaster, AnthonyEdnies, JohnEstop, RobertFancy, JosephFisher, JacobFlick, AdamFrig, JohnFrig, JohnFurrow, ChristianGilliage, JohnGimor, JohnGlasner, HenryGlasner, JacobGreenwalt, JosephGrove, PeterHail, WalterHair, ChristianHendricks, AndrewHendricks, JohnHershberger, … Read more
The following is a list of the taxable inhabitants of Berlin borough in the year 1837: John Atcheson, Jr., weaverJohn AutchbaughSolomon Baer, justiceHenry BakerLudwick BakerThos. Baldwin, wagonmakerElias Ball, cooperFred. Bedker, shoemakerJohn and Geo. BeighleyJohn Brubaker, innkeeperElizabeth BurkhartArch. Compton, tailorGeo. Conrad, carpenterSam. Conrad, gunsmithSarah ConradJohn S. Crawford, shoemakerPolly CrawfordSolomon Denius, clergymanPh. DornPh. Dorn, tailorGeo. Dively’s estateMartin … Read more
<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>BROTHER’S VALLEY was organized as a township of Bedford county, in 1771, and was the first township formed west of the Allegheny mountains in the Province of Pennsylvania. It then included all of the present county of Somerset which is situated west of the Allegheny mountain, and extended northward into the present … Read more
<center><strong>A – G</strong> — <a href=”articles.php?article_id=305&rowstart=1″><u>H – M</u></a> — <a href=”articles.php?article_id=305&rowstart=2″><u>N – Z</u></a></center>The following is a copy of the tax-list of Brother’s Valley for the year 1796:Jacob AlbrightHenry AlderFrederick AmbroseyFrederick BakerJacob BarndPeter BarndHenry BeakerJacob BeakerLudwick BeakerPeter BeakerPhilip BeakerHenry BeakerlyLudwick BearJacob BeeghleyJohn BeeghleyMichael BeeghleyJoseph BeegleyGeorge BenderIsaac BennetWilliam BerkebillJohn BerleyChristian BerslerJacob BiegleJacob BinglerFrederick BlockerJacob BloughJohn BloughJohn BoldonHenry … Read more
Brother’s Valley church of the Brethren or German Baptists was organized in 1880, with one hundred and ten members. The present membership of this church is one hundred and eighteen. The charge now contains one meeting-house. The first meeting-house in the district was built in 1848.Bishop: J. BloughMinisters: G. Schrock, William Sevits, D. P. Walker, … Read more
The Progressive branch of the Brethren or German Baptists, under the leadership of H. R. Holsinger, organized a church in Berlin in 1881-2. Their house of worship, erected in 1881, cost, including lot, twenty-seven hundred dollars. Membership in 1883, about one hundred; sabbath-school scholars, 85. The officers of the church are as follows:Bishop: H. R. … Read more
George Johnson, the founder of the Methodist Episcopal church of Berlin, emigrated from Shepherdstown, Virginia, to this place about the year 1786. He was then a member of the Reformed church, but always cordially treated the Methodist missionaries that visited the county, and opened his house for public meetings, as there was no other place, … Read more
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brother’s Valley township, was organized May 4, 1842, by Rev. Charles Reese. The original membership numbered fifty-eight. The first officers were:Elders: Jacob P. Walker, William Fritz, Sr.Deacons: John Fritz, Peter P. H. Walker, Frederick P. Walker The pastors have been as follows:Rev. Charles Reese, 1842-3Rev. Jesse Winecoff, 1843-6Rev. Charles Young, … Read more