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The town of Berlin was originally settled by Germans, who named it after the chief city of their fatherland. At what date the settlement commenced we have no means of ascertaining, but probably it was before the American revolution, The eastern portion of the town was laid out in 1784, by Jacob Keffer, on forty … Read more
Benson borough is one of the three boroughs of Paint township and is located in a bend of Stony creek. It was laid out by Emanuel Eash, in 1880, as the town of Bethel. A United Brethren church had been built here in 1874. The first dwelling house was built in 1880 by Hiram H. … Read more
Barronvale was a small village in the southern part of the township. It was here that John Koozer established his gristmill in 1806, and the village eventually grew around it. The Barronvale covered bridge, built in 1830, is located here. H. L. Martz had a grocery and general merchandise store which also housed the post … Read more
Formerly called Petersburg, it was renamed Addison for Judge Alexander Addison who was the first president judge of Somerset County. Originally founded in 1798, it was laid out as a small town in 1817 by Peter Augustine and received the name of Petersburg in honor of his first name. When the post office was established, … Read more
ANDREW CARNEY, DIED AUG. 10, 1855, AGE 70 YRS.BARBARA E. CARNEY, DIED JAN. 20, 184*, AGE 75 YEARSTHREE SMALL GRAVES MARKED WITH FIELD STONES.
PAMONTOU-L Topic: Montour County, Pennsylvania. Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn’t understand them, try these manual instructions: to join PAMONTOU-L, send mail to PAMONTOU-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join PAMONTOU-D, do the same thing with PAMONTOU-D-request@rootsweb.com. Subscribe … Read more
Montour County Resource Page Montour County Court House 29 Mill St. Danville, PA 17821-1945 Montour County Historical Society 1 Bloom St. P. O. Box 8 Danville, PA 17821 Montour County Genealogical Society 205 Ferry St. Danville, PA 17821 (570) 275-6177 Thomas Beaver Free Library 205 Ferry Street Danville, PA 17821 (570) 275-4180 … Read more
Chapter III – Early History – County Organization – Public Buildings, Etc. History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania MONTOUR is among the youngest of the sisterhood of counties of the .1V1 commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as being one of the smallest in territory, but with all this a rich and precious jewel … Read more
Chapter II – Some Early Families History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania We are in the dawn of the second century since the first settlers came to what is now Montour County. The only record these sturdy people had time to make of themselves, for the contemplation and pleasure of their posterity, was … Read more