…bringing our past into the future
Carol Eddleman 
BUTLER COUNTY Created March 12, 1800 from part of Allegheny County and named for General Richard Butler, a military officer who was born in Ireland and came to America before 1760.. He served during the Revolutionary War as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Pennsylvania ranks and of Morgan’s Rifle Corps in 1777. In l787, … Read more
Located in the northwestern part of the State of Pennsylvania, Crawford County was created on March 12, 1800 from part of Allegheny County, and was named for Colonel William Crawford, one of the hearoes of the western frontier who was burned by the Indians at Sandusky, Ohio. The first white men to visit this area … Read more
ERIE COUNTY Erie County was created March 12, 1800, along with Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, from Allegheny County, but formed as one county, under the name of Crawford. On the 2nd of April 1803, Erie County was fully organized for judicial purposes. The county was named for Lake Erie, which in turn … Read more
The first religious meetings in this area were held by the Reverend Richard Parriot, an early Methodist Circuit Rider, in 1791 near the Wilber Messemer residence. The Charge was then known as the Northumberland Circuit. Just six years after the Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in Baltimore in 1784 the Northumberland Circuit was formed, the … Read more
The ledgers and journals of some merchants and physicians of this period sometimes had notations of location and relationships alongside the entry of their client’s name. The dates are the year the patient was first treated by the doctor. Original spellings are used and abbreviated names are spelled out when possible. p. 91: 1770 Capt. … Read more
p. 76: 1770 Thomas Haslewood — Wood Corder in Race Street; 1770 John Lisle — Breeches Maker in 3rd Street; 1778 George Bright married Capt. Moulders Daughter; 1774 Mr. John Frise (Fries?) — Merchant — Race Street p. 77: 1770 John Stille — Taylor in Front Street; 1770 John McCalla — Taylor in 2nd Street; … Read more
The ledgers and journals of some merchants and physicians of this period sometimes had notations of location and relationships alongside the entry of their client’s name. The dates are the year the patient was first treated by the doctor. Original spellings are used and abbreviated names are spelled out when possible. p. 61: 1770 Edward … Read more
The ledgers and journals of some merchants and physicians of this period sometimes had notations of location and relationships alongside the entry of their client’s name. The dates are the year the patient was first treated by the doctor. Original spellings are used and abbreviated names are spelled out when possible. p. 47: 1770 Jacob … Read more
p. 31: 1769 Robert Smith, Hatter in Market Street; 1770 Capt. Sowder in Water Street; 1770 Mr. Laycock — lives at Capt. Carlisles (David Hall’s brother-in-law) p. 33: 1775 John Fearis (Ferris?) — Painter — ye Corner of 2nd and South Streets; 1771 Widow Morgan — up 2nd Street; 1775 Mr. Smith at Lougheads; 1779 … Read more
The ledgers and journals of some merchants and physicians of this period sometimes had notations of location and relationships alongside the entry of their client’s name. The dates are the year the patient was first treated by the doctor. Original spellings are used and abbreviated names are spelled out when possible. p. 1: 1774 Joseph … Read more