Armstrong County

Chapter 12, Section 7 Madison Geological. The general geological feature of this township, as given to the writer by W. G. Platt, are: Only Lower Productive rocks make the uplands. The lower part of the deep valleys, which skirt the township, are composed of conglomerate and subconglomerate rocks. The Upper Freeport coal is represented only … Read more

Chapter 13 Cowanshannock It�s Organization in 1848— First Officers— Indian Purchase Line of 1768—The Original Land Warrants— Timothy Pickering & Co.�s Tracts— An Ancient Earthwork— Relics— Land Disputes Settled by Arbitration— Village of Atwood— U.P. Church— Green Oak— Town of Bradford— St. John�s Lutheran Church— Dunkard Church— An Early Day Indian Encounter— Example of the … Read more

Chapter 14 Manor Part 3 Among the first, if not the very first, white settlers on the southern part of the Manor were William Green and his sons, James, John and Samuel, who emigrated from Fayette county, in the spring of 1787, and took up their abode above the mouth of Crooked creek, on what … Read more

Chapter 13, Section 1 Cowanshannock On the 22nd June, 1841, the petition of diverse inhabitants of Kittanning, Plum Creek and Wayne townships was presented to the proper court of this county, asking for the erection of a new township out of parts of those above named. On the 25th of the same month it was … Read more

Chapter 13, Section 2 Cowanshannock The most northeastern portion of the division of this township south of the purchase line is covered by the less part of the Alexander Dallas tract, the warrant being dated July 1, 1784, the greater part being in Indiana county. Its locality, as well as the localities of the other … Read more

Chapter 13, Section 3 Cowanshannock Patents for those Bradford lands were granted to Thomas B. Darrach, James H. Bradford and William Bradford Jr., in trust for the heirs of the above-mentioned Thomas Bradford, not until March 22, 1856. Their more rapid settlement began after Allison’s purchase. He divided them into comparatively small tracts, most, if … Read more

ontent-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8> Chapter 13, Section 4 – Cowanshannock, History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania Chapter 13, Section 4 Cowanshannock Stephen De Tancy, an early settler in this region, used to relate, in his lifetime, that a white family was captured by a party of Indians in what is now Indiana county, before the Indian troubles … Read more

ontent-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8> Chapter 13, Section 5 – Cowanshannock, History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania Chapter 13, Section 5 Cowanshannock The Bryan lands included a number of tracts in this township. Tract covered by warrant No. 674, partly in Wayne, granted to Dr. William Smith, of Philadelphia, druggist, October 20, 1780, as containing 549 ¾ acres, … Read more

Chapter 13, Section 6 Cowanshannock This township was not well supplied with good public roads until 1845. The Kittanning and Smicksburgh turnpike was authorized to be made ten or twelve years before. Its original route diverged from near Patterson�s mill in Valley township to the left to the Anderson creek road. The present route through … Read more

Chapter 13 Footnotes Cowanshannock “greenbriar”- a thorny climbing shrub having a yellowish green stem and thick leaves, with small bunches of flowers. It is common in the United States, and is also called cat-briar. Vide sketch of Plum Creek Township. Appointed by Co. Charles Campbell, contractor for the militia of Westmoreland county Pennsylvania who was … Read more