History of Armstrong County Pennsylvania, History

Chapter 12, Section 4 Madison It was under that act that the Holland Company took out many of their warrants. They, like others, could not make the settlements required by the strict letter of that act, within two years from the dates of their warrants, on account of the Indian hostilities. The board of property … 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 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 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 12 Madison Footnotes   1. McCabe. 2. See Pine township. 3. See Mahoning township. 4. See Orrsville. 5. The operations of this company ceased. 6. See borough of Kittanning. 7. See Cowanshannock township. 8. Townsend Ward�s Walk to Darby. 9. 1 Binney, 166. 10. The Commonwealth vs. Tench Coxe, 4 Dallas, 170. 11. See … Read more

Chapter 12, Section 6 Madison Red Bank postoffice, C. Shunk, postmaster, was established here May 13, 1842. It was changed to Kellersburgh, February 24, 1871; David Grant postmaster. Keller laid out on the parcel which he had purchase the town of Kellersburgh, consisting of twenty-three lots, thirteen of which are on the east and ten … Read more

Chapter 12, Section 5 Madison One of the earliest occupants of Holland lands in this township was Philip Essex, who was first assessed in Toby township, with one cow, at $10, in 1806; the next year with 200 acres “imp.,” and one cow, at $36, and thereafter with 100 acres “imp.,” and one cow for … Read more

Chapter 12, Section 3 Madison THE HOLLAND LAND COMPANY. The rest or major part of the territory within the present limits of this township was covered by warrants to The Holland Land Company, and because so much of the area of this township was thus covered (as well as portions of other townships), a sketch … Read more

Chapter 12, Section 2 Madison Contiguous to “Springfield” on the northwest and extending up the Allegheny between its left bank and the line of the Holland Company�s lands was a tract containing about 400 acres, on which appears to have been an improvement made by David Hull prior to 1825. His name is upon it … 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