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Chapter 14 Manor Part 4 SCHOOLS. The first schoolhouse within what are now the limits of this township was a primitive log structure, which, according to a rather ancient draft of that portion of the manor tract purchased by Jonathan Smith, was located a few rods north of the present site of the Appleby Manor … Read more
Chapter 3 TOWNSHIP DIVISION AND ORGANIZATION Importance of the Township Politically � The Townships of Armstrong and Wheatfield in 1792 � Original Divisions of the County � Allegheny � Buffalo � Toby � Origin of Names � Subdivisions of the Original Townships. IN passing from a general sketch of our county to the more narrowly … Read more
Chapter 4 The Borough of Kittanning Origin of the Name — White Prisoners Among the Indians — Savage Torture — Early Mention of the Town Site — Robert Brown, the Watsons, James Claypoole, Patrick Daugherty, Andrew Hunter, and Other Pioneer Settlers — The Town Platted — Sale of Lots — A Glimpse of the Village … Read more
Chapter 14 Manor Footnotes 1). That section is in these words and in this orthography: WEE give and grant license unto the said William Penn. and his heires, likewise to all and every such person and persons to whom the said William Penn, or his heires, shall at any time hereafter, grant any estate of … Read more
Chapter 2 Armstrong County in The War of the Rebellion 78th Regiment P.V.I. THE SEVENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT, P. V. I. The 78th regt. Pa. Vol. Inf. was recruited and organized by Col. William Sirwell, at a rendezvous on the Allegheny river, immediately above the town of Kittanning, in Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. This rendezvous was called “Camp … Read more
Chapter 2 Armstrong County in The War of the Rebellion Miscellaneous List THIRTY THIRD REGIMENT — FOURTH RESERVE. Company A — John Hartman, wounded at Hatcher’s Run; Vincent Kreidle. THIRTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT — NINTH RESERVE. Company D — Sergeant John H. Mechling, m. i. s. May 3, 1861; pro. to Sergt. May 3, 1861; killed at … Read more
Chapter 2 Armstrong County in The War of the Rebellion 204th Regiment – Fifth Artillery TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTH REGIMENT — FIFTH ARTILLERY. This regiment was principally recruited in Allegheny, though considerable numbers of its men were from Armstrong, Beaver, Cambria, Greene, Lawrence and Westmoreland. Battery M was entirely composed of men from this county. … Read more
Chapter 2 Armstrong County in The War of the Rebellion 159th Regiment – Fourteenth Cavalry ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-NINTH REGIMENT — FOURTEENTH CAVALRY. August 18, 1862, Lieut. James. M. Schoonmaker, of the 1st Maryland Cavalry, but a citizen of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was authorized by Secretary of War Stanton and Gov. Curtin to recruit a battalion … Read more
Chapter 2 Armstrong County in The War of the Rebellion 155th Regiment ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIFTH REGIMENT. Nearly all of the men in Company K of this regiment were from Armstrong. The regiment was recruited in Allegheny county in the summer of 1862, moved to the front in September and first met the enemy in … Read more
Chapter 2 Armstrong County in The War of the Rebellion 139th Regiment ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-NINTH REGIMENT. Companies B and C of this regiment were almost entirely made up of Armstrong men, and E and F contained each a small number. The greatest number of recruits was supplied by Allegheny county, but there were nearly … Read more