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History of Clarion County, AJ Davis

History of Clarion County

AJ Davis; Syracuse, N.Y.: D. Mason & Co. 1887

Table of Contents


Scroll to the bottom of the page to find the chapters – the book has been fully transcribed.

  • Preface
  • Chapter I – Pennsylvania Prom First Settlement to the Revolution
  • Chapter II – From the Revolution to the Present Time
  • Chapter III – Topography of Clarion County
  • Chapter IV – Geology and Mineralogy
  • Chapter V – From the Earliest Period to the Purchase Of 1784
  • Chapter VI – From the Purchase of 1784 to the Settlement of the County
  • Chapter VII – From the Settlement of the County to the War Of 1812
  • Chapter VIII – The War of 1812
  • Chapter IX – From the War of 1812 to the Erection of the County
  • Chapter X – From the Erection of the County to the Iron Era – 1839 – 1845
  • Chapter XI – The Furnaces
  • Chapter XII – From the Iron Era to the Civil War, 1845 – 1861
  • Chapter XIII – The Soldiers of Clarion County in the Rebellion
  • Chapter XIV – Company H, Thirty – Seventh Regiment – Eighth Reserve
  • Chapter XV – Company E, Thirty – Ninth Regiment – Tenth Reserve
  • Chapter XVI – Companies of the Fifty – Seventh Regiment – Militia of 1863
  • Chapter XVII – Company C, Sixty – Second Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XVIII – Company E, Sixty – Second Regiment
  • Chapter XIX – Company F, Sixty – Third Regiment
  • Chapter XX – Company F, Sixty – Seventh Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXI – Company C, Seventy – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXII – Company E, Seventy – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXIII – Company A, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXIV – Company B, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXV – Company F, One Hundred And Third Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXVI – Company H, One Hundred And Third Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXVII – Company C, One Hundred And Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXVIII – Company L, One Hundred And Eighth Regiment, P.V. – Eleventh Cavalry
  • Chapter XXIX – Company K, One Hundred And Forty – Eighth Regiment, P.V.
  • Chapter XXX – Company H, One Hundred And Forty – Ninth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXI – Company G, One Hundred And Fifty – Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXII – Company H, One Hundred And Fifty – Fifth Regiment P.V.
  • Chapter XXXIII – Company K, One Hundred And Fifty – Ninth Regiment P.V. – Fourteenth Cavalry
  • Chapter XXXIV – Company B, One Hundred And Sixty – Ninth Regiment
  • Chapter XXXV – Miscellaneous Enlistments
  • Chapter XXXVI – From the Civil War to the Oil Era – 1865 – 1877
  • Chapter XXXVII – The Development of Petroleum
  • Chapter XXXVIII – The Lumber and Coal Industries
  • Chapter XXXIX – From the Oil Era to the Present Time, 1877 – 1887
  • Chapter XL – The Bench And Bar
  • Chapter XLI – Schools
  • Chapter XLII – Churches
  • Chapter XLIII – History of Ashland Township
  • Chapter XLIV – History of Beaver Township
  • Chapter XLV – History of Brady Township
  • Chapter XLVI – History of East Brady Borough
  • Chapter XLVII – History of Callensburg Borough
  • Chapter XLVIII – History of Clarion Township
  • Chapter XLIX – History of Clarion Borough
  • Chapter L – History of Curllsville Borough
  • Chapter LI – History of Edenburg Borough
  • Chapter LII – History of Elk Township
  • Chapter LIII – History of Farmington Township
  • Chapter LIV – History of Highland Township
  • Chapter LV – Knox Township
  • Chapter LVI – Licking Township
  • Chapter LVII – Limestone Township
  • Chapter LVIII – Madison Township
  • Chapter LIX – Mill Creek Township
  • Chapter LX – Monroe Township
  • Chapter LXI – New Bethlehem Borough
  • Chapter LXII – Paint Township
  • Chapter LXIII – Perry Township
  • Chapter LXIV – Piney Township
  • Chapter LXV – Porter Township
  • Chapter LXVI – Redbank Township
  • Chapter LXVII – Richland Township
  • Chapter LXVIII – Rimersburg Borough
  • Chapter LXIX – St. Petersburg Borough
  • Chapter LXX – History of Salem Township
  • Chapter LXXI – History of Sligo Borough
  • Chapter LXXII – History of Strattanville Borough
  • Chapter LXXIII – History of Toby Township
  • Chapter LXXIV – History of Washington Township
  • Chapter LXXV – Biographical Sketches
  • Brief Personals
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  • Chapter 7 – From the Settlement of the County to the War of 1812

Chapter 7 – From the Settlement of the County to the War of 1812

CHAPTER VII FROM THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY TO THE WAR OF 1812 Absalom Travis – Securing Warrants – John Laughlin – Settlers from Westmoreland-From Centre County – Character of…

Chapter 6 – From the Purchase of 1784 to the Settlement of the County

CHAPTER VI FROM THE PURCHASE OF 1784 TO THE SETTLEMENT OF THE COUNTY The Purchase – Pickering & Co.- Small Warrantees – The Fox Estate – Lewis and Peters The…

Chapter 5 – From the Earliest Period to the Purchase of 1784

CHAPTER V FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PURCHASE OF 1784 Aborigines, Senecas, and Delawares – Indian Remains – Petroleum – Christian Frederick Post – Tobeco and Toby- Redbank Creek…

Chapter 4 – Geology and Mineralogy

Chapter IV GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY* Definition – Anticlinals and Synclinals – Geologic Column – Surface Rocks – Measures- Freeport Group – Kittanning Group – Ore and Limestone – Analyses- Clarion…

Chapter 3 – Topography of Clarion County

CHAPTER III TOPOGRAPHY OF CLARION COUNTY Table-Land Character – Drainage – Streams – Elevations – General Description – Forests- Scenery – Ancient Channels. THE surface of Clarion county has a…

Chapter 2 – From the Revolution to the Present Time

CHAPTER II FROM THE REVOLUTION TO THE PRESENT TIME Mason and Dixon – Indian Troubles – Stamp Act- Connecticut and Virginia Claims-First-Continental Congress — Second Continental Congress – Declaration of…

History of Clarion County – Preface

PREFACE JOSEPHUS says, “Those who undertake to write histories, do not, I perceive, take that trouble on one and the same account; but for many and various reasons. For some…

Chapter 1 – Pennsylvania From First Settlement to the Revolution

CHAPTER I PENNSYLVANIA FROM FIRST SETTLEMENT TO THE REVOLUTION Introductory – The Natives – Hudson – Dutch Settlements – Settlement by the Swedes Conquest of the Swedish Colony by the…