Tioga County

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Chapter 03 – Beginning of Tioga County

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CHAPTER III. BEGINNING OF TIOGA COUNTY. Purchase of 1784 – Pair Play System – Lycoming Township Formed- Its Boundaries AND Area- Old Tioga Township Erected- A Valuable Document Discovered- Boundaries Defined- Other Record Evidence- Tioga Township Taxables of 1800 – Additional Extracts From Early Records- Panther and Wolf Scalp Bounties. WHEN the purchase of 1784 … Read more

Chapter 02 – The Land of Tioga

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CHAPTER II. THE LAND OF TIOGA. First Occupants- Rugged and Romantic Scenery- Game, Fish and Wild Animals- An Ideal Hunting Ground- Indian Paths- Indian Villages – French Explorers and Missionaries – Boundary Line op the Purchase op 1768- The Old Treaties- The Walker Tragedy- Indian Characteristics and Peculiarities. The territory lying within the present boundaries … Read more

Chapter 01 – Topographical and Geological Features

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CHAPTER I. TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GEOLOGICAL FEATURES. Surface Transformation- Mountain Ranges- Anticlinals and Synclinals- The Blossburg Mountain Basin- Dip of the Rocks- Wellsboro Anticlinal -Crooked Creek Basin- Valley of the Cowanesque- Streams of the County- The Tioga River- Crooked Creek – Lycoming Creek – Pine Creek -Marsh Creek- The Cowanesque River- Minor Streams- Concluding Observations. BEFORE … Read more

Table of Contents – History of Tioga County

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CONTENTS CHAPTER I. Topographical and Geological Features. Surface Transformation- Mountain Ranges- Anticlinals and Synelinals- The Blossburg Mountain Basin- Dip of the Rocks- Wellsboro Anticlinal- Crooked Creek Basin- Valley of the Cowanesque- Streams of the County- The Tioga River- Crooked Creek – Lycoming Creek – Pine Creek – Marsh Creek- The Cowanesque River – Minor Streams … Read more

Preface

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PREFACE. MORE than one hundred years have passed away since the first white settlers built their cabins along the Cowanesque and Tioga rivers and commenced laying the corner-stone of American civilization within the confines of what is now Tioga county. The Indian occupants had been pushed back farther into the wilderness by the advancing tide … Read more

Abstracts, The Agitator, January 3, 1872

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The AgitatorWellsboro, PennaJanuary 3, 1872 MARRIAGES Pitts – Baker – At the residence of the bride’s father in Charleston December 13, 1871, by Rev. W. Taylor, Mr. John Pitts of Richmond and Miss Sarah Baker. Cruttendin – Webster – By the same December 20, 1871. Mr. Henry E. Cruttenden of Lambs Creek, and Miss Delphine … Read more

Abstracts, The Agitator, January 19, 1870

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The AgitatorWellsboro, PennaJanuary 19, 1870 LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION having been granted on the estate of James Scott, deceased, late of Chatham, all those indebted to said estate are requested to make immediate payment, and those having claims against it, to present them for settlement. Moses Lee, Adm’r.Chatham, Jan 12, 1870 ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE. -Letters of Administration … Read more