LOCAL HISTORY: STOREY, Henry Wilson. HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY PA. Vol. 1 The Lewis Publishing Co., 1907. Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Martha Humenik. There is an HTML version of this book, with page images, on the county web site: http://www.camgenpa.com/books/Storey/v1/ Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm _______________________________________________ History of Cambria County. CHAPTER I. WILLIAM PENN SEEKS TO PURCHASE INDIAN TITLE FOR THE SUSQUE- HANNA RIVER -- PENN SECURES THE DONGAN TITLE -- PENN'S DIF- FICULTIES IN ENGLAND AND IN THE PROVINCE -- TREATIES WITH THE INDIANS -- FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR -- CHARLES CAMPBELL PROCURES A WARRANT FOR THE LAND ON THE CONEMAUGH AND STONEYCREEK RIVERS AT JOHNSTOWN. The King of England, Charles II, desiring to perpetuate the memory of his friend, Admiral William Penn, for his victory over the Dutch fleet in 1665, looked with favor on the petition of William Penn, his son, for permission and a grant of sufficient land in America to locate a colony thereon; therefore, on March. 4, 1681, at Westminster, the charter for Pennsylvania was granted. The boundary lines were given thus: "All that tract or parte of land in America, with all the Islands therein conteyned, as the same is bounded on the East by Delaware River, from twelve miles distance Northwards of New Castle Towne unto the three and fortieth degree of Northern latitude if the said River doth extend soe farre Northwards: But if the said River shall not extend soe farre Northward, then by the said River soe farr as it doth extend, and from the head of the said River the Easterne bounds are to bee determined by a meridian line to bee drawn from the head of the said River unto the said three and fortieth degree, the said lands to extend Westwards, five degrees in longitude, to be computed from the said Eastern Bounds, and the said lands to bee bounded on the North by the beginning of the three and fortieth degree of Northern latitude, and on the South, by a circle drawn at twelve miles distance from New Castle Northwards, and Westwards unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of Northern Latitude: and then by a straight line Westwards, to the limitt of Longitude above mentioned." Under this authority Penn immediately began to make his arrangements to take possession, and appointed William Markham, his cousin, lieutenant governor, who arrived in New York Vol. I-1 2 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. in June, 1681. Markham found Captain Anthony Brockholls, deputy governor of New York, in charge of the Duke of York's colonies. Brockholls inspected the documents which Markham presented, and in acknowledging their validity gave him a letter to the settlers in Pennsylvania, requesting them to yield obedience to the new proprietor. On August 3, 1681, Markham organized a Council, which was the formal beginning of Penn's proprietorship, and began to buy lands from the Indians. Penn sailed in the ship "Welcome," and landed at Upland, now Chester, about October 28, 1682, when he was about thirty-eight years of age. Markham had had the city of Philadelphia laid out before Penn's arrival, but it was under his instructions, inasmuch as two years later Penn wrote: "And thou Philadelphia, named before thou wast born." In the summer of 1683 Penn began to negotiate with the Iroquois chiefs of New York, who were in control of the tribes on the Susquehanna river, for that river and the lauds on both sides of it. In July he wrote to Brockholls commending two agents he was sending to treat with the sachems of the Mohawks, Senecas and their allied tribes, for a release of the Susquehanna lands. In his letter he declared his intention "is to treat * * * about some Susquehanash land on ye back of us, where I intend a colony forthwith, a place so out of the way that a small thing could not carry some people to it." It seems very clear that Penn's intentions were to secure at once the Susquehanna river to its source, and to the extreme point, or, as he expressed it so plainly, "a place so out of the way that a small thing could not carry some people to it." The agents, William Haige and James Graham, proceeded to Albany in August, and found that Brockholls had been superseded by Colonel Thomas Dongan, who had arrived August 25, 1683. Colonel Dongan is an important personage in the study of the history of Pennsylvania, in view of his term of service as governor of New York until 1688. He was a Roman Catholic, as was the Duke of York, and an enterprising, active and intelligent man, well qualified to manage the delicate relations then existing, especially so with the Iroquois Indians. When Dongan heard of Penn's negotiations for the Susquehanna river it gave him much concern, and caused his justices, who were his advisers, to become panicstricken. They feared that Penn would plant, a strong settlement on the Susquehanna, and that the Iroquois Indians, instead of bringing 3 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. their furs to the Hudson river, would send them to what is now Philadelphia, by the way of the Susquehanna. On September 7, 1683, the justices had a conference with such Indians as could be reached in their haste for action. These were two Cayugas and "a Susquehanna," who were closely interrogated as to the Susquehanna's geographical and trade relations with the New York settlements, especially Albany. These close questions caused the Indians to be inquisitive. Their inquiries were: Why did the justices want to know? Were the white men coming to the Susquehanna? The chiefs were asked how this would suit them, assuming it to be correct, and they candidly replied "very well," as it would be much easier and nearer to trade there than at Albany, "insomuch as they must bring everything thither on their backs." The situation was alarming, and the justices hastily advised Dongan to find some way to prevent Penn from acquiring the "Susquehanna Indian title." On the 18th, Colonel Dongan informed Haige and Graham that it was considered "very convenient and necessary to putt a stopp to all proceedings in Mr. Penn's affairs with the Indians until his bounds and limits be adjusted," and furthermore "to suffer no manner of proceedings in that business" until they should be advised. The Indians were influenced by Dongan and his friends not to sell to Penn, being told that they had no right to do that, but should sell to the New York parties. The situation was acute and prompt action was required; therefore, to control it, Dongan purchased from some of the chiefs, especially the Senecas, these lands and the river for himself he seems to have been uncertain whether his position in this transaction was entirely honorable, although on October 10th he wrote to Penn avowing his purchase, and in another letter of the 22d he stated the "Indians had confirmed the sale;" however, he added, that he and Penn would "not fall out" over it. Even this purchase did not clear the haze, and Penn's efforts were causing much uneasiness in New York for fear of losing the Indian trade. It went so far that in 1691 the Provincial Council of New York presented a petition to William III, earnestly requesting the dispossessing of Penn altogether. They represented that "The Susquehanna is situate in the middle of the Sinnekes country," and that it had been given to the Duke of York many years before Penn had received his 4 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. charter. They further stated that Penn was endeavoring to buy it from the Indians in order to draw away trade to his province, and the King was assured this would do them great damage, because "All the Nations with whom Albany hath a trade live at the head of the Susquehanna river," and declared that "the inhabitants at Albany" had "only seated themselves there and addicted their minds to the Indian language and the mysteries of the said trade with the purpose to manage it." They insistently urged that if Penn's title to Pennsylvania should be affirmed that it should extend no further on the Susquehanna than the falls thereof. The falls are probably at the mouth of the Conestoga creek, about fifteen miles north of the Maryland line. They preferred that Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Connecticut be re-annexed to New York. The uneasiness which Penn's negotiations caused in 1683 had now become malevolent; it was bitter and vindictive toward the Province and its rulers. Penn was the central object for the attacks of those who disliked his religious views, his democratic system of government, despised his humane policy, or hated all of these. This was the beginning of Penn's troubles and the historical events relating to Barr, Carroll and Susquehanna townships in Cambria county. In 1684 Penn returned to England with the fixed purpose of making a short visit and of bringing his family to Pennsylvania, but in the meanwhile James II had succeeded Charles II as King of England. Penn strove to use his influence for the persecuted dissenters, which included the Roman Catholics, and at first James assented, but political measures demanded the re-enactment of offending measures, however, and Penn continued to intercede for the oppressed people. This condition of affairs continued until the revolution of 1688. William and Mary ascended the throne February 13, 1689, in full faith in the doctrine of the Church of England, which radically changed the situation. All the friends of the Stuarts were suspects. Penn was twice arrested on charges of treasonable correspondence with the banished James, and twice was he acquitted. He was accused of being "a cheat," also of being a Catholic, and under these strained conditions of affairs he remained in seclusion for three years. In 1693 three lords presented his case to William with the assurance there was nothing against him, and Penn was given his liberty. However, his troubles were not confined to England, inas- 5 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. much as in 1692 his executive authority over Pennsylvania was taken from him and given to Benjamin Fletcher, governor of New York, who was totally out of sympathy with the people of this province, but upon Penn's release in 1693 his powers were restored. While Penn was abroad Thomas Dongan, formerly governor of New York, returned to England in 1691 and succeeded to the earldom of Limerick in 1698. Penn's proprietorship of Pennsylvania now being confirmed by William and Mary, he sought to acquire the ownership and control of the Susquehanna river, regarding it as essential to the prosperity of his province. It had been his first thought as early as 1683, and most likely prior to that date, as his correspondence with Markham shows, and his general knowledge of the Province had determined the value of that river. Therefore in 1695 he opened negotiations with Colonel Dongan for the purchase of the interest of the Seneca Indians in the Susquehanna river and its lands, which the latter had acquired in his name in 1683. They were concluded successfully on January 12, 1696, by acquiring a lease thereof for one thousand years, in consideration of the payment of one hundred pounds and the annual rent of a "pepper corn" to be delivered on the "Feast Day of St. Michaell the Arch Angel," is demanded. Penn remained in England until September 9, 1699, when he and his family sailed for America to make it their home; however, this was not to be, as he returned to England in 1701 for a visit, and the changed conditions prevented him from ever returning to Pennsylvania. The Province was governed through his deputies until his death in 1718, when his son and other heirs assumed control over Pennsylvania. The following is the test of the deed of Colonel Thomas Dongan to William Penn: Deed of Thos. Dongan to William Penn, * * * This indenture made the 12th day of January, Anno Dni, 1696, and in the eighth yeare of the reigne of our Sovereign, Lord William, the Third, King of Eng'd. between Thomas Dongan, late Govern'r of New York, and now of London, Esqr. of the one part, and, William Penn, Govern'r of the Province of Pensilvania in America, of the other part; * * * in consideration of the sume of one hundred Pounds * * * to him in hand paid by the said William Penn * * * he hath demised and granted * * 6 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. * to the said William Penn, * * * All that tract of Land lyeng upon, on both sides the River commonly called or known by the name of the Susquehanna River and the Lakes adjacent, in or near the Province of Pensilvania, * * * beginning at the Mountain or head of the said river, and running as fare as and into the Bay of Chessapeake, with all Isles, Islands, mines, woods * * * which the said Thomas Dongan lately purchased of or had given him by the Sinneca Susquehannah Indians, and also all the lands * * * whatsoever lyeing on both sides the Susquehannah river * * * which he, the said Thomas Dongan did at any time purchase or which were at any time given unto (him) by the said Indians. * * * To have and to hold, from the date hereof, for and unto the end and term of One Thousand years, paying * * * yearly and every year on the Feast day of St. Michael the Arch Angel, the rent of a pepper Corn, if the same shall or lawfully (be) demanded to the intent and purpose, that by the force * * * of these presents and of the Statute for transferring of uses, into possession, the said William Penn may be in the actuall possession of the premises, and may be thereby the better enabled to attempt and take a grant, release, * * * for his heirs and assigns forever. * * * THOMAS DONGAN, (LS.) It will be observed this document is a lease for the Susquehanna lands and the river, but on the following day Dongan conveyed all his right, title and interest therein to William Penn, in fee, for the consideration of one hundred pounds. The deed is dated January 13, 1696, and conveys "all the land and every of the Senneca Susquehannah Indians," and will warrant and forever defend it. There are two branches of the Susquehanna river which join at Sunbury. The northern branch extends into the state of New York. The western branch runs along Union county, and passes through Lycoming, Clinton, along Center, and through Clearfield counties into Cambria, at Cherry Tree. Its source is, of course, on the eastern slope of the Allegheny mountains, and becomes prominent near Carrolltown, then passes through Carrol1 township, along Barr and through Susquehanna townships into Clearfield county. The Susquehanna is the only stream which drains the eastern slope and the territory east of the Allegheny mountains in our State, and being very crooked the distance from its source to Sunbury is about two hundred miles, fifteen of which lies in Cambria county. 7 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. The Dongan deed is not of record except as it appears in the colonial records, nor has it ever been found: however, it was confirmed in 1700 by several of the tribes, and in 1722 the Conestoga Indians, then known as the Susquehanna Indians, (MAP OF CAMBRIA COUNTY TERRITORY) Cambria County Territory. W. Scull Map of 1770. Savages at "Conemack." confirmed the lease and sale of 1696. It was subsequently affirmed by treaty and by deeds. Notwithstanding the confirmation and the admissions of the Five Nations, the Delaware Indians claimed they had an interest in the Susquehanna lands, and as the boundaries were 8 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. indefinite in the former deeds, the Penns arranged for another conference with these several tribes, which took place October llth, 1736, in Philadelphia, and another treaty was made. They gave the following deed: To All People to whom these presents may come, * * * we do and every of them doth give, grant, bargain, sell, release and confirm unto the said proprietors, John Penn and Richard Penn, their heirs and assigns, * * * All the said River Susquehannah, with the lands lying on both sides thereof, to extend Eastward as far as the heads of the Branches or Springs which run into the said Susquehannah, and all the lands lying on the West side of the said River to the setting of the Sun, and to extend from the mouth of the said River Northward, up the same to the Hills or mountains called in the language of the said Nations, the Tyannuntasacta, or endless hills, and by the Delaware Indians, the Kekkachtananin Hills, together, also, with all the Islands in the said River. * * * Dated October llth, 1736. Onondagoes. His HANNYHARANGGUAS, X KAKISKEROWANA. X By his fr 'd, Kaneckhungo. mark. ASHCOALAX, X TAGUNHUNTY, X HETQUAXTAGECHTA, X CAXHAAYN, X Oneidas. KUCHDACHARY, X TECOCHTSEEGHEROCHOO, X SAWEGATEKOE, X SALISKAGUOH, X By his fr'd, SHEKALAMY, X TAGUNHUNTY, X TAHASHWANGAROEAS, X SANEYUSKOE, X Tuscaroras. CANAUNGOE, X SEWUNTGA, X CAHOOYEEOH, X TYEEOS, X Senecas. Cuyagos. KANICKHUNGO, X SEGUCHSANYUNT, X EYACKSAGEE, X SUNERETCHY, X Alias, Tagachskaholoo. KANAWATOE, X In the conference between Governor Keith and the Conestoga Indians in 1722, the Indians claimed that forty years before that, which would be 1682, William Penn had procured some person in New York to purchase the lands on the Susquehanna river from the Five Nations, who pretended, to have a right in them by having conquered the Indians formerly settled there. The Conestoga Indians said to Governor Keith "that William Penn took the parchment and laid it upon the ground, and saying to them it should be common amongst them, namely, the English and the Conestoga Indians." Keith replied: "I am very glad to find that you remember so perfectly 9 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. the wise and kind expressions of the great and good William Penn towards you; and I know that the purchase which he made of the lands on both sides of the Susquehanna is exactly true as you tell it, only I have heard further that when he was so good to tell your people, that notwithstanding that purchase the lands should still be in common between his people and them, you answered that very little land would serve you, and thereupon you fully confirmed his right, by your consent and good will, etc." The great object William Penn had in mind was the control of the Susquehanna river throughout his province. Therefore, on September 13th, 1700, he purchased from Widagh and Andaggyjunkquagh, kings or sachems of the Susquehanna Indians, all their right in the Susquehanna river, "and all the lands situate, lying and being on both sides of the said river, and next adjoining to the same, to the utmost confines of the lands which are or formerly were the right of the people or nation called the Susquehannagh Indians, or by what name soever they were called," and therein confirmed the deed of Thomas Dongan, now the Earl of Limerick, to William Penn, dated September 13th, 1696. This deed is recorded in the Department of Internal Affairs at Harrisburg, in Book F, volume 8, at page 242. A further purchase or confirmation of the Thomas Dongan deed was made April 22, 1701, between William Penn and several branches of the Susquehanna, Shawona, Potowmack and Conestoga Indians, for the Susquehanna river and the lands on both sides of it. At a treaty held in Philadelphia, in July, 1727, between Governor Gordon and the deputies of the Five Nations, the latter said inasmuch as the former had at divers times sent for them they had therefore come to know his pleasure, and made an offer to sell the Susquehanna river lands. Gordon replied "that he was glad to see them, and that he takes their visit at this time very kindly, but that they were misinformed when they supposed he had sent for them; that Governor Penn had, by means of the Colonel Dongan deed, already bought of the Five Nations the lands on the Susquehanna river." A conference between the provincial officials and the Indians at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in 1753, was the beginning of the Indian troubles. At that time the latter were friendly but discontented, principally on account of the sale of August 25th, 10 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. (PHOTO OF W. SCULL'S MAP) W. Scull's Map, about 1773. Kittanning and Venango Indian Trail Through Canoe Place. 11 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 1737, known as the "Walking Purchase" deed, wherein the land conveyed was described to be "as far as a man can go in one day and an half." This purchase did not relate to the Susquehanna river or lands upon its shores, but applied to the Delaware river in its vicinity. In July, 1742, two hundred and thirty Indians of the Six Nations made a visit to Philadelphia and held a conference with Governor Thomas, complaining that the white men were not honestly dealing with them, but were settling on their hunting grounds which had been reserved. Canassatego implored the governor to make the white men remove therefrom, particularly those "who have settled on the Juniata, a branch of the Susquehanna." The chief said: "We have given the river Juniata for a hunting place to our cousins, the Delaware Indians, and our brethren the Shawnese. We therefore desire you will immediately by force remove all those that live on the river Juniata." The governor interrupted the chief by saying "that some magistrates were sent expressly to remove them, and he thought no person would presume to stay after that." The chief replied: "These persons who were sent do not do their duty; so far from removing the people they made surveys for themselves, and they are in league with the trespassers." About August 14th, 1749, two hundred and eighty Indians, including Senecas, Mohicans, Tutelas, Delawares and Nanticokes again went to Philadelphia, against the advice of Conrad Weiser, whom they regarded and who really was their friend. They renewed their complaints and insisted on the white man being removed from their hunting grounds. They did not complain of any trespassing east of the Susquehanna river, but as to the grounds of their cousins the Nanticokes and other Indians living on the waters of the Juniata, the white man must use more vigorous measures and formally remove them. At the Carlisle conference of 1753 the Indians did not make any threats, but continued to press their complaints that the white man should forbear settling on the Indian lands over the "Allegheny hills," and on the Juniata river. The friendly relations' heretofore existing between the provincial people and the Indians were being strained and the former deemed it wise to have another conference with the Six Nations, which comprised the Mohawks, Oneidas, Senecas, Tuscaroras, Onondagas and Cayugas, and have a new treaty 12 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. to cover all the lands then in dispute. In this view the parties met at Albany, in July, 1754, and after a conference the Six Nations gave a deed to Thomas and Richard Penn for the consideration of four hundred pounds, lawful money of New York, for "all the lands lying within the said province of Pennsylvania, bounded and limited as follows: namely, Beginning at the Kittochtinny or Blue hills on the west branch of the Susquehanna river, and thence by the same, a mile above the mouth of a certain creek called Kayarondinhagh (Penn's creek), thence northwest and by west as far as the said province of Pennsylvania extends to its western lines or boundaries; thence along the said western line or boundary of the province; thence by the said south line to the south side of the Kittochtinny hills; thence by the south side of said hills to the place of beginning. When the Indians returned to their homes and meditated upon the fact that they had sold all their lands west of the Allegheny hills, dissatisfaction and discontent were supreme. They became exasperated, and sought an alliance with the French, who were endeavoring to hold all the lands west of the Allegheny mountains, and were then in and around Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburg. The French promised to redeem the lands which were claimed by the English under these several deeds. The intense feeling broke out the following year when the Indians and French attacked and defeated General Braddock, who was mortally wounded and died within a few days. This was the beginning of the Indian wars in western Pennsylvania. The Indians told Conrad Weiser that they did not understand the points of the compass, and if the line was so run as to include the West Branch of the Susquehanna, they would never agree to it. In 1744 contention began between Louis XV of France and George II of England as to the territory west of the Allegheny mountains. France claimed it on the explorations made by La Salle in the lower Mississippi valley as early as 1679, wherein he had included a part of Ohio and of the Ohio river, and by that fact, sought to take possession of all the land to the headwaters of the Ohio river, which would have included the territory in Cambria county. George II denied the claim, so in 1753 the French came to Pittsburg and, constructing Fort Duquesne, prepared to take possession. During this period 13 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. (1755-63) the French took advantage of the discontent among the Indians, and most of them joined issue against the provincial authorities. The territory west of the Allegheny mountains was now defenseless and made desolate by the Indian war. On July 9, 1755, the army sent out by George II, under General Braddock, was defeated at Braddock's field, and the commander, mortally wounded, died four days later. This regiment had been considered of sufficient strength to overcome the French, but it remained for General Forbes in 1758 to capture Fort Duquesne and name it Fort Pitt. Notwithstanding the treaty and the delivery of the deed of 1754 for the land west of the Susquehanna river, the Indians of the Six Nations continued to complain that they had not been treated properly, and barbaric acts of cruelty were being committed by them throughout Western Pennsylvania and elsewhere. The Penns desired to have peace, and therefore invited the Indians to Easton to consider the contentions. As a result of that conference (October 23, 1758) Thomas and Richard Penn appointed Richard Peters and Conrad Weiser their attorneys-in-fact, and directed them to release all their claim to the land "lying to the northward and westward of the Allegheny hill," providing that the Six Nations or their deputies would affirm the sale of all the other land mentioned in the deed of 1754, which included territory east of the Allegheny mountains. But the situation in Western Pennsylvania remained intolerable, notwithstanding the effort of the Penns to conciliate the several tribes of Indians. It was in 1771 that Samuel Adams was killed by them at Sandy Bun, a few miles from Johnstown, and other depredations being committed on the pioneers and their families, many of them took their departure for the eastern part of the province. A general conference with the Indians of the Six Nations was called to meet at Fort Stanwix, New York, and there another treaty was made, of which the deed bears the date of November 5, 1768. The Indians who represented the Six Nations were: Tyanbasare, alias Abraham, sachem or chief of the Mohawks; Senughsis, for the Oneidas; Chenungbiata, for the Onondagas; Gaustarax, for the Senecas; Sequarisera, for the Tuscaroras; and Tagaaia, for the Cayugas. In consideration of ten thousand dollars they sold all their interest in the 14 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. land "beginning at Owegy, in New York, and running southwest along the easterly side of the Susquehanna river till it comes opposite the mouth of a creek called by the Indians Awandac (Towanda) * * * thence to the head of a creek which runs into the west branch of the Susquehanna, which creek is called by the Indians Tiadaghton, and down the said creek on the south side thereof to the said west branch of the Susquehanna; then crossing the said river and running up the same on the south side thereof, to the fork of the same river which lies nearest to a place on the river Ohio, called the Kittanning, " * * * This deed includes all the land south of the Kittanning trail in Western Pennsylvania, and was one of the largest purchases made by the Penns. "Canoe Place," or Cherry Tree, is the northerly boundary line of this sale in this county. This is the purchase known in our county as the "Canoe," or the Cherry Tree sale. Tradition tells us that the land was measured by the Indians agreeing that Penn should have all on the west branch of the Susquehanna river and west of it from a point where there was not sufficient water to float a canoe. There is no good authority for this as it will appear in the Fort Stanwix deed that the Indians sold everything south of the Kittanning trail. Prior to this purchase the provincial authorities endeavored to keep the white man from making a settlement on the land west of the Allegheny mountains, but now, having full title to it, the council of the province directed that on and after April 3, 1769, the territory mentioned should be open to persons desiring to settle upon it, or to purchase it. On that day, the very first day it could lawfully be acquired, Charles Campbell took out a warrant for two hundred and forty-nine acres on the Little Conemaugh and the Stoneycreek rivers, which includes the First, Second, Third, Fourth and parts of the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth wards of the city of Johnstown. 15 HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. (MAP SHOWING THE VARIOUS PURCHASES IN PENNSYLVANIA) No. 1. Purchased in 1682; Nos. 2 and 3 Purchased and Confirmed Oct. 11 to 25, 1736; No. 4, Purchased Oct. 22, 1749; No. 5, Oct. 23, 1758; No. 6, Including Cambria County, Nov. 5, 1768; No. 7, Oct. 23, 1784, and No. 8, on March 3, 1792