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INDEX Abolition lecture 527 Aborigines of the Valley 6 Academy, Lewisburg 546 " building of University, ground broken for 548 Accidents 439, 492, 496, 512, 514, 525, 526 Adams, Reverend John Dietrich 369 Agricultural, Union, association formed 501 " fairs 501, 555 " society, Union county 528, 554 " awards of committees 528 Albright, Honorable Andrew, sketch of 457 Allen family murdered 188 Allison, Archibald, narrative of 173 Allummapees, King of the Delawares 20 Anti-Mason ticket formed 501 Anthony, Joseph B., holds court at Sunbury, 543 Armstrong, Colonel John, surveys of, 9, 19 Associators, list of companies of, 90 " officers chosen 90, 119 " brigadier general elected 99 Associate Reformed Church, 448 Attorneys admitted 42 44, 89 ,151, 235, 241, 418, 495, 501, 513, 524 534, 540, 542, 546 " list of 494 Aurand, Reverend John Dietrich 152, 199, 284 Aurand's hotel burned 533 Ayers killed, 157 Bacon, Elijah, visits Valley, 460, 495 Bald Eagle creek declared a highway 36 Banks, act regulating, passed, 417 " suspended, 442, 534 " card of directors of Northumberland, 534 Baptist settlers 283 Bar, peculiarities of the 481 Barber, Robert, builds at White Spring 48, 269 Barnes, Reverend W. H. H., 544 Barton, Kimber, 325 Bashor, John Michael, killed, 157 Baskins, Honorable John, resigns and removes, 540 Battalion drill at Lewisburg, 550 Baum, Samuel R., appointed postmaster 552 Bear's mills erected 232 Beaver run, 7 " township, residents of 258, 270, 284, 319 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Bellas, Esquire, Hugh 365 Berlin iron-works, first metal made at, 545 " " " blown out, 549 Bickle, Henry, killed, 201 Billman, Dewalt, notice of, 450 Billmyer, Andrew, tavern of, 243, 252 Bingaman, Frederick, death of, 545 Black Ann, whipped, 194 Blythe, William, notice of, 25 Boatman, Mrs. Claudius, killed, 211 Boat-yard removed to Lewisburg, 551 Boone, Captain Hawkins, 52, 107, 123, 166, 178 Boude family, notice of, 258 Bower, George, notice of, 450 Boy killed near Gundy's mill, 213 Boyd family, notice of, 143 Boyer, Jacob K., convicted, 497 Brady, Captain John, 98, 143, 165, 166 " " " killed, 168, 220, 225 " James, killed 164, 225 " Mrs. Mary, death of, 219 " family reminiscences of, 219 " Captain Samuel, 81, 143, 219 " kills Bald Eagle, 175 " adventures of, 227 " death of, 230 " General Hugh, 219 " John, (sheriff,) 226 " Lieutenant Samuel, at Chippewa, 419 " " " letter to Captain Vincent, 419 Brandywine, battle of, 143 Bridge, Northumberland built, 406, 438 " carried away, 546 " Lewisburg chartered, 417 " " supplement to charter, 433 " " built 438 " Limestone run, carried away, 437 " Harrisburg, 438 " " portion of, carried away, 546 " at mouth of Buffalo creek built, 78 " " " " " " carried away, 548 " new " " " " 552 " Milton, injured by flood, 546 " at Duncan's Island, carried away, 546 Brinton, Joseph, notice of, 449 Brobst, Jacob, 435 Bockenor, Isaac, accident to, 496 Brodhead's regiment, Eighth Pennsylvania, two soldiers of, killed, 163 Brown, Jonathan, 449 " Eleanor 246 " Matthew, death of, 142 " Michael, recollections of the people of the Valley, 341 Buchanan, Honorable James, speaks at Milton 544 Buffalo creek 7 " " bridge built at mouth of, 378 Buffalo township erected, 42 " " attempt to divide, 151 residents of, 50, 67, 148, 181 194, 214, 236, 242, 244, 252, 258, 263, 269 Buffalo Cross-Roads church, 51, 60, 270, 433, 524 " " " first hotel at, 318 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Buffalo, East and West, townships erected, 274 " East, residents of, 278, 283, 294 317, 323, 326, 332, 337, 340, 353, 355, 370, 379, 386 Buffalo, West, improvements, &c., 279 " " stills in, 280 " " resident's of, 280, 282, 294 301, 317, 333, 337, 340, 354, 355, 37O, 379, 387 Caderman, Jacob and Conrad, captured, 199 California gold fever reaches Valley, 549 " emigration to, 549 Canal meeting 491 " located, 495 " let, 496 " Lewisburg cross-cut, 496, 503 " first boats through, 512 " rates of freight on, 503 Camp Potter organized, 544 Camp-meeting, first Methodist, 354 " " 544 Campbell, Captain, killed, 199 " Daniel, notice of, 281 " McDonald, notice of, 450 " John, " " 450 Campleton, Captain Thomas, (Kemplin,) 165, 174, 179 " " " killed, 198 Carner, Anthony, notice of, 450 Celebration, Fourth of July 488, 504, 505, 524, 544 " " " toasts at, 526 " " " partisan toasts at, 524 " " " accidents at, 526 Cemetery at Lewisburg, 549 Census 1820, 449 " 1830, 502 " 1840, 537 " 1850, 552 " 1860, 557 " 1870, 557 Chamberlin, Colonel William, notice of, 440 Chambers, James, killed, 185 Chapman, Seth, acquitted, 487 Chappel Hollow, alias Haverly's Gap, 75 Chestnut Ridge, post office established at, 552 Chilloway, Job, 141 Chippewa, battle of, 419 Churches, notices of, 93, 253, 448 Church, Buffalo Cross-Roads Presbyterian, 51, 60, 231, 250, 270 " " " " new built, 433 " " " " last sermon in, 546 " Methodist, organized at Lewisburg, 406 " new, at Lewisburg consecrated, 511 " First Pastor German Reformed, 259 " Baptist, effort to establish, 283 " Dreisbach, condition of, 27 " St. Peter's, in Kelly, built, 333, 430 " Ray's, built, 333 " first Baptist, organized, 371 " " " pastors of, 371 " Baptist, at Lewisburg, 543, 545 " " " first sermon in new, 546 " Emanuel's, at New Berlin, dedicated, 481 " Associate Reformed, of Mifflinburg, organized, 448 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Church, Methodist, at New Berlin, dedicated, 437 " Christian Chapel at Lewisburg built, 441, 555 " " " opened, 460 " Bethel organized, 504 " Presbyterian, at Lewisburg, built, 505 " " first sermon in, 511 " Laurelton, organized, 506 " Union, German Reformed and Lutheran, subscription for starting, 512 " Union, German Reformed and Lutheran, dedicated 524 " Laurel run, dedicated, 540 " German Reformed, Pastor of, installed, 540 " Lutheran, at Selinsgrove, 543 " " and Reformed, in Buffalo township, dedicated, 534 " Presbyterian, at New Berlin, 538, 543 " German Reformed, in Lewisburg, corner stone of, laid, 547 " " " " dedicated, 548 " " " " pastor of, 551 Clark, Esquire, John, visits Lewisburg, 512 Clark, George, surveyor, 122 Clark, Walter, &c., moves to Valley, 39 Clarke, Captain John, roll of his company, 121 Clay, Henry, card of, in National Intelligencer, 472 Clemens, Peter, 450 Clingan, William, notice of, 457 Coal, bituminous, received, and price of, 514 Cochran, James, letter to Robert Irwin, 351 Cole, Colonel Philip, 51 Cold Friday, 526 Columbia Gazette, 416 Columbia guards en route to Mexico, flag presentation and return, 547 Comet visible, 398, 455, 479 Committee of Safety, minutes of, 99, 127 Committeemen, lists of, 99, 110, 131 Condition of the Valley, 153 " " court business, 165 Conference, Albright and United Brethren, 413 Connecticut claim, 45, 53, 87 Constitution of 1776, synopsis of, 94 " United States, ratified 251 " 1790 adopted, 266 Contributions for relief of distressed in Ireland and Scotland, 547 Controversy, railroad, 553 Convention, Carpenter's Hall, 56 " 1775, 65 " 1776, 93 " of associators, 99 " constitutional, delegates to, 94, 266, 527 " 1834, delegates to, 519 " Anti-Masonic, 519 " Democratic, 521, 540 " temperance, at Lewisburg, 539 " Whig, 540 " railroad, at Baltimore, 553 Cook, John, notice of, 451 Cooke, Colonel William, roster of regiment , 124, 243 Cooper, Honorable Thomas, 324, 435 Cornelius, Jesse, accident to, 512 Corruption story, Adams and Clay, 478 Coryell, George, 451 Counterfeiters convicted, 497 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. County lines, 448, 505, 511 " seat, 18 " division of, agitated, 405 " Union, erected, 412 " seat, vote for and against, 556 " division of, vote for and against, 556 Couples, David, killed, 184 Court crier appointed, 448 " business condition of, 165 " to be held at New Berlin, 429 " first circuit, at New Berlin, 492 " " in Northumberland county, 42 " " suits in, 44 " " at Mifflinburg, 418 " Supreme, middle district of, created, 356 " personnel of justices of, 498 " " justices opinion of Joseph Ritner, 498 Covenhoven, Robert, describes the Great Runaway 156 " " " also that of 1779, 176 Crawford county system introduced, 554 Creeks, early names of, 7 Crooked Billet, Abraham Smith's story, 152 Crotzerville post office established, 552 Crotzer, Henry W., appointed postmaster, 555 Dam built on Penn's creek, 275 " at Selin and Snyder's mill, 275 Dancing party at New Berlin, 463 Daguerreotypes first in the Valley, 546 Day's Collections quoted, 143, 193 Deaths- Deaths- Adams, James, 354 Brady, James, 164 Albright, Jacob, 400 Brady, Captain John, 169 Albright, Andrew, 457 Brady, John, 374 Allen, Samuel, 179 Brown, Mathew, 142 Allison, Archibald, 174 Brown, Eleanor, 142 Alsbaugh, Margaret, 344 Brunner, Jacob, 345 Antes, Colonel Frederick, 330 Bull, Mrs. Mary, 400 Aurand, Jacob, 256 Burns, Peter, 267 Aurand, John, 367 Buttorf, Michael, 345 Aurand, junior, John, 374 Buyers, Captain William, 456 Baldy, Susanna, 374 Cameron, Charles, 428 Baker, Wendell, 428 Campbell, Michael, 154 Baker, John, 456 Campbell, Daniel, 281 Barber Samuel, 276 Chambers, James, 185 Barber, Thomas, 188 Chambers, Mary, 311 Barber, Sarah, 442 Chamberlin, Colonel William, 440 Barnhart, George, 281 Christ, Adam, 374 Barnhart, Mathias, 293 Clark, Robert, 313 Bashor, John Michael, 156 Clark, William, 416 Beatty, Alexander, 243 Clarke, Florence, 368 Bickel, Henry, 201 Clarke, Colonel John, 385 Bingaman, Frederick, 545 Clemens, Elizabeth, 450 Bishop, John, 417 Clingan, William, 457 Black, John, 266 Collins, Paul, 428 Boal, John, 443 Cornelius, Jesse, 512 Bockener, Isaac, 496 Cooke, Colonel William, 344 Bolender, Henry, 296 Cook, John, 452 Bower, Casper, 293 Couples, David, 184 Bower, Peter, 436 Cramer, George, 400 Boone, Captain, 177 Dale, Honorable Samuel, 344 Boveard, James, 374 Darraugh, Widow, 512 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Deaths- Deaths- Daugherty, Captain, 177 Green, Mary, 354 Deal, Henry, 417 Greenlee, William, 231 Dempsey, Cornelius, 244 Grier, Reverend Isaac, 428 Derr, Catherine, 243 Grogan, Charles, 267 Derr, John, 547 Groninger, Leonard, 256 Douglass, William, 401 Gundy, William, 546 Dow, Lorenzo, 314 Harris, Honorable William, L., 546 Dreisbach, Anna Eve, 260 Hammond, General R. H., 548 Dreisbach, Martin, 320 Haney, Christopher, 266 Dreisbach, Jacob, 345 Hayes, John, 544 Dreisbach, Catherine, 430 Hayes, Mrs., 513 Dunkle, Catherine, 353 Hayes, William, 540 Dunkle, Killian, 436 Herrold, _______, 170 Dunning, Samuel, 374 Hetrick, Christian, 208 Earne, Elizabeth, 374 Himmelreich, Mary, 457 Egbert, Nicholas, 417 Himrod, Simon, 235 Ellenkhusen, Joseph, 277 Hoge, Reverend John, 368 Emerick, David, 201 Holstein, George, 400 Etzweiler, George, 185 Hood, Reverend, 549 Evans, Nathan, 391 Hood, Mrs. Mary, 549 Evans, Joseph, 400 Hoover, John, 436 Evans, Evan Rice, 400 Housel, Martin, 353 Evans, Joseph, (Lewisburg,) 514 Housel, Captain William, 551 Ewing, Jasper, 326 Hudson, George, 276 Eyer, Catherine, 353 Hunter, Colonel Samuel, 234 Ferguson, James, 281 Hunter, Alexander, 390 Fisher John, 293 Huston, Matthew, 385 Fleming, James, 277 Hutchinson, Mary, 385 Folimer, Thomas, 546 Iddings, Eve, 345 Follmer, Henry, 546 Iddings, Henry, 443 Forster, junior, John, 239 Irvine, William, 297 Forster, Thomas, 344 Irwin, Esquire, William, 416 Forster, Thomas, 390 Jenkins, James, 244 Forster, Captain John, 243 Jenkins, James, 339 Foster, John, 234 Jenkins, Phoebe, 335 Fought, Jonas, 267 Jodon, Peter, 353 Foutz, Mrs. Conrad, 494 Jones, Thomas, 512 Fox, Andrew, 293 Jordon, William, 335 Franklin, Daniel, 368 Katherman, David, 368 Frantz, Lewis, 368 Keene, Lawrence, 260 Frederick, Georgem 335 Kelchner, Jonas, 539 Frederick, Jabel, (should be Kelly, Mrs. Sarah, 504 Jacob,) 353 Kelly, Colonel John, 506 Freedly, John, 430 Kempling, Captain Thomas, 198 Freeland, Elias, 176 Kerstetter, Sebastian, 251 Freeland, junior, Jacob, 176 Klinesmith, Baltzer, 189 Frick, General Henry, 543 Kremer, Honorable George, 555 Fries, Rev. Just Henry, 534 Laird, Matthew, 256 Gabriel, George, 37 Langs, George, (suicide,) 386 Geary, John, 514 Lashells, Esquire, John, 547 Gebhart, Philip, 436 Lathy, William Kent, 384 Getz, Peter, 390 Laughlin, Samuel, 185 Gift, Jacob, 170 Laughlin, Esther, 345 Gray, Lieut. Colonel Neigal, 244 Laughlin, Adam, 428 Gray, Captain William, 431 Lee, John, and wife, 210 Gray, Sallie, and son, 527 Lepley, Michael, 170 Graybill, John, 354 Lewis, Paschal, 454 Green, Margaret, 256 Linn, John, 384 Green, Joseph, 335 Lotz, Ulrich, 266 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Deaths- Deaths- Lowdon, Captain John, 814 Rees, Daniel, 344 Lukens, John, Surveyor Gen., 262 Rees, Daniel, 436 McBeth, Mrs. Annie, 374 Richard, Henry, 354 McCandlish, senior, William, 231 Riddle, George, 310 McClellan, James, 550 Rodman, William, 209 McClenachan, James, 235 Rorabaugh, Philip, 453 McClenachan, David, 261 Rote, George, 311 McClure, Mrs. Jean, 330 Rotten, Joseph, 62 McClure, Roan, 512 Row, George, 193 McClung, John, 251 Sample, John and wife, 170 McCracken, Henry, 193 Sargent, Charles, 514 McCorley, Robert, 281 Sargent, James, 501 McCorley, James, 374 Seebold, Christopher, 417 McGrady, Alexander, 276 Selin, Captain Anthony, 276 McGuire, Thomas, 62 Shedacre Jacob, 163 McKee, Thomas, 50 Shewel, Adam, 353 McKim, William, 368 Shipton, Thomas, 493 McKim, Robert, 368 Sierer, John, 416 McKnight, 170 Simpson, John, 345 McLaughlin, Samuel, 185 Smiley, Reverend Thomas, 511 McLaughlin, William, 179 Smith, Peter, 50 McLaughlin, Hugh, 431 Smith, John, 213 Maclay, Esquire, William, 344 Smith, Adam, 261 Macpherson, Honorable, John, 493 Smith, Nicholas, 281 Madden, Neal, 374 Smith, George, 293 Marshall, James, 440 Smith, Colonel Matthew, 293 Martin, Aaron, 179 Smith, Anna M., 297 Martin, George, 352 Smith, Michael, 354 Merrill, James, 538 Smith, Esquire, Daniel, 390 Metzgar, Daniel, 374 Smith, Albright, 390 Miller, Theobald, 296 Smith, Enoch, 439 Miller, Christian, 314 Snyder, John, 251 Moore, John, 514 Soult, David, 470 Morrison, Reverend Hugh, 334 Specht, Adam, 470 Morton, Japhet, 431 Spyker, Esquire, Henry, 439 Motz, George, 353 Stanford, Jacob, 153 Mumma, John, 491 Steele, William, 354 Murphy, John, 314 Storms, David, 208 Myers, Henry, 390 Strawbridge, Hon. Thomas, 417 Myers, David, 511 Struble, Peter, 549 Nevius, Christian, 431 Struble, Adam, 428 Newcomer, Bishop, 489 Sutherland, Thomas, 436 Overmeier, Captain George, 353 Swartz, Peter, 345 Patterson, W. A., 555 Swesey, Daniel, 453 Peters, Henry, 309 Swineford, John, 352 Platt, Abraham, 310 Swineford, John, 386 Polhemus, Albert and wife, 157 Swineford, Jacob, 488 Pollock, Charles, 296 Taggert, Thomas, 293 Pollock, John, 354 Tate, Edward, 293 Pontius, Henry, 458 Taveler, Joseph, 310 Potter, Major General James, 261 Templeton, Samuel, 490 Priestly, Doctor Joseph, 343 Thompson, Captain James, 198 Ranck, senior, John, 256 Thompson, John, 330 Ranck, Adam, 385 Thompson, William, 368 Ray, George, 335 Thom, James, 251 Rearick, John, 256 Thom, James, 277 Reasoner, Davy, 408 Thornburg, John, 296 Reasoner, James, 526 Trinkle, Mathias, 231 Reedy, Conrad, 385 Troxell, George, 266 Rees, Abel, 277 Turner, John, 428 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Deaths- Deaths- Ultz, Joseph, 374 Wertz, Deitrick, 345 Van Doren, Thomas, 163 Weyland, Michael, 40 Vandyke, Henry, 234 Wierbach, John, 267 Vandyke, Lambert, 293 Wilson, John, 48 Vanvalzah, Doctor Robert, 551 Wilson, Thomas, 320 Vanvolsen, Levi, child of, 281 Wilson, Hugh, (of Buffalo,) 545 Vincent, Isaac, 176 Wilson, Elizabeth, 430 Wales, John, 314 Wilson, Honorable Hugh, 545 Wales, Mrs. Mary, 491 Wilson, William, 470 Walker, John, 211 Wilson, Thomas, (Kelly,) 504 Wallis, Joseph J., 390 Wilt, George, 367 Walter, John, 417 Wolfe, Jacob, 428 Watson, Patrick, 188 Yost, Casper, 209 Watson, David, 417 Young, Matthew, 251 Weeks, Joseph, 179 Young, Adam, 367 Weirick, John, 390 Young, James, 481 Weirick, Mrs. Elizabeth, 435 Young, John, 527 Weiser, Christopher, 442 Youngman, Elias, 457 Weitzell, Esquire, Casper, 213 Yutten, Jacob, 461 Debate at Lewisburg, 492, 523 Debating societies, 491 Deed, copy of Hawkins Boone's, 52 De Haven, Peter, letter of, 155 Depreciation, examples of, 175, 184 Derr, Ludwig, 33, 48 " " mill, meeting at, 56 " " trading house, incident at, 96 " " mention of, 237 Derr, Christian, notice of, 452 Derr, John, death of, 547 Derrickson, Mrs. Mary, account of capture of Fort Freeland, 176 Dieffenbach, Reverend Jacob, 369 Disbury, Joseph, 231 Dixon, Sankey, 243 Dog run, 7, 32 Domestic incidents, 392, 463 Donnel, Charles G., 543 Doudle, Daniel, 387 Dougherty, Peter, 246 Dreisbach's church, 39, 253 Dreisbach, Martin, 320 Drouth, severe, 488 Dry Valley, post office established at, 552 Dubbendorff, Reverend Samuel, 185 Duel, Binns-Stewart, 347 Duffield, George, D. D., quoted, 226 Duncan, Esquire, Thomas, 364 Eakers, Doctor Joseph, 26 Eclipses, 514 Egbert, John, stable burned, 533 Ejectment cases, 33, 35, 52, 54, 74, 195, 203, 313 Election, certificate of first, 96 " contested, 148, 216, 239 " return of, 1783, 215 " returns, 288, 334, 373, 437, 448, 457, 460, 463, 522 " first, under new constitution, 266 " districts, 310, 312, 456, 526 " of militia officers, 539, 540 " presidential, 496 Electors, choice of first presidential, 257 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Ellenkhusen, Mathias Joseph, 277 Ely, Reverend Doctor Ezra Styles, 506 Emerick family captured, 201 Emigration, sources of, 13 " to the West, 527 Encampments, 480, 539, 544, 550 Etzweiler, George, killed, 185 Evans, Evan Rice, 323 " Captain Frederick, at Fort McHenry, 420 " " " letters to George Kremer, 405, 462 Ewing, Jasper, death of, 326 Ewig, Christian, notice of, 452 Factories, woolen, 538 Famine in Ireland and Scotland, 547 Farley, John, quoted, 247 Ferry at Sunbury, 44 " landing dispute, 313 " at Lewisburg, 274 Fires, 166, 335, 493, 495, 525, 533, 539, 543, 545, 550, 555 Fire storm, 512 Fisher's, Paul, statement, 157 Fisher, John, 157 Fisher's, Samuel, mill burned, 166 Fisher, Esquire, George, 364 Flag captured at Monmouth, 166 Floods, great, 232, 488, 513, 546, 548, 552 Follmer, Thomas, drowned, 546 " Henry, drowned, 546 Forest iron-works, began building, 545 " " " in hands of sheriff, 549 " " " sold, 550 Forest Hill, post-office established at, 551 " " postmaster at, 551 Forster, John, incident related by, 179 " " death of, 239 " " killed, 187 " " Lieutenant Thomas, 122 " " Captain John, appointed postmaster, 555 Fort Augusta built, 13 " Freeland captured, 175 " Swartz, 193 " McHenry, bombardment of, 420 " " Captain Frederick Evans at, 420 Fought's, Jacob, mill, 34, 38 Fought's, Mrs. Michael, narrative, 159 Fought and Trinkle murders, 206 Foutz, Mrs. Conrad, 494 Freeburg, residents of, 331 Freeman, definition of, 67 Frederick, Thomas, 340 French Jacob's, mill attack on, 185 " " " locality of, 186 Frick & Slifer's boatyard removed to Lewisburg, 551 Frick, Slifer & Co's steam saw-mill burned, 555 Frost, severe, 513 Frick, General Henry, death of, 543 Fries, Reverend, 398, 410, 442 " " obituary of, 534 Furnace built, 555 Gabriel, George, 9, 17, 37 Galbraith, Bertram, letter of, 156 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Gazette, Sunbury, Northumberland, publication of, commenced, 269 . Gazette, Columbia, publication of, commenced, 416 Geisweit, Reverend George, 285 German regiment at Sunbury, 179 German Reformed churches, 252 " " " first pastor of, 259 Gift, Aaron K., account of Lepley, 170 Gill, William, notice of, 23 Gordon, Isaac G., notice of, 542 Grant, Reverend William D., at Lewisburg, 543 Grave-yards - Dry Run, 187 Turtle Creek, 200 White Deer, 240 Presbyterian, 312 Evangelical, 434 German and Lutheran, 512 Gray, Lieutenant William, 119, 224 " Captain William, death of, 431 " Lieutenant Colonel Neigal, 232 " George, 245 Green, Joseph, 66, 141, 151, 210 " " death of, 335 " George, letter from, 287 " General Abbot, elected major general, 39 Green's mill, 75 Greenville laid out, 311 Gregg, Andrew, marriage of &c., 248 Grier, D. D., Reverend Isaac, 52, 61, 231, 524, 546 Grochong's, Jacob, Mill, 185, 186 Grove, Peter, pursuit of Indians, 191 " Michael, kills an Indian, 192 " family notice of, 192 Guelph's mills, action near, 146 Gundy, Van Christian, recollections of, 97, 171 " " " notice of, 242 Gundy, William, drowned, 546 Haines township, formerly Potter, 264 Halfpenny, J. & M., woolen factories, 538 Hall, Esquire, Charles, 324, 364 Hammond, Lieutenant David, 81 " General R. H., death and burial of, 548 Harbaugh's Fathers, quoted, 199, 399 Harbaugh, Reverend Henry 543, 548, 550 Harding, General Abner C., 501 Harris, Honorable William L., death of, 546 Hartley township, formerly Upper Moreland, 61 " " erected, 391 " Colonel Thomas, 163, 316 " " " expedition of, 165 Hartleton, 316 Hayes, John, death of, 544 " William, store robbed, 492 " " death of, and notice of family, 540 " " incident of early life, 542 Heckewelder quoted, 201 Heim, Reverend John G., 379 Heiser, H., appointed postmaster, 552 Heisler, Reverend D. Y., quoted, 286 " " " installed, 551 Herrold, killed, 170 Herrold tavern opened, 232 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Hetrick, Christian, 66 " " killed, 208 Hickok, Henry C., appointed deputy Superintendent Public Schools, 556 High's mill burned, 550 Himrod, Simon, 39, 235 Hoffa's mills, 232 Hood, Reverend Thomas, ordination of, 346 " " " last sermon, 524 " " " death of, 549 " Mrs. Mary, death of, 549 Horse races, 496, 499 " " anti association formed, 500 Hotels mentioned, 480 Housel, Captain William, death of, 551 Hucks, Captain, tory, killed, 42 Hughes, Napoleon, develops iron ore, 539 Huling, Marcus, 114, 245 Hunt, Reverend Thomas P., lectures on temperance, 537 Hunter, Colonel Samuel, letters from, 143, 144, 153, 154 156, 174, 175, 179, 184, 207 " " pursues the Indians, 211 " " death of, 234 Improvement act passed, 503 Improvements, 39, 283, 333, 433 Indian tribes, localities of, 1 " paths, 6 " Muncy, leave the Valley, 20 " Delawares, withdraw, 20 " Six Nations, 97 " re-appear as enemies, 151, 153, 154, 171, 184,201, 207, 210 " Muncy, in Canada, 201 " married to whites, 202 " outrages, 208 Independent press of Lewisburg, 538, 544 Inhabitants, 1775, 67 Insane lad in House of Representatives, 346 Insurance company, mutual fire, organized, 553 Iron ore, development of, 639 " works, Berlin, first metal at, 645 " " " blown out, 549 " " Forest, began building, 545 " " " in hands of sheriff, 549 " " " sold, 550 Irvine, William, 297 Irwin & Johnston, 35 Isle of Que, 245 Jack's mountain, name how derived, 8 Jackson township erected, 555 Jail, appropriation for, 64 Jay's treaty, 295 Jefferson's election, rejoicing over, 327, 342 Jenkins' mill, 221 Johnson, Samuel, tried for firing a barn, 469 Jones, Esquire, Isaac G., 524 Journal, Conrad Weiser's, 2 " Richard Miles', 53 " Major Ennion Williams', 63, 84 " Flavel Roan's, 338, 359, 379, 388, 397, 407 Jurors, grand, list of, 43, 51, 53, 127, 151 " " petition for appointment of judge, 513 " traverse, list of 51, 53, 151, 231 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Keene, Major Lawrence, prothonotary, 214 Kelly, first settlers in, 34, 53 Kelly, Colonel John, 35, 141, 144, 153, 179 " " " at Princeton , 139 " " " pursues the Indians, 172 " " " lulls one near his cabin, 172 " " " toast of, 327 " " " sketch of, 506 " " " monument erected to, 524 Kelly, senior, James, opens temperence hotel in Lewisburg, 545 Kelly, Mrs. Sarah, 504 Kelly township reported as Pike, 461 " " erected, 462 Kempling or Kemplen, Captain - See Campleton. Kennedy's Gazette suspended temporarily, (finally in 1817,) 416 Kennedy, A., appointed postmaster, 549 Kerstetter, George, notice of, 453 Kester, George, bequest of, 297 Kleckner, M., barn burned, 543 Kelcbner, Jonas, death of, 539 Klinesmith, Baltzer, killed, 189 " " notice of his daughters, 190 Kremer, Honorable George, death of, 555 Lafayette lodge, officers of, 500 Laird, Matthew, notice of, and family, 255 Laird, Reverend Matthew, sails for Africa, 512 Lane, Elder William, 539 Land office, new purchase, 28 " locations, drawing of, 32 " valuation of, 60 Lashells, Esquire, John, death of, 547 Laughlin, Samuel, killed, 185 Lawyers, sketches of, 363 " peculiarities of, 481 Lechmere Point, skirmish at, 82 Lee, Major John, 126, 204 " " " and wife killed, 210 " Thomas, 211 Lennox, George, 453 Lepley, Michael, killed, 170 Leroy, Jacob, 9 " John, 9 " Anna M., affidavit of, 12 Levy, Esquire, Daniel, 365 Lewisburg laid out, 237 " residents of, 238, 242, 253, 269, 279, 282, 301 322, 332, 337, 354, 356, 370, 379, 387 " survey made of, 254 " merchants in, 311 " first postmaster at, 312 " incorporated, 406, 456 " sketch of, in 1787, 254 " University, act incorporating, passed, 546 " Academy, 546 " postmaster at 548, 549 " cemetery, at, 549 " Chronicle, publication of, began, 543 " University, extension of, 556 " sketch of, in 1813, 413 " explosion in drug store at, 525 " lecture at, 526 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Lewis, Judge Ellis, commission read, 513 License, applications for, 43, 51, 167 " vote for and against, 547 Lieutenants of the county appointed, and subs, 147 Limestone township, original settlers of, 76 " " erected, 550 Lincoln, Lieutenant Hananiah, 124 " Mishael, 169 Line of Indian purchase, 17 Linn, John, notice of, 453 " J. F., diary of, 550 Locusts appear, 418, 455, 530 Logan, son of Shikellimy, 5 " death of, 5 Loskiel quoted, 4 Lottery, Derr's, 238 " for improvement of Penn's creek 356 " advertisements, 487 Lowdon, Captain John, 79 " " " copy of his commission, 79 " " " roll of his company, 79 " " " letter to, from Hooper &Haines 83 " " " company mustered out, 85 " " " letter to, from Speaker Jacobs, 126 " " " sketch of, 314 Lukens, John, death of, 262 Lutheran churches, 253, 430, 534, 543 Lutz, A. H., appointed postmaster, 551 McCabe, Esquire, R. B., sketches, 97, 168 McCandlish, George, 94 " William, house built, 231 McClellan, Esquire, James, 393 " " death of, 550 McClune's, James, school, 526 McClure, Alexander, appointed postmaster, 548 McCracken, Henry, killed, 193 McCormick, Seth, 246 " Thomas, 246 McHarge, Joseph, soldier, 167 McHenry, Henry, 211 McKim, Miller, delivers abolition lecture, 527 Mack and Grube, journal of, 5 Maclay, Honorable Samuel, sketch of, 401 Maclay, William, letters of, 155, 175 " " Native American letter, 184 " " elected United States Senator, 255 " R. P., appointed associate judge of Clarion county 549 Macpherson, John, (Judge,) 166, 493 Mahantango township, inhabitants of, 308, 332 Mails, arrival and departure of, 327, 434 Manor, survey in Valley, 18 Manufactures, &c., review of, 269 Market quotations, 432, 441, 455, 457, 459, 497, 503, 513 529, 539, 543, 544, 546, 547, 549, 551, 552, 555, 556 " public at New Berlin, 432 Marr, Reverend P. B., ordained and installed, 514 Marriages- Alsbach, William, Catherine Shively, 490 Alter, Jacob, Ann Kessler, 438 Amberg, Hezekiah, Elizabeth Brooks, 485 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Marriages- Amberg Abraham, Charlotte Brooks, 500 Apple, Daniel, Susan Orwig, 486 Aurand, George, Mary Royer, 500 Baldy, General Christopher, Eve Metzgar, 384 Barber, Thomas, Betsy Clingan, 411 Barry, Elisha, Elizabeth Herbst, 430 Beeber, John, Anna Baker, 428 Benner, Mathias, Elizabeth Overmeier, 486 Benner, Henry, Mary Royer, 500 Billman, Jacob, Charity _______, 416 Billmyer, Martin, Margaret Himmelreich, 367 Black, David, Catherine Berry, 411 Bower, Joseph, Susanna Machamer, 384 Bower, Moses, Catherine Moyer, 390 Bower, George, Polly Smith, 390 Breyvogel, Jacob, Susanna Baldy, 329 Brobst, John, Lydia Marriner, 367 Brown, Peter, Catherine Kautz, 373 Burd, Levi, Eve Winegardner, 416 Burnside, Thomas, Mary Fleming, 367 Caldwell, James, Isabella Duncan, 490 Candor, Thomas, Margaret Montgomery, 485 Chamberlin, Aaron, Betsy Dale, 411 Chamberlin, John, Elizabeth Hayes, 490 Chamberlin, Joseph, Nancy Deal, 495 Charles, C. H., Juliette Mann, 500 Chestney, Jacob G., Juliana Cummings, 486 Christ, Esquire, L. B., Esther Bogar, 500 Coasin, Ludwig, Susanna Oliphant, 354 Cochran, junior, John, Anna M. Grove, 400 Dale, James, Eliza Bell, 441 Davis, William, Catherine Derr, 400 Derr, Jacob, Isabella Hunter, 495 Dersham, Samuel, Susanna Shadel, 416 Devung, John, Mary Wilson, 490 Devung Walter, Eliza Wilson, 499 Dickson, Jesse, Polly Merkle, 416 Donachy, Alexander, Fanny Seitz, 416 Dreisbach, Daniel, Katy Dreisbach, 330 Dreisbach, Martin, Elizabeth Kleckner, 470 Duncan, James, Sophia Maxwell, 485 Duncan, David, Susan Hayes, 495 Dunn, Washington, Betsy Musser, 390 Engleman, Michael, Barbara Gilman, 411 Epler, Peter, Eve Christ, 352 Evans, Evan Rice, Mrs. Forrest, 400 Forster, Robert, Jane Rutherford, 499 Forster, John, Margaret Vanvalzah, 495 Francis, William, Catherine Gettig, 435 Frederick, Philip, Christena Brown, 384 Freedly, John, Elizabeth Lehman, 373 Freedly, George, Catherine, Frantz, 373 Fruit, Robert, Maria Nevius, 411 Goodlander, Paul, Rachel Heckel, 416 Gregg, Andrew, Martha Potter, 248 Grier, Thomas, Rachel Stratton, 490 Grier, Doctor Joseph F., Margaret Graham, 499 Grove, Henry, Hannah Leisenring, 384 Grove, Simon, Mary Miller, 500 Grove, John, Sarah Montgomery, 411 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Marriages- Grove, Conrad, Mary Gingerich, 461 Gutelius, John P., Maria Aurand, 461 Hammond, Lieutenant R. H., Ann Eliza Duncan, 457 Haus, John, Margaret Roush, 495 Hayes, Robert, Emily Fields, 500 Hayes, John, Jane McFadden, 435 Hepburn, Samuel, Ann Clay, 400 Highland, William, Mary Gann, 390 Hill, Daniel K., Barbara Musser, 500 Hoffman, Michael, Lydia Wagner, 461 Housel, John, Margaret Musser, 493 Howard, Thomas, Elizabeth Harris, 311 Hutchinson, Samuel, Jennie Wallace, 390 Jodon, Francis, Elizabeth Cherry, 416 Johnston, John, Elizabeth Kress, 433 Jordan, Nathan, Hannah Smith, 470 Keenly, Daniel, Maria Richter, 416 Kelly, James, Hannah Seitz, 411 Kelly, William, Margaret Allison, 486 Kemp, Titus, Betsy Huntingdon, 435 Kirk, William, Jane Knox, 330 Kreechbaum, Peter, Elizabeth Davis, 367 Keechbaum, George, Polly Keller, 367 Laird, Reverend Matthew, Harriet Myer, 512 Lawshe, John, Polly Seitz, 352 Lawson, James, Nancy Clingan, 411 Lesher, Philip, Polly Billmyer, 416 Lewis, Paschall, Elizabeth Boude, 258 Linn, William, Jane Morrow, 470 Linn, John, Mary F. Chamberlin, 486 Linn, James F., Margaret Wilson, 490 Long, Peter, Sarah Moore, 438 Ludwig, Daniel, Sarah Hoffman, 486 Mackey, Mr., Abigail Iddings, 495 Maclay, John, Annie Dale, 411 Maclay, Robert P., Margaret C. Lashells, 486 Magee, Captain James, Elizabeth Strayhorn, 470 Magee, John, Susan Struble, 493 Maize, John, Elizabeth Jones, 486 Martin, David, Jane McClung, 208 Martin, Lawrence, Polly Juge, 384 Mauck, David, Nancy Shriner, 486 Mauck Jesse, Catherine Crotzer, 490 Merrill, James, Sarah Hepburn, 490 Metzgar, Abner, Eleanor Lawshe, 495 Meyer, Michael, Sarah Kelley, 390 Miller, William, Elizabeth Myers, 495 Mitchel, George, Eliza Anderson, 438 Mook, Daniel, Mary Dieffenbach, 486 Mook, George, Julia Fastnock, 430 Moore, Lewis, Dorothy Smith, 457 Montgomery, Robert, Nancy Knox, 384 Moyer, Henry, Polly Strickland, 435 Mussena, Henry B., Elizabeth Winter, 486 Myers, Henry, Hannah Walter, 500 Myers, Peter, Sophia Nixon, 373 McBeth, Andrew, Ann Linn, 438 McCormick, Saul, Catherine Hood, 493 McLaughlin, Hugh, Frances Derr, 495 McLaughlin, Hugh, Elizabeth McAllister, 416 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Marriages- Nesbit, William, Nancy Musser, 373 Nesbit, David, Mary Musser, 485 Orwig, John, Maria Bright, 480 Peters, Isaac, Susan, 470 Pontius, Conrad, Mary Seebold, 470 Ranck, John, Nancy Luther, 384 Ranck, Joel, Sarah Long, 390 Ranck, Jonathan, Catherine Long, 430 Reedy, Jonathan, Amelia Buckner, 490 Rees, Jacob, Elizabeth Williamson, 430 Renner, Frederick, Magdalena Krause, 354 Roush, Samuel, Elizabeth Dunkle, 438 Row, John, Rachael Kunkle, 486 Selin, Anthony, Catherine Yoner, 390 Sergeant, John, Catherine Beyer, 354 Shannon, Daniel, Christena Pross, 430 Shaw, John, Margaret Baker, 500 Sheckler, Tobias, Catherine Fredericks, 296 Shriner, Daniel, Catherine Funston, 435 Sierer, John, Louisa McMillan, 384 Snyder, John, Margaret Hammond, 490 Snyder, John, Mary Kittera, 441 Snyder, George, Anna Ellen Duncan, 457 Snyder, Simon, Catherine Antes, 309 Stahl, Philip, Susanna Spotz, 390 Steadman, William C., Elizabeth Wilson, 470 Straub, Michael, Sarah Grove, 354 Strawbridge, Mr., Louisa Mans, 486 Strayer, Jacob, Rachael Harmony, 435 Strayhorn, Peter, _______, Cornelius, 499 Strickland, Samuel, Elizabeth Turner, 430 Swartz, Peter, Magdalena Weyland, 49 Thompson, William, Susan Linn, 342 Troxell, George, Mary Hoffman, 354 Updike, Elijah, Elizabeth Snook, 400 Vandyke, John, Margaret Adams, 384 Vanvalzah, John A., Rebecca Chambers, 500 Wagner, Jacob, Rachael McGuire, 461 Walters, John, Susanna Moyer, 435 Wehr Jacob, Margaret Sassman, 430 Weiser, Conrad, Elizabeth Snyder, 390 Wetzel, Jonathan, Hettie Hoff, 486 Wilson, Hugh, Catherine Irvine, 266 Wilson, Thomas, Mrs. _______, Drake, 493 Wilson, William, Ruth Waddell, 499 Woods, junior, Christopher, Maria Little, 500 Yarger, John, Margaret Kelly, 493 Yost, John, Sarah Shaffer, 490 Zerbe, Henry, Susanna Heckel, 373 Zentmyer, Israel, Eve Snook, 500 Masonic procession, 493 " Anti, excitement, 498 " delegate meeting, 519 Maynard's Clinton county quoted, 267 Meeting, anti school, 514 " " " resolutions adopted, 515 " " " delegates, list of, 516 " " Masonic delegate, 519 " native American, 544 " railroad, at Mifflinburg, 546 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Meeting, railroad, at Lewisburg, 552 " " New Berlin, 553 " " Potters's fort, 554 Meginness' West Branch quoted, 178, 191, 192, 210, 232, 283 Merrill, James, address of, 506 " " death of, 538 Meteoric shower, 512 Meteor at New Berlin, 483 Mexican war, soldiers in, 547 Middleburg, residents of, 331 Middle creek, alias Christunn, 12 Mifflinburg laid out, 274 " residents of 279, 282, 318, 355, 370, 379, 387 " first court held at, 418 " Academy, act establishing, passed, 492 " incorporated, 492 Miles, Colonel Samuel, 13 " Richard, journal, 53 Military record, 1861-5, 580 Militia officers, 90, 102, 104, 108, 241 " elections 5, 539, 540 " companies of Valley, 525, 539, 540 Miller, Philip, appointed court-crier, 448 Miller, George F., barn burned, 545 Millerism excitement, 542 Mills built - Fought's, 38 Smith's, 60 Titzell's, 62 Barber's, 193 Weiser's fulling, 243 Farley's, John, 247 Farley's, Caleb, 258 Chillisquaque, 251 Penn's creek, 311 Barber's, Robert, 311 Wilt's, 327 steam flour, 554 Mingo, White, murder of, 24 Minutes of the Committee of Safety, 99, 127 Mitman, J. M., appointed postmaster, 548 Mizener, Adam, captured, 188 Monckton, Colonel, sword of, 162 Monmouth, battle of, 159 Montelius, Honorable John, address to electors, 530 Montour, John, 169 Moore, Colonel James, quoted, 3, 283 Morgan, Jacob, letter from, 153 Morrison, Reverend Hugh, 248 " " " his call, 249 " " " sermons of, 284 " " " difficulty with Maclay, 296, 318 " " " dismissed, 329 Morton, Johnny, sketch of, 501 Mountains, mention of, 8 Mumma, Esquire, John, death of, 491 Musser's distillery burned, 539 Necrology of the Buffalo Valley, 564 Nesbit's, fire at, 335 Nevin, Doctor John W., preaches in Lewisburg, 547 New Berlin, residents of, 283, 301, 322, 332, 337, 356, 370, 387 " " courts at, 429 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. New Berlin, plan of, made, 433 " " showman at, 482 " " meteor at, 483 " " incorporated, May 16, 1837. Newcomer, Bishop, visits Valley, 299, 325, 413, 429, 434, 489 Newspapers- Kennedy's Gazette, suspended temporarily, 416 Columbia Gazette began publication, 416 Andrew Kennedy's, junior, 418 Union Hickory removed to Lewisburg, 497 Sunbury Northumberland Gazette began publication, 269 " " " suspended, 416 Union Times, 457 " " editors of, 480, 522, 539 Lewisburg Journal published, 501 People's Advocate, at Lewisburg, suspended, 538 Independent Press began publication, 538 " " editors of, 544 Lewisburg Chronicle began publication, 543 " " editor of, 543, 548, 550, 556 Pittsburgh Daily, editor of, 544 Items from Henry Shaup's Union, 432 Union Star sold, 549 Union Democrat, editor of, 549 The Guardian, 550 Northumberland county erected, 40 " " first officials of, 41 " " courts held in, 42 " " sheriff of, 44 " " suits in, 44 " " bar, sketches of, 323 " " recruiting in, 151 " " divided into election districts, 238 Officers, application for land, 26 " grant of land to, 27 " survey of land, 30, 37 " " meeting, reference to, 36 " militia, elected, 525, 539 Officials, list of, 558 Orders, general, from Lieutenant Colonel Weirick's order book, 426 Overmeier's, Mrs., statement, 187 Paoli massacre, 143 Parr, Major James, 33, 81 " " " roll of his company, 86 Pastors of Baptist church, 371 Patterson, Captain Samuel, monument erected to, 537 " W. A., death of, 555 Pealer, Captain, in Nittany valley, 154 Pence, Peter, 8 Penn, Thomas and Richard, purchase from Six Nations, 26 Penn's creek massacre, 8 " residents on, 10 " public highway, 36 " appropriations for improvements, 497 Penn's township, settlers of, 23, 37, 40 " bounds of, 42 " List of inhabitants, 91, 150, 182, 194, 209 214, 237, 242, 245, 253, 263, 269, 280, 284, 294, 313 Pensioners, United States, residing in Union county in 1840, 537 Pennsylvania convention, 65 Phreemer, Reverend John G., 275 Pickering's life, quoted, 242 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Pickhard, John, case of, 137 " Nicholas, case of, 138 Piscataway, skirmishes at, 141, 143 Pittsburgh Daily, editor of, 544 Plunket, William, expedition to Wyoming, 87 " " notice of, 271 Poak, James, family of, 213 Pohlhemus, Albert, family, 157 Pollock, John, opens store, 294 " Hugh, publishes pamphlet, 538 Reverend Hugh, takes charge of Lewisburg Academy, 537 Political notes, 54, 76, 147, 257, 266, 280, 282, 287 295, 310, 312, 319, 325, 334, 351, 356, 369 371 ,434, 436, 448, 455, 456, 459, 463, 487 489, 493, 497 ,499, 501, 505, 519, 525, 526 527, 529, 533, 538, 540, 543, 544, 545, 546 548, 549, 550, 552, 553, 554, 555, 557 Pontius, Philip, statements, 187 " Henry, notice of, 458 Poor-house, vote for and against, 550 Post-offices established, 551, 552 Potter township, erected, 53 " " name changed, 264 Potter, General James, 142, l44, l51, 243 " " " letters to and from, 145, 146, 154, 163, 174, 200 " " " death of, 261 Presbyterian church, Cross-Roads, 51, 60, 231, 250, 270, 433 " " Lewisburg, 505, 511 " " at New Berlin, 538, 543 Presbytery of Northumberland, formed, 391 Prices current, 432, 441, 455, 457, 459, 497, 503, 513, 529 539, 543, 544, 546, 547, 549, 551, 552, 555, 556 Price, Sergeant Thomas, 119 Priestly, Doctor Joseph, 343 Princeton, battle at, 139 Prohibitory liquor law, vote for and against, 555 Pumpkins, big, 534 Purchases, 1754, 8 1758, 16 1768, 26 Quinn, Esquire, David, incident related by, 158 " Samuel, commissioned, 194 Quinn's run, origin of name, 194 Rahauser, Reverend Jonathan, 259 Railroad incorporated, 526 " survey began, 526 " Sunbury and Erie, subscription to, 526 " Lewisburg, Centre, and Spruce Creek, incorporated, 554 " " " " survey began, 554 Read, William, case of, 135 Real estate, valuation of, by townships, 551 Reasoner, James, accident to, 526 Reber, Samuel, opens hotel, 501 Red Bank run, 25 Reed family, 25 Reger, Elias, notice of, 453 Reichel, Reverend W. C., notice of, 19 Reily, General, 544 Revival at Lewisburg, 543 Revolutionary soldiers, notices of, 449 " " at fourth of July celebration, 505 " " struggle inaugurated, 76 Rifle battalion, notice of, 82 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Rifle battalion, standard of, described, 85 Riflemen, ordered to be raised, 78 " enlisted at Derr's mill, 78 River, improvement of the, 260 Road- Fort Augusta to Lycoming creek, 44 Derr's to Narrows, 51, 65 Great Plains to Sunbury, 51 Reuben Haines, 65 Bald Eagle to Sunbury, 86 Head of Penn's valley to J. Davidson's ferry , 251, 252, 259 Lewisburg, by Cross-Roads, to Mifflinburg, 252, 487, 495, 496, 497, 499 Shirtz, at Narrows, to Colonel Clarke's lane, 252 Jenkins mill to M. and L. road, 327 Milton to Derrstown and Mifflinburg road, 335 Jenkins' mill to Michael Smith's, 337 Gephart's to turnpike, 346 Brush valley to James Irwin's, 274 Wolfe's tavern to Buffalo creek, 274 Rockey's mills to Reznor's, 418 Reznor's saw-mill to Brush valley and Mifflinburg road, 418 Bellefonte to White Deer creek, 463 Lewisburg to Selinsgrove, 497 Mortonsville, by Hugh Wilson's and Derr's, 418, 501 Chamberlin's mill to Kelly's saw-mill, 499 Turtle creek, 501 State, Heverling's mill to Elk creek, 537 Sugar Valley and White Deer, 552 Roan, Flavel, 243 " " poetry of, 292 " " journal of, 338, 359, 379, 388, 397, 407 Robb's, Robert, case, 115, 127 Robinson, John, 543 Roll of Captain John Lowdon's company, 79 " " James Parr's company, 86 " twelfth Pennsylvania, 124 " Captain John Clarke's company, 121 " soldiers captured at Fort Freeland, 179 " Captain James Thompson's company, 188 " " Casper Weitzel's company, 118 " " B. Weiser's company, 140 " " Peter Grove's company, 206 " " Samuel McGrady's company, 206 " Rangers, 207 " Captain Lowdon's company, 1784, 233 " " Donaldson's company, 1812, 408 " " Middleswarth's company, 1812, 410 " Field and staff of Lieutenant Colonel George Weirick's regiment, 421 " Captain Henry Miller's company, 421 " " Jacob Hummel's company, 422 " " Valentine Haas' company, 423 " " John Bergstresser's company, 424 " " William F. Buyers' company, 425 " " Ner Middleswarth's company, 427 Rope dancer at New Berlin, 464 Rorabaugh, Philip, notice of, 453 " " buried, 527 Rote, George, and his sister captured, 199 Row, George, killed, 193 Royal Grenadiers' flag captured, 159 Rumsey, John, 245 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Runaway, the Great, 1778, 154, 176 Rupp, I. D., quoted, 13 Salt-works, 480 Sample, John, and wife killed, 171 Sargent, John, removes, 525 Sawyer, Thomas, 499 Schools, 297, 359, 413, 460 School, anti, meeting of, 514 " " " resolutions adopted at, 515 " " delegate meeting, 516 " " delegates, list of, 516 " vote for and against, 518, 536 " first county superintendent of, 555 " Deputy Superintendent of Public, 556 Scull's map, 36 Seebold, Philip, 159 Selin, Captain Anthony, 276 Selinsgrove, residents of, 332 " incorporated, 492 " first hotel in, 232 Seminary, Union, at New Berlin, established, 556 Settlers, early, Penn township, 23 " " of Valley, 33, 39, 49, 50, 53, 54, 62 " first Baptist, 283 Shamokin, now Sunbury, 2 " original name of the country, 7 Shaeffer, Reverend Samuel, 546 Shikellimy, Viceroy, 2 " residence of, 2 " removes to Shamokin, 4 " death of, 20 Shikellimy's old town, 3, 32 Shikellimy, Loskiel's notice of, 4 Shively, Christian, statement of, 187, 189 " John, carried away, 199 Shoemaker, Charles L., 549 Showman at New Berlin, 482 Shows, character of, 527 Skeleton found, 555 Slaves, 74, 242, 299 Slenker, Honorable Isaac, 495 Smith, Catherine, petition of, 240 " Widow, mills, 60, 175, 240 " " petition of, 240 " Anna M., bequest of, 297 " Esquire, Charles, sketch of, 363 " Enoch, sketch of, 439 " Ann, alias Carson, arrested, 433 " Adam, sketch of, 453 " Michael, statement of, 203 " Matthew, letters of, 155, 186 " " specimen record of, 209 " John, of Buffalo, family of, 213 " Daniel, 323, 365 Snyder, Governor Simon, letter from, to George Kremer, 434 " " " sketch of, 443 " Antes, 446 " George A., extracts from manuscript, 190 464,479, 482, 484, 502, 527, 530, 542 " John, heirs of, law suit, Vs. Simon Snyder, 465 Snyder county, erected, 556 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Snow storms, 495, 527, 536, 544 Social incidents, 392, 463 Society, Union County agricultural, 528, 554 " Susquehanna Bible, formed, 433 " debating, 491 Soldiers, revolutionary, notices of, 449 " list of, from Union county in Mexican War, 547 Soult, David, 470 Spangenberg, Reverend Cyriacus, notice of, 217 " " " executed for murder, 218 Spalding, Captain Simon, testimony, 217 Speddy, William, 46 Spyker, Henry, house built, 294 " " notice of, 439 Stanford, Jacob, killed, 153 Starret's mill burned, 175 Steam flour-mill built, 554 Straubstown, residents of, 331 Stevens, Ephraim, 481 Still bursted, 492 Stony Point captured, 175 Storms, David, killed, 208 Storm, heavy north-east, 552 Stove, Hathaway cooking, manufacture of begun, 539 Strickland, Timothy, 453 Strubble, Peter, death of, 549 Stump, Frederick, murders by, 24 Suits, act passed transferring all unsettled, to Union county, 418 Sullivan, General, letter from, 174 Sunbury laid out, 43 " Northumberland Gazette, 269 Sunderland, Daniel, 247 Supreme Court justices opinion of Ritner, 498 " personnel of justices of, 498 " middle district created, 356 Surveys, first, 19, 28 " officers, made, 30 " early, 34, 38, 48, 52, 61, 75, 237 Surveyors, deputy, appointed, 257 Susquehanna declared a highway, 36 " survey of, 264 Swan, Samuel, 246 Swartz, Peter, marriage of, 49 " " house burned, 157 Swartzel, Esquire, H., 47 Swesey, Daniel, notice of, 453 Swineford's hotel, 247 " murder of, 488 Swinefordstown, residents of, 331 Switzer run, 7 " tract, 74 Synod, Philadelphia, met at Lewisburg, 548 Taggert, M. H., appointed postmaster, 552 Tannery burned, 525 Tan-yard at Buffalo Cross-Roads, 279 Tate, Edward, 210 Taxables, enumeration of, by townships, 551 Taylor, Thomas, anecdote of, 488 Teedyuscung, king of the Delawares, 19 Telegraph brought to Lewisburg, 552 Temperance associations formed, 483 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. Temperance society, 504 " efforts, 544 " sons of, organized, 545 Templeton, Samuel, death of, 490 Thompson, Captain James, narrative of, 195 Thornton, Doctor Thomas A. H., 549 Times, Union, publication of, began, 457 " " editors of, 522 Titzell's mill, 62 Tomato as an edible, 443 Treaty at Fort Greenville, 223 Turtle creek, 7 Turnpikes, 495, 496, 497, 552 Tusk, mammoth, dug up, 552 Union township, surveys, 34 " " erected, 429 " county, " 412 " Hickory, (newspaper,) removed to Lewisburg, 497 " furnace built, 555 " seminary at New Berlin established, 556 " officers of, 556 Utica, origin of, for girl's name, 489 University, Lewisburg, act to establish, passed, 546 " " first commencement, 552 " " graduating class, 552 " " change of presidents, 552 " " Academy building of, ground broken for, 548 Van Campen's narrative referred to, 191 Van Fleet, Cornelius, 245 Van Gundy, Christian, licensed 51 " narratives of, 91, 171 " notice of, 242 Vanvalzah, Doctor Robert, 253 " " " death of, 551 " " Thomas, 527 " Howard, accident to, 514 Vincent, Daniel, incident of, 178 Wagoner, Adam, house and mill burnt, 495 Walker, John, sequel to his murder, 212 Washington township erected, 239 " " inhabitants of, 239 Watson, Patrick, killed, 189 Watts, Esquire, David, 364 Weather record, 479, 497, 500, 511, 513, 523, 526, 536 Wedding, first in the Valley, 49 " party, 463 Weeks, Rachel, 245 " Jesse, 246 Weirick, Lieutenant Colonel, order book, 426 Weiser, Conrad, journal of, 2 " Captain Benjamin, roll of his company, 140 Weisertown, residents of, 332 Weisner, Thomas, 245 Weitzel, Captain Casper, letter of, 77 " " " roll of his company, 140 " ' " death of, 213 Welch, Clinton, drowned, 556 West Buffalo, early settlers in, 54 Wheat, fall of, 405 Whisky insurrection, incidents of, 286 White Deer creek - Opaghtanoten, 7 ANNALS OF BUFFALO VALLEY. White Deer mills built, 60 " " " burned, 175 " " township erected, 89 " " " inhabitants of, 149, 182, 194, 214, 232 236, 242, 244, 253, 258, 274, 279 284, 294, 305, 310, 317, 326, 332 337, 340, 354, 355, 370, 379, 387 " " " valuation of, 299 " " distilleries in, 260 " " election district, 310 " " Hole valley, people of, 245 White Mingo, murder of, 24 Whitman, Professor, J. S., elected county superintendent, 555 Weirbach's, John, daughter captured, 206 Williams', Major Ennion, journal, 63, 84 Wilson, John, 33 Wilson, Judge William, 81, 159, 162 " William, Doctor T. H., grandfather, 49, 188 " Thomas, 320 " " of Kelly, death of, 504 " William, of Kelly, 470 " Honorable Hugh, death of, 545 " Hugh, of Buffalo, notice of, 545 Winfield post-office established, 552 Witchraft farce, 484 Withington, Captain Peter, 124 " Martin opens hotel, 269 Wolfe's, John, barn burned, 545 Wolfinger, John F., quoted, 94, 143, 245 Wolves perish from cold, 523 Woolen factories, 538 Worden, O. N., quoted, 45, 283, 371, 548 Wright, John, (erratum for Weight, read Wright,) 422 Yellow fever, 280 Yeomans, Doctor, preaches at Lewisburg, 548 Yiesely, Michael, notice of, 454 Young, Margaret, story of, 197, 251 " James, death of, 481 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE. After these Annals had gone to press, John Jordan, junior, Esquire, of Philadelphia, found in the library of the Archives of the Moravian Church, at Bethlehem, the Narrative of Anne LeRoy and Barbara Leininger, referred to upon page 12. He writes: "it is in the German language, fourteen pages, and bound in one of the five volumes entitled 'Varia,' in that library, of which Bishop Edward de Schweintz is custodian. It purports to be taken from the lips of the parties, but does not give exact information of the precise places where the girls were captured. They lived on adjoining farms, some miles from Shamokin. They were taken in October, 1755, and reached Philadelphia May 6, 1759." I am glad the occasion for a note enables me to acknowledge my obligations to WILLIAM H. EGLE, M. D., of Harrisburg, for many valuable suggestions, and for his intelligent and laborious supervision of the proofs; but for which, in a book containing such an abundance of names and dates, many errors other than those which may possibly be found must have occurred. JOHN BLAIR LINN. July 18, 1877.