. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . l, Lukens had his deputy, John Armstrong,lay out a proprietary manor of 2,810 acres, covering thesite of the settlement. The settlement bore the brunt ofthe Indian troubles, but after the peace of 1765 the Boardof Property on May 5, 1766, ordered a town of 200 lots tobe laid out by the Surveyor-General, who completed hiswork in June. On the plan of the town Bernard Dougherty,Robert Galbreath, Thomas Smith, George Woods and onewoman, Phoebe Wolf, are mentioned as lot owners, but itdoes not appea
. The life and times of Thomas Smith, 1745-1809, a Pennsylvania member of the Continental congress . l, Lukens had his deputy, John Armstrong,lay out a proprietary manor of 2,810 acres, covering thesite of the settlement. The settlement bore the brunt ofthe Indian troubles, but after the peace of 1765 the Boardof Property on May 5, 1766, ordered a town of 200 lots tobe laid out by the Surveyor-General, who completed hiswork in June. On the plan of the town Bernard Dougherty,Robert Galbreath, Thomas Smith, George Woods and onewoman, Phoebe Wolf, are mentioned as lot owners, but itdoes not appear at what date they purchased. These arethe men, however, with whom the young Deputy Surveyor,Thomas Smith, was closely associated for years to come.^ Thomas Smith had not made his headquarters at Bed-ford very long before James Smith, a young man who hada remarkably adventurous career, and was later known asColonel James Smith, a signer of the Declaration, led anescapade which captured Fort Bedford, and he used after- ^ Historical Reminiscences of Bedford, by Hon. William /.VJYriKIKaS. PENNSYLVANIA IN ?^ /fc*-*«vJA^^^ivod^tivw. .AVW>.KW*^^«^/
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