History of the early settlement of the Juniata Valley : embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley ; predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c. . ve what we have pro-cured, as a necessary adjunct to our work. It will beperceived that many of the names are familiar, and thedescendants are still scattered profusely over this sectionof the country, as well as the Union. Mr. Bell, in his Memoir, states that, at the time of hisearliest rec
History of the early settlement of the Juniata Valley : embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley ; predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c. . ve what we have pro-cured, as a necessary adjunct to our work. It will beperceived that many of the names are familiar, and thedescendants are still scattered profusely over this sectionof the country, as well as the Union. Mr. Bell, in his Memoir, states that, at the time of hisearliest recollection, between the Stone (Huntingdon) andthe mountain, the pioneers had principally settled alongthe streams. The prevailing religion was the Presbyte-rian, although there were Lutherans and Roman Catho-lics, and probably as many who professed no religion atall as all the other denominations put together. In addition to those whose names have already ap-peared, or will appear hereafter, we may incidentallymention, as early settlers about Lewistown, the McClays,McNitts, and Millikin; west of Lewistown, along theriver, the Junkins, Wilsons, Bratton, and Stackpoles. At Huntingdon, Ludwig Sills, Benjamin Elliot, Abra-ham Haynes, Frank Cluggage, Mr. Allabaugh, and Mr. I> 3) H CO> m;o zo >om. HISTORY OF THE JUNIATA VALLEY. 100 McMiirtrie; west of Iluntinji-don, in the iieiL;liI)<)iIii»()(lof Shavers Creek, Samuel Anderson, Bartholomew Ma-guire, General McElevy, McCormick, and Donnelly. Ofcourse, this place was settled at a later day than thecountry farther east. The first house erected where Alexandria now standswas located near a spring, and was l)nilt and occupied l)ytwo young Scotchmen, named jVIatthew Neal and JIughGlover, as a kind of trading-post. They dealt in goodsgenerally, and in whiskey particularly. The natural con-sequences of a free indulgence in the latter were fightsinnumerable, * even in them days, and the place re-ceived the euphonious title of Batt
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