History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . ct of this pleas-ing discovery, that in a few days there were anumber of grates put in operation. Thisbrought the stone coal into popular notice. Luzerne County Near the close of the year 1682, WilliamPenn divided the province of Pennsylvania intothe three counties of Philadelphia, Chester andBucks. Northampton, with the county seat at Coimecticut settlers were then within thelimits of this county. jVs the population in-creased, it was thought advisable to form a newcounty from the northern por
History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . ct of this pleas-ing discovery, that in a few days there were anumber of grates put in operation. Thisbrought the stone coal into popular notice. Luzerne County Near the close of the year 1682, WilliamPenn divided the province of Pennsylvania intothe three counties of Philadelphia, Chester andBucks. Northampton, with the county seat at Coimecticut settlers were then within thelimits of this county. jVs the population in-creased, it was thought advisable to form a newcounty from the northern portion of Northum-berland. Accordingly, Luzerne county was or-ganized by the Act of September 25, 1786, andwas named in honor of the Chevalier De la Lu-zerne, minister from Prance to the UnitedStates. He was born in 1741 at Paris. ThenLuzerne county included parts of Bradford, Sul-livan and Carbon, and all of Susquehanna, Wy-oming and Lackawanna counties. Bradford county (called Ontario till March24, 1812) was formed of parts of Luzerne andLycoming counties, Feb. 21, 1810, and the same. THE OLD FELL, HOUSE ROOM AND FIRE PLACEThe first and only picture of tlie room where Jesse Pell made his experiment, burning-anthracite coal in a grate, Feb. .11, 180S. From a pen and ink drawing by J. H. Parrott,made in 1895, now in the Historical Society Building, Wilkes-Barre.(Courtesy of W^yoming Historical Society) Bucks embraced all the north-eastern portionof the province. The Walking Purchase ofSeptember, 1737, placed the heirs of Penn inpossession of the lands along the Delaware. Thesettlements rapidly extended northward, alongthe river. On March 11, 1752, Bucks countywas divided, and Northampton county organiz-ed, with the seat of justice at Easton. This actplaced the Wyoming Valley within the limitsof the new county, from which all legal pro-cesses were issued. Prisoners taken in Wyom-ing were conveyed across the mountain to theEaston jail. By the Act of March 21, 1772, the county ofNor
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