. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration,. y, the sixth in order of the counties estab-lished, was erected January 27, 1750, when the vanguard ofemigration had just reached the valley of the Monongahela. Itsseat of justice was at Carlisle, and the jurisdiction of its courtsnominally extended over all the lands to the western borders ofthe province, but was scarcely felt in the remoter parts of theWest. With the erection of Bedford County in 1771, the seatof jurisdiction was brought somewhat nearer. All west of themountains was embraced in the new county. But it w
. History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania and its centennial celebration,. y, the sixth in order of the counties estab-lished, was erected January 27, 1750, when the vanguard ofemigration had just reached the valley of the Monongahela. Itsseat of justice was at Carlisle, and the jurisdiction of its courtsnominally extended over all the lands to the western borders ofthe province, but was scarcely felt in the remoter parts of theWest. With the erection of Bedford County in 1771, the seatof jurisdiction was brought somewhat nearer. All west of themountains was embraced in the new county. But it was yetuncertain whether the region lying between the Monongahelaand the Ohio was in Pennsylvania or Virginia,1 and for thisreason the settlers therein did not have much to do with theBedford County courts. By the beginning of the year 1773 the numbers and strengthof the settlers west of the mountains had increased so muchthat they felt themselves entitled to the organization of a county, 1 For boundary controversy between Pennsylvania and Virginia, see Chapter III. 304. Jesse Judge, 1804-1806. History of Beaver County 305 with the necessary legal machinery belonging to it, and peti-tions were addressed to the House of Representatives asking forthe same. This was finally granted, and by an Act of Assem-bly, passed and approved by the Governor, February 26, 1773,Westmoreland County was erected. By the provisions of theAct the county-seat was established at Robert Hannas settle-ment on the Forbes Road, thirty-five miles east of Pittsburg,and about three miles northeast of the present at Hannastown the first Pennsylvania court (perhaps thefirst court of English-speaking people,) ever held west of theAllegheny Mountains, was established. At this date, 1773, and for several years thereafter, thenumber of settlers was, even in that portion of Beaver Countywhich lay south of the Ohio River, very small; and for manyyears following there were, on the north
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