. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. ^J<:7 <rc e x/^^^t/^l. cZ^^>^.>t^^ (fe ^^^C^/^. FAYETTE COUNTY 361 claim held good until 1769, when he madeapplication to have it surveyed. His petitionwas granted, and on August 2, 1769, it wassurveyed, being the first authorized surveyever made by the government in Fayettecounty under the law of 1769. Besides thisthe Colonel owned his own Tomahawkclaim and several hundred acres in Redstoneand Jefferson townships, including a millsite. When the revolutionary war broke outAndrew enlisted in the Continental army an
. Genealogical and personal history of Fayette county, Pennsylvania. ^J<:7 <rc e x/^^^t/^l. cZ^^>^.>t^^ (fe ^^^C^/^. FAYETTE COUNTY 361 claim held good until 1769, when he madeapplication to have it surveyed. His petitionwas granted, and on August 2, 1769, it wassurveyed, being the first authorized surveyever made by the government in Fayettecounty under the law of 1769. Besides thisthe Colonel owned his own Tomahawkclaim and several hundred acres in Redstoneand Jefferson townships, including a millsite. When the revolutionary war broke outAndrew enlisted in the Continental army androse to the rank of a commissioned served throughout the entire war and waswith Washington at Yorktown. During hisabsence from home during the war the au-thorities compelled his wife to comply withthe law requiring every owner of a mill siteto either erect a mill or abandon the site tothe state. She pluckily faced the situation,and by the time her husband returned fromthe war the mill was completed and grindingflour and feed for the public. He resumedhis agricultural life and de
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