. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. in 1837 and later in 1841 and1854. The second burgess name wasJames and the third wasBenjamin Leas. The first town coun-cil consisted of Thomas Askin, JohnPrice, Jacob Ricard and Thomas Bar-ton. The first constable was ElliotRamsey, and the first beard ofscho-ol directors was Samuel McVittyand Henry Brewster, chosen in 1843. STiirleysburg takes its name name of the fort which was lo-cated in early days to the north ofwhere the town now Theland upon which the town is now sit-uated was owned in primitive
. History of Mount Union, Shirleysburg and Shirley Township. in 1837 and later in 1841 and1854. The second burgess name wasJames and the third wasBenjamin Leas. The first town coun-cil consisted of Thomas Askin, JohnPrice, Jacob Ricard and Thomas Bar-ton. The first constable was ElliotRamsey, and the first beard ofscho-ol directors was Samuel McVittyand Henry Brewster, chosen in 1843. STiirleysburg takes its name name of the fort which was lo-cated in early days to the north ofwhere the town now Theland upon which the town is now sit-uated was owned in primitive days byGeorge Croghan, which fact welearned earlier in this article. FromCroghans hands it passed to severalother owners, until later, in fact atstill a very early date, what is nowthe site of the town was known asthe Warner tract. Some of the or-iginal owners of lots in Shirlsysburgwere: Charles Barton, Samuel Mc-Vitty, James Oliver, David Freaker,Walter Hudson, Thos. A. Harvey, Jesse Hollingsworthand Thomas Askin. The first over- IB B ST-. 56 seers of the poor were: Samuel Mc-Math and William Wilson (1810). SHIRLEYSBURGS INDUSTRIES Among the industries in thf--town of Shirleysburg was a foundryowned by John Lutz, and among thethings which he manufactired old Hathaway coo:, ctove^which was sold by : for uiil^jsaround through the country. SamuelBackus came to that seciion about1S24 and started a tile and potteryworks. After passing through sever-al different hands, this property final-ly came into the possession of Phi!];>Kabis, about 1866. We note also that,an earthenware works was also es-tablished there about 1866 by Geo. , who conducted the businessin connection with his son, D. P-Hawker, until 1871, at which tim:3the father died and the business wascontinued by the son for severalyears later. What was known as the old log-grist mill, long ago dlapiclated. waserected about 1800 anJ stood nearthe site of the rail! at h
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