History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . l. By the Act of March 21, 1772, the county ofNorthumberland was organized from a part of day Susquehanna was organized from a partof Luzerne; Wyoming, April 4, 1842 and Lack-awanna vlugust 13, 1878. ? The original terri-tory of Luzerne embraced five thousand squaremiles, exceeding in extent the state of Connec-ticut. In 1800 the poimlation was 12,838, and18,109 in 1810. Wilkes-Baere Wilkes-Barre was planned and laid out earlyin June, 1770, by Colonel .John Durkee. Theplot, containing about two hmidred acr
History and directory of Newton and Ransom townships, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania; . l. By the Act of March 21, 1772, the county ofNorthumberland was organized from a part of day Susquehanna was organized from a partof Luzerne; Wyoming, April 4, 1842 and Lack-awanna vlugust 13, 1878. ? The original terri-tory of Luzerne embraced five thousand squaremiles, exceeding in extent the state of Connec-ticut. In 1800 the poimlation was 12,838, and18,109 in 1810. Wilkes-Baere Wilkes-Barre was planned and laid out earlyin June, 1770, by Colonel .John Durkee. Theplot, containing about two hmidred acres, waslaid out on the level land lying just north-eastof Fort Durkee. In the centre of this plot waslaid out a diamond-shaped space, containing HISTORY OF THE WYOMING VALLEY 65 about four acres, which was called the CentreSquare, but for several years has been knownas Public Square. The land between Riverstreet and the river, containing some thirty-fiveacres, also remained as public property, and isnow known as the River Common. _ Wilkes-Barre was named in honor of John Wilkes and. ijXK ui JESSE FELLS GRATES The only one now extant, and now in Historical Society Building. C(jl(inel Isaac Barre, members of the BritishParliament, and warm friends of the Americancolonies during the Revolution. The firstdwelling within this plot was a log-cabin builtin 1769, by John Abliott, on the south-west cor-ner of Main and Northampton streets. In 1772,there were only five white women in Wilkes-Barie, but, several others came that 1784, the whole number of buildingsamounteci to twenty-six, of which twenty-threewere burnt by the Pennamites. Wilke,?-Barre Avas incorporated a borough,March 17, 1806, and Fell was elected thefirst burgess. The population at that time wasabout 500. The city of Wilkes-Barre was incorporatedby an Act of Assembly, approved May 24, 1871,and included the borough of Wilkes-Barre andall of the township of Wilkes-Barre lying westof the old Empire road, pro
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