History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . ing. He was a de-scendant of the Earl of Wigton, a Scottish ftimilies descended from him still prize and usethe earls coat of arms, an engraving of which is heregiven. This very year (the year that John McCor-mick came to the neighborhood) he entered on of the large tract of land lying betweenthe Susquehanna River and the Bald Eagle Creek,on which the city of Lock Haven now stands andpart of the borough of Flemington, which he hadpurchased of the Rev. Dr. Francis Allison. Afterhis demise, which occurred in 1777
History of Centre and Clinton Counties, Pennsylvania . ing. He was a de-scendant of the Earl of Wigton, a Scottish ftimilies descended from him still prize and usethe earls coat of arms, an engraving of which is heregiven. This very year (the year that John McCor-mick came to the neighborhood) he entered on of the large tract of land lying betweenthe Susquehanna River and the Bald Eagle Creek,on which the city of Lock Haven now stands andpart of the borough of Flemington, which he hadpurchased of the Rev. Dr. Francis Allison. Afterhis demise, which occurred in 1777, his land, con-taining over sixteen hundred acres, was dividedamong his five sons and three daughters. JohnMcCormick, who had married his daughter Eliza-beth, subsequently purchased the part that fell to her brother Joseph. This was the part commonlyknown as the Point, lying immediately westof the junction of the with the BaldEagle. Here he lived the rest of his earthly life, andhere, too, he died at the good old age of Among the eventful scenes in which he partici-pated was the Big Runaway, which occurred inJune, 1778. In due time the fugitives returned, andMr. McCormick returned with them. From this toits close his life was smooth and tranquil, and adornedwith uprightness and usefulness. A family of fivesons and two daughters grew up around him. The Great Island Presbyterian Church of LockHaven, of which he was a member, has still in itspossession a subscription paper, showing the provisionthat was made for the support of the gospel in theyear 1788. The heading of it is as follows: We, the subscribers, do promise to deliver at thehouse of Robert Fleming, or David Hannah, thequantity of wheat, rye, and corn that is annexed toeach of our names on or before the 1st day of Feb-ruary next. We do also constitute and appoint Da-vid Lusk, William Reid, Sr., and Janie? Rodgers tomake sale of said grain in whatever manner they shallthink proper, and appr
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