. Otzinachson : a history of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna: its first settlement, privations endured by the early pioneers, Indian wars, predatory incursions, abductions and massacres, together with an account of the fair play system; and the trying scenes of the big run-away ... biographical sketches of the leading settlers .... uring the Revolution, who was also from NewJersey. He and his bride settled on a farm just below the mouthof Pine Creek. They had five sons and three daughters. Amongthe sons was Dr. Asher Davidson, who died at Jersey Shore in1864. His parents when they di
. Otzinachson : a history of the West Branch Valley of the Susquehanna: its first settlement, privations endured by the early pioneers, Indian wars, predatory incursions, abductions and massacres, together with an account of the fair play system; and the trying scenes of the big run-away ... biographical sketches of the leading settlers .... uring the Revolution, who was also from NewJersey. He and his bride settled on a farm just below the mouthof Pine Creek. They had five sons and three daughters. Amongthe sons was Dr. Asher Davidson, who died at Jersey Shore in1864. His parents when they died were buried in the old grave-yard at Pine Creek, which was on their estate. Another daughtermarried Captain Thomas Grant, of the Revolution, who built ahouse on the farm which adjoined Fort Augusta on the east, andis now owned by Hon. S. P. Wolverton, of Sunbury. Their de-scendants embrace many of the best families on the Susquehanna. About the time of the survey of Montours Reserve, anotherwas made at Shamokin (now Sunbury), in pursuance of a warrantissued by Lieutenant Governor Penn, of a tract to be called theManor of Pomfret. The following draft of the survey, copied HISTORY OF THE WEST BRANCH VALLEY. 325 from the books in the Land Office, at Harrisburg, shows the Hnesas they were run, and what territory of to-day is included:. .^ *;?S JffA/*OJr//>f M/u. Manor of Pom fret. Courses and distances of the river Susquehanna from the sugar tree at the junctionof Shamokin Creek with the river: I N 7 W 20 2 N 20 W 34 3 N 30 E 64 4 N 7 E 60 5 N 14 E 70 6 N 23 E 240 7 N 32 E 60 8 N 15 E 200 9 N 23 E 24 ro N 46 E 54 II N 70 E lOI 12 N 75 E 21 13 N 5 * 34 14 N 48 E * 15 N 39 E * 16 N 35 E 4f- 17 N 39 E * 18 North-east 0 ye beech 8 ps. N E of Small P un. By virtue of a warrant dated the 29th day of October 1768, surveyed the 19thday of December 1768, to the use of the Honorable the Proprietaries of the Provinceof Pennsylvania, the above described tract of land situate at Shamokin,
Size: 1890px × 1323px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublisherwilliamsportpagaze
