History of the early settlement of the Juniata Valley : embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley ; predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c. . h of Ireland about 1750, and settled in theneighborhood of the Manor, in Lancaster county. Thefeuds which existed between the Irish and Germanemigrants, as well as the unceasing efforts of the proprie-tary agents to keep emigrants from settling upon theirlands, induced the Hollidays to seek
History of the early settlement of the Juniata Valley : embracing an account of the early pioneers, and the trials and privations incident to the settlement of the valley ; predatory incursions, massacres, and abductions by the Indians during the French and Indian wars, and the War of the Revolution, &c. . h of Ireland about 1750, and settled in theneighborhood of the Manor, in Lancaster county. Thefeuds which existed between the Irish and Germanemigrants, as well as the unceasing efforts of the proprie-tary agents to keep emigrants from settling upon theirlands, induced the Hollidays to seek a location fartherwest. Conococheague suggested itself to them as asuitable j^lace, because it was so far removed from Phila-delj)hia that the proprietors could not well dispossessthem; and, the line never having been established, itwas altogether uncertain whether the settlement wasin Pennsylvania or Maryland. Besides, it possessed theadvantage of being tolerably well populated. Accordingly,they settled on the banks of the Conococheague, and com-menced clearing land, which they purchased and paid forsoon after the survey. During both the French andIndian wars of 1755-56 and the war of 1762-63 theHollidays were in active service. At the destruction o z i z< CO c 70O. HISTORY OF Tin: .HXIATA VALLEY. 311 of Kittaiiini:-, WiHi;un ilollidav \vas ;i lieutenant hiColonel Armstrongs conipanv, and lought Avitii greatbravorv in that conflict ^s•itll the sa\ Tiic Jlollidayswere eni[)hatically irontier-nion; and on the restorationof peace in 17G8, prol)al)ly under tlie impression that theConococheague Valley was becoming too thickly populated,they disposed ol their land, placed theii families andeflects upon pack-horses, and again turned their facestoward the west. They passed through Aughwick, butfound no unappropriated lands there worthy of theirattention. From thence they proceeded to the StandingStone, but nothing oftered there; nor even at Frankstowncould they find any ind
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