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. Httttifrattg ofPtttsburgl? DarlingtonMemorialLibrary QIlaB0..i Digitized by the Internet Arciiive in 2009 with funding from University of Pittsburgh Library System http://www.archive.org/details/historyofcentrecOOIinn HISTORY ?^ ENTRE AND CLINTON COUNTIES, PET^^IS^SYLV^N^I^. JOH^ BLAIR LINN. I^^i-i^l'f ILLUSTRATES. PHILADELPHIA: LOUIS H. EVERTS. 1883. PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOrr & CO, PHILADELPHIA A^' \ '1 PREFACE. u I ASSUMED the responsibility of editinga history of Centreand Clinton Counties, in defer- ence to the request of Maj. Louis H. Everts, a gallant officer of the volunteer army of the United States. I did it because ever since the internecine strife has ceased, jMaj. Everts has ' thrown his energy, time, and means into the publication of books illustrative of thehistory of J -^our State and country,and I was satisfied that he would spare neither.labor nor expen.se in making a complete history of the counties I have undertaken to descrilie. j\Iyacknowledg- mentsare therefore madefirstto him, for his liberality in the illustrations, and the carlehfmu-he hegave meto make a liistory of Centreand Clinton Counties all it ought to l)c. If there is anv failure, it is on the part of the editor. I have also numerous friends to whom I should make acknowledgments for favors and r communications, particularly James Gilliland,Esq.,of Washington, D.C, I>. S.]\Iaynard, E-q., of NewJersey, whose zeal and accuracy in historical researcii cannot be surpassed. At hoii^e, Hon. A. G. Curtin wasof invaluable assistance to me, and for local history I am underobliga- tion especially to Capt. Christian Dale, Samuel Potter, Peter Wilson, Capt. Jared B. Fislitr, Professor Henry Meyer, now a representative in the Pennsylvania Legislature, Dr. Williiuii I. Wilson, J. DunlopShugert, Rev.Frederick Kurtz, and Hon. L.A. Mackey, H. L. Dieffenb.-itii, and several other gentlemen of Lock Haven. I am indebted also to the various newspapcisof both counti&s forthe many items of interest culled from their columns, and to all who have in any way contributed to make tliis work asuccess I make my most humbleacknowledgments:_ John Bl.\ir Linx. Bellefonte, Pa.,Jnn.1,1883. _ 5 i ——— —— CONTENTS. CIIAPTEB P I.—IndianOccnpation Contest—Death of Gen. Bcnner—Election Re- HIII——BIinildLiiolcaEanlaiPgtaliteelsaisn—dTeLrorgiatoniiCahlieDfesscription-Streamsand XXXII,—UntniueorwnnasMl,e1oe8ft32ithnegsD—epEonsciatnsi—jmCioenmtmso—nRSacihnoooflsF—irEe—ducRae-- IvV..——TTlhiMveoeavDFnisiorssrc1t7o6voS9efetrStylueocrfcoPtehn—n'MsaVnaolrleoyf-NSoutrvteiynsghofam1—77S0n:r..-. 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CenDseumsocroaftic18W1h0i-gT—heTheUaTanriifsfonIssuCea—mTpeamipgenr-aTnhcee VII.—BaldEagleandPelin'sValleyin1775 83 VIII.—InhabitantsofPotterTownshipin177U—Residents XXXVL—Politics—OfticialReturn,1844—RailroadMeeting— ofBaldEagleandPotter—EventsoftheBevolu- Me.\icanWarSoldiers—Gen.IrvinNominatedfor tion—IndianMassacre Governor—OfficialReturnsin1347-48 80 IX.—Eventsof1779-84—Thefirst Iron Company—Snr- XXXVII.—Incidents—The Grand Hunt—Census of 1850— veysandRetnrnoftheInhabitants Teachers'Institute 89 XXIXII...———ECElereenGcctettrniie.oonnFJuaDormifesntsMaricifPcefutlt—sitHneaornw'CdseoluDLlnie'tsast.tsvMh—oafLapinSsdeottfsWt1lioel7frl9sI2n—hRaobciklaInrtosn—- XXXXXVXIIIXI,——USnnimLooowagn-n-SFtTloooErwasmntt—sianhbAgilm—piesTrEheiremcdepa—cenJtrueaPgdna—rcPteoLysM—ate-weDOt—efimfFnoiagccrsrem—aeRtraisci'lWraoHtaicdghsh-- 91 works—Hainesand UpperBald Eaglein1793 School 94 XIII.—Sc-hI9er4dounl-eWoofrkGesn-eMriallesE'leRcatinogne,rOsc—t.Mi1l9e,s17T9o4w—nTsuhrinpe—r XL.—Baf—noknPtioelnigCtiecmFaelit—rermRey—p—BuebLllolicecfkaonHntaMevaesGnsa-asmnedeCtToiymnrpgoanenyRa—iBlerlolaed- 97 Post-Offlces—Forges XLI.—Encampment—Farmers' Mutual Insurance Com- XIV.—Political—AlienandSeditionLaws—AdditionalResi- pany—SnowShooRailroad—BellefonteFenciblcs XV.—PopduelnattsiaonndinOff1i8c0er0s—,E1r7e0c1t-iloSnOUofCentreCountyand XLII—A.—0C.eCnutrrtailnPNroemsisn—aDt^eadlhfurofGoJvudegrenoBru—rEnlseicdteionRe- 99 BoundaryLines lurns—I'opulation of Centre County in 1800- XVI.—Organization ofthe County—Court Proceedings— Robberies 101 aRnodadSspr—iTnogwnTsohwinpshAispsse—ssLmoewnetrs—BUaplpdeEraBgalledTEoiiwgnl-e XLllI.—EveMnetestipnrgecoefdtihnegPtehoepWlearof1801-05-Enthusiastic 104 ship XLIV.—TheBellefonteFencibles—EagleGuards—Cameron XXVVHIII..——RReessiiddeennttssooffCePnuttrteo,n,HaPiontetse,r,anFderMgiulseosn,TowannsdhipHsa.l.f.- pInafnayntcrayptaunrdedT—hrMeuestMeorn-Rtohlsl'sSoefrvOfifciec—erHsesasn'dCMoemn- 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