http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/smithproject/history/chap20.html
South BUFFALO Twp., Chapter 20.
THE DEPRECIATION LANDS.
Dr. Benjamin Franklin purchased 11 depreciation lots in Elderâs
district No. 5
at sales of depreciation lands at the Merchantsâ Coffee House,
Philadelphia,
some of which he paid 1 penny and for some 2 pence an acre, for
which patents
were granted to him, November 1, 1787....
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Bios:
Thomas McConnell ELDER, b. 1826 --Reverend and Teacher in Armstrong
Co. PA.
He is in the "Robert " list, page 18: His father: Thomas Elder
(1782 -1855) buried
Derry Twp, Westmoreland Co PA
http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/smithproject/bios/elder.html
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From: Armstrong Beers History book Transcription Project:
http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/beersproject/history/Chap23.html
More School Teachers, this time a JOSIAH!
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SCHOOLS
"As early as 1826 an organization existed in Elderton called the
"New Middletown Schoolhouse Stockholders," who built in
1828 a schoolhouse, the first teacher being Josiah Elder.
On the site of this frame school is located a fine brick public
schoolhouse...."
(Teacher in Middletown PA)
Josiah Elder, b. 1801, d. 10-30-1844 (on "Robert List"page 15--from
Lee ELDER in Texas)
no marriage or other info. We know he was teaching in PA in
1826.
......
Josiah's father listed as Samuel Elder (son of Rev. John
Elder, b. Edinburgh, Scotland)
Samuel b. 2-27-1772 m. 03-07-1793 Margaret Espy
Her father: Josiah Espy, her
mother: Anne Kirkpatrick
Samuel and Margaret's Children:
1. Ann, 2. John, 3. Mary,
4. Josiah, 5.Sarah
(Child #2: John, b. 9-02-1796, Dauphin Co PA, occupation: Architect,
m. 3-2-1820, Jane Henderson Ritchie.
He died Sacramento City, CA 11-03-1857
She died: 1843 Crown Hill Cem, Indianapolis, IN.)
1820 Census
http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/census/1820.html
James, Sugarcreek twp
James, Toby twp
John,Toby
Lambert, Toby
Robert, Plumcreek
Samuel, SugarCreek
Thomas, Toby
William, Toby
1830 Census
http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/census/1830.html
David, Perry Twp
James, Sugarcreek
James Jr. Perry
James Sr., Perry
John, Toby
John B., Perry
Robert J., Plumcreek
Thomas, Perry
William, Toby
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Source: Page(s) 429-455, History of Armstrong County,
Pennsylvania by Robert
Walker Smith, Esq., Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co.,
1883.
Transcribed May & July 2000 by Lisa Strobel for the Armstrong
County Smith Project.
Published 2000 by the Armstrong County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project.
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"One of the earliest settlers within the limits of South Buffalo
township was
Stephen Mehaffy, who had been for several years in the military
service in the
defense of the frontiers, as a spy or scout from, perhaps, before
1790, at times until the
organization of the three companies for frontier defense, under
the act of
assembly of February 28, 1794, when he was appointed ensign of the
Westmoreland
or third company, vice James McComb, who had resigned.
He was assigned to the force or detachment under the command
of Capt. Eben
Denny, for carrying into effect the act for establishing the town
of
Presque Isle. Capt. Denny wrote to Gov. Mifflin, April 25, 1794,
from
Pittsburgh:
Ensign Mehaffy, from Westmoreland, had the
direction of the state troops, two sergeants, two corporals and
forty-three
privates, and the volunteers, consisting of one
captain, one lieutenant, one ensign and thirty men.
In Dennyâs military journal, April 21: Ensign Mehaffy came
in with his
quota from Westmoreland. They marched alone with Millerâs
men,
each with a sergeant, corporal and twenty men. They will join
the volunteers
next morning.
Lt. Miller returned to Washington to recruit.
The state troops under Mehaffy, 43; sent with
boats, 4; volunteers, 32; total in Mehaffyâs command, 79.
On Dennyâs arrival at LeBoeuf, June 24, he entered in his
journal:
Ensign Mehaffy and his detachment we found fenced in.
The quarters of the men who were here before us and the whole
place in the most abominable and filthy condition, and one-third
of the men ill
with the flux. * * *
He noted in his journal July 19: Ensign Mehaffy with six men started
for
Pittsburgh with dispatches,
and with orders to bring us on a supply of provisions.
July 27: Ensign Mehaffy with his party, with thirteen head of very
small cattle,
and a few horse loads of flour and whisky, ten in number.
November 17: Left Ensign Mehaffy, Quartermaster McCutcheon and nineteen
men, and
embarked with the rest of
my command in boats for Pitt. After his arrival at Pittsburgh, January
4, 1795;
Ensign Mehaffy and Ensign McCutcheon, with the men left at LeBoeuf,
arrived and
were discharged the next day.
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