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The Dutch Fork Settlement The Dutch Fork Settlement By Raymond Martin Bell DIRECT ANCESTORS Of M "' N" t/ O"r- rl - 1' Gerald Lynn Spore family + w£IV I.. I... ( f' ~ I'\ 1.<. I S.. S 6 1 v 1 Christopher Winter Catherine (Schaeffer) Winter Rev Casper Simler Elizabeth (Hewitt) Leffler Simler Rev John Jasper Simler Susanna (Winter) Simler Mary Ann (Simler) Fravel Joseph M Fravel .r ----------- --- ­ ,· .~ i (, • THE DUTCH FORK SSTTLEMENT of Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania with notes on the famili~s . of DEEDS (Dietz), FULLENWIDER (Vollenweider), HUPP, LEFFLER (L~ffler), MILLER (M~ller), PHILABAUM. RICE :(Reis), and WINTER the 1782 attack on Rice's fort by Indians the Zion United Methodist Church and ministers, Casper- Simler 1751-1802 and George Pfrimmer 1762-1625 by Raymond Martin Bell G~~~~2~19~~8EPARTMENT LATTER D S CHRIST OF - AY SAINrs· Washington, Pennsylvania ) 198J edition •· C~TENTS Historical page Introduction 1 Sources 2 Settlement 4 Origins 10 Indian Attacks 11 Dodd.ridge's Account 15 Christian Fast 18 Rice Fort Chronolo~ 21 Letters about Rice s fort 24 Peace JO Donegal Township 1?82-1?98 )2 The Year 1800 JJ Families J4 How They Lived J8 Zion United Methodist Church 40 Casper Simler 42 George Pfrimmer 4) Genealagical Deeds 47 Fullenwider 47 II :.~ Hupp 48 Leffler 49 Miller 51 Philabaum 56 Rice 57 Winter 57 Chronology 58 Summary 59 Clemens Note 60 Note on Kentucky 61 Index of Places 62 Index of. surnames 6J MAPS For1: Pitt Region J Migration Trails J Land in Dutch Fork 5 Roads in Dutch Fork 6 Topof:aphic Map 7 Rice s f or1: . 14 Ohio 19 Soutmefite.rn Pennsylvania· 20 - Dutch Fork 2J. \5) Lester R Smith (Cherokee, Okla) and J Harland Keenan (Avella, Pa) 1 !arly Day Settlers on Dutch Fork and Suffalo Creeks, Washington County, Pennsylvania 1770-1800 176 pa~es, 19)8-~8 (copy 1979 from Adah A Lut z, Stafford, Kans). This is a complete history_ of the region and o~ the Ger­ man families. It was not available for earlier editions of this book. !rrors are few. Of special importance are the letters written in 1862 by Isaac Leffler 1 ?88-1866, of Chari ton, Iowa to Lyman C Dr.aper (State His­ torical Society of Wisconsin, Madison}. ffis f he Rice Colony is at Wash. Cc (Hist. Soc ( 6) Other letters in the Draper collection written in 1866 by1 Samuel Fullinwider, Kossuth, Iowa - ~and.son of Henry Fullenwider, Sr and Christopher Winter - born !SOJ, died 1896, M Dr Thomas Craig, Albion, Iowa - son of Margaret Leffler Rice Craig - born 180J, died 1882, M Ds Elizabeth Rice Bowman, Corydon, Ind ~ daughter of Abraham Rice - 'ritirn 1 ??'o, ui eo. 1 '0'02 • Por other sources see Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine, XXYII, 180. It should be remembered that in German usage the middle name is the call name. John George Pfrimmer was George Pfrimmer. Anna Mary Leffler wa~ Mary Leffler. SETTLEMENT As motorists on Interstate 70 travel west ~f the Claysville, Pa exit, aost cf them are una~a.re of the historic importance c! the region ~o ~he north - the Dutch Fork s.ettlement. Even today it is beautiful wooded country with a large man-made lake, known as Dutch Fork Lake. U S 40 parallels I-?O and on U S 40 two miles west of the Claysville exit is an historical marker describing Rice's fort, which lay Ji miles to the north. !etween this marker and the place where Dutch Fork*flows .into·Buffalo creek at Pa Route ))1 lie~ a 5-mile stre~ch, whe~e about 1??4 six German- 1peaking £amilles settled, Jt js·now Donegal-Township, W~shington County, Pa. At that time it was claimed jointly by Augusta County, _Va and ~est­ aoreland County, Pa. In 1?76 it was organized as Ohio County, Va and in 1781 it became Washington County, Pennsylvania. In order, going .down the fork, the families were Hupp, Miller (Mttller), Ptlllenwider (Vollenweider), Rice (Keis), Leffler (L~ffler). The Phila­ baums located on the ridge to the east. The Deeds (Dietz) and Winter fami­ lies came later. See the maps on the nex~ three pages. * originally Mcpinnes' fork .. ..._ . ' ' . :' DON£GAL TOWNSHIP ( . - .Pw. 'tch Fo,..J< 5eit}e""1fr~:t ,___ , ' \ ~JG-P\ . '' _.,,.' • \,-' Roads -( f ;z / ()/'\/ L> N f1'E l> McT>+Dl:>/Sr dk/'Fi'CH ' 2 pfrC.H FOR"- ' , Cf' ~~TIAN c~·-·-'-'- o R~CE '~ fCR r ,,_,"7 I/ Jl>JL.l-ER1~ FORTf ANP CE/rt Fre RY 6 HVPP CE,,M'I!"· T1:"1:.<>--~~ i I I (- '- -· 0 1 r" , I \ ! r 't '\. ·" . d It would be interesting to know what brought these Ge!:maJ'.!-Speakin_g tamilies together on this bjlly frontler~ three miles from the present ''est Virginia-Pennsylvania state line and t en miles east of the Ohio ri~er. No doubt some of them were related or h ad been friends back east or in the old country, All six families got Virginia certificates in .1 1780 and their farms were surveyed by Pennsylvania 1785-86. The Rice \ . ftttlement date was stated as ...____..177J, ~acob i'ililler as 1775, the rest 1774 • :' On what was mostly Miller land now lies Ilu"tch Fork Lake, Overlooking : the lake on the east is the well.-ke~t Miller cemetery, near the site of _'. •Uler 's fort. This is about two miles north of U S 40, Another 1-l miles . to the north, where a bridge crosses Dutch Pork going to the Christian Church, the Rices built a fort and established a grist mill and a saw : alll. The fort stood 150 yards to the west of the creek, opposite the ; 't1r~dge, Stxty yards south of the fort was a spring house. 0:: War came to this peaceful frontier in 1777. Jacob Leffler was made :i captain of the Ohio County militia in th.is area on Jan. 2. In October :. all males were required to take the oath of allegiance. The list is 1 Oct 4 George Philabaum, Abraham Rice, Adam Rowe, William Rawklns, Jacob Fisher Oct 9 Edward Gaither, Philip Lutes, John Best Oct 10 Henry .Fullenwider, Francis .M1.1ler, John Kinser Oct 13 Jacob Link, Jacob Miller, Matthias Ault Oct 15 George Hupp - Oct 7 John Hupp ·' Dec 17 Conrad Philabaum, . Henry Deeds, Andrew Deeds, Jacob Leffler, Jacob Rice · All the families are represented on this list .. The settlers fled to ~ forts or blockhouses when Indians threatene:d. Abraham Rice and Jacob ·! l!ller provided .such shelter, The first Virginia taxes were levied i~ '78 The boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania was settled in '.: 1?80. Settlers could apply for Virginia certificates, generally for 400 ~ ­ ~ cc~ tracts, ·rney were required to have made a settlement and to specify ::,he year. These certificates were recognized by Pennsylvania, surveys 1aade (1785-86) and -patents granted. ~he winter of 1779-80 was one of the severest on record for many years. :'the temperatures for December, January and February were 8, 14 and 4 de- crees below normal. It was very much like t he winter of 1976-77. January ~ 0 ·· 20·1780 the temperature was about -20 F. rt did not start to moderate .~t.ll in.i..d.-F~b-r~al:;J. ~ th~ l~~;t n~U ~! F~bruary 1780 was a busy time. of the Dutch Fork families reported to Coxe's fort on the Ohio ' ' 2 miles north of present-day Nellsburg, Certificates issued were . entered in the Ohio County Land Book on March 7 and June 6. One can see the men lined upa name of survey 9 ·· · Peb 17 #1)1 Henry Fullenwider, Jr. Panther's Grove ·: 1)2 Francis Miller Strawberry - also London Britain l)J Jacob Leffler Tooacco Patch 1)4 Jacob Leffler Sylvia's Plain 1)7 Francis Miller Snake's Den 1)8 John Hupp Sweet Grove (settled by George Hupp) 139 John Hupp Eden 140 Jacob Miller Wild Cat's Forest 144 John Hupp Village 258 Henry Fullenwider, Sr Fox Chase 280 Conrad Philabaum Philabaum's Grove - also Copeland ~b R~~e Turkey Nest 294 Christian Weygandt Calm (bought by Christopher Winter) In April 1781 Capt Jacob Leffler of the Virginia militia was on the expedition. The record of his company is in the Draper Papers, Pay Roll of Capt Jacob Leffler's Company for 19 days Apr 10-1781 Jacob Leffler, Capt $ 152,00 Francis Miller, Sgt 12.60 Abraham Rice 10.50 Henry Deeds 10.~ Jacob Miller 10.50 Henry Fullen~ider 10.50 Daniel Rice 10.50____, John Kinser 10.50 John Hupp 10.50 George Philabaum 10.50 Peter Fullenwider 10.)0 . paign under General Brodhead against the Delaware Indians at Coshocton The ~ashington County ~illtla was organized in 1781~ David ~illiarnson Lt Col of the Jrd Battalion. The officers of Company 2 werea Capt ltazer ~illiamson, Lt William McWilliams, Ensign Jacob •Miller, 1st Sgt ancis Miller. Included in the list of privates werea Peter Fullenwider, or~e Philabaum, Andrew Deeds• Henry Deeds, John ~upp, .Christopher Miller. 10 In the DAR Patriot Index are listeda Andrew Deeds, Peter Fullenwider, .-' Ann Hupp, Everhart Hupp, John Hupp, Jacob Leffler Sr, Jacob Leffler Jr, •'~co't:J .lllller Sr, uTacco Miller ,tr:, Clu:i11t"opher Winter. A' federal pension -' "Is ~anted to Georl$e Leffler in Indiana 18.26 . More troubled times came ~ ln 1?82, after the Moravian massacre in Ohio. Miller's fort was attacked ·:: ln March _1 Jacob Miller Sr and John Hupp were killed. Rice's fort was . attacked in September 1 Conrad and George Philabaum were killed.
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