KITTOCHTINNY HISTORICAL SOCIETY PAPERS TABLE OF CONTENTS VOLUME ONE Read before the Society during the year ending March 1, 1899 THE OLD CHURCHYARD by B. L. Maurer………………………………….5 The New Churchyard The Indian Burying Ground NEW ENGLAND AND FEDERAL HILLS BY SO NAMED………………….8 New England Hill Federal Hill BRADDOCK’S ROUTE by Major Chauncey Ives……………………………12 PATH VALLEY BEFORE THE REVOLUTION by Hon. A. N. Pomeroy……22 GENERAL WASHINGTON IN FRANKLIN COUNTY by John G. Orr….. 36 The Three Mountain Road Proposals of John Skinner for a Road This Valley a Unit in Support of the Revolution The Whiskey Insurrection Sympathy With the Whiskey Insurrection in this Co Passage and Return of the Troops Gen. Washington’s Journey to Bedford Gen. Washington’s Return to Philadelphia BENJAMIN CHAMBERS by John M. Cooper…………………………………57 THE GERMAN INFLUENCE IN PENNSYLVANIA: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO FRANKLIN COUNTY by M. A. Foltz………………..62 FACTS SUGGESTED BY PAPER READ BY M. A. FOLTZ AT SEPTEMBER MEETING by John M .Cooper…………………..…………84 WHAT I SAW IN CHARLESTOWN, VA., ON THE 15TH AND 16TH DAYS OF DECEMBER, 1859 by B. L. Maurer……………………………89 MANNERS AND MORALS A HUNDRED YEARS AGO by S. A. Martin…….95 A REVIEW OF THE OLD ACADEMY by James W. Cree……………………..101 ROMANCE OF COWAN’S GAP by B. L. Maurer…………………………....109 THE FOUNDERS OF CHAMBERSBURG by G. O. Seilhamer……………….112 VOLUME TWO Read before the Society from February 1899 to February 1901 THE ORIGIN AND EARLY HISTORY OF THE SCOTCH-IRISH……………... 5 by Rev. J. Agnew Crawford, D. D. SCOTCH-IRISH OCCUPANCY AND EXODUS by Hon. John Stewart………..14 THE COLONIAL DEFENCES OF FRANKLIN COUNTY by W. S. Hoerner ….29 LEWIS, THE ROBBER AND OUTLAW by J. W. Sharpe, Esq………………….49 THE DOCTOR WOMAN OF SOUTHAMPTON TOWNSHIP by John G. Orr…..67 THE TRADITION CONERNING OUR LIMESTONE LANDS ………………….74 by John M. Cooper, Esq. THE INDIANS OF THE VALLEY by Maj. Chauncey Ives………………………93 CULBERTSON’S ROW by John G. Orr…………………………………………113 MOTHER CUMBERLAND by Geo. O. Seilhamer, Esq…………………………141 THE SCHOOLS OF OUR FATHERS by Prof. M. R. Alexander………………..169 JAMES BUCHANAN by Hon. W. Rush Gillan………………………………….181 THE FALLING SPRING by B. L. Mauer……………………………………..…210 THE BUCKSHOT WAR by John M. Cooper, Esq………………………………217 FLORA AND FAUNA OF FRANKLIN COUNTY by Dr. C. F. Palmer…………243 THE TRANSITIONS OF A CENTURY by Hon. M. A. Foltz…………………..259 OLD CONOCOCHEAGUE FAMILIES by Geo. O. Seilhamer, Esq…………….281 MOUNTAIN STREAMS by B. L. Maurer……………………………………….304 1 VOLUME THREE Read before the Society from March 28, 1901-February, 27, 1901 FRANKLIN COUNTY, PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE, GEOLOGICALLY…… 7 AND MINERALOGICALLY CONSIDERED by Col. H. C. Demming THE TRADITIONS RELATING TO THE BARRENS OF THE LIMESTONE ……18 LANDS OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY, WITH SPECIAL REFER- ENCE TO FRANKLIN COUNTY BY John G. Orr CONTENTS OF A BARREL by George O. Seilhamer, Esq………..……………….35 SCENES AND INCIDENTS OF THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY……………….…39 by T. J. Brereton THE MEN OF MIDDLE SPRING by G. O. Seilhamer, Esq………………………..52 EARLY GRIST MILLS OF LURGAN TOWNSHIP by John G. Orr……………….75 DR. HUGH MERCER AND COL. ROBERT MAGAW by John Montgomery…...129 ISABELLA OLIVER AN EARLY POETESS OF THE CUMBERLAND …………141 VALLEY by Joshua W. Sharpe AN ANCESTRY HUNT IN ULSTER by Geo. O. Seilhamer……………………….156 THE WAGONS AND WAGONERS OF 1840 by B. R. Goodyear………………….171 THE BANKS OF CHAMBERSBURG by J. S. McIlvaine…………………………..178 AN EARLY LITERARY BY-PATH ALONG THE CONOCOCHEAGUE…………197 by Linn Harbaugh, Esq. JOHN WILKINS by T. J. Brereton……..…………………………………………..209 THE RELATIONS WHICH THE PEOPLE OF CUMBERLAND AND ……………221 FRANKLIN COUNTIES BORE TO THE WHISKEY INSURRECTION OF 1794 by C. P. Humrich, Esq. VOLUME FOUR Papers read before the Society from March, 1903 to February 1905 A BACKWARD GLANCE AT THE TRAITS, TRADITIONS AND PERSONAL-……9 ITY OF THE EARLY SCOTCH-IRISH by M. A. Foltz THE STORY OF AN ANCIET LAW SUIT. By William S. Hoerner………………..32 J. ORR AND BROTHERS by John G. Orr……………………………………….,.52 DR. JOHN WILLIAMSON NEVIN, THE THEOLOGIAN, by John C. Bowman……..85 JOHN BROWN by James P. Matthews, Esq…………………………………………109 FRANKLIN COUNTY, PENNSYLVAINA, IN STATE AND NATION ……………148 BUILDING by Benjamin Matthias Nead MISSING BRANCHES OF OUR OLDEST FAMILY by Geo. O. Seilhamer………171 JOHN M. COOPER, HIS ANCESTRY AND CAREER by M. A. Foltz……………191 SOME OF OUR NATIVE POETS by Linn Harbaugh, ……………………………..204 FORT LOUDON by Rev. James M. Mullan………………………………………….230 HISTORICAL SKETCH OF SAINT THOMAS,FORMERLY, ……………………...244 CAMPBELLSTOWN by Charles M. Deatrich THE INDIANS OF THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA by Robert C. Bair……………286 A SKETCH OF THE CHRISTIAN SCHOLAR – Dr. Philip Schaff…………………..307 by Linn Harbaugh, Esq. VOLUME FIVE Papers read before the Society from March 1905, to February 1908 EARLY HIGHWAYS, I. THE THREE MOUNTAIN ROAD………………………..9 by John G. Orr REMINISCENCES OF CAPTAIN COOK AND WILLIAM HAZELETT…………...38 by Hiram E. Wertz ARNOLD BROOKS, A TYPICAL NEGRO HOSTLER, STAGE DRIVER…………44 AND FRIEND by Linn Harbaugh THE MERCERSBURG ACADEMY by William Mann Irvine………………………53 EARLY SCHOOL GIRLS OF THE CONOCOCHEAGUE by Geo. O. Seilhamer…70 A FORGOTTEN BATTLE OF THE CIVIL WAR by Linn Harbaugh……………….87 JENKINS RAID by Mrs. Jemima K. Cree……………………………………………92 FROM THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY TO THE WESTERN RESERVE………….100 A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY by E. V. Collins SOME PERSONAL PICKINGS FROM POLITICAL FIELDS OF THE PAST -……119 FROM HARRISON TO LINCOLN by Warren I. Cook ELNATHAN ELISHA HIGBEE by George E. Mull………………………………..152 A NOTABLE PUBLICATION HOUSE IN CHAMBERSBURG -1835-1864………..183 2 by M. A. Foltz THE WILSON FAMILY by W. Rush Gillan………………………………………..200 EARLY HIGHWAYS, II, THE THREE MOUNTAIN ROAD by John …………….223 SOME MISSING AND MISPLACED ANCESTORS by Geo. O. Seilhamer……….252 THE GERMAN SETTLEMENT by Geo. O. Seilhamer……………………………..267 THE TERRITORY OF NORTH HAMILTON IN PIONEER DAYS by Charles……286 Deatrich THE GEOLOGY AND TOPRAHRAPHY OF CUMBERLAND VALLEY,……..….308 PENNSYLVANIA by Dr. M. C. Ihlseng TRUTHS AND TRADITIONS OF EARLY TIMES by Linn Harbaugh……………315 A DECADE OF THE KITTOCHTINNY HISTORICAL SOCIETY…………………331 WORK OF THE SOCIETY, by M. A. Foltz…………………………………………338 VOLUME SIX Read before the society from February, 1908 to February, 1910 BENEDICT ARNOLD, PATRIOT and TRAITOR. by Hon. Charles H. Smiley ….….9 New Bloomfield, Pennsylvania THE SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS of SNOW HILL. By Chas. W. Cremer…………..10 Waynesboro, Pennsylvania SUMMER VACATION ASSEMBLY at “RAGGED EDGE” Guests of……………30 Mr. M. C. Kennedy JAMES McLENE, of the CUMBERLAND VALLEY in PENNSYLVANIA………….31 A Statesman of his Times. By Benjamin Matthias Nead THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH in the CUMBERLAND VALLEY. By Rev. …………..46 E. V. Collins MOUNT DELIGHT by John M. McDowell, Esq……………………………………..73 TWO FAMOUS MILITARY ROADS OF PENNSYLVANIA by Hon………………93 George E. Mapes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania OLD FORT LOUDON and its ASSOCIATIONS No. 1 by Geo. O…………………105 Seilhamer, Esq OLD FORT LOUDON and its ASSOCIATIONS No. 2 by Geo. O…………………125 Seilhamer, Esq. THE CONODOGWINET CREEK No 3 (Early Highways) by John ………………140 G. Orr, Esq. UNVEILING of DR. AGNEW PORTRAIT, Guests of Dr. Irvine…..…………………185 Mercersburg Academy VACATION ASSEMBLY at SUMMER HOME of Mr. M. C. Kennedy……………….186 THE DEDICATION of the CAPT. JOHN E. COOK MARKER………………………..187 by Benjamin Matthias Nead, Esq., Harrisburg, PA REGULAR MEETING of SOCIETY at “ELDERSLIE” Biographical………………199 Sketch of Josiah Culbertson. Read by J. S. McIlvaine A DAY in the COURTS A. J. White Hutton, Esq…………………………………206 A LAWYER’S NOSEGAY. By Linn Harbaugh, Esq……………………………….216 A FRANKLIN COUNTY COUSIN of ROBERT BURNS. By C. W. Cremer……….225 Waynesboro, Pennsylvania VOLUME SEVEN Read before the Society from February , 1910 to February 1912 TWELTH ANNUAL MEETING. Paper by Dr. M. C. Ihlseng. Subject…………….…9 Early Engineering Enterprises in Pennsylvania THE ANCIENT LAW of ENGLAND. By Hon. W. Rush Gillan………………….…..12 COLLEGES of the CUMBERLAND VALLEY. By The Rev. S. A. Martin, D.D …...15 HISTORIANS at COUNTRY HOME. Entertained by Dr. and Mrs. Kauffman…….….29 SUMMER VACATION. Entertained at “Ragged Edge”……………………………..29 UNVEILING of JUSTICE McFARLAND PORTRAIT, MERCERSBURG…………….30 ACADEMY. Address by The Rev. James Gray Rose, D. D. THE POES of ANTRIM. By Thomas C. Van Tries, M. D. Bellefonte, PA…………..43 THE JUDICIARY of FRANKLIN COUNTY. By Judge Gillan……………………….55 INTRODUCTORY to BIBLIOGRAPHY of Franklin County. Mr. Harbaugh………….90 THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. By H. E. Wertz, Quincy, PA……………….100 LUTHERAN CHURCH in the CUMBERLAND VALLEY. By The Rev. C. W……...106 Heathcote, S. T. D., 534 West Tioga St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania JUDGE THOMAS COOPER. By Professor Charles F. Himes, Carlisle, PA….…...122 3 SUMMER VACATION. Entertained by M. C. Kennedy at Country Home…………151 EARLY HIGHWAYS. No. 4 by John G. Orr, Esq……………………………………152 THE EVOLUTION of a BACK COUNTRY FISHERMAN. By B. M.Nead………….186 Harrisburg, Pa. Reprinted by permission from “Mount and Stream”, Official Organ of the Hunters’ and Anglers Protective Association. APPENDIX: REPORT of the COMMITTEE on MARKERS……………………………..193 LETTER from J. H. Renfrew……………………………………………….197 VOLUME EIGHT Read before the Society February, 1912 to February 1915 JUDGE THOMAS COOPER. (Second Paper) by Prof. Charles Himes………….…….9 CAPTAIN JOHN R. KOOKEN. By Linn Harbaugh, Esq………………………….…13 FRANKLIN COUNTY NEWSPAPERS and the MEN WHO MADE THEM………….27 (Hon. M. A. Foltz). By A. Nevin Pomeroy FRANKLIN COUNTY NEWSPAPERS and the MEN WHO MADE THEM………….31 by . M. A. Foltz. PARTIAL REPORT of COMMITTEE on BIBLIOGRAPAHY………………………...57 RECEPTION at RAGGED EDGE…………………………………………………….…66 RECEPTION at ELDERSLIE……………………………………………………………66 PUBLIC ASSEMBLY. Illustrated Lecture. By B. M. Nead (sidelights)…………….67 SIDELIGHTS……………………………………………………………………………..70 THE JUBILEE of EMANCIPATION. By A. J. W. Hutton…………………………...76 REVIEW of the LAST FIVE YEARS. By M. A. Foltz……………………………..…92 THE RISE, PROGRESS and DECLINE of the CHAMBERSBURG INSURANCE .…101 COMPANY.