William Brown, William Buchanan, Dorcas Buchanan, James Criswell, David and John Carmichael, Thomas Ferguson, George Settlers from far up the river, who had been driven out by the Indians in 1756, had not then returned, but in theġ767, appear the names of John Armstrong, Esq., Andrew Bratton, George Bell, Is recognized in March, 1762, by the return of constables, and in 1763 an assessment was made of its inhabitants.
It is not definitely known at what date the township of Fermanagh was erected īut from records and papers not official, it is determined that it was made a township either late in 1754 or in 1755. Mountain," viz., Tyrone, Lack, Fannet and Aire, or Ayr. Organized four townships, "tother side the N. In the August following the treaty of July the county of Cumberland New purchase and to locate land on which to settle. Trespassers mostly returned, selected their sites and made application for land warrants.
"Squatters" were found only in Sherman's Valley, on the Big Juniata (now Walker township, Juniata County) and in the Path Valley.Īfter the purchase of the lands from the Indians at Albany, in July, 1754, the Purpose of removing all trespassers on the land, they found no one within the limits of what is now Mifflin County. Ellis' History of Mifflin County, Chapter 5, Derry Township - Mifflinįrom Franklin Ellis' History of That Part of the Susquehanna and Juniata ValleysĬounties of Mifflin, Juniata, Perry, Union and Snyder.ĥ32 JUNIATA AND SUSQUEHANNA VALLEYS IN PENNSYLVANIA.ĪT the time of the visit of Richard Peters, Conrad Weiser and the magistrates ofĬumberland County, in 1750, to the regions north of the Blue Mountains not yet purchased from the Indians, for the
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