Century Fox. July 1. War for the Planet of the Apes. Now Playing. Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children. Now Playing. Keeping Up With The Joneses. November 4, 2. 01. DTrolls. November 2. Rules Don't Apply. December 2. 1, 2. Assassin's Creed. Coming Soon. Future Releases. December 2. 5, 2. Why Him? January 6, 2. Hidden Figures. February 1. A Cure for Wellness. March 3, 2. 01. 7Logan. Untitled Document. TURKEY- FOOT derived its name from a peculiar natural configuration of the land formed by the. Confluence now stands. Within the territory of Lower. Turkey- Foot the first settlements in Somerset county were made. Here white men dwelt in the hunting. At the organization of Somerset county, in 1. Turkey- Foot township embraced fully one- sixth. It was the second township within the present territory of the county, having. Brother's Valley as a township of Bedford County in the year 1. Total valuation, real and personal, seventy- nine thousand three hundred. Amount of tax collected, three hundred and ninety- six dollars and eighty- three. The following persons, named on the Turkey. Come Hell or High Water: The Battle for Turkey Creek Synopsis Derrick and his neighbors stand up to powerful interests to stand up for their rights. Keeping up with the Abramovichs: How the world's most lavish yachts measure up From Roman's $500million Eclipse to Paul Allen's famous Octopus, it seems it. Foot tax- list for 1. Jos. Conner, tailor; Oliver Drake gristmill and sawmill; Peter Everly, blacksmith. Henry Hartzell, sawmill ; Thos. Huff, Sr., cooper; Geo. Heinbaugh, weaver; Geo.
Isemenger wheelwright. Jno. Jones, gristmill and sawmill; Geo. Camp, Sr., smithshop and sawmill; David King, gristmill. Jno. Ring, tanner; John Keever, blacksmith; Jas. Mc. Millen Sr., weaver; Peter. Marks, shoemaker; John Mc. Lean, surveyor ; Dan. Mc. Carter, sawmill; Jac. Nave, Cooper; Peter Penrod. Pringey, weaver; Rich. Pinkerton, shoemaker; Tobias Reams, tailor; Henry Rush, smith. John Smith, joiner; Jona. Woodside, wheelwright; John Youman, schoolmaster; Sam. Mc. Lean,blacksmith. Mich. Cockerton, schoolmaster; Jas. Jones, blacksmith. As is elsewhere stated (see general history), there is authentic testimony that several white. Turkey- Foot in 1. The Texarkana Gazette is the premier source for local news and sports in Texarkana and the surrounding Arklatex areas. Consider yourself a film buff? Prove it by keeping up with your favorite Fox films and upcoming releases.The names of these pioneers were Henry Abrahams. Ezekiel Dewitt, James Spencer, Benjamin Jennings, John Cooper, Ezekiel Hickman, I John Enslow. Henry Enslow and Benj. This colony consisted of fifteen or twenty families, more or less intimately connected by. The early settlers, aside from the New Jersey colony. Maryland and Virginia, following what was then a well- defined route of travel. Turkey- Foot road. This road came down White's creek to the Casselman, which it crossed. Harnedsville, crossed the Hog Back where Ursina now is, thence onward across Laurel Hill. Lick river to Stewart's crossing, near Connellsville. William Rush was born in New Jersey in 1. John Minder, in 1. Among 'his children were Benjamin, Isaac and Jacob. Jacob was born in New Jersey in 1. Turkey- Foot. with his father. He took up a tomahawk claim by deadening three trees, which entitled him to sixty. He served in the revolutionary war and died in 1. He married Mary Skinner. Reuben, Highley (King), William, John, Sarah (White), Amos. Jacob and Mary (Mc. Millen). William was born in 1. He was the father of twelve. Jehu Rush, his son, lived in this township. In 1. 84. 9 he purchased of Jackson Colborn. Rush has been school director. William Brook,- an early pioneer, came from the east and settled on Laurel Hill creek. He was. a blacksmith, but devoted most of his time to fishing and hunting. Henry Abrams, father of Gabrial Abrams, built the first house within the borough of Confluence. The surveyors who appeared testified that he had been. Henry Abrams was born 1. Wales . He came. first to Staunton, Va. By 1. 77. 2 he had 2. He did not have his land surveyed or patented until 1. It contained. about 2. In 1. 79. 8, he sold the land. Captain William Tissue and moved to Addison twp. Henry's name is on the DAR. Confluence. He served his country as a 2nd LT in the. Revolutionary war. The river has taken his final resting place. James is not on the list. Ohio to claim his government land. His daughter Rhoda, who. Benjamin Jennings stayed on and raised their children in Turkeyfoot and so did Gabriel. Abrams. A man named Tissue, who probably came from New Jersey, and eventually purchased James Spencer’s. Confluence now is, paid a convict's passage from Baltimore, having employed him to. One day, when Tissue was away from home, the man took advantage of his absence. Tissue's two little boys up in a stable, murdered their mother, and robbed the house of a. Then piling flax on the body of the murdered woman, he set fire to. He was followed by armed men, overtaken and shot. The shot took effect in his foot. The murderer then set his uninjured foot upon the wounded toes. He tried to escape, but- was captured and died in prison. Tissue afterward. Huldah Rush, daughter of William Rush. Jacob Tissue inherited the land where Confluence now stands. His son Isaac, born in 1. Isaac Tissue died in 1. Newton Tissue bought the homestead, but in 1. Confluence ; In 1. Tissue is the. owner of about four hundred and fifty- four acres. He served in the late war in CO. Alexander Hanna, died in 1. He was a noted. character in his day. Of a bright intellect and remarkable physical strength, he performed deeds. He was a noted wrestler, and, though never aggressive, was a dangerous. It is related of him that he once had a feud of many years standing with. Addison township. One day the young men of the family, five in number, attacked him. The major handled the young men as though they were. After one of them had cut him so badly that his entrails protruded, the wrangle was brought. At another time, when the National pike was building. Hanna to enter. He went in, and when the bear attacked him, struck. Hanna served many years as justice of the peace, and. Hanna weighed two hundred and forty pounds. Among other well- attested feats which he performed was the lifting. Alexander Hanna, Sr., grandfather of the major, was born in Ireland in 1. Somerset. county in 1. His son James, born in Ireland in. America when young, and died in. Somerset county in 1. James served as representative to the legislature and state senator. He married Ann Leech, and was the father of. John, Mary, Thomas, James, Alexander, William, Phila; Jane, Martha and Anna. John, the eldest. Capt. Andrew Friend, a native of the Potomac valley, in Virginia, a skilled Indian hunter and. Turkey- Foot region while Indians were still numerous here. He died. in Somerset county, aged one hundred and one years. One of Friend's daughters married a Hyatt. Turkey. Foot families. John Mc. Nair, a revolutionary soldier, was a native of Scotland. After the war he settled near. Harnedsville, where he died. Edward Harned married Ann, daughter of John Mc. Nair, for his second. John Hyatt, one of the early settlers, was a native of Maryland. He came with several others. Turkey- Foot soon after- the settlement began. While crossing. the Negro mountain, a party of Indians fired upon them and mortally wounded one of the negroes. A piece of a hollow log was found and placed over the negro. Throwing it off, he said, . He married Susan Friend, and their children were Cohn, Andrew, Charles. Jemima (Heinebaugh), Keziah (Heinebaugh), Sally (Tissue), Diana (Colborn) and Polly (Moon). John. was born in 1. He was the father of A. Hyatt, of this township. He lived on the farm known as the Stone House. He married Elizabeth Hanna and reared a large family. His eldest son, Adam. Turkey- Foot in 1. Brother's Valley, where he died. Moses Collins was an early resident of this township. He lived on the place since known as the. Jennings farm. He sold out to two brothers of the name of Skinner, and moved west of Laurel Hill. Fayette county and built the first cabin in the Indian Creek. His son Henry, a millwright and bridge- builder, learned his trade in Connellsville. Somerset county. He built several bridges and mills, and. Ankeny's mill, Milford township. William. Collins, at present associate judge of Somerset county, came to Somerset from Fayette county in. He is the only lineal descendant of the original family now. Somerset county. In 1. He located and developed some of the first. Meyersdale basin. He was also the first discoverer of limestone in this region. For seven or eight years he burned. Previous to: his investigations and operations in limestone, the soil in the greater portion. The farmers were at first slow to avail themselves of this valuable. In its introduction the doctor suffered serious pecuniary loss, and it is stated that. In his operations in the burning of lime he found it necessary to construct an inclined railway. He made the patterns for the wheels, built the cars and put the railway. This was the first inclined railway in the county, and for some time. The doctor has for the last twenty- two years been engaged in. Somerset, and is still doing. John Collins, a brother of Moses, also resided in Somerset county very early. He moved to the. vicinity of Uniontown His son Thomas was afterward sheriff of Fayette county. Edward Harned was. His son Samuel, who laid out the village of Harnedsville. Andrew Ream ( the name was originally spelled Rihm) is believed to have come to the Turkey- Foot. He was born in 1. His farm was the land on which the town. Ursina now is. Samuel, the last survivor of the family died several years ago. The grandfather. of Andrew Ream came to Philadelphia with William Penn in 1. John Ream was probably born in Loudoun County about 1. Early in life he came to. Turkey- Foot and lived upon the Ream farm, where Ursina now is. He was married. three times. His first wife died in 1. The following is a translation of the German inscription. Ursina: . In her married life of. She died July 1. 5, 1. Her death. was caused by the bite of a snake; in twenty- four hours she was dead. Thomas. was a miller, and ran the old gristmill at Draketown. He was killed by the falling of a tree one. He married Barbara Haines, and was the. Jacob, John, Moses, Thomas, Christina (Jennings) and Mary (Flanagan). Thomas is the. only survivor. He lived at Draketown since his fourth year, farming and milling. He has been justice. Benjamin Jennings was an early settler of Turkey- Foot, and located on a farm between Ursina and. Confluence. He served throughout the revolutionary war, holding the rank of captain. He died upon. the farm which afterward passed to his son Thomas. Jennings married Rhoda Spencer, and was. Benjamin, James, Jesse, David, Israel, William, Thomas, Rhoda. Rebecca (Heinbaugh), Olly, Margaret (Nicola) and Mary (Nicola). Thomas was. born in 1.
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