| CHAPTER I. |
WASHINGTON COUNTY - ITS PRIMITIVE HISTORY UNDER
VIRGINIA. |
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- Spottsylvania County; its boundaries
- Orange County
- Frederick County; its boundaries
- Augusta County; its boundaries
- District of West Augusta
- Justices' Courts
- Oath of allegiance
- Oath of supremacy
- The test oath
- Oath of abjuration
- Youghiogheny County; its boundaries, courts, and court-houses, and
punishments
- Pillory and stocks described
- Whipping-post and ducking-steel
- Ohio County; its boundaries and court-house
- Monongalia County
- Courts and roads
- Orphan children
- Taverns
- Continental money
- Ferries
- Attorneys-at-law
- Sheriffs and deputy sheriffs
- Surveyors
- Military officers
- Gristmills
- Salts
- Cotton, and wool cards
- Counterfeit money
- allegiance
- Naturalization
- Passports
- Benevolence of Youghiogheny County
- Marriage Extraordinary
- Reflections. |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
A GENERAL OUTLINE HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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- History of Pennsylvania, from the
date of its charter to the present time, embracing a list of
all the Indian titles to lands
- Historical and statistical facts - The date of the formation of each
county of the State, with the number of acres and population
in each, and a list of the Governors from the accession of
William Penn, its proprietor, in 1681 to 1870 |
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| CHAPTER III. - |
ORIGINAL ACT ESTABLISHING WASHINGTON COUNTY |
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- Divisions by the formation of
townships
- Its original and present townships and boroughs
- Its present boundaries with topographical and geographical description
and its streams
- Its early religious element and the religious agreement of 1782
- Marriage custom and ceremony
- School-houses |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
PROCEEDINGS OF THE SUPREME EXECUTIVE COUNCIL |
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- A brief history of the Provincial
Conference
- The Constitution of 1776; the Council of Censors; the Convention of
1789; the Constitution of 1790; the action of the
Legislature of 1825; with regard to a convention, and the
vote of the people; the Convention of 1837; the Constitution
of 1838, and the full proceedings of the Supreme Executive,
from 1781 to 1791, which relates to Washington County |
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| CHAPTER V. - |
TOWNSHIPS AND BOROUGHS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. |
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- The history of the Townships and Boroughs in
their chronological order, detailing interesting events in
each
- Also the history of churches and the present state of education in each
township and borough |
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| CHAPTER VI. - |
ELECTED OFFICERS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY FROM 1790 |
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- Members of Congress
- Senators and Representatives
- President Judges
- Associate Judges and Deputy attorney Generals
- Attorneys-At-Law
- Prothonotaries
- Registers
- Recorders
- Clerk of the Courts
- Sheriffs
- Coroners
- Commissioners
- Clerks to Commissioners
- Treasurers
- Auditors
- Notary Public
- Directors of the Poor
- Deputy Surveyor-General
- Justices of the Peace |
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MILITARY HISTORY OF WASHINGTON COUNTY |
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- Brig. Gen. Clark's expedition in
1781
- Col. David Williamson's expedition in 1782
- Col. William Crawford's expedition in 1782
- Whiskey Insurrection in 1791-4
- Outrage on the Chesapeake Frigate, 1807
- War of 1812
- Texas Revolution, in 1836
- Mexican War in 1846
- Southern Rebellion in 1861 |
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| CHAPTER VIII. - |
HISTORY OF ASSOCIATIONS, AND EVENTS WHICH TRANSPIRED IN
WASHINGTON COUNTY |
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APPENDIX |
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| CHAPTER I. - |
THE VIRGINIA AND PENNSYLVANIA CONTROVERSY, FROM 1752 TO
1783 |
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- The date of the earliest settlements
by Virginians and Pennsylvanians
- The difficulties between the Governors of both States arising from these
settlements
- The names of the first settlers
- The various acts of Capt. Connolly as the representative of Virginia in
claiming Fort Duquesne (Pittsburg) as within Virginia
- His treason
- Commissioners appointed by both States to run a temporary line until the
Revolutionary War would terminate
- The action of both States approving of the same, and the necessity of
erecting Washington County |
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| CHAPTER II. - |
THE MASON AND DIXON'S LINE |
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- Its full history
- the line run by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
- the claim of Pennsylvania
- the claim of Lord Baltimore
- the appointment of commissioners
- the labors of Mason and Dixon ended in 1767
- new commissioners appointed in 1783 by the States of Virginia and
Pennsylvania
- letter from Joseph Reed on the scientific apparatus to be used
- report of the joint-commissioners
- report of the Pennsylvania commissioners
- cost of running the line
- the western line of Pennsylvania run by commissioners appointed by both
States, and the report of the commissioners thereupon
- the origin of the Pan Handle in West Virginia |
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| CHAPTER III. - |
INDIAN HISTORY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA |
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- Names of all the tribes of North
America in 1764
- Those inhabiting Western Pennsylvania and adjoining territory
- Letters on teh Indian wrongs from 1865 to 1780
- Rice's fort
- Letters from Dr. J. C. Hupp on Miller's block-house
- Captivity and escape of Jacob Miller, and the cruel murder of five of
Miller's friends
- Vance's fort
- Well's fort
- Lindley's fort |
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| CHAPTER IV. - |
WHISKY INSURRECTION |
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