|
1885 Seven Counties History - Bradford
County PA
|
|
|
“HISTORY OF SEVEN COUNTIES presented by the Elmira Weekly
Gazette". It is an “Outline History of Tioga and Bradford Counties in
Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York by
TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, BORO’S AND CITIES.” Written expressly for the Gazette
Company, Elmira, N. Y. Copyright 1885.From AN OUTLINE
HISTORY of Tioga and
Bradford
Counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben,
Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York by TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, BORO'S AND
CITIES"
|
LITCHFIELD
TOWNSHIP
Litchfield township was formed in 1821, taken from
the eastern portion of Athens. It is bounded on the north by Tioga county,
New York, on the east by the township of Windham, on the south by Rome and
Sheshequin, and on the west by Athens. The Susquehanna touches its
north-western boundary, and Satterlee, Park, Bullard and Wappusening creeks
water the township. It is principally situated in the high lands, except
on the river are some fine alluvial flats. The high and rolling lands are
well adapted to grazing, and the dairy, and is being brought up to a state of
cultivation.
Its early settlers were Thomas Park, Eleazer
Merrill, Hiram Merrill, Solomon Merrill, Eleazer Merrill, Elisha Merrill, Silas
Wolcott, Elijah Wolcott, Thomas Munn, Josiah White, Daniel Bush, Henry Kinney,
Samuel Kinney, Ruloff Campbell, Samuel Campbell, Alsop Baldwin, Samuel Ball,
Christopher Schoonover, Doan Schoonover, David McKinney, Henry McKinney, Henry
Hewlett, John Hewlett, Ira Hewlett, Lewis Hewlett, James Brown, William Loomis,
Alanson Loomis, John Moore, Joseph Greek, William Cotton, Peter Turner, Richard
Struble, Moses Struble, Zenas Cleveland, Nathaniel Hotchkiss, Joseph Nichols,
Russell Marsh, Paul Apgar, Abel Beach, Richard Tappan, John Marks, Lewis
Baldwin, Henry Shoemaker, Samuel P. Wolcott, Orson Carner, John G. Nichols, Levi
Johnson, Henry Turner, John Van Gorder, David Van Gorder, Jacob Rheinold, Peter
Lawser, Conrad Heinman, William Beidleman, Joseph Beidleman, Amos Franklin,
William Griffin, Daniel Park, Samuel Park, James Park, Amos Park, Joseph Park,
Elijah Park, Benjamin park, William Drown, Absalom Adams, Joseph Kinney, David
Kinney, Lewis Tappan.
--Thomas Park was the first settler in Litchfield.
--Daniel Bush erected the first grist mill in the
township.
--James Park was the first white child born in the
township.
--Josiah White, an early settler, was a soldier in
the war of 1812.
--Baptist Church organized in Litchfield in 1855,
with 36 members.
--Zenas Cleveland, an early settler, was a soldier
of the war of 1812. He died in 1873, aged 94
years.
--Silas Wolcott, an early settler of Litchfield,
was a soldier of the revolutionary war. He died in
1834, aged 78 years.