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1885 Seven Counties History - Bradford County PA
South Creek Township Page
Table of Contents Bradford County Section of Outline History
ReTyped for Tri-Counties by Pat SMITH Raymond . 
Book Submitted by Walt Samson
“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"

SOUTH CREEK TOWNSHIP

 South Creek township was formed in 1835, taken from Wells and Ridgeberry.  The Northern Central Railway runs through the township from south to north, having two stations, State Line and Gilletts.  The township is uneven and hilly, but quite well adapted to grazing.  The principal stream in the township is South Creek, which runs in a northernly direction, and discharges its waters into the Chemung river.  The township is bounded on the north by Chemung county and the state line, on the east by Ridgeberry, on the south by Springfield and Columbia, on the west by Wells.

 Its early settlers were Philo Fassett, Asa Gillett, John Morrison, Gideon Andrus, Isaac Baker, Samuel Pettengill, Ezekiel Baker, Hosea Baker, Jesse Moore, George Durnham, N. Y.  Glines, Harvey Jones, Elisha Moore, Benjamin Seeley, Solomon Bovier, Hiram Potter, Aaron Stiles, Stephen Stiles, Eben Dunning, Jackeus Thompson.
 --Harvey Jones opened a hotel in the township, in 1829.
 --The first settlers were Jesse Moore and Ezekiel Baker, in 1804.
 --Baptist church at Gilletts, in South Creek township, erected in August 1858.  Second church  erected in 1877.
 --Hon. John F. Gillett, of South Creek township, was a representative in the Pennsylvania State Legislature, in the year 1877-78.
 --The Elmira and Williamsport railroad was completed through the township in 1854.  It is now controlled by the Northern Central Railroad.
 --The Elmira and Williamsport Stage route passed through the township with a regular line of coaches.  After the construction of the railroad in 1854, these stages were discontinued.
 

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