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1885 Seven Counties History - Bradford
County PA
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“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"
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WILMOT TOWNSHIP
The township of Wilmot was formed in 1859, and named
in honor of Hon. David Wilmot, a distinguished lawyer, member of congress, and
author of the famous “Wilmot proviso.” It is bounded on the north by the
Susquehanna river and Terry township, on the east by Wyoming county, on the
south by Sullivan county, on the west by Albany township. It is a very
rich and productive township, and embraces a large quantity of alluvial lands,
with very desirable table lands.
Its early settlers were Thomas Keeney, Richard
Keeney, Joshua Keeney, James Anderson, James Quick, Phillip Painter, Phillip
Wycks, Leonard Lott, Christopher Schoonover, Joseph Schoonover, Solomon
Schoonover, Nathan Beeman, Timothy Beeman, Judson Beeman, John Brown, Deidrick
Vanpoel, Webster Seymour, Silas F. Andrus, William Brindle, John McCoy, Joseph
Preston, James Ellsworth, Joseph Ingham, Ephraim Barnes, Eliphalet Marsh, Simon
Marsh, Ebenezer Horton, Gideon Baldwin, Jr., Abram Rosekrans, Samuel Gordon,
John Gamble, John Kennedy, John Morrow, James Morrow, James Gamble, William
Nesbit, Stephen Preston, Ignatius Wilson, Allen Wilson, Edward Winslow,
Nathaniel Nesbit, Robert Stranger, Simeon Rockwell.
--Simeon Rockwell was the first school teacher.
--Edward Stranger was the first who died in the
township.
--Thomas Keeney was the first white settler in
Wilmot in 1786.
--The snow in the month of April 1807, fell five
feet deep.
--There are three post offices in the township,
Sugar Run, Elwell and Wilmot.
--Silas F. Andrus built the first grist mill and
saw mill, in 1793.
--Elwell village was named in honor of Judge
William Elwell, a former distinguished member of the Bradford county bar, but
now president judge of Columbia county, Pa.
--The Elwells’, Morrows’, Gambles’ and Inghams’
were prominent and distinguished families in Wilmot township, who have made
their mark in the history of the county.
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