Tell: the first settlers

From the county histories, on Tell township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1883, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

Just where this tract was located, or whether Mr. Barnes settled have been unable to ascertain; however, many tracts of land are located by parties who never see the land or know anything of its value only through their agents. Among the pioneer settlers of what is now Tell township we find the following who located here previous to 1800: Sámuel McMath came to this township in the year 1780, and located in the valley near the mouth of Trough Spring Branch Creek, where several of his descendants still reside. John McMath, son of Samuel, located at the Ridge. Robert Vaughan located some time in or 1781, on the crest of which is the dividing line between Tell, Cromwell, and Shirley townships. These mountains ` Blair's Mills previous to 1790. ¡ by one mile wide. farm now owned by his son, Robert Vaughan, who is now an old man. Helocated northwest from what is now Blair's Mills. James Stonkard located near The farm is now owned by Mrs. James Orr. Thomas Morrow located here in 1784. He came with his father, Richard Morrow, who was grandfather Morrow, son of Thomas, and took up one hundred acres of land, now the property Blair. J. B. Morrow is now a resident of the hamlet of Blair's Mills. Robert Stonkard was one of the pioneers of this part of Tell.J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883) · character 2,358,438 of the scanned text

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