The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1865-10-27
Chr Bedford Bazgtte.
OUR LOCAL HISTORY.

sa Bedford GOnnfY---BEViSiOn of the
Conaty into TOWnships---FirSf Court
hefd In the County, &C.
it is the purpose Of the writer Of the
following sketches, to make brief his
tory Of Bedford county, from the time
Of It's erection to the present date. For
many Of the facts contained in these
articles, he Is indebted to various com
pilations; all of which, however, arc
principally composed of extracts from
the Colonial Records and Pennsylvh-
MIA Archives. Still, the reader will
find some things recorded here, which
he has never seen in print any whefe
else.
Bedford county was erected out df q
part Of Cumberland county, by an act
OF the Legislature, passed March 9,
I'LL, 4 lil!ic more than four years prior
to the breaking out Of the Revolution
ary war. Authority was given in this
act OF the Legislature, to Arthur 1t.
Clair, Bernard Dougherty, James Coul-
ter, William Proctorand George Woods,
to purchase Il piece Of land lin the Ian
guagG of the art Situate in some con-
venient place in the onid town Bed
ford in trust, ana for the use of the in
Aabitants Of the said county, and there
Oh to erect court house and prison" Z"
Robert 4icCTca, William Miller and
Robert Moore were appoiitted "to run,
( mark out, and distinguish the bounds
~ lines between Cumberland and Bed
ford cOuntics." These boundaries were
liked in accordance with the following
provision Of the act Of the Legislature
already referred to: That all and sin
gular the lands lying and being within
the boundaries following: that is to
say, beginning where the province
line crosses the TuscarOra mountain,
and running along the summit of that
mountain 70 thc Gap ncar the head Of
L'a,h valley; thence with Il north line
to the Juniata; thence with the .Tmi-
at;. - the mouth of Shaver's Greek;
thence northeast 10 the line % l'erE-
county; thence along the Barks county
line nOrthWestWaTd to the west hOUn-
Diary OF the province; thence south
ward, according to the several courses
Of the western boundary OF the prov
'"'e' /" 'Iie southwest corner ol IHe
pio'4ii'e 10 'ile l'ia'e % beginning
when The county ":le organized, Il
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