South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1874-06-05

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Old Settiers-TAe Way They Settled Ms Valley
An Eeerprisiag Girl IN Mems ClotAss-
ChdLtihg Accounts on Meas Hats
In the County Cour, Of Augusta is the record
, of the deed made by The Chiefs OF the Six Ma
tons for great part Of Virginia, which then iu-
Guided Ohio, urge portion of the Western
States and pennsylvania. twas recorded at the
County Court of Augusta held at Pit,sburg, now
in Pennsylvania, and is signed by all the Chiefs
aud witnesses. The deed was made at Logtown
on The Ohio, August the 2nd, l749, and the In
dians signing II represented the six united ma
I tons. The pilot OF land vas given in consid-
Grafton Of '24O strouds, Ia kind of blanket. 400
Dufield blankets, 400 pair OF half thickness
stockings, 200 shirts, 20 pieces of callicoe 90
pieces Of calimance, IA kind Of wooden stuff, 90
pieces Of embossed serge, so pounds Of vermill.
ION, so gross gathering, so pieces ribbon, 90 do
zen knives, 500 pounds gun powder, 1000
pounds of bar lead, 5000 gun fints, So 600
pounds brass kttles, pounds thread ], 600 nee
dies, ten dozen jews harps, 90 dozen tobacco
{ tongs, aud leo pounds tobacco" And for this
and another similar lot, the Indians edo grant
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fully confirm unto His Most Sacred Majesty.
George the 3rd, King of Great Britain, France
and Ireland, and Defender of the Faith and so
forth, the immense territory. But, this grant
is not to interfere with any land granted in
March, 1881, by Charles the I'd, King of Great
Britain, &c, to civilian Penn, Esq, in the
pant of country known as Pennsylvania" The
deed was agreed upon at Fort S,anwix, and was
signed by Alebrow, Mohawk chief, who makes
the sign of something like an awl intended to
represent piece Of steel, which his name meant t,
Sennshors, (the stone, of the Oueidas, Sagna-
nisen, "a cross, of the Tuscaroras Cheuog heat
en-, IN moun;ain,) of the Onondagas, Tagaaia
1.-The pipe, Of the Cayugas and Gastraux, (the
high hill, Of the Senecas. The witnesses were
William Franklin, Governor, aud Fred Smythe
the Chief Justice of New Jersey Thomas Walk
er, Jr., and John Walker, of Virginia Richard
Peters and James Tilghman of the Council Of
Pennsylvania James Chew and E. Fitch, of
Connecticut; John Weatherhead, of New York :;
John Simmer, Captain OF the 10th regiment, and
John Butler, interpreter for the Crowne" Then
the document was taken before the rector of ST.
Pauls Church, Philade phia, and the solemuity
Of the Church attached TO it, and the thing was
considered done. The Indians then walked off
with their vermillion and jews harps and the
white men joined 10 a copgratula,ory tod over
having thrown open immense territory to
whiskey and lawyers and country papers and
cholera and all the other blessings of civilization
In the Circuit Court of this county is the re-
| cord of the suit of Alexander Culton and Robert
Stuart against Joseph Borden about land grant
\ in Onao f t,a NIT
1 lee testified that she and her husband and bro
Their started to locate in Beverly Manor, and camp
ed at night on Lewis creek. Borden came to
J the camp al night aud told them he had grant
of 10, GOO acres on James River, and would give
any a thousand that would conduct him
TO it. lie struck light and showed his papers
/ verifying what he said. Her brother a surveyor.
took up the offer, aud going "to the house of
John Lewis in Beverly manor where Stanton
now stands" closed it. They went over to the
James River and found Bordens land for him
( lie was giving every man settler who built ca
! bin 100 acres Of land so "a serving girl named
Milholler dressed herself iu mems clothes" and
built several cabins thereby securing several
hundred acres Of land. The government agent
was astounded to find 50 many men named Mil
'O''Vij anu tue discovery OF inc Tlck created
much mirth among the settlers" The highest
number Of cabins any one settler was allowed TO
build was forty, but they caught Miss Miiholler
before she got her full allowance. One James
Patterson was the agent OF the government at
/ Williamsburg Governor Goode was then CO.
vernon who kept his account with the settlers
'by taking piece of chalk and marking on
their hat The number Of acres they had taken
up.-Stgunton Vndicafor