The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1876-07-20


The oldest surveys after Shawnee town
are the tracts ofland on which the Borottch
of Stroudsburg and East Stroudsburg are
located, the oldest of which is the Daniel
Brodhead 600 acres which covers the
principal part of East Stroudsburg and a
small portion ofStroudsburg Warrant April
., 1877, surveyed Dec. 27; 1877, and the
following tracts, parts of which are in the
Borough of Stroudsburg John Clark, 200
acres, warrant, Oct. II, 1738, surveyed
May a, 1879, Lynford Lardner, 80 acres,
for which there was no warrant issued and
no date OF survey or surveyors name given,
but marked on the draft as follows "Re-
turned into the Secretary's office March II.
l74l and the following entry is made in the
office at Harrisburg, "one of three tracts
which had been surveyed for the Proprie-
taries by their direction for such uses and
as we should afterwards think fit to apply
Them Dec. 26, 1T41, a warrant of accep-
tance was issued in which is the following {:
at being our pleasure to make grant there
of to our kin sman, Lynford Lardner" "
Henry or (Wm.) Clark, y acres, warrant
Sept. 10, 174S, John McMickle, (now cal
led McMichael,) two tracts, 20 and s acres
respectively, warrants dated Dec 1850. and
Daniel Brodhcad, l30 acres, warrant, Dec
20, 1850, returned into the Sccretary's
office, June 26, 1755, for the use of Ephraim
Colver, in the deed Cor Patent) from Thos
and Richard Penn to Ephriam Colver
Miller, Of Bethlehem, dated June 30, 1855,
the land is described as "a certain tract of
Land situate in Dansbury township former
ly in the County of Bucks, now Northamp-
ton county, aforesaid: This tract had the
Falls on, now known as Wallace's Dam.
Ephraim Colvcr built the first mill, that
was built here, (probably the first mill that
was built this side Of the Kittatinny or Blue
Mountain log mill, and after Col Jacob
Stroud, purchased the mill property in
Feb. 1869, he built Stone Mill, which
was afterwards burnt down.
In the vicinity Of Stroudsburg arc the
following tracts taken up and settled on at
an early day, which Will mention as near
as | can in the order in which they were
taken up. The tract of land on which Col.
Norton now resides was settled on by John
McMickle and surveyed to him April u,
l744, on warrant dated Dec 21, 1743.
Where Henry kautz, resides was surveyed
May /, lI46; on warrant Of Dec. 13, 1745.
to Ann Carton, (who was a Brodhead) and
where John w. Huston resides, was survey
ed to John Hillman, Dee. II, 1913, on
warrants dated respectively, Dee. p, 1743
aud June ,, 174S. granted to John Me
Mickle, Henry Keever, 155 acres, war
rant April 22, 1851, surveyed Oct 10,
1754. The hill at Owens was named after
him ''Kceyer's Iill' but generally called
Kufer's Hill. On this hill is the old burial
ground commonly called ''Hollinshead' S
Grave Yard, in which Dirk or Derrick
Van Eliet was buried in 1873 The Recs
Farm, now occupied by Matthias Able
was granted to VIM Peter knowlton by
Warrant dated May Is, 1749, and Patented
May 5. 1749 and was settled on or owned
by John Drake Soloman Jennings and Jno
McMickle took up the land now known as
angle Swamp" Con which Thomas and
David Smiley lived in 1I4S, and it was
then called the big Meadow" and the
run near Mclchior Dreher's was called Bic
Meadow Run. Along the Brodhead's (oI
Analomink) Greek from the Brodhead
600 acre tract to near Spragueyille was the
"Proprietaries Manor 1900 acres. Gen
Robert Brown lives at the Brodhcad place
on the 600 acre tract. At Bushkill. James
Hyndshaw, (the Grand l-father Of the Rev
Jas Hyndsiaw, formerly Of this place. set
tied at an cary day. About the year 1856
there was a line fForts erected to protect the
frontier settlements. Fort Allen where
Weissport now IS Fort Norris at Green
sweigs, fnow in Eldred township, this Coun
ty) Fort Hamilton, here at this place, near
the West end of our town, and Fort Hynd
shaw at the mouth of the Bushkill Greek
20 years later during the Revolution Fort
Penn was in existence, ON the hill back OF
where the stone house, where William S
Wintcmuta and Alexander Fowler live
Among the early settlers in Hamilton town
ship were John Mcdowell, Philip Bossard
Conrad Bittenbender and others. During
the Old French and Indian War Of f1755-6C
the inhabitants north Of the mountain were
continually iii danger Of being massacred by
the Indians and in some place, the Indians
commenced operations IN l1oo. In Decem
Der 1855, the Indians made an attack upon
the inhabitants in the neigbRorhood Of thi;
place (thcn Fort Hamilton disappears from
the following, (parts Of dispositions &c
"Col. Joseph Stout received one express
this morning by a young man from that place
q Fort Hamilton, ) where Jno. Carmecle { Nc
Mickle) and Broadhead live, back of Sam
Depue's, where they were attacked yester-
day about II o'clock, where Brodhead'
Barn and Barracks were on fire, and heard
the guns Airing, for Broadhead had bar
ricaded his house and there were severa
people killed, and [ fed to John Ander
son, and as near as l could estimate, there
were 100 Of the enemy that appeared to me
and were in white peoples clothing, only &
few match coats. HENRY COLE,
Sworn, &C., Dec. II. 1855