The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1888-04-12
A Sketch or the Settlers In the George District,
Prospect.
WITH SOME RECoLLECTIONs OF THE SECOND
GENERATION.

very NfSt settlers III George DISTRICT were
four young men from New Hampshire, brothers
John, stephen, Henry and Jacob George. They
left their home in n. ii. and came into the town in
| 1sOs. After prospecting in the vicinity they dis
| covered the high land with solid hardwood growth
| of rock maple, birch and white ash, and from ap
pearances they thought the soil would be the best
| for corn, and high enough to be safe from frost
They climbed tree the highest part of the land
near Hedgehog hill and took survey of the sur
roundings, and concluded to settle in what is now
called the George District. The tree they climbed
on that occasion died years afterwards and
broke OFF leaving old stub tIat stood until about
| five years ago.
The nearest house to them was that of William
| Nichols, now owned by John Nichols. The first
| article carried to market was white ash staves
which We're taken to searsport. At that time there
| was only one store in the place, kept by Squire
| Leach. Most of the store articles were brought
| from Sandy Point and their grain was carried to
swanyille to he ground. All the travel was by
| spotted trees through the woods. The first break
| ing up luW that Mr. jacob George used was Dor
| rowcd oi Mr. David Dew of North >ear,port and
was brought through the woods on his back. He
came the whole distance without stopping to rest
One of III" boys, Jacob, brought an English willow
the ground where it took root and grew to be
large tree. The tree was cut down five years
OF the young men of the George family none
were married before coming here stephen. the
| oldest, married Rehecca Colson OF pro,pect rnw
Searsport. Their family numbered $ children,
three of whom liying-stephen, Samuel and
Elizabeth. Henry George married sally Fowler,
sister of Capt. John Fowler of Searspof'. John
George married Phehe Nirkerson and lived ON the
place sold to Joseph tWcIl in 1910 Proba ,lv Mr.
John George one OF the very liral emigan to
the west from this section. He started in iSia
from the George settlement with span Of horses
and his housekeeping goods, with his wife and two
OF three children, ami drove cut through tht Mount
Ephraim road, boand to Ohio, where h.. ar ivtd in
due time and settled
Jacob George married Prudence Ptndlr,on If
l>icsh"r". Their family was Isaac, Margaret,
oba'.iah, samuel Iimiena, Prudence, Jacob. One
Of Mr.. Jacob George, Son- Obadiah, now Il wears
Old, is the enc that reports about the t,corge~ i'll
;ne District. iia father was the owner OF Il large
iron trap tui eat. hing bears and he says lie rrinc-
'tfs of his itching TIVE hears in the trap. Bai
Reed, living near Mosquito Mountain, was Il great
lover Of Will meat and his father sent him when a
hoy to his place with piece of bears meat and
once he sent him with COON Mr. Jacob George
was quite hunter and he often visited the cave in
Hedgehog hIl. At one time he found Il number of
c"on> wmtering in the cave. lie got cod hook
and iashc' 20 pole and ran the pole in the shelf
like rock where most of the coons wintcred and
for several years caught sometimes quite q Number.
Visiting tc cave ut another time he founi that the
rock- had settled and closed up the place Where lie
used to go m Even Up To the present time, lie
h,dgchogs winter there. The cave was large
years ago, it is said, than now.
Mr. Obadiah Georges version OF the story of iiie
father Jacob, and h> brother John, firing ON tine
English vessel in i;ucksrort N;lroWs i rs follows
The tW" Georges and a number nl others hvari
mat the English mah-ot-War vessel that went up
te riy ycr to Ila,npder coming down la ta,tiac
Wiliit the VEST. was -"Wly moving down through
the NarroN- all was jolly ON It;ud wit! music @0d
Il large nlinicr of mon could be seen on deck and
some in the rigging Ihe t,turgc's, with Il few
more men on their own nook, oi.-uc, iii, from he
hind the rocks and trees. where thew were well
lii'i''cn from view. The distance WAS not m in tie
narrow passage and when they tired they coul,l sec
the men fall. They tried 10 shoot the man steering
to gel the vessel ashore. The English soon began
TO show fight and rctaliated the first hu-c that
tw" story house. Ihey elevated their guns to
| carry up on the steep hin and sent two cannon II
balls through the house, striking !ittr to one
SIDE from til, front ,loor and tho other near the
"lhdoW. Most of the people III town E;lte >cpn
the old house, not many Years ago. with a board
nailed over the holes made by HE c,nnnn balls.
| The "id building i now taken clown ;nd Mr. levi
staples. of Sandy Point has some Of the tim,,cI in
his barn.
| The English ircd all the wav down to 5an,>
Point and all the damage ,leuc WA. when the, fired
at Il lock of sheep in the pasture. \ cannon l;.Ii
| struck one sheer, and kiIrd II Wbnn th,, ,,,.,r
| arrived at Ca,tiu, they ,..nnrtpJ : kiIIra ,u,d
| wutntlr,l--3 were killeu.
The vo,nru il, tbe.. ,,.. ,,., .ll az ,I,,ir,,,,
woul from, tin. sin, .., }ut f. -, ,,I ,h. i,l ,
the women ,lo, ,i,.I ,n Il. ..,,.., M .... ,i.
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the old -,uIrrs of,. fi,,,i ,,..iI ,n, f tl.t .,
AN f.,,,. of TIM. Inr. i,,lt th.., l.,,. j., ,i H.
rj,, ana ,hrp. III them, ot t.,,,,i,.., ,,,,, y..
four b.., uioreer, sem; r, tl, t.,ti,, .,,t ,,ti
| in New iIam,.,hir, and th,., l,oth liy,d ia, t
old ,., ,lron.e ,l. ..I,ini,,,, ,n,i a, ,nt, I,,r,
| i'll the little .sitvcta: H.: on the >,p,lcn Geo, u
! place.
| Tie first school sept in the district WIS kept ina
log school house after which schools were h.,t IN
the Georges hols-eS. smith. EwrH oluI lrovil