The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-02-10

payment OF taxes IN Allegany county
under penalty of sale of personal and
real property.
So far as we have been able to learn
not one of the Maryland soldiers set
tied on the land allotted to them. Most
of the veterans soon sold their lots to
land spectators or to actual settlers
for any price they could get-usually
from three to five Maryland pounds
per lot-on the average of about $12
per lot, or 26 cents per acre.
Settlers On The Military Lots in 1887
Of the 1923 settlers reported by Col
onel Deakins, the Commission allotted
land to 246, of whom the following
were closely identified with the settle
ment of western Allegany and Garrett
counties:
William Ashby, John Arnold of Al;
John Arnold of j.; Anthony Arnold,
Moses Ayers, Sr.; Moses Ayres, Jr.;
Charles Boyles, Philip Bray, Norman
Bruce, Andrew Bruce, William Cod
dington, Daniel Cresap, Sr.; Daniel
Cresap, Jr.; Benjamin Coddington,
Aaron Duckworth, Joseph Davis, Eb-
enezer Davis, Peter D'Evicmon, Adam
Eckhart, John Eckhart, George Eek
hart, Charles Friend, John Friend,
Gabriel Friend, Thurman Frazee, JOSH
ali Frost, George Fazenbaker, Joseph
Friend, Evan Guynn, Paul Hoye, Rich
ard Hall, Andrew House, John Jones,
Henry Kite, John Kelly, Logsden "a
settlers in Allegany county,; John
Lynn, Jacob Cover, William Moore,
Nathaniel Magruder, Moses McKin-
sey Is McKinseys); John Mathews,
Sr.; Henry Mattingly, Johannis
Paugh, Michael Paugh, Moses Porter,
Martin Polling e Polings); Charles
Queen, Benjamin Rush, John Rutan,
Daniel Reckner, John Ryan, John Sim
kins, John Stuck, Peter Stuck, Jacob
Storm, William Shaw, John Steyer,
Moses Spicer, Jesse Tomlinson, Eze-
kiel Totten, Moses Tilsonel, Thomas
Umbertson, David VanSickle, Andrew
Workman C Workmans); Joseph
Warwick.
Towns And Villages On Military Lots
We have already noted the towns
and villages located on the tracts sur
veyed in 1774. Those on Military Lots
were:
Oakland-The original siXty-four
lots of Oakland were laid off by Ed
ward McCarty in 1S49 from Lot No.
1854, part of a tract which McCarty
had patented in 1926, called "The Will
derness Shall Smile" Additions to the
town have been made at various times,
including the Josiah Pennington Ad-
dition of 1865, which was part OF
"Stewart's Delight"-the William
Armstrong farm.
Selbysport is the oldest village in
our county, laid off in lots prior to
1898, on Military Lot No. 1926, lying
on both banks of the Youghiogheny
River.
Mountain Lake Park covers parts OF
four Military Lots, included in a tract
called "Western Canal Convention"
patented to William W. Hoye in 1927
and later known as John Hoye's Pas
ture"; fenced in the 1905.
Loeb Lynn Heights covers parts of
three Military Lots-978, 879 and 919.
David Lynn's Pasture" lies south of
the town.
Bittinger is located on part of Mil
itary Lots 2134, 2281, 2283 and 2293,
which were allotted for services in
the Maryland Line to Lieutenant Isaac
Duvall, who died of wounds received
in battle. In 1914 Benjamin Duvall
sold these lots to Henry Bedinger, of
Somerset county, Pa, who then be-
came the first settler at Bittinger.
Later Surveys and Grants
After the surveys of 1774 and OF
the Military Lots in 1887, small wa
cancies," lying between surveys and
many large tracts-generally the
more mountainous Undetermined
unsurveyed and still property of the
State, but during the fifty years fol-
lowing the lot survey and the opening
up of the lands westward of Fort
Cumberland" for sale and settlement,
most of the remaining State land was
"taken up by spectators and set
tiers, much of it in large tracts, such
as the following:
"The Gleanings,' 5144 acres, was
surveyed for Paul Hoye in 1892 and
patented to him in 1894. 1t included
the old "Crab Tree Bottom" tract,
four lots and a strip Of vacant land
down the Youghiogheny River valley.
Potomac Manor" 1874 "a acres,
surveyed for Gen. John Swan, May 6,
1893, and patented to him in 1900. 1t
included "Cocklefeld," seven other
tracts and thirty-one Military Lots,
all lying east of Backbone Mountain
in what is now Garrett county.