Published in Oct 1980 Keyhole (SW Penna. Gen. Soc.) Pg. 169. Early Washington County Newspaper Articles by Jean Morris Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, December 1, 1795, Washington, PA Whereas a certain RALPH SMITH, of Morgan Township in this County (Greene Co. after 1796), some years ago called me a convict in a public company, and later spoke the same language in ambiguous terms, (such as his good breeding afforded). I do hereby request the favor of Mr. Smith, to wash and shave and go and inquire of Mr. James GILASPY, on the headwaters of Buffalo Creek, and Robert CARREL on the head waters of the Wheeling Creek, two gentlemen which sailed with me from the port of Londonderry, the 14th day of August in the year 1768, and landed at Newcastle, DE. the 3rd day of October following and acknowledge himself a malicious caluminator.
/S/ Myles HAYDAN of Ten Mile Creek, Washington Co. PA Provided by: Marjorie Dickson 300 N. 7th St, Oregon, IL 61061 Nov. 26, 1980.
ROBERT CARROLL and his wife, with his brothers, John and Hamilton established their home in East Findley, at the headwaters of Wheeling Creek, when hostilities broke out among the Indians in the year 1781. These were the last raids on the settlements from their camp on the western side of the Ohio River, where they were encamped. The lands had been officially purchased, and Washington County had been founded. Some warriors were still disgruntled at being deprived of their favorite hunting grounds, and would leave camp whenever they could to wreak vengence upon the white settlers. In the summer of that year, John and Hamilton, who were 16 and 18 years of age went out one morning to cut firewood. A short distance from the cabin, they were shot down by raiding Indians. Robert's wife, Mary Bell, heard the shots and, taking the babe from his cradle, and with him in her arms and leading her son James, who was about 4 years old, escaped into a nearby cornfield, where she was hiding when the Indians reached the house. She fled with all possible haste to the fort where Prosperity now stands, which was a distance of five miles, although she had to travel much further to reach it. Her husband, Robert, had been absent during all this trouble, he had gone the day before to a mill on the Monongahela River. When he returned home and saw evidence of the disaster, he hurried to the fort, where he heard the news and found his wife and children. In a few days, a party of men left the fort and found the bodies of the two brothers and buried them under a huge pine tree a short distance from the cabin. These were the first graves in what later became know as the "Carroll Cemetery in East Findley". All traces of the visiting Indian party had vanished, and Robert and his wife returned to the cabin to live there the rest of their days unmolested. In later years a large brick home was built here, and it remained the homestead of the Carroll's for many generations. This home is still partly standing.
Robert Carrell and Edward Carrell are mentioned with land tracts Pole's Hook and Turkey Hill.
Patent date: 4 Apr 1785 Washington Co. PA
Tuesday, December 1, 1795, Washington, PA Whereas a certain RALPH SMITH, of Morgan Township in this County (Greene Co. after 1796), some years ago called me a convict in a public company, and later spoke the same language in ambiguous terms, (such as his good breeding afforded). I do hereby request the favor of Mr. Smith, to wash and shave and go and inquire of Mr. James GILASPY, on the headwaters of Buffalo Creek, and Robert CARREL on the head waters of the Wheeling Creek, two gentlemen which sailed with me from the port of Londonderry, the 14th day of August in the year 1768, and landed at Newcastle, DE. the 3rd day of October following and acknowledge himself a malicious caluminator.
/S/ Myles HAYDAN of Ten Mile Creek, Washington Co. PA Provided by: Marjorie Dickson 300 N. 7th St, Oregon, IL 61061 Nov. 26, 1980.
ROBERT CARROLL and his wife, with his brothers, John and Hamilton established their home in East Findley, at the headwaters of Wheeling Creek, when hostilities broke out among the Indians in the year 1781. These were the last raids on the settlements from their camp on the western side of the Ohio River, where they were encamped. The lands had been officially purchased, and Washington County had been founded. Some warriors were still disgruntled at being deprived of their favorite hunting grounds, and would leave camp whenever they could to wreak vengence upon the white settlers. In the summer of that year, John and Hamilton, who were 16 and 18 years of age went out one morning to cut firewood. A short distance from the cabin, they were shot down by raiding Indians. Robert's wife, Mary Bell, heard the shots and, taking the babe from his cradle, and with him in her arms and leading her son James, who was about 4 years old, escaped into a nearby cornfield, where she was hiding when the Indians reached the house. She fled with all possible haste to the fort where Prosperity now stands, which was a distance of five miles, although she had to travel much further to reach it. Her husband, Robert, had been absent during all this trouble, he had gone the day before to a mill on the Monongahela River. When he returned home and saw evidence of the disaster, he hurried to the fort, where he heard the news and found his wife and children. In a few days, a party of men left the fort and found the bodies of the two brothers and buried them under a huge pine tree a short distance from the cabin. These were the first graves in what later became know as the "Carroll Cemetery in East Findley". All traces of the visiting Indian party had vanished, and Robert and his wife returned to the cabin to live there the rest of their days unmolested. In later years a large brick home was built here, and it remained the homestead of the Carroll's for many generations. This home is still partly standing.
Robert Carrell and Edward Carrell are mentioned with land tracts Pole's Hook and Turkey Hill.
Patent date: 4 Apr 1785 Washington Co. PA
Published in Oct 1980 Keyhole (SW Penna. Gen. Soc.) Pg. 169. Early Washington County Newspaper Articles by Jean Morris Pittsburgh, PA
Tuesday, December 1, 1795, Washington, PA Whereas a certain RALPH SMITH, of Morgan Township in this County (Greene Co. after 1796), some years ago called me a convict in a public company, and later spoke the same language in ambiguous terms, (such as his good breeding afforded). I do hereby request the favor of Mr. Smith, to wash and shave and go and inquire of Mr. James GILASPY, on the headwaters of Buffalo Creek, and Robert CARREL on the head waters of the Wheeling Creek, two gentlemen which sailed with me from the port of Londonderry, the 14th day of August in the year 1768, and landed at Newcastle, DE. the 3rd day of October following and acknowledge himself a malicious caluminator.
/S/ Myles HAYDAN of Ten Mile Creek, Washington Co. PA Provided by: Marjorie Dickson 300 N. 7th St, Oregon, IL 61061 Nov. 26, 1980.
ROBERT CARROLL and his wife, with his brothers, John and Hamilton established their home in East Findley, at the headwaters of Wheeling Creek, when hostilities broke out among the Indians in the year 1781. These were the last raids on the settlements from their camp on the western side of the Ohio River, where they were encamped. The lands had been officially purchased, and Washington County had been founded. Some warriors were still disgruntled at being deprived of their favorite hunting grounds, and would leave camp whenever they could to wreak vengence upon the white settlers. In the summer of that year, John and Hamilton, who were 16 and 18 years of age went out one morning to cut firewood. A short distance from the cabin, they were shot down by raiding Indians. Robert's wife, Mary Bell, heard the shots and, taking the babe from his cradle, and with him in her arms and leading her son James, who was about 4 years old, escaped into a nearby cornfield, where she was hiding when the Indians reached the house. She fled with all possible haste to the fort where Prosperity now stands, which was a distance of five miles, although she had to travel much further to reach it. Her husband, Robert, had been absent during all this trouble, he had gone the day before to a mill on the Monongahela River. When he returned home and saw evidence of the disaster, he hurried to the fort, where he heard the news and found his wife and children. In a few days, a party of men left the fort and found the bodies of the two brothers and buried them under a huge pine tree a short distance from the cabin. These were the first graves in what later became know as the "Carroll Cemetery in East Findley". All traces of the visiting Indian party had vanished, and Robert and his wife returned to the cabin to live there the rest of their days unmolested. In later years a large brick home was built here, and it remained the homestead of the Carroll's for many generations. This home is still partly standing.
Robert Carrell and Edward Carrell are mentioned with land tracts Pole's Hook and Turkey Hill.
Patent date: 4 Apr 1785 Washington Co. PA
Tuesday, December 1, 1795, Washington, PA Whereas a certain RALPH SMITH, of Morgan Township in this County (Greene Co. after 1796), some years ago called me a convict in a public company, and later spoke the same language in ambiguous terms, (such as his good breeding afforded). I do hereby request the favor of Mr. Smith, to wash and shave and go and inquire of Mr. James GILASPY, on the headwaters of Buffalo Creek, and Robert CARREL on the head waters of the Wheeling Creek, two gentlemen which sailed with me from the port of Londonderry, the 14th day of August in the year 1768, and landed at Newcastle, DE. the 3rd day of October following and acknowledge himself a malicious caluminator.
/S/ Myles HAYDAN of Ten Mile Creek, Washington Co. PA Provided by: Marjorie Dickson 300 N. 7th St, Oregon, IL 61061 Nov. 26, 1980.
ROBERT CARROLL and his wife, with his brothers, John and Hamilton established their home in East Findley, at the headwaters of Wheeling Creek, when hostilities broke out among the Indians in the year 1781. These were the last raids on the settlements from their camp on the western side of the Ohio River, where they were encamped. The lands had been officially purchased, and Washington County had been founded. Some warriors were still disgruntled at being deprived of their favorite hunting grounds, and would leave camp whenever they could to wreak vengence upon the white settlers. In the summer of that year, John and Hamilton, who were 16 and 18 years of age went out one morning to cut firewood. A short distance from the cabin, they were shot down by raiding Indians. Robert's wife, Mary Bell, heard the shots and, taking the babe from his cradle, and with him in her arms and leading her son James, who was about 4 years old, escaped into a nearby cornfield, where she was hiding when the Indians reached the house. She fled with all possible haste to the fort where Prosperity now stands, which was a distance of five miles, although she had to travel much further to reach it. Her husband, Robert, had been absent during all this trouble, he had gone the day before to a mill on the Monongahela River. When he returned home and saw evidence of the disaster, he hurried to the fort, where he heard the news and found his wife and children. In a few days, a party of men left the fort and found the bodies of the two brothers and buried them under a huge pine tree a short distance from the cabin. These were the first graves in what later became know as the "Carroll Cemetery in East Findley". All traces of the visiting Indian party had vanished, and Robert and his wife returned to the cabin to live there the rest of their days unmolested. In later years a large brick home was built here, and it remained the homestead of the Carroll's for many generations. This home is still partly standing.
Robert Carrell and Edward Carrell are mentioned with land tracts Pole's Hook and Turkey Hill.
Patent date: 4 Apr 1785 Washington Co. PA
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Go home my friends and cease from tears
We must lie here till Christ appears.
And here our boddeys shall remain
Till Christ doth call us forth again.
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