Andrew Barnett (1756-1797), was an early explorer, entrepreneur, millwright, sawmiller, and pioneer settler in western Pennsylvania, in a beautiful, fertile, forested locale later designated as Jefferson County.
Andrew Barnett was the first known pioneer settler to be buried in Jefferson County, PA. His older brother, Joseph Barnett (1754-1838), considered by historians as Pioneer Patriarch of Jefferson County, is buried in Old Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, PA.
In 1795, during a joint scouting exploration of western Pennsylvania with Samuel Scott, Andrew Barnett had a "eureka" discovery of what he termed "the ideal mill site", later called Port Barnett. By enthusiastically reporting the business potential findings to brother Joseph Barnett and friends, Andrew Barnett helped spark pioneer settlement and industrial development interest in the Jefferson County area.
In 1797, after faithfully helping build the first pioneer log cabin and sawmill in this Pine Creek Township wilderness area, Andrew Barnett became gravely ill and died in the log cabin of his handiwork, at the youthful age of 41.
The Autumn 1797 burial of pioneer settler Andrew Barnett was "on the north bank of the creek, at the junction of Sandy Lick and Mill Creek, (Samuel) Scott and two Indians being the only attendants at the funeral." Samuel Scott was the brother-in-law of Andrew Barnett, by virtue of Joseph Barnett having married Elizabeth Scott (Samuel Scott's sister) in Northumberland (now Clinton) County, PA.
The Andrew Barnett Gravesite at Port Barnett, Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County, PA (approximate Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates: Latitude: 41.15626, Longitude: -79.05311, is some 125 feet south of the frontier site, where the Barnett log cabin and sawmill were built in 1797 (by 9 Native Americans & 4 white men).
In 1797, this area was in the western portion of Lycoming County, which was a huge parent county of 16 additional Keystone State counties. Currently (in 2011), Humphrey Mill House occupies the same site location, where the Barnett pioneer log cabin and sawmill formerly stood.
Andrew Barnett was born circa 1756 in Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA, a son of John Barnett and Sarah Barnett, both immigrants to America from Northern Ireland. John Barnett died in 1757, while sons Andrew Barnett and Joseph Barnett were very young; they were soon to also lose their mother. After their mother Sarah Barnett died circa 1760, orphans Andrew Barnett and Joseph Barnett were reared by relatives engaged in agriculture. The Barnett Brothers were active in business partnership for several years, until the unfortunate and untimely death of Andrew Barnett in 1797.
Source of direct quotations regarding Andrew Barnett: Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, by Dr. J. W. McKnight, Brookville, PA, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1905. (Information available in the public domain well over 100 years.).
Andrew Barnett was the first known pioneer settler to be buried in Jefferson County, PA. His older brother, Joseph Barnett (1754-1838), considered by historians as Pioneer Patriarch of Jefferson County, is buried in Old Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, PA.
In 1795, during a joint scouting exploration of western Pennsylvania with Samuel Scott, Andrew Barnett had a "eureka" discovery of what he termed "the ideal mill site", later called Port Barnett. By enthusiastically reporting the business potential findings to brother Joseph Barnett and friends, Andrew Barnett helped spark pioneer settlement and industrial development interest in the Jefferson County area.
In 1797, after faithfully helping build the first pioneer log cabin and sawmill in this Pine Creek Township wilderness area, Andrew Barnett became gravely ill and died in the log cabin of his handiwork, at the youthful age of 41.
The Autumn 1797 burial of pioneer settler Andrew Barnett was "on the north bank of the creek, at the junction of Sandy Lick and Mill Creek, (Samuel) Scott and two Indians being the only attendants at the funeral." Samuel Scott was the brother-in-law of Andrew Barnett, by virtue of Joseph Barnett having married Elizabeth Scott (Samuel Scott's sister) in Northumberland (now Clinton) County, PA.
The Andrew Barnett Gravesite at Port Barnett, Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County, PA (approximate Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates: Latitude: 41.15626, Longitude: -79.05311, is some 125 feet south of the frontier site, where the Barnett log cabin and sawmill were built in 1797 (by 9 Native Americans & 4 white men).
In 1797, this area was in the western portion of Lycoming County, which was a huge parent county of 16 additional Keystone State counties. Currently (in 2011), Humphrey Mill House occupies the same site location, where the Barnett pioneer log cabin and sawmill formerly stood.
Andrew Barnett was born circa 1756 in Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA, a son of John Barnett and Sarah Barnett, both immigrants to America from Northern Ireland. John Barnett died in 1757, while sons Andrew Barnett and Joseph Barnett were very young; they were soon to also lose their mother. After their mother Sarah Barnett died circa 1760, orphans Andrew Barnett and Joseph Barnett were reared by relatives engaged in agriculture. The Barnett Brothers were active in business partnership for several years, until the unfortunate and untimely death of Andrew Barnett in 1797.
Source of direct quotations regarding Andrew Barnett: Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, by Dr. J. W. McKnight, Brookville, PA, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1905. (Information available in the public domain well over 100 years.).
Andrew Barnett (1756-1797), was an early explorer, entrepreneur, millwright, sawmiller, and pioneer settler in western Pennsylvania, in a beautiful, fertile, forested locale later designated as Jefferson County.
Andrew Barnett was the first known pioneer settler to be buried in Jefferson County, PA. His older brother, Joseph Barnett (1754-1838), considered by historians as Pioneer Patriarch of Jefferson County, is buried in Old Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, PA.
In 1795, during a joint scouting exploration of western Pennsylvania with Samuel Scott, Andrew Barnett had a "eureka" discovery of what he termed "the ideal mill site", later called Port Barnett. By enthusiastically reporting the business potential findings to brother Joseph Barnett and friends, Andrew Barnett helped spark pioneer settlement and industrial development interest in the Jefferson County area.
In 1797, after faithfully helping build the first pioneer log cabin and sawmill in this Pine Creek Township wilderness area, Andrew Barnett became gravely ill and died in the log cabin of his handiwork, at the youthful age of 41.
The Autumn 1797 burial of pioneer settler Andrew Barnett was "on the north bank of the creek, at the junction of Sandy Lick and Mill Creek, (Samuel) Scott and two Indians being the only attendants at the funeral." Samuel Scott was the brother-in-law of Andrew Barnett, by virtue of Joseph Barnett having married Elizabeth Scott (Samuel Scott's sister) in Northumberland (now Clinton) County, PA.
The Andrew Barnett Gravesite at Port Barnett, Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County, PA (approximate Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates: Latitude: 41.15626, Longitude: -79.05311, is some 125 feet south of the frontier site, where the Barnett log cabin and sawmill were built in 1797 (by 9 Native Americans & 4 white men).
In 1797, this area was in the western portion of Lycoming County, which was a huge parent county of 16 additional Keystone State counties. Currently (in 2011), Humphrey Mill House occupies the same site location, where the Barnett pioneer log cabin and sawmill formerly stood.
Andrew Barnett was born circa 1756 in Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA, a son of John Barnett and Sarah Barnett, both immigrants to America from Northern Ireland. John Barnett died in 1757, while sons Andrew Barnett and Joseph Barnett were very young; they were soon to also lose their mother. After their mother Sarah Barnett died circa 1760, orphans Andrew Barnett and Joseph Barnett were reared by relatives engaged in agriculture. The Barnett Brothers were active in business partnership for several years, until the unfortunate and untimely death of Andrew Barnett in 1797.
Source of direct quotations regarding Andrew Barnett: Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, by Dr. J. W. McKnight, Brookville, PA, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1905. (Information available in the public domain well over 100 years.).
Andrew Barnett was the first known pioneer settler to be buried in Jefferson County, PA. His older brother, Joseph Barnett (1754-1838), considered by historians as Pioneer Patriarch of Jefferson County, is buried in Old Brookville Cemetery, Brookville, PA.
In 1795, during a joint scouting exploration of western Pennsylvania with Samuel Scott, Andrew Barnett had a "eureka" discovery of what he termed "the ideal mill site", later called Port Barnett. By enthusiastically reporting the business potential findings to brother Joseph Barnett and friends, Andrew Barnett helped spark pioneer settlement and industrial development interest in the Jefferson County area.
In 1797, after faithfully helping build the first pioneer log cabin and sawmill in this Pine Creek Township wilderness area, Andrew Barnett became gravely ill and died in the log cabin of his handiwork, at the youthful age of 41.
The Autumn 1797 burial of pioneer settler Andrew Barnett was "on the north bank of the creek, at the junction of Sandy Lick and Mill Creek, (Samuel) Scott and two Indians being the only attendants at the funeral." Samuel Scott was the brother-in-law of Andrew Barnett, by virtue of Joseph Barnett having married Elizabeth Scott (Samuel Scott's sister) in Northumberland (now Clinton) County, PA.
The Andrew Barnett Gravesite at Port Barnett, Pine Creek Township, Jefferson County, PA (approximate Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinates: Latitude: 41.15626, Longitude: -79.05311, is some 125 feet south of the frontier site, where the Barnett log cabin and sawmill were built in 1797 (by 9 Native Americans & 4 white men).
In 1797, this area was in the western portion of Lycoming County, which was a huge parent county of 16 additional Keystone State counties. Currently (in 2011), Humphrey Mill House occupies the same site location, where the Barnett pioneer log cabin and sawmill formerly stood.
Andrew Barnett was born circa 1756 in Paxton Township, Dauphin County, PA, a son of John Barnett and Sarah Barnett, both immigrants to America from Northern Ireland. John Barnett died in 1757, while sons Andrew Barnett and Joseph Barnett were very young; they were soon to also lose their mother. After their mother Sarah Barnett died circa 1760, orphans Andrew Barnett and Joseph Barnett were reared by relatives engaged in agriculture. The Barnett Brothers were active in business partnership for several years, until the unfortunate and untimely death of Andrew Barnett in 1797.
Source of direct quotations regarding Andrew Barnett: Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, by Dr. J. W. McKnight, Brookville, PA, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, PA, 1905. (Information available in the public domain well over 100 years.).
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