This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...of refuge for the people residing as far west as the Allegheny mountains." Fort Anderson, built in 1778, was situated on Shaver's creek near the mouth, "directly across the creek from Petersburg along the road leading to Alexandria." It was named for Samuel Anderson, who was regarded as the most active ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ...of refuge for the people residing as far west as the Allegheny mountains." Fort Anderson, built in 1778, was situated on Shaver's creek near the mouth, "directly across the creek from Petersburg along the road leading to Alexandria." It was named for Samuel Anderson, who was regarded as the most active and energetic man in the Shaver's creek settlement during the Revolution. Fort Hartsog (or Hartsock's fort) was built about 1778 for the defense of the settlers in the Woodcock valley. It stood not far from Marklesburg, "on the brow of a hill about 150 feet east of the road from Marklesburg to Huntingdon. McAlvey's fort, also built about 1778, was a blockhouse which stood on a bluff overlooking the Standing Stone creek in the northeastern corner of Huntingdon county and not far from the present village of that name. It was named for Captain William McAlevy, one of the first settlers in that region and one of the most active patriots at the time of the Revolutionary war. Another frontier fort was Alexander McCormick's house near Neff's Mills. When rumors of an Indian uprising grew rife in the spring of 1778, the people of Stone valley determined to build a fort and Mr. McCormick agreed to permit his house to be used for that purpose. It was accordingly put in a state of defense, the walls pierced by loopholes, etc., and formed the principal rallying point for the settlement. Crum's fort, supposed to have been built about the same time as McCormick's, was located a short distance northeast of Manor Hill and formed another place of refuge for the people of Stone valley. But little can be learned of this fort. Fort Lytle, whose history is also somewhat obscure, was situated in what is now Porter township, Huntingdon county, ...
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