The Fair Play Settlers of the West Branch Valley, 1769-1784 / A Study of Frontier Ethnography

Index

• Adlum, John, 9, 10, 13
• Alexander, James, 26
• Allegheny Mountains, 1, 2, 47, 102
• Allison, Rev. Francis, 67
• American Revolution, 23, 33, 34, 44, 49, 54, 68, 71, 84, 86, 103, 104, 110
• Antes, Frederick, 77-82, 87
• Antes, Henry, Jr., 40, 42, 76-83, 101
• Antes, Henry, Sr., 78
• Antes, Joseph, 42
• Antes, Philip, 42
• Antes, William, 78
• Antes Mill, 79, 80, 82
• Art, 70
• Arthur, Robert, 41
• Atlee, Samuel J., 5

• Bald Eagle Creek, 22, 48, 67, 79
• Bald Eagle Mountains, 14
• Bald Eagle Township, 45, 46, 84
• Bald Eagle's Nest, 48
• Baptists, 68
• Barn-raisings, 60, 95, 97
• Bartram, John, 9-11, 13
• Bertin, Eugene P., 7
• "Beulah Land," 71
• Bingham, William, 11
• Blackwell, 71
• Bonner, Barnabas, 40
• Books, 69, 70
• Brainerd, Rev. David, 67
• Bryce, James, 89, 90
• Bucks County, 19
• Burnet's Hills, 6

• "Cabin right," 37
• Cabin-raisings, 48, 51, 60, 74, 95, 97
• Caldwell, Bratton, 40, 41
• Calhoune, George, 26
• Cammal, 71
• Campbell, Cleary, 26, 62
• Campbell, William, Jr., 26
• Carlisle Presbytery, 67
• Charter of Privileges, 96
• Chester County, 19, 20
• Children, 55
• Clark, Francis, 42
• Clark, John, 26
• Colbert, William, 61-63, 65, 70
• Coldren, Eleanor, 40, 83, 92, 96
• Commerce, 56
• Committee of Safety, 34, 44, 45, 48, 54, 77, 81-83, 88, 106
• Connecticut, 20, 21, 23, 31
• Constitutional Convention, Pennsylvania (1776), 80, 83, 87
• Continental Congress, 85, 103
• Cooke, William, 26
• "Corn right," 37
• Council of Safety, 34, 44
• Covenhoven, Robert, 22
• Crawford, James, 77, 82, 83
• Cruger, Daniel, 96
• Culbertson, Mr., 67
• Cumberland County, 19, 20
• Cumberland Valley, 47, 105
• Curti, Merle, 76, 100

• Dauphin County, 19, 20
• Davy, Mr., 56, 63
• Declaration of Independence, 42, 43, 71, 74, 106
• "Declaration of Independence" of Fair Play Settlers, 42-44, 61, 62, 71, 74, 83, 106, 107
• Defense, 84, 103, 108
• Demography, 16-29, 100, 104-107
• DeSchweinitz, Edmund A., 8, 10
• Dewitt, Abraham, 40
• Dewitt, Peter, 95, 96
• Dickinson, John, 43, 78, 81
• Donegal Presbytery, 67
• Dougherty, Samuel, 40
• Drinking, 71, 72, 74, 75, 98
• Duncan, Mr., 38
• Dunn, William, 96

• Economic institutions, 89-91, 97, 99-102, 104, 107, 109;
  • see also Farming
• Education, 17, 58, 65, 69
• Ejectment, 35-39, 41, 106
• English, 16-20, 24-26, 28, 54, 57, 58, 83, 84, 93, 95, 102
• Ettwein, Bishop John, 9, 10, 13
• Evans, Lewis, 9-11, 13

• Fair Play men, 3, 31, 35-36, 38, 40, 41, 45, 73, 77, 81-83, 92, 94, 95, 97, 102, 109;
  • see also Tribunal, Fair Play
• Faith, 17, 68, 73, 75, 98, 99
• Family life, 17, 58, 64, 65, 68, 100, 110
• Ferguson, Thomas, 40
• Fithian, Philip Vickers, 9, 10, 13, 43, 53, 61, 66, 67, 69, 79, 82
• Fleming, Betsey, 53
• Fleming, John, 43, 66, 67, 69, 77, 81, 82, 85
• Fleming, Robert, 77, 79, 81, 83, 85, 87
• Forster, Thomas, 26
• Fort Antes, 34, 78, 80, 81, 86, 93
• Fort Augusta, 22, 71, 79, 85
• Fort Fleming, 81
• Fort Horn, 34, 82-84, 86, 93
• Fort Muncy, 34
• Fort Reed, 34, 81, 83, 86
• Fort Stanwix, Treaties of, 2, 3, 5-9, 12, 13, 21, 25, 29, 33, 34, 36, 67, 81, 86, 103
• Forts, 64, 77, 81-83
• Franklin, Benjamin, 52, 81
• French, 2, 16-18, 58, 86, 95, 102
• French and Indian War, 2, 16, 21

• Galbreath, Robert, 9, 11
• General Assembly, 9, 11, 79, 80, 81, 84, 86, 87, 96
• George III, 84
• Germans, 16-20, 24-26, 28, 54, 57, 58, 82-84, 93, 95, 102
• Germantown, 78, 83
• Great Island, 3, 12, 14, 34, 35, 40, 48, 67, 79, 81, 105
• Great Runaway 21-23, 29, 33, 34, 71, 80, 84, 85, 88, 106
• Great Shamokin Path, 47, 48
• Greene County, 100, 101, 105
• Grier, Rev. Isaac, 67
• Grier, James, 40, 41
• Grier vs. Tharpe, 40
• Gristmills, 54, 64

• Haines, Joseph, 40
• Hamilton, Alexander, 43, 77, 82, 85, 86
• Hamilton, Anna Jackson, 43, 44, 62, 66, 71, 107
• Hamilton, John, 44
• Hartley, Col. Thomas, 22, 23
• Harvest, 53, 74, 95, 98, 107
• Hill, Aaron, 6
• Homes, 51, 52, 59, 104
• Horn, Samuel, 77, 82, 83, 85
• Hospitality, 60, 73
• Huff, Edmund, 40, 41
• Huff-Latcha (Satcha) case, 40, 41, 92
• Huggins, Mr., 95
• Hughes, James, 38, 39
• Hughes, Thomas, 38, 39, 77, 83
• Hughes vs. Dougherty, 36-40
• Hunter, Col. Samuel, 21, 22, 84, 85

• Immigration, 19-21, 24, 25, 28, 29
• "Improvements," 37-39, 41, 58, 64, 72, 97
• Indentured servitude, 64, 95
• Independence, 68, 95, 103;
  • see also Declaration of Independence
• Indians, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 13, 21-24, 29, 41, 42, 63, 67, 84, 86, 88, 94, 109
• Individualism, 17, 72, 74, 98, 104, 107, 109, 110
• Industry, 54, 55
• Intermarriage, 58, 60
• Irish, 16-18, 58, 83, 95, 102
• Irwin (Irvin), James, 26, 40

• Jamison, John, 26
• Jersey Shore, 15, 19, 34, 42, 79, 84
• Johnson, Sir William, 2, 21
• Jones, Isaiah, 26
• Juniata Valley, 20, 48

• Kemplen, Thomas, 40, 41
• Kendall, Willmoore, 91
• Kincaid, Mr., 42
• King, Robert, 26
• King, William, 40, 41

• Labor, 95, 99, 107
• Lancaster, 70
• Lancaster County, 19, 20, 38
• Land claims, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38-40, 45, 62, 73, 80, 86, 92-94, 106
• Land Office, 12, 21, 24, 86
• Larrys Creek, 14, 15
• Latcha, Jacob, 40
• Law, unwritten, 37-39
• Leadership, 36, 76-88, 104, 107, 108
• Lewisburg, 67
• Leyburn, James G., 37, 53
• "Limping Messenger," 4, 8, 10
• Linn, John Blair, 5-7, 20, 101
• Lock Haven, 2, 14, 15, 34, 61, 81, 84, 105
• Locke, John, 31
• Logan, James, 16
• Long, Cookson, 40, 77, 83
• Love, Robert, 67
• Lycoming Church, 67
• Lycoming County courts, 33, 35, 36, 62, 65, 72, 94
• Lycoming Creek 2-6, 9-15, 21, 24, 30, 35, 48, 67, 79, 105
• Lycoming Gazette, 49
• Lycoming Township, 28
• Lydius, John Henry, 23

• McElhattan, Pa., 84
• McElhattan, William, 95, 96
• McKean, Thomas, 22, 36, 37
• McMeans, William, 40
• MacMinn, Edwin, 78, 101
• Manning, Richard, 70
• Marshall, Peter, 12
• Martin, John, 41
• Maynard, D. S., 6, 7
• Medical practices, 70, 71
• Meginness, John, 4-7, 10, 20, 41, 42, 101
• Methodists, 61, 62, 65, 66, 68, 97, 98
• Milesburg, 48
• Military service, 38-41, 45, 77, 78, 80, 81, 83, 94
• Milton, 62
• Ministers, itinerant, 66, 69, 71, 73
• Missionaries, 67
• Montgomery County, 78
• Montour, Andrew, 10
• Montoursville; see Ostonwaken
• Moravians, 78
• Muhlenberg, Henry, 78
• Muhlenberg, Hiester H., 9
• Muncy, 14, 20, 34, 64
• Muncy Creek, 20
• Muncy Hills, 50
• Music, 70, 100

• National origins, 16-18, 26, 33, 36, 57, 58, 61, 64, 73, 76, 82, 83, 91, 93, 97, 99, 102, 105, 107
• Nationalism, 99, 102, 103, 108
• New Hampshire, 31
• New Jersey, 19, 20
• "New Purchase," 8, 11, 12, 20, 21, 24, 29, 64
• New York, 19, 20, 84
• Newspapers, 49
• Niagara, N. Y., 8
• Nippenose Valley, 42, 80
• Nittany Valley, 48
• Northumberland County, 24-26, 35, 38, 56, 77, 79, 80, 83, 84, 87, 106
• Northumberland County courts, 33, 36, 39, 41, 48, 62, 65, 72, 94
• Northumberland Gazette, 49
• Northumberland Presbytery, 67

• Office holding, 76, 77, 79, 87, 88, 92, 108
• "Old Purchase," 11
• Onondaga (Syracuse), N. Y., 8, 9
• Orange County, N. Y., 20
• Ostonwaken (Montoursville), 4, 8

• Paine, Thomas, 43
• Parr, James, 40
• Patriotism, 71, 73-75, 98, 99, 103
• Paul, William, 41
• Pennamite Wars, 20
• Petitions, 28, 33, 76, 86, 87, 93, 94, 103
• Philadelphia, 52, 80, 81
• Philadelphia County, 19, 79
• Pine Creek, 2-15, 19, 30, 35, 43, 44, 48, 62, 67, 71, 79, 80, 105, 107
• Pine Creek Church, 67
• Pine Creek Township, 24, 28
• Plymouth Colony, 31
• Political equality, 17, 69, 73, 75, 91, 92, 95, 99
• Pottstown, 78
• Pragmatism, 99, 102, 104
• "Praying societies," 66
• Pre-emption, 27-29, 33, 38, 39, 58, 84, 86, 94, 97, 103
• Presbyterianism, 17, 29, 33, 61-63, 65-69, 74, 97, 98, 101
• Price, John, 26
• Proclamation of 1763, 2, 3, 21
• Property right, 35, 72

• Quilting, 49, 60, 70, 74

• Ranney, Austin, 91
• Read, Mr., 38
• Recreation, 71, 100
• Reed, William, 45, 77, 82, 83
• Religion, 33, 58, 61, 62, 65, 66, 68, 73, 74, 91-93, 96, 97, 99, 100, 103, 107
• Revolution; see American Revolution
• Rhode Island, 31, 96
• Roads, 48
• Rodey, Peter, 36, 37

• Schebosh, John, 4
• Scotch-Irish, 16-21, 24, 25, 28-30, 33, 36, 37, 47, 53, 54, 57-60, 63-65, 70-72, 74, 82-84, 93, 95, 97, 101, 102, 105, 106
• Scots, 16-18, 28, 58, 83, 95, 102
• Self-determination, 89-91, 94, 97-99, 109
• Self-reliance, 102, 103, 107
• Self-sufficiency, 54, 56-58
• Sergeant, Thomas, 6
• Settlement, 35-37, 39, 72, 73, 90, 106
• Sheshequin Path, 8-10, 48
• Shickellamy, 9, 10
• Shippen, Justice Edward, 39
• Singmaster, Elsie, 8
• Slavery, 64, 95
• Smith, Charles, 38
• Smith, Daniel, 38
• Social compact, 31, 90
• Social structure, 53, 58, 59, 64, 73, 75, 91, 97, 99-101, 103, 104, 107, 109
• Sour's ferry, 69
• Spangenburg, Bishop Augustus, 4, 8-10, 13, 78
• Squatters' rights, 24, 72, 107
• Stover, Martin, 9, 11
• Suffrage, 33, 34, 92, 93, 96
• Sunbury, 22, 47-49
• Supreme Court, Pennsylvania, 36, 39
• Supreme Executive Council, 44, 45, 86, 93, 94
• Sweeney, Morgan, 41
• Syracuse, N. Y.; see Onondaga, N. Y.

• Tax lists, 25-27, 34, 56, 59, 76, 77, 101
• Temperance, 73-75, 98, 99
• Tenancy, 64, 95-97
• Tenure, land, 37-40, 106
• Tiadaghton Creek, 2-14, 24, 105
• "Tiadaghton Elm," 13, 14, 43, 71
• Tilghman, James, 12
• "Tomahawk right," 37
• Toner, John, 41
• Tools, 49, 50, 52, 53, 70, 104
• Tribunal, Fair Play, 32-36, 42, 48, 50, 58, 61, 72, 73, 82, 83, 88, 90, 92, 94, 102, 106, 109;
  • see also Fair Play men
• Turner, Frederick Jackson, 1, 19, 99-102, 104, 108, 109

• Values, 58, 65, 68, 72, 91, 97-100, 104, 107
• Virginia, 72, 105
• Voluntary associations, 58, 60-62

• Walker, John, 77, 83, 86
• Wallace, Paul A. W., 13, 23
• Weiser, Conrad, 4, 9-11, 13
• Welsh, 16-18, 26, 28, 58, 95, 102
• Whitefield, George, 78
• Williamsport, 2, 49
• Wills, 65, 69, 72, 73, 75, 101
• Winters Massacre, 23
• Women, 55, 59, 60, 65
• Wyoming Massacre, 21-23
• Wyoming Valley, 20

• York County, 19

• Zeisberger, David, 4, 8, 10
• Zinzendorf, Nicholas von, 78