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Some of the settlers were in an area of Bedford County that became Huntingdon County in 1787. Old Bedford County was made from part of Cumberland County, in 1771. John mentioned improvement made three years before in his application No 3119, dated March 23, 1767, for three hundred acres.īarree Township was created from Cumberland County in 1767. James and John Dickey settled near Shavers' creek about 1764. On June 8, 1763, William Wilson applied for a warrant for two hundred acres, 'to include his improvements on the west side of Shaver's Creek.' The track immediately below was called the 'Crane Neck Spring.' In 1763, Samuel Finley applied for land on Shaver's Creek, 'next below the Globe.' The stream entering the creek within the lines of this survey evidently derives its name, GLOBE RUN, from the circumstance. In the warrant to James Childs, granted August 2, 1762, for the tract of land lying on the creek above Fairfield, it is described as being about ten miles from the mouth of Shaver's Creek, and known by a globe painted on a tree by an Indian. The warrant for its survey was dated October 30, 1760.Ī warrant to John McNitt date August 31, 1787, was for land improved in June, 1760. Shaver's Creek Manor was reserved by the proprietaries of the province for their own use. He was found decapitated near his home and his head was never recovered. It was named for Indian trader, Peter Shaver, who settled on the west side of Shaver's creek about 1754. Shaver's Creek is a tributary of the Juniata River in

Jackson township northumberland county pa