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1885 Seven Counties History - Bradford
County PA
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“HISTORY OF SEVEN COUNTIES presented by the Elmira Weekly
Gazette". It is an “Outline History of Tioga and Bradford Counties in
Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York by
TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, BORO’S AND CITIES.” Written expressly for the Gazette
Company, Elmira, N. Y. Copyright 1885.From AN OUTLINE
HISTORY of Tioga and
Bradford
Counties in Pennsylvania, Chemung, Steuben,
Tioga, Tompkins and Schuyler in New York by TOWNSHIPS, VILLAGES, BORO'S AND
CITIES"
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HERRICK TOWNSHIP
Herrick township was formed in 1837, taken from
Wyalusing. It is situated in the south-eastern portion of Bradford County,
in the highlands east of the Susquehanna river. It is bounded on the north
by the town of Orwell; on the east by Pike; on the south by Wyalusing; and west
by Standing Stone and Wysox. It was named in honor of Judge Edward
Herrick, of Athens, a distinguished lawyer and jurist, who was born October 26,
1787, and studied law in Poughkeepsie, in 1804, with General John Brush.
Went to Ohio, was a member of the Ohio Legislature, and during the war of 1812
was a Colonel in command of an Ohio regiment. Came to Bradford County and
was admitted to the bar in 1813. In 1818, he was appointed President
Judge, by Governor Findlay, of Bradford, Susquehanna, Tioga, Potter and McKean
Counties, and remained upon the bench for a period of twenty-one years. He
was a life long democrat, and died at Athens, Bradford County, March 7, 1873,
aged 86 years.
The first settlers were Zophar Platt, Nathaniel
Platt, Jarvis Platt, F. Reed, Asa Matson, Henry Townshend, John Haywood, Ferris
Bennett, Elihu Buttles, Isaac Park, Hiram Camp, Robert DePue, James Hinds,
Calvin Stone, Reuben Atwood, Charles Squires, Charles Stevens, Micajah Slocum,
Ezekiel Mintz, Daniel Durland, Adam Overpeck, Nathan B. Whitman, Henry Wells,
James Clark, William Nesbitt, Nathaniel Nesbitt, Alexander Dougherty, James Lee,
James Wood, William Hillis, Richard Hillis.
