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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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WYSOX TOWNSHIP
The township of Wysox was formed in 1795. It
is now bounded on the north, by Rome township, on the east, by Orwell, Herrick
and Standing Stone, on the south, by the Susquehanna river, on the west, by the
Susquehanna river and Sheshequin. The soil is highly productive. The
streams of the township are Susquehanna river and Wysox creek. The Lehigh
Valley Railroad passes through the township. Meyersburg and Wysox are post
towns and villages in the township.
The first settlers were Isaac Van Valkenburg, Herman
Van Valkenburg, Sebastian Strope, Isaac Strope, Roswell Franklin, Benjamin
Clark, Jehiel Franklin, Job Irish, Jesse Allen, Ralph Martin, Moses Coolbaugh,
Ashahel Roberts, William Coolbaugh, John Hinman, James Lewis, Aaron Dean, Adam
Mann, Nathaniel Moyer, John Parks, Moses Moody, Willard Green, Adrian Manville,
Wilbur Bennett, Robert Bennett, Joshua Shores, Stephen Strickland, Jacob
Strickland, Israel Atherton, Theopholis Moyer, Zackariah Price, Jacob Myer,
William Myer, Nathaniel Heacock, Amos Mix, Burr Ridgway, Naptalea Woodburn,
Elijah Tracey, Elisha Whitney, J. W. Piolett, Doctor Seth D. Barstow, Stephen
Pierce, Shepard Pierce, Samuel Coolbaugh.
--The 4th of July was celebrated at Wysox in 1801.
--The first school was taught by Isaac Strope in
1790.
--Wysox is an Indian word, and signifies “Canoe
Harbor.”
--Moses Coolbaugh was the first Justice of the
Peace in 1800.
--Theopholis Moyer built the first framed house in
Wysox, in 1800.
--John Hinman erected a saw mill in 1793, the first
in Wysox township.
--The Strope family, early pioneers, were taken
prisoners by the Indians.
--The name by which Wysox was known under the
Connecticut title, was Claverack.
--Roswell Franklin, an old settler in Wysox built
the first house in Cayuga county, New York.
--J. W. Piolett was a captain in the French army
under Napoleon, and came to America in 1801.
--Sebastian Strope, John Strope, Roswell Franklin,
Jesse Allen, Joshua Shores, Nathaniel Heacock, Amos Mix, Elisha
Whitney, early settlers of Wysox and soldiers in the revolutionary war.
--Hon. Victor E. Piolett, a distinguished farmer
and prominent citizen resides at Wysox. He has represented the county in
the State Legislature and held other responsible positions. He has been a
life long Democrat.
--Hon. E. Reed Myer, of Myersburg, in Wysox
township, has several times represented Bradford county in the State
Legislature, been speaker of the House. He has been a prominent and
influential Republican in Bradford county.
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