Chapter I.- INTRODUCTORY-Cornelis Jacobson
Mey,1624-25. William Van Hulst, 1625-26. Peter Minuit,1626-33 David Petersen de
Vries, 1632-83. Wouter Van Twiller 1688-88 .
CHAPTER II-Sir William Keift,1638-47. Peter Minuit 1688-41. Peter Hollandaer,
1641-48. John Printz, 1643-53. Peter Stuyvesant, 1647-84. John Papagoya, 1658-54
John Claude Rysingh, 1654-55
CHAPTER III.-John Paul Jacquet, 1656-57. Jacob Alrichs, 1657-59. Goeran Van Dyck,
1657-58. William Beekman, 1668-63. Alex. D'Hinoyosaa,1659-84
CHAPTER IV.-Richard Nichols, 1664-67. Robert Needham, 166468. Francis Lovelace,
1667-78. John Carr, 1668-73. Anthony Colve, 1678-74. Peer Alrichs, 1673-74 .
CHAPTER V. Sir Edmund Andros, 1674-81. Edmund Cantwell, 1674-76. John Collier,
1676-77. Christopher Billop,1677-81
CHAPTER VI.-William Markham, 1681-82. William Penn,1682-84
CHAPTER VII.-Thomas Lloyd, 1684-86. Five Commissioners, 1686-88. John Blackwell
1688-90. Thomas Lloyd, 1690-91. William Markham 1691-93. Benjamin Fletcher,
1693-95. William Markham. 1693-99
CHAPTER VIII.-William Penn 1699-1701. Andrew Hamilton, 1701-03. Edward Shippen,
1703-04. John Evans, 1704-09. Charles Gooken, 1709-17
CHAPTER IX.-Sir William Keith, 1717-26. Patrick Gordon, 1726-36. James Logan.
1736-38. George Thomas, 1738-47. Anthony Palmer, 1747-48. James Hamilton 1748-54
.
CHAPTER X.-Robert H. Morris, 1754-56. William Denny, 1756-59. James Hamilton,
1759-68
CHAPTER XI.-John Penn, 1763-71. James Hamilton, 1771. Richard Penn, 1771-73.
John Penn, 1773-76
CHAPTER XII.-Thomas Wharton, Jr.,1777-78. George Bryan, 1778. Joseph Reed
1778-81. William Moors, 1781-82. John Dickinson, 1782-85. Benjamin
Franklin,1785-88
CHAPTER XIII. - Thomas Mifflin, 1788-99. Thomas McKean, 1799-1808. Simon Snyder,
1708-17. William Findlay, 1817-20. Joseph Heister, 1820-23. John A. Shulze,
1828-29 George Wolfe, 1829-35. Joseph Ritner 1835-89 _11j-121
CHAPTER XIV.-David R. Porter, 1839-45. Francis R. Shunk 1845-48. William F.
John. stone, 1848-52. 'William Bigler 1852-55. John Pollock, 1856-68. William F.
Packer, 1858-61. Andrew G. Curtin, 1861-87. John W. Geary, 1867-73. John F.
Hartranft, 1873-78. Henry F. Hoyt, 1878-82. Robert E. Pattison 1882,
Gubernatorial Table
PART II.
HISTORY OF ERIE COUNTY.
CHAPTER I.-GENERAL DESCRIPTION, ETC.
County and Township Organization, Cities, Boroughs and Villages, Distance Table,
Organization of Cities and Boroughs, Election Districts , What Township Taken
From, etc , Post Offices , Census , County and Township Boundaries
CHAPTER II.-PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY
The Land-Its Characteristics and Value, Climate, Geology and Timber , Minerals,
Oil Wells, etc .
CHAPTER III.-GEOLOGY
CHAPTER IV. - STREAMS, LAKES BAYS, BRIDGES AND CULVERTS
Principal Settlements, Railroads, etc, Features of the Streams, French Creek and
Its Principal Tributaries The Lake Shore Streams, Lakes and Bays, The Interior
Lakes .... Bridges, Culverts, etc.
CHAPTER V.-PREHISTORIC REMAINS AND NATURAL CURIOSITIES
Ancient Embankments, More Strange Discoveries, Natural Curiosities,
CHAPTER VI.-INDIAN HISTORY.
Extermination of the Erie The Six Nations, French and English Intrigues,
Pontiac's Conspiracy, Capture of Le Boeuf and Presque Isle., American
Occupation, Threats of an Indian War, Raids by the Savages, Indian Villages and
Graveyards,
Cornplanter, The Seneca Chief.
CHAPTER VII-THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH
The First Soldiers , Army of Occupation, Collin's Statement, Washington's Visit,
Progress of the French, French Village at Presque Isle, Events in 1751 and 1758,
The English Gaining , Evacuation of the French, English Dominion, The French and
English Forts, The French Road .
CHAPTER VIII.-THE TRIANGLE
The Western Boundary, The New York Line, The Triangle, Release of the Indian
Title, Interesting Details, Continental Certificates
CHAPTER IX.-THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION
Protecting the Frontier, Occupancy of Fort Le Boeuf, Interference of the
General Government, Was the Danger Real?, A Lengthy Discussion, An
Important Council, Fort Le Boeuf and its Garrison, A Treaty of Peace, Beginning
of the Town of Erie, The Last Indian Murder
CHAPTER X -ANTHONY WAYNE
Massacre of Paoli, His Western Campaign., Sickness and Death, His Appearance and
Bearing, Disinterment of His Remains, Appearance of the Body, Second
Disinternment, His Eastern Tomb
CHAPTER XI.-LAND MATTERS
Pennsylvania Population Company, A Great Land Speculator, Plan of Settlement,
Holland Land Company, Tenth Donation District, Harrisburg and Presque Isle
Company, The Moravian Grant, The Reservations, Academy Lands, Surveyors and Land
Agents, More Land Legislation, Settled at Last , Abstract of Judah Colt's
Autobiography, Land Sale's, List of Purchasers , State Commissioners, Land
Litigation , The Speculation of 1836,
CHAPTER XII-THE PIONEERS
Where the People Came From, Marriages, Births and Deaths, Condition of the
People, etc, Game, etc,
CHAPTER XIII. - COMMON ROADS, STAGE LINES, MAIL ROUTES, TAVERNS, ETC.
Buffalo Road, The Ridge Road , The Lake Road, Waterford Turnpike, Edinboro Plank
Road, Waterford-Plank Road , The Shunpike, Wattsburg Plank Road , Lake Pleasant
Road , The Colt's Station Road, Old Taverns, Travel and Transportation, The Salt
Trade , Stage Linen and Mail Routes..,
CHAPTER XIV.-RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS -CHURCHES-GRAVEYARDS, ETC.
Presbyterian Missionaries , The Erie Presbytery, Permanent Preachers, Rev.
Johnson Eaton, The Erie and Other Churches., Methodist Episcopal Church, United
Presbyterians, Lutherans, Episcopalians, etc , Catholics and other
Denominations, List of Churches , Sunday Schools, Bible Society and Y. M. C. A.,
Graveyards and Cemeteries,
CHAPTER XV.-MILLS AND FACTORIES
Outside of Erie City , Other Early Mills and Factories, List of Manufacturing
Establishments.,
CHAPTER XVI-LAKE NAVIGATION
The Merchant Service, The Era of Steamboats, Propellers and Ships, The Old Times
and the New, Valuable Statistics, Government Vessels, Disasters on the Bay and
Lake, Distances by Lake, Opening of Navigation, Collectors at Erie, Deputy
Collectors, Vessels Owned in Erie , Business of the Port, Light-houses and their
Keepers.
CHAPTER XVII-- COUNTY BUILDING
The County Jail, The Almshouse County Statistics, Workhorse
CHAPTER XVIII.-PERRY'S VICTORY AND THE WAR of 1812-14
Erie's Defenseless Condition, First Stages of the War, Assembling the Militia, A
Fleet Arranged For Perry Reaches Erie, The first Step to Victory, Safely
Concentrated, Menaces of the Enemy, Getting over the Bar, The First Cruise
Challenging to Fight, Preparing for Battle, Brief Account of the Victory, After
the Battle, Victories on Land, Perry's Return to Erie.
The Winter of 1813-14, A Fatal Duel, The Campaign of 1814, Incidents of the
War, Disposal of the Vessels, American Army Officers, The Story of James Bird,
Official Report of the British Commander.
CHAPTER XIX-BENCH AND BAR..
United States Courts, The Bar, Deaths Removals etc., Court Criers, and Other
Matters.
CHAPTER XX-NOTABLE EVENTS
The King of France, Lafayette , Horses Greeley , Presidential Visitors, An
Exciting Campaign, The Only Execution, Indictments for Murder.,
CHAPTER XXI-POLITICAL HISTORY-ANNUAL RECORD.
1788 to 1800, 1800 to 1802, 1803 to 1806, 1807 to 1810, 1811 to 1816, 1817 to
1820, 1821 to 1823, 1824 to 1825, 1828 to 1828, 1829 to 1830, 1831 to 1832, 1833
to 1835, 1836, 1837 to 1838, 1839 to 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843 to 1844, 1845 to
1846, 1847, 1848, 1849 to 1850, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1854, 1855 to 1856, 1857,
1858, 1859 to 1860, 1861 to 1862, 1863 to 1864, 1865 to 1866, 1867 to 1868, 1869
to 1870, 1871 to 1872, 1873, 1874, 1876 to 1878, 1877 to 1878, 1879 to 1880,
1881, 1882, 1888, LIST OF PUBLIC OFFICERS, United States Officers, State
Officers from Erie County, State Senators,
Members of the House of Representatives, County Officers
CHAPTER XXII-THE CANAL AND RAILROADS
The Lake Terminus, Completion of the Canal, Its Abandonment, Railroads, Erie to
Buffalo, Erie to Cleveland, Consolidation Effected, The Railroad war, Further
Consolidation, Local Features, Distances, Philadelphia & Erie Railroad,
General Description., Other Matters, Erie & Pittsburgh Railroad, Buffalo,
Corry & Pittsburgh Railroad, New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad,
Union & Titusville Railroad., New York Chicago & St. Louie Railroad (The
Nickel Plate), Projected Railroads,
CHAPTER XXIII -PHYSICIANS AND DENTISTS
List of Registered Physicians, Erie, Corny, McKean, Wattsburg, Fairview, Guard,
Union City, North East , Albion, Waterford, Springfield, Edinboro, Mill Village,
Other Localities, Other Matters, Dentists,
CHAPTER XXIV-SCHOOLS, ACADEMIES, ETC.
The County Schools, School Books, etc, Spelling Schools, Academies, etc.,
General Remarks, Tabulated Statement,
CHAPTER XXV.-NEWSPAPERS
Early Newspapers, The Erie Gasette, The Erie Observer, The Erie Dispatch, Other
English Papers, German and Portuguese Papers, Defunct Papers, Miscellaneous,
Personal, Papers Outside of Erie,
CHAPTER XXVI-WAR FOR THE UNION
The First Regiment, The Eighty-third Regiment, The One Eight-third Eleventh
Regiment end, The One Hundred Forty-fifth Regiment, The First Draft, Other
Matters, The Second Draft, Lively Recruiting, Half a Million more, Nearing the
End , Officers from Erie County, County Finances in Connection with the war,
Prices Compared, The Erie Regiment three months, The Eight -third Regiment, The
One hundred Eleventh Regiment, The One Hundred Forty-fifth Regiment,
CHAPTER XXVII-MISCELLANEOUS
Agricultural Societies, Militia and Military Organizations, Temperance, Slaves
and Slavery, Seal of the County, The Weather, Early Justices, The Cholera,
Telegraph Lines, Shows and Circuses, Cattle Driving, Currency Soldiers
Monuments, The Revolution The Mexican War, Anti-Slavery, Oldest Men and Women,
Thanksgiving Day, The Flood of 1883,
PART III.
HISTORY OF THE CITY OF ERIE.
CHAPTER I-HISTORICAL Scraps of History
CHAPTER II.-GENERAL DESCRIPTION AND PROGRESS
Hotels and Public Halls., Pleasure Resorts, Railroads and Shipping Facilities,
Bay, Harbor and Peninsula,. Lifesaving Service,. The Head Fisheries
CHAPTER III.-MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
Water Works, Fire Department, Markets, Police, Financial Exhibit.
CHAPTER IV-CHURCHES First Presbyterian Church
Park Presbyterian Church., Central Presbyterian Church., Chestnut Street
Presbyterian Church, United Presbyterian Congregation, St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Church of the Cross and Crown, First Methodist Episcopal Church, Simpson
Methodist Episcopal Church., Tenth Street Methodist Episcopal Church., The
African Methodist Episcopal Church., The First Baptist Church, First German
Baptist Church, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church, St. Paul's
German Evangelical Church, Salem Church of the Evangelical Association, The
English Evangelical Lutheran Church, The German Evangelical Lutheran Trinity
Church, Anschai Chesed Reform Congregation, United Brethren Church, The First
Universalist Church, St. Patrick's Catholic Pro-Cathedral, St. Mary's Catholic
Church, St. Joseph's Catholic Church, St. John's Catholic Church, St. Andrew's
Catholic Church,
CHAPTER V.-EDUCATION AND SOCIETIES
Erie Academy, Erie Female Seminary, Catholic Schools, Secret and Other
Societies.
CHAPTER VI.-PRIVATE CORPORATIONS, CEMETERIES AND CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS
Erie Gas Company Telegraph, Telephone and Express Companies, The Erie City
Passenger Railway Company, Banks, Insurance Companies, Cemeteries, Charitable
Institutions.
CHAPTER VII.-LEADING MANUFACTURING INTERESTS.
Board of Trade and Business Statistics
PART IV.
TOWNSHIP HISTORIES.
CHAPTER I: MILL CREEK TOWNSHIP.
Lands, Reservations, Creeks and Bridges, Public Highways., Schools., Villages
and Poet Offices, Older Prominent Points, Religious Societies, Mills, Early
Settlers, Public Men, Miscellaneous,
CHAPTER II-WATERFORD TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF WATERFORD
Lands of the Township, Tex List in 1813, Streams and Lakes, Roads, Bridges and
Mills, Religious Societies, School History, Waterford Station.
BOROUGH OF WATERFORD
The French Fort, Pontiac's Conspiracy, Beginning of the Town, First Settlers.,,
Early Events, The Lytles., The Boating Trade.., Societies, etc., Incorporation,
The Academy, The Cemetery, Religious Societies, State and County Officers
Postmasters, Newspapers, Manufactories, Miscellaneous.
CHAPTER III.-UNION TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF UNION CITY
The South Branch and its Tributaries, Bridges and Mills, Churches and
Graveyards, Early Settlers, Political.
BOROUGH OF UNION CITY
The Founder, Growth of the Town, Societies, Manufactories, Church Organizations,
Newspapers, Miscellaneous.
CHAPTER IV.-LE BOEUF TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF MILL VILLAGE.
Early Settlers, Streams and Mills, Valleys and Ridges, Holland Land Company
,Common Roads, Churches, Schools, Public Men, Villages.
BOROUGH OF MILL VILLAGE
CHAPTER V.- VERNAGO TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH of WATTSBURG