New Garden Historical Commission - Morgan House and Weyer Barn

<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" link="#0000FF" alink="#FF0000" vlink="#990099" lang=EN-US> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%" bgcolor="#999999"> <tr> <td><p align="center"><img src="../../lyceum/lyceum.jpg" width="200" height="114"></p> </td> <td align="center"> <h1><font color=black>New Garden Historical Commission</font></h1> <p><a href="../../index.htm" target="_top"><font color=black>Click here</font></a> <font color=black> to return to the home page and links to other articles</font></p> </td> </tr> </table> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Morgan House and Weyer Barn</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Sawmill Rd</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>by Lois Weyer</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><img width=500 height=375 src="Land_History_files/image001.jpg"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Morgan’s House</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'><img width=500 height=375 src="Land_History_files/image002.jpg"></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The Weyer’s Barn</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Land History</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1706 – William Penn Jr was granted 14,500 acres, 8913 of which were in New Garden Township. He went back to England and left it in the hands of his lawyers to sell. 700 acres went to Mary Rowland in 1708 in the Kennett Square area. Almost 5000 acres were sold to Lt. Gov. John Evans who then sold off large portions.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1713 – John Miller bought 1013 acres May 1, 1713. He died in 1714, leaving land to sons James, William, and Joseph. This William Miller is further described as the son of John Miller and Mary Agnew, b. April 1698 d Sept 5, 1768 in NG, m. Ann Emlen 6-15-1732 in Philadelphia. He was born in Ireland in April of 1698 and immigrated in 1709 at the age of 11, so he would have been 16 years old when he inherited the land. This William received 400 acres of this land, but it is north of our property, along the Toughkenamon hills line, on the western edge, and apparently extending into New London township. See map of 1717. His family homestead was here, in Avondale (now Ellicott Road).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>[Gayen Miller bought 700 acres of New Garden land 11-29-1712 and had a son named William, but this William married Ruth Rowland in 1724 and had only three daughters, Mary, Hannah, and Margaret. This Mary Miller married a James Miller, and this family branch is not relevant to our land search.]</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1717 – A map of New Garden’s Quaker lands drawn by John Taylor indicates that our land was near that of John Evans, a non-Quaker (Ref 1, available on openlibrary.org). Our land appears to be in the “vacant” area.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1734 – On May 31, 1734, deeds were filed for 1000 acres to John Evans (unrelated to Lt.Gov John Evans) and another 1000 acres to William Miller, presumably the husband of Ann (deed available and transcribed, but wife’s name not mentioned). Costs were four hundred pounds each. The positions are shown in the 1717 map, as annotated in Ref 2. Both parcels had small portions in Delaware. According to Ellwood Michener (Ref 3), William Miller, husband of Ann Emlen, wills this land to his son William, husband of Hannah (see 1768 item below).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>[John Evans Jr’s father built Yeatman’s Mill. Evans and his wife Jane Howell purchased land “up the creek” in 1734. Evans Jr. died in 1738 and a son, Evan, received 400 acres. Sons George and Peter receive the other 600 acres. George moved to North Carolina. Peter had a son Septimus in 1771 whose daughter Sarah Ann (1812-1876) married David B. Nivin (1806-1977) who established the large Nivin farm on Broad Run Rd, later owned by Septimus E. Nivin. Again, this does not appear to be our land, but was researched in order to exclude the possibility.]</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1768 – William Miller Sr., son of John Miller and Mary Agnew Miller, dies, leaving lands, dwellings, and mills in New Garden, London Grove, and Delaware as well as an inheritance in Philadelphia from his wife Ann Emlen Miller to his son William Miller, Jr. This included 1000 acres of land near the center of the township . . . heretofor mentioned as marked vacant and had acquired the name “wastelands” (ref 3).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1778 – William Miller Jr., dies, leaving his widow Hannah and two minor children, Rebecca and Mary. Rebecca dies before coming of age. Hannah dies the same year (1798), after having married Jacob Lindley in 1782. Rebecca’s share goes to the children of William’s sister Mary and her husband Joshua Pusey (many children). This portion includes the homestead in Avondale (Ellicott Rd. house) and the land in that area. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1800 – Mary, daughter of William and Hannah Miller, inherits 1000 acres after the death of her mother Hannah in 1798, marries Thomas Ellicott in 1806, moves to Baltimore, but returns in 1834/5. She trades some of her land (750 acres) with her cousins so that she can live in the house she grew up in on Ellicott Rd. (Ref 3.) Thomas Elliott is a wealthy man, having been a bank president in Baltimore and one of the originators of the B&O railroad.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1809 – November 11 - Cadwallader Evans (unrelated to the Evans family in London Britain Township) of Philadelphia purchased 371 acres of William Miller’s Wastelands (Ref 8)(Deed available). Cost was $14,000. The land was purchased from Thomas and Mary Elliott, Mary being the daughter of William Miller. The description of the two parcels of 300 acres and 71 acres indicates the 71 acres contains our land. It is said to adjoin that of William Pusey on the east and formerly of John Evans to the south. An 1860 map (Ref 4) shows about where William Pusey’s land was, and an 1883 map (Ref 5) indicates that it was subsequently owned by Benjamin W.Pusey, grandson of William Pusey (Ref 6). That map had clearly drawn lines. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>[Regarding the 71 acre parcel, the deed says “same tract of land which John Marshall and Sarah L his wife by indenture of release duly executed did grant and confirm unto the said Thomas Ellicott his heirs and assigns forever relation being thereunto had at large appears. And the afore said described tracts are parts of the aforesaid large tract of land devised to Mary Miller.” A deed dated December 9, 1806 grants 81 acres of Mary Miller’s 1000 acres to John Marshall and Sarah his wife of West Bradford, Chester County . The deed seems to indicate that the land was sold for only 5 shillings, but that it was to be divided into four fifteen acre and two ten acre lots which were to be sold for 1000 pounds and the money was to go to Jacob Lindley Jr. and Sarah Lindley. So it looks like this was some kind of legal arrangement to generate cash, and the Marshalls did not live on this land.]</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> [It has been difficult locating a John Marshall having a wife named Sarah L. There was a large land and mill owner (1734-1815) in the Kennett area near this time, but his wife’s name was Susanna L (Lamborn). The wife of the immigrant John Marshall (d. 1729) was named Sarah, but her maiden name was Smith. Another John Marshall of 1690-1749 had two wives, Joanna and Elinor. A third John Marshall, son of John (1713-1750) and Hannah Marshall did have a wife named Sarah; no children. This is the most likely couple, as they lived in the West Bradford area. Also, the wife’s maiden name was Miller, so she may have had a family connection.]</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1809 –November 29, 1809 - Notice in Chester & Delaware Federal Nov 29, 1809 P. 4 Col 2: “377 (371 with a blotch) acres of land – Public Sale – land adjoining Septimus Evans and others, 3 miles below Jacob Lindley’s mill; 360 acres are heavy timbered, remaining 17 acres are cleared upon which are erected a small house and barn. Ten lots of woodland containing 10-20 acres will be laid off. The remainder will be divided into two lots of about 100 acres each. White Clay Creek passes through these two lots. A plan can be seen at Joseph Sharp’s or at the subscriber in Montgomery County. “ </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1814 – Enoch Chandler, Thomas Peirson, and David Brown were all present at the signing of several deeds of land being purchased from Calwalader Evans. They witnessed each others’ signatures. Brown bought 14 acres for $2217.81, Chandler bought 29 acres for $4539.82 and another 202 acres for $14,544. Presumably, Thomas Pierson also bought 14 acres, but that deed was not filed. He paid taxes on 14 acres in 1814 and 1815. In 1816, Thomas Pearson’s name was crossed off in the tax documents and Isaac Pearson’s was put in its place. In 1816, Isaac was taxed on 14 acres at $18/acre and a log blacksmith shop for $60.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1816 – Thomas Pearson & Sarah his wife of Mill Creek, DE filed a deed selling 14 acres for $1510 to Isaac Pierson. The deed says that it is the same land as Cadwalader Evans and wife granted to Thomas Pearson by deed said to be recorded at West Chester, but was not (see above). The land was bordered by Enoch Chandler and Thomas Brown’s land. A dwelling was not mentioned. Isaac Pierson was said to be operating a blacksmith shop there beginning in 1815 (Ref 7 and also 9). Taxes indicated a log house, smith shop, a cow, a dog, and the occupation of blacksmith in 1817, and a building, a smith shop, a cow, a dog, and the occupation of blacksmith in 1818. Between 1819 and 1820, the tax on his buildings jumped from $25 to $100 and between 1822 and 1823, the tax on the buildings jumped from $130 to $450, but the taxes of neighbors also showed similar increases.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>According to a biographical sketch of Isaac M.Pearson (Toughkenamon Spoke Factory in USGenWEb contributed by John Morris from Ref 11), Isaac M. Pearson/Pierson was the son of Isaac and Eleanor (Mason) Pearson. Born April 1, 1826 near Chandlerville, he “followed the blacksmith trade until he was 20”. Isaac the father was born in 1791 in Chester County and was a blacksmith for many years. Isaac the father was the son of Thomas Pearson (1761-1848) who was married to Sarah Cloud, owned a farm in Delaware, and had 11 children. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1826 – Isaac M. Pierson was born, the youngest of four children. Isaac and Eleanor Pierson also had three daughters, Sarah, Mary, and Ruthanna. In addition, 1-2 unrelated teenage boys and perhaps a girl, lived with the Piersons, possibly as apprentices or servants. Mary married David Brown, while Ruthanna and probably Sarah as well remained unmarried. In 1850, Sarah and Ruthanna were still at home, ages listed as 30 and 35. Ruthanna lived with Mary and David in 1880, as noted in that census. I have not yet located a date of the marriage between Isaac and Eleanor/Ellenor. Their first child may have been born in 1815 or it could be 1820, depending on the accuracy of various census takers. Isaac Jr. married Ann Kimble in 1851, but it is unclear where they lived until 1862 when Isaac Sr. died and Issac Jr. started his business in Toughkenamon. He rented the spoke mill in the Landenberg area until 1862 and then put the “Landenberg” property up for sale and moved. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1839 – Cadwalader Evans sold to Pyle & Martin 112 acres $9592 (deed available) This relates to the history of the 10 acres described below under ”1840”. It became part of the 24.25 acres eventually sold to McMahon. There is no record of buildings on this portion.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1840 - Pyle & Martin sold to Pierson 10 acres for $500, bordered by Thomas Hayworth, and Edward Sharpless (deed available).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1863 – Isaac M. Pierson, son, and administrator of Isaac Pierson who died in 1862, sold 24.25 acres with dwelling to James Cloud by public auction; the deed states that it is the same land as Thomas Pearson deeded to Isaac Peirson in 1816 and Pyle and Martin deeded to Isaac Peirson in 1840. Paid $2350. (deed available)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1864 – James Cloud to Samuel Strahorn, $2450, 24.25 acres with dwelling (deed available)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1864 – Mary McMahon arrives in US (according to notes in the US Census of 1900), presumably along with husband William and some children.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1865 – Charles Robinson deeded to William McMahon a total of 19 acres: 14 acres bordering David Nivens, Charles Robinson, John Chandler, and Samuel Strahorn plus 4 acres bordering John Chandler and Charles Robinson and allowing Enoch Chandler a right-of-way, plus one acre bordering Thomas Jeffers, Isaac Pearson, and Charles Robinson $1650. Robinson, Chandler, and Strahorn are all located on the south west of ours/Morgan’s land according to the 1860 map (deed available). This acreage is probably not relevant to the house and barn, and appears to be south of the house.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1866 – Samuel Strahorn to William McMahon, $3000, 24.25 acres with dwelling, now bordered by Halliday Hoopes, James Williams, James Madron, John Chandler, and others (deed available).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1870 census – McMahon not recorded as living in Chester County, although he probably was. The tax information of that time period was unreadable.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1873 map (Ref 10) shows Wm. McMahon’s name, but no defined boundary of his land. There was one building on each side of the road above the stream, plus a blacksmith’s shop on the right side, but below the stream. The buildings are not specified as to whether they are houses or barns, not whether they were stone or frame.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1880 census shows Wm. McMahon age 46, wife Mary 45, Anna Mary 13, Margaret 11, James 9, Katie 7, Wm. 5, Thomas 4, and Agnes 1. According to Ref 9, Hagerty’s book, the oldest child was Robert (m. Cathleen Connell; Rbt a railroad foreman). Thomas was a cattle dealer in Landenberg. Perhaps Robert had already left home by 1880. Joseph was born later according the 1900 census, but that makes 9 children while Hagerty said seven. 1900 census says Mary had 10 children, five surviving.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1883 map shows McMahon’s land, 26-3-30 (26 acres, 3 cows), to include our triangle and the church property on Landenberg Rd, backing to individual plots on Landenberg Rd. and all the way to the west almost to the train tracks. The map shows a stone house on the west side of the road and two frame houses on the east side, both apparently above the stream, although it is not drawn in. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1893 – Mary McMahon donated the land for Francis Xavier church, (Ref 8, p. 34).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1900 census shows Mary McMahon age 65, with Katie age 25 (b. Sept 1874), Thomas age 24 (May, 1876), and Joseph age 16 (Oct, 1884). Her occupation is listed as “farmer”. She owns the home mortgage-free. She immigrated in 1864. William willed her the property in Will Book No. 20 Page 317.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1915 – Kennedy Crossan’s sawmill established (Ref 8, page 97). Steam engines allowed for sawing that was not run by water-power (therefore, not on the creek directly).</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1918 Mary dies March 28<sup>th</sup> 1918 intestate. Heirs James, Robert (Katta M., his wife), Kathryn (single), David (Sarah his wife in Jenkintown, Montgomery Cty), Thomas (Mary his wife), Joseph F. McMahon (Bessie his wife; Philadelphia), and Joanna Kelley(single woman of West Grove - granddaughter)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1919, April 29 - Deed Book H-15(?) Vol 355, page 535 – land conveyed from heirs to Mary McMahon (wife of Thomas) (Will book No. 20, Page 317, as stated in the Deed of 1927)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1927 Mary and Thomas McMahon her husband sell 23.39 acres with a dwelling to Kennedy Crossan for $1. Mentions that the property crosses the road. (Deed of 1927, available)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1933 (Nov. 27) – Deed 5014405/06 # 60, B F18P 385/388 000697/698 to Kennedy Crossan from Thomas Baldwin and back again to Crossan on the same day. $1 each way.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1945 (Jan 22) Deed 5067796 TR3-6 CT 23.01 acres, to C. & P. Shirey from Ethel & Kennedy Crossan</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1973 (May 31) Deed 5400470, Page B:141P:75 Related to 0007834-1973 #60, 4.179 acres, to David & Shirley Annand from C. & P. Shirey </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1976 (June 16) Deed 5465451, Pg B148P:240 Related 0010150-1976, Charles and Pauline Shirey to Ernest G. Hodder #60 Parcel B CT 11.423 acres; also 0.954 acre C&P Shirey to Janet & Richard Shirey</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1976 Our land purchased from Annand. Our tax ID: 6005 01370000 (or 60-5-137)</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>2004 Morgan 2 acres and house 60-5-191</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Conclusions</span></u></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Between 1818 and 1883, a stone house and accompanying stone and wood barn were built, as there was still a log house present in 1817. It may be useful to learn when Isaac Pierson Sr. married Eleanor, as the house could have been built then. I will also look again through newspaper clippings to see if there might have been a fire destroying the log house at some point. No evidence of houses being built by previous owners of the land were found. The “small house and barn” mentioned by Cadwalader Evans on the 71 acre tract could have been at some other location within the 71 acres.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman"'>References</span></u></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(1) Albert Cook Myers, “Immigration of the Irish Quakers into Pennsylvania, 1682-1750”, Swarthmore, PA, 1902, p.132.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(2) Ezra Webster, chairman, “1715-1915 Two Hundredth Anniversary of the Establishment of The Friends Meeting at New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania,” self-published 1915.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(3) Elwood Michener, handwritten notes found in the West Chester Historical Society Library, written in 1840 and published in the Kennett Advance December 10, 1887, part of a series.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(4) 1860 map, Published by T. J. Kennedy, 1860, from actual surveys, Entered according to Act of Congress by John E. Gillette in the clerks office of the District of Columbia for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(5) Breou’s Official Series of Farm Maps – Chester County, Pub. H. W. Kirk, 1883.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(6) Descendants of Joshua Pusey (1738-1804) and Mary Miller (1741-1776) from http://gunboatempires.com/genealogy/Puseys04c1.htm</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(7) Newspaper clipping, Avondale and Landenberg Express, July 28, 1894.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(8) Keith Craig, “Images of America New Garden Township”, Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, SC, 2010”</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(9) Ann Hagerty, “Once Upon a Time in New Garden Township”,1977</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>(10) “Atlas of Chester County, PA”, surveyed by H. F. Bridges and A. R. Witmer, Safe Harbor, Lancaster County, Printed by Jas. McGuigan, Philadelphia, 1873.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>11) “Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chester County, Pennsylvania” Samuel T. Wiley, ed. Winfield Scott Garner, Gresham Pub. Co., Philadelphia, PA 1893, pp 664-5.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>1816 Thomas Pearson 14 acres $1510 1840 Pyle & Martin 10 acres $500</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> \ /</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> Isaac Pierson</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> 1863 Cloud, 24.25 acres with dwelling</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> 1864 Strahorn, 24.25 acres with dwelling</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> 1866 McMahon, 24.25 acres with dwelling</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Also: 1865 Robinson to McMahon, 3 lots totaling 19 acres land only</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Then: 1927 Mary and Thomas McMahon to Crossan 23.39 acres with dwelling, $1</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> 1933 Crossan-Baldwin-Crossan $1, probably clearing the title</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> 1945 Crossan to Shirey, 23.01 acres</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> 1973 4.2 acres to Annand – includes stone/wood barn</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> 1976 11.4 acres to Hodder- includes stone house</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Times New Roman"'> 1976 4.2 acres to Weyer – includes stone/wood barn</span></p> </div> </body>