The story of Johnstown : its early settlement, rise ... - JohnstownCafe

Containing
Surveyed
between
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EARLY SKTTLEMEXT.
Conemauph Creek, at the Mouth of Little Conemaiigh : the Allegheny and Lanre!
Hill ; in Cumberland County : Two Hundred and Forty-Xine acres, and the Usual
Allowance of Six P Cent for Roads : the i;th Day of May 1770 for Charles
Campble in pursuance of an Order No 1IJS3, Dated April 3rd : 17O9
Now Bedford
To John Lukens E";.] ; by Thomas Smith D S
Surveyor General
An exact fac-simile of this return, with the pencil draft of the plot accompanj'ing
it, is in- c~'
serted herc-\\ith.
The paper is discolored
and frayed
at the edges,
while the writing
is as legible as
on the day it was
penned by fingers
long crumbled
into dust.
Mr. Smith gained
distinction by
compiling a valuable
legal manual.
He was elevated
to a judgeship
and wore
the ermine creditably.
The patent
for the tract
was not granted
until
the Campbell
land changed
hands repeatedly.
Who "were
the various proprietors
is men-
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\lo\r:li.:'\
ly 4 rr, i/i/.
t'oned in the document.
It is recorded
in a musty
old volume original survey of jOHNbT.-w.N-, .made .n i;;..
in tlie Department of Internal Arfairs. A literal transcript reads thus
The Supreme Executive Council of the Commonv.-ealth of Pennsylvania. To all
vhom these Presents shall come Greeting
Know ve That in Consideration of the ;um of Fcrt^'-three Pounds venteen Shillings
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