H I S T O R Y OF WARREN COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF SOME OF ITS PROMINENT MEN AND PIONEERS |
Edited by J.S. Schenck, assisted by W.S. Rann; Syracuse, N.Y.; D Mason & Co., Publishers; 1887 |
CHAPTER I. |
OUR SUBJECT SOMEWHAT EXPLAINED. |
Webmaster's note:Selected excerpts from pages 13 - 14.
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| Warren county was not organized as a separate shire until the year 1819. The county of Warren, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is bounded on the north by the State of New York, or, in other words, by the line of the forty-second degree of north latitude; on the east by McKean county, on the south by Forest and Venango counties, and on the west by the counties of Crawford and Erie. In extent it is about thirty-two miles in length from east to west, by twenty-six miles in width, and contains fully eight hundred square miles of territory, or five hundred and twelve thousand acres of land. Its most important stream, the historic Allegheny, entering near the northeast corner and flowing southwesterly, divides its territory into two distinct parts, leaving about three-eighths of it on the southeast side. The tributaries of the Allegheny, of sufficient size to be useful for propelling machinery or floating rafts, are Willow Creek, Sugar Run, and Kinzua Creek, entering from the east, and Cornplanter and Hemlock Runs, and Conewango, Brokenstraw, Tidioute, and West Hickory Creeks, entering from the west; the Kinzua, Conewango, and Brokenstraw being navigable from ten to twenty miles, for rafts of timber and manufactured lumber. The county seat, and subsequently the county, were named after Joseph Warren, the distinguished American patriot who fell at the battle of Bunker Hill in 1775, and who was but eight years of age at the time Celeron made his appearance at the mouth of the Conewango. |
From the book Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins, and other Pennsylvania Families A Volume of History, Biography and Colonial, Revolutionary, Civil and Other War Records Including Names of Many Other Warren County Pioneers, compiled by Emma Siggins White, assisted by Martha Humphreys Maltby, excerpts pages 14 -15; published by Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918. To aid in finding your ancestor, names are in bold.
"Warren County was named for General Joseph Warren, a distinguished and gallant soldier who lost his life at Bunker Hill while boldly defending his country's rights. The Daughters of the Revolution have erected a monument to General Warren in the Public Square in Warren, Penn. This section of the County owes much to the foresight and labors of General William Irvine, one of the early settlers of the valley. He obtained a warrant for a large tract of land on the backs of the Allegheny River. His son Callender Irvine perfected title to the same as required by law by actually living on and improving the lands. Much of the original tract is still owned by the descendants of old General Irvine. The splendid forests of Pine and Hemlock which covered the hills were one of the chief attractions which brought settlers and speculators to this valley. Small mills were erected and their products carried by water to distant markets, --some going as far away as New Orleans and this started an enterprise which laid the foundation of much of the wealth of the population of Warren County."
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