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From: "David & Carol Eddleman" <>
Subject: [PABEDFOR] Sawmills and Gristmills//Hardin
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 09:38:28 -0400


A complete list of all the grist and saw mills in the southwest quarter of
Pennsylvania, in 1772, was as follows: Richard PITTMAN, sawmill, Daniel
ROYER, gristmill, and Moses REED, grist and saw mill, in Air township; John
BIRD, gristmill, and Bartholomew DAVIS, sawmill, in Dublin township, now
part of Huntingdon county; Robt. MOORE, gristmill and Abraham MILEY, Sr.,
grist and saw mill, in Colerain township; Andrew STEEL, sawmill, in Bedford
township; Capt. Arthur St. CLAIR, gristmill at Fort Ligonier, Fairfield
township, now part of Westmoreland county; Joseph IRWIN, gristmill, in
Hempfield township, now part of Westmoreland county; John CAVET, gristmill,
Conrad WINDMILLER, grist and saw mill, and William TEAGARDEN, gristmill, in
Pitt township, which then included large portions of the present counties of
Allegheny, Beaver and Washington; Adam HATFIELD, gristmill in Mt. Pleasant
township, now part of Westmoreland county; Paul FROMAN, tub gristmill in
"Ross Straver" township, now part of Westmoreland county; Henry BEESON, a
Quaker from Virginia, who had a gristmill in Springhill township, or the
point now known as Uniontown, Fayette county. The gristmills of Abraham
SILLS, John HARDIN, Jr., George WILSON, Esq., and Jonathan JONES were also
located in Springhill township as then bounded. John WALLER, sawmill, and
Providence MOUNTS, gristmill, in Tyrone township, which then included
portions of the present counties of Fayette and Westmoreland.

(Source: The History of Bedford, Somerset and Fulton Counties, Waterman and
Watkins, 1894, p. 71.)

Carol C. Eddleman
Bedford County Host, PaGenWeb
http://www.pa-roots.com/users/~bedford/
Director, Data Acquisition, PA-Roots
http://www.pa-roots.org/data/

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