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| George McCormick of Spring Mills, Penn's Valley died in 1814 |
"Early
Settlements, Etc.— Of the earliest settlers, George McCormick, after leaving
Spring Mills, where James Cooke, Esq., from Lancaster County, moved, went up to
the end of Nittany Mountain and built a mill there, where he died in the spring
of 1814. His children were George, Adam, Agnes (married to Joseph McCune),
Eleanor (married to Archibald Allison), Margaret (married to Samuel McCormick),
and John (then deceased)."
"The settlement of McCormick, Livingston, Watson, and
others in the neighborhood was the nucleus of the Presbyterian Church, built as
early as 1789, eastward of Penn Hall a short distance. Rev. James Martin, the
pastor, owned the farm' in its immediate neighborhood."
This correlates with the abstract of George McCormick's will from Spangler's Letter provided by Jean Muetzel.
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| George McCormick's 1810 Court Description of Himself in Penn's Valley |
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Julie.... Robert and Nancy Gibson McCormick are my direct line ancestors, but I have not been able to locate their last known whereabouts. I have, They left Haines Twp Pa “ due to indian trouble” Do you know their resting place? I tend 7 direct line graves from them in Center Hill cemetery at Potters Mills Pa. My line goes from them to John n Hannah Shannon, James H, and Isabella Pollack to John Orvis and Ella Shirk, to my Grandmother Cora. Do you have Robert n Nancy’s origin? I have Hanna Shannon’s family from Argyle Scotland, and the origins of the Shannon line but not the McCormick. Can we chat? My email is ladyhawk@pts.net. Thank you!!!
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