18TH CENTURY LAND WARRANT BALD EAGLE TOWNSHIP MIFFLIN COUNTY WILLIAM HOOD
An 1877 copy of an original land warrant dated 1794 for William Hood, Marsh Creek, Bald Eagle Township, Mifflin County, with a drawing of the plot at the top. William Hood's land is surrounded by John Cocherin, John Russell, and Moses Hood.
"Situate on the waters of Marsh Creek in Bald Eagle Township in the County of Mifflin surveyed on the 21st day of August 1794 for William Hood by virtue of his warrant bearing date on the 3 day of March 1794 containing four hundred eighteen acres one quarter and the usual allowance of six ??? taken from the field notes of Joseph J. Wallis deceased by Daniel Smith, D.S."
To Daniel Brodhead Esq., Surveyor General
"In testimony that the above is a copy of the original remaining filed in the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsylvania, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Department at Harrisburg, this second day of July 1877--for William McCandless, Secretary of Internal Affairs. N. C. Wilson."
Daniel Brodhead (IV) (October 17, 1736 – November 15, 1809) was an American military and political leader during the American Revolutionary War and early days of the United States. He was born in Marbletown, New York, the son of Daniel Brodhead (III) and Hester (Wyngart) Brodhead. Brodhead's father moved his family to what is now East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1737. Life in the frontier settlement was difficult, and clashes between the settlers and native tribes were common. The Brodhead homestead was attacked by natives numerous times during Daniel’s youth. Brodhead had a relatively unremarkable career before the Revolution. He farmed, ran a grist mill, and worked as a deputy surveyor for Pennsylvania. Brodhead married Elizabeth Dupui (Dupuy) in April 1756 and had two children. In the years leading up to the outbreak of hostilities, Brodhead began to take part in the protest movements against British taxation. In 1774, Brodhead was elected to represent Bucks County at a provincial meeting held in Philadelphia on July 15, 1774. In 1776, Brodhead was commissioned as an officer of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment of colonial troops with the rank of lieutenant colonel. After the war, Brodhead, by then a widower, married Rebecca Mifflin, the widow of General Samuel Mifflin. Brodhead was one of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati. He later served in the Pennsylvania General Assembly. On November 13, 1789, he was appointed Surveyor General of Pennsylvania and held the post for the next eleven years. He died at Milford, Pike County, Pennsylvania, and was buried in Milford.
Joseph J. Wallis, along with Benjamin Davis, Maj. Lawrence Keene on July 26, 1784, entered into an agreement to take up a large body of lands in Centre County. The cost of the lands were to be defrayed by Benjamin Davis, the locating and surveying by Messrs. Keene and Wallis, Davis' interest to be one-half, and Keene's and Wallis' one-quarter each. Joseph J. Wallis was deputy surveyor. The agreement covered twenty-four tracts which had been applied for before, and warrants issued for July 1, 1784.
The development of the iron interest of Centre commenced with the purchase by Colonel John Patton, of the tract upon which he erected Centre furnace, now in Harris township, and twenty-eight other contiguous tracts from Mr. Wallis, May 8, 1790. He built Centre furnace in the summer of 1792.
Daniel Smith, a Deputy Surveyor of districts of which the territory of Centre and Clinton formed a part prior to 1800, August 10, 1795.
William McCandless, nicknamed "Buck," was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 29, 1834. McCandless enlisted in the 2nd Regiment, Pennsylvania Reserves, as a private; but he was promoted to the rank of major in June 1861. He became the regiment's colonel in August 1862. McCandless retained command of the 1st Brigade, and was active in the Battle of Gettysburg. Colonel McCandless was mustered out of the volunteer service with his regiment on June 6, 1864. McCandless returned to Philadelphia and resumed his civilian career. He was a member of the Pennsylvania state senate, 1867-69. He died on June 17, 1884. [Wikipedia]
[Reference: Linn's History of Centre and Clinton Counties unless otherwise noted.]
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