John McAninch, Pioneer, Armstrong Co., Penn., part 5 of 10 |
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1790’s: Buffalo Twp. "Adjoining "Speculation" on the east is the Cogley-Ross-Huston land, |
… adjoining the southern part of which on the east is a tract, a rectangular parallelogram, |
100 acres, surveyed to John McAnninch [sic], on which he settled probably before 1800; |
with 75 acres of which, 1 horse and 2 cows, he was assessed in 1805, and the next year at $62. |
He continued to be assessed with the land until 1834. This is probably a part of a larger tract |
which included the heretofore-mentioned Joseph Cogley tracts, which was assessed to |
Nathaniel George in 1805, and respecting which Rachel Jones and John McIninch [sic] |
entered into a written agreement, August 16, 1797, the substance of which was, that Rachel |
and John should keep settled for George for five years "a certain tract of land, situate on |
Slippery Rock path, bounded by James Cogley, Sr., N. 87 E. 343, and by Daniel McClelland, |
87 W., 240 perches," to clear and put under fence 8 or more acres, and convey to him the |
remainder of the tract left after deducting 50 acres containing the improvement to be made |
by them, for which George was to give them "a clear deed out of the office," |
[script, crossed L, English "pounds" symbol] L5 in store goods and L5 [5 pounds] in cash. |
George's inchoate [sic] title does not appear from the records to have been perfected. |
McIninch [sic] conveyed 99 acres to Asa Freeman, April 6, 1834, for $450." |
Book, _History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania_, by Robert Walter Smith, Esq., |
pub. 1883, Waterman, Watkins & Co., Chicago; pg. 497 |