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Mechanical Reproduction: by Louis Max Grossmann
Pictures are the courtesy of
ERMA MACKALL
who is a descendant of the pioneer
settlers of Georgeto\m. Rebecca Mackall
w-as the wife of Benoni Dawson, who laid
out the town and was probably its first
settler. Georgetown lies on the
Rainbow of the River
1n a secluded, lovely spot, greatly
untouched by the rapid pace of the
bustling world.
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Georgetown It wa s because of a fine location on the
left bank of the Ohio that the village came into existence in 1793. From it you can see into Ohio and West Virginia, and for a century it was known to every traveler going down the river to "the West." It became a borough in 1850.
The place grew rapidly, and within a few years was full of Dawsons, Mackalls, Calhoons, Kinseys, Pocs and a few other families, most of whose names arc still to be found in the town today. The Poes included Adam and Andrew, famous Indian fighters.
Now the same river, flowing in the same course, has almost completely cut it off from the· normal · traffic of even inland commerce.
Georgetown's fine location above flood level made it a good stopping place for keelboats and other craft bound up and down the river.
It was the second town in what is now Beaver County when it was laid out by Benpni Dawson, less than two years after Daniel Leet had begun planning Beaver on the site of old Fort Mcintosh. And it wasn't named for George Washington, as is commonly believed, but for George Dawson, a member of Benoni's family.
Thomas Foster licensed the first hotel
CALHOON, R. CALHOUN, C. CAMPBELL, Mrs • CARNAGEY, J.
Mrs. J. COGLEY, J. A.
DAWSON, B. Heirs G.
• there in 1802, and the post office was established in it the same year.
Georgetown, caught in a corner of the pocket be-neath the great bend of the Ohio, still maintained a slight degree of vigor as long as the ferry continued,,
Property Owners found in Caldwell's
Centennial Atlas 1876 for Georgetown
& Greene Township
GEORGETOWN
LAKE, J. LAUGHLIN, To LYON, Samuel MACKALL, I. D.
J.
(page 100)
James McCLURG, W. A. McHAFFIE, William McMILLIN, J.
s.
TODD, T. TODD & DIEHL TRDmLE, J.
J. A. Mrs. (Hotel & Store)
WILKINS, Mrs. WINCH, J. B.
G. w~
Heirs DAUGHERTY, G. D. DIEHL, J.
J. H. & Co.(Store)
Nash, G.(Saw & Grist Mill) s. Other:
Mrs. PARR, A. H.
EBERT, Nancy J. EWING, J. PEPPARD, E.
Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
HACKATHORN, C. POE, A. HAFFIE, Hrs. H. G. W. HAMILTON, Dr. s. T. POR'l'ER, J. A. HUSTON, E. POTTS, T.
KENNEDY, J. PRUDEN, S.
KINSEY, A. M. RINEHART, R. A. Mrs. A. M. SMITH, J. E. c. SPENCE, E. H.
Grand Heights Cemetery
Public School
Public Square
Oil Lots T.
ALEXANDER, 0, ALLISON, James
Samuel M.
BEAL, E. John
BRITTAIN, James BROTHERTON & STILES BROWN 1 J arne s BRUNSON, J. W. Heirs BRUN'l'ON, Joseph
Thomas William A.
BRYAN, Joseph
CAIN & LAUGH.LIN CAIN, Wil:liam CALHOON, J.
M. GAMBOL, Mrs. R. CAMPBEl..L, D.
James Wil.1iam
CAROTHERS, Mrs. C. Heirs
CHAPMAN, S. CHRISTY, James CLEAR, S. COLE, Mrs. M. CONKLE, Mrs. M. COOK, P.
William CRAIG, D. M.
James John
CRISTLER, E. M. T.
DAVIS, William Dll!:HL, J. H.
William DITHRIDGE, E. D.
EACHEL, Charles EATON, I.
I. H. ELLIOTT, John ERWIN, J. EWING, J.
Heirs
FERGUSON, John William Heirs
FRAZIEH, William Heir3
GALLAGHER, S. GIBB & REED
GREENE TOWNSHIP
GLASS, D, K. GLENN, W, & T. C.
Wm, &. T. C. GREEN, D.
I. HAYWARD, 'William HOOD, A. Heirs
Mrs. E. HU'l'CHESON 1 John
JOHNSTON, John Robert
KENNEDY, Alex.
KERR, D.
D. H. J. s.
M. C. s.
.KEVAN, S. M. Kl'l'SON, T,
LAUGHLIN, F. S, G. D. L. J. N. A. R. Thomas William
LAWRENCE, Benjamin Brothers Dr. M.
LEATHEM, James LEEPER, Robert
s. H. LEIPER 1 Samuel LOCKHART, E.
MACKALL, J. James Heirs
MANOR, J. Heirs MARKER, T. McCALLY, John McCASKEY, George McCLEHANY, William McCLESTER, J, McCLURG, D.
Joseph McCREADY, J. B.
(page 77)
Joseph (Chopper & Shingle Machine)
McCOY, J. R. William
page 29
Mc:OONALD, Jamea John
MoOA.FFICK, D. MciNTIRE, Mc.liliN1'Y 1 R:L. McKINLEY, James McLAUGHLIN, S. McMAHIN, J. C. MERCER, J, MILLER 1 J arne s MOFF.E'l', R. MONTGOMERY, John MOODY, J.
Robert E. s. w.
MOORE, Samuel Heirs Thomas lPhill1s Island)
MOORHEAD, S. W. MORRIS, William M. MORROW, William MORT.I!:N, William
NASH, George NELSON, James
s. Samuel
NICKLE, Alexander Matthew
NISWANGER, Jac
ORMAN & CO.
PETERS, J. R.
POE, A.
J. R. & G. C. J. R. Oil Well
Adam Andrew George Thomas
.PUGH, D.
RAMSEY 1 J arne s W. & F. William L.
RE.r;D, B. Heirs James Heirs J. M. R. T. Samuel
ROBB, William ROBERTSON 1 Alex.
s. s. ROGERS, William
SCOTT, James William
SEARIOH'l' Hoira SHANE, J.
Miss M. & H. SIMPSON, Mary SMITH, H.
Samuel SPENCE, E. SPENCER Brothers S'l'ALEY 1 J. S'l'EVENSON 1 S. STEHLlNU, William D. S'l'EWAHT 1 G.
J. H. R. W. s.
SWMIEY, Andrew D. J. B. John Thomas
SWEARINUEN, B. L. Jackson Samuel William V.
TEMPLE, J. T. THOMPSON, James
Milo s. Samuel
THORNBURGH, J. Heirs TODD, C. J.
J. R. TORRENCE, James
s. TRIMBLE & CO.
William R.
WILSON 1 William WlNEN, J. B. WITHROW, Thomas WRIGHT, A.
WYNN, J.
J. J. D. N. Thomas
Greene Township, pase 2
~I Georgetown Cemetery
Hookstown Cemetery lOld Methodist)
Mi~ Creek H1l1 Cemetery
Mi~l Creek Presbyterian Church & Cemetery (Old Mill Creek)
u. P, Church and Burying Ground (Tomlinson Run)
Cane Mill
Mineral Spring
Post Office & Store
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Warrantees
ALLSPAUGH, Henry*
BELL, Hugh*
BROWN, John
CAHEY, Samuel
CAIRNS, William
CAMPBELL, Arthur
William
CHAPI-1AN, J. H.
Warrantees & List of Persons Receiving
Patents in Greene Township, Beaver Cormty
as formd on the original patent maps.
Patented to - Date
Henry ALLSPAUGH - 1788
Hugh BELL - 1788
. Matthias H00~7.96~
Samuel CAHEY - 1807
William CAIRNS - 1837
Arthur CAMPBELL - 1832
# of Acres
212
400
256 ..------. 166 .3/4
12
13 3/4
34
Map # l$ - l
Tract Name
"Hannah"
"Be11emony 11
"Chestnut Level 11
"Aleppo"
"22"
"9" * CHRISLEY, Michael - --
(See Henry CRAIG)
Joseph McCLURE - 1855
Michael CHRISLEY - 1788 408 "Feelinghousen" ------ - -· -~- - -···-' Cl:iRISTLER, John
Samuel
COLE, Silas
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John CHRISTLER - 1869
Samuel CHRISTLER - 1820
Mary COLE - 1873 CONELLY, Samuel Jonathan HOGUE - 1842
CONNER, William, Jr. Rezin BARNES et a1 - 1873
William
COWEN, Alexander
(CRAIG, Henry & ~ William CAY.PBELL
CRAIL, Edward
CROSS, George
DAVIS, Martha
DA"wSON, James
William CONNERS et a1 - 1839
Alexander COw~N - 1802
Henry CRAIG et a1 - 1787
2 "20 11
48 "29" 9
14 "7" 30 "24" 7 "30"
246 "Cowley" 201 "Mil1town 11
63 "27" 10 "8"
153
100
- 10
File #
P-13-270
P-14-79
P-25-250
P-56-4.49
H-37-345 H-32-124
H-51-359
P-14-48
rl-64-166
H-17-291
H-70-773
H-4.4-89
H-72-335
H-40-536
P-47-89
P-10-5~
H-47-507
H-43-67
H-15-284
H-10-14 Robert D.*
EATON, I saac
Edward CRAIL - 1828
George CROSS - 1840
Thomas BURNSIDE - 1818
James DAWSON - 1813
Robert D. DAWSON - 1790
Isaac EATON - 1803 376 "The Bone of Contention" P-15-269
JarnesJ_J.obn.a.ton.~ Thomas MOORE - 1795-k-. ~ .._.,.--~--~---'-'---=-·· ·
John et a1. Samuel CALHOUN et a1 - 1816
E~NGS, James James EwiNGS - 1802
FEGAN, Alexander* Alexander FEGAN - 1788 (Assignee of Thomas MATTHEWS)
FOSTER, Thomas
Thomas FRAZER, William
GIBSON, Sarah
GILFILLEN, Joseph
GOODRICH, Jesse
William FRAZER - 1805
Matthias HOOK - 1802 ---- ----------John Lee WEBSTER - 1795
Andrew SANDS - 1874 page 24
389
402
421 287
349
3
7
72
232
378
1
"Orphan 1 s Plains" P-51-8
"Locust Ridge" ..... -------==- - . P-25-279
H-13-115 "Effingham" P-47-90
"The Whisky ?-till" P-13-53
1111 11
"12 11
"34" P-50-178 "Sarah's Delight" P-56-78
"Reardon's Bottom" P-22-484
"35" H-72-64.4
Greene Township, page 2
Warr8lltee :s Patented to - Date II of Acre:J Tract Name File H
GOODRICH, Jesse & Robert MOFFIT
GORMLEY, John
HAMILTON, George
Hugh HAYS, John HENRY, James &
William NELSON
HOOK, Ha_~~hia~ Matthias
HOOKE, Henry
HUBLEY, John
INGLES, Nathaniel
JORDAN, John
,.KARR, _]_avid*
KIRKPATRICK, William LAUGHLIN , Alexander
Alexander
Benjamin
John
Robert
Robert
Thomas William William &
Samuel McCALLY
Andre SWANY - 1860 122 -----------John GORMLEY, in trust for
heirs of David DAVIS.Dd - 1852 99
George HAMILTON - 1786 235
Hugh HAMILTON - 1786 235 Henry SMITH et a1 - 1869 67 James HENRY & William NELSON -1797 28~
_Ma~~~-liQOK_~_l7§7__ __ Peter WICOFF - 1837
Henry HOOKE - 1806
Ann REDICK et a1 - 1810 Nathaniel INGLES - 1826
Ann REDICK et a1 - 1816
David KARR (alias CARR) - 1789 --Matthias HOOK - 1818 Alexander LAUGHLIN - 1827
Alexander LAUGHLIN - 1810
Benjamin LAUGHLIN - 1833
Thomas LAUGHLIN et a1 - 1800
Robert LAUGHLIN - 1793
Robert LAUGHLIN - 1788
Thomas LAUGHLIN - 1809
William LAUGHLIN - 1786
361 .,- ·- ·· ··· ·-· -
15 8
400 242
400
398 · .........---,.
94 494 202
27
400 220
39~
63 400
Wm. LAUGHLIN & Samuel McCALLY-1874 137
LAWRENCE, Joseph Joseph LAWRENCE - 1886 2
MATTHEwS, Thomas
William*
McCALLY, Samuel
McCASKEY, Mathew
J1g_QREADY ,.,.H\lgh*-Joseph*
McCJLLOUGH, John
HcHARG, William, Jr.
Mc i\ENNEDY, William
(See Alexander FEGAN) William MATTHEWS - 1818
(See William LAUGHLIN)
Matthew McCASKEY - 1796
Hugh McCREADY - 1804 ·------------------ ----- -Joseph ~P~~-17B9 __
John McCULLOUGH - 1817
William McHARG, Jr. - 1823
Harry D. ANDERSON - 1913 page 25
400
403
402
400
459
11
3
"26 11
"Heir-ship" 11Deer-Park 11
"17" "Wolf Den"
H-55-159
H-48-605
P-6-331
P-6-332 H-65-196
P-31-385
"Hook & Crook" P-1b-62 "'---- - · .. ---· -- ··---·· ·
"25" H-38-296
"Harrymount" P-56-438 "Bear's Lament" H-3-64
H-23-516 "Sarvis Plain" H-13-254
P-16-69
"33" H-16-289
H-24-471
"Lacock's Friendship" H-3-517
"3" H-31-426
"The Bank" P-35-627
"Landa down" P-19- 322
"Dungannon" P-14-141
"Mount Prospect" P-63-486 "Drummand" P-6-476
"19"
"Milton"
•Chestnut Hill n ------T--------"Whi te Plains"
. -------- ---- -·----
"6"
H-73-13
H-74-585
H-12-304
P-29-4
P-54-23 P-14-518
H-15-154
H-31-311
H-78-109
WarranteeB
MEASON, John
MILLER, Adam
Samuel
MOFFIT 1 Robert
NELSON, William
NIELSON, John NISWANGER, Elijah
OFFNE..>t, John
PEARKS, Robert
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POTTS, Noah
POWER, Samuel
Samuel
PURVIANCE, John
REDICK, John, Jr.
REED, John RITCHIE, John
ROBISON, John
RUTHERFORD ~ Robert*
Robert*
SCOTT, Abraham James
SMITH, George
Samuel
STILLWELL, Obadiah
THOMPSON, James
William
THORNBURG, James
John
WHEELER, Nancy \tliLSON, Samuel
WITHEROE, John*
John
Patented to - Date
John MEASON - 1786
Adam MILLER - 1799
Samuel MILLER - 1631 (See Jesse·GOODRICH)
(See James HENRY)
II or Acroo
289
304 110
John NIELSON - 1820 137 Jacob NISWANGER - 1875 1
Ann REDICK & Isaac KERR - 1816 400
David & John PARKS - 1814 381
~Andrew -~O_E __ :-__ 1}66__ }]}_
Matthew HOOK - 1833 159
Thomas E. & George A. TROUP - 1906 25
Thomas J. POWER - 1851 108
William LAUGHLIN - 1803 145
John H. REDICK - 1786 ~
John & Sarah RUSSELL - 1837
Jonathan GRANT - 1805
John ROBINSON - 1836
Robert RUTHERFORD - 1788
294
58
117
37 1,018
(Virginia Certificate #281) 1,300
Mary MILLER - 1807 98 James SCOTT - 1812 36
James LANGLEY & ·wilJj,~__LITTLE~;l. 795 400 ·---· -- ~. . ~ .. -. - . ..---Samuel SMITH - 1846 25
Francis HOLLAND - 1795 James TH0~1PSON - 1815
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William s. CAIN - 1872
Nancy WHEELER - 1830
Samuel WILSON - 1836
John WITHEROE - 1795
" " - - 1795
339
330
3
84
3
14 185
395
424
Greene Town~hip 1 page 3
Tract Name
"Long Headow"
"10 11
"The Oblong"
"Poe Wood"
"21"
"23" "Mill Town"
"Hanabel"
"28" 11Camperdown"
"The Monster"
"Enruskillen"
"2" "Chestnut Flat"
"15" "Bilboa"
File ,;
P-6-481
P-36-3
H-30-433
H-17-266
H-71-727
H-13-254
H-9-598 P-6-344
H-32-214
H-77-163
H-48-217
P-53-224
P-6-445
P-50-182 H-36-628
P-14-102
P-59-280
H-7-342
P-23-389
H-45-546 P-22-417
H-11-581
H-35-416
H-71-407
"16 11 H-28-166
H-39-50 "Witheroe's Flatt" P-23-309
"Hills" P-23-309
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IN 1'ES1'IMO.N'}' that the above is a COP/I of the on:tina.l rcmaininJ! on file in the Department of Internal Affairs of Pennsyluania, made conformably to an A.ct of Assembly app7'01Jetl the 16thda!l of
February, 18.J3, I have herez~nto set my Hand and caused the Seal of said Department to be afji:l.:ed at Barrisbur~, this ..... .... 5~concl. u •••• • day of .. May ............. .. .... .7906.
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From the History of Beaver Cormty
1888
G-EORGET0\1-::\ BOROlJ~H.
This borough is pleasantly situated in the north part of Greene tO\\·nship~ on tbe Ohio ri1·er. It is one of the oldest settlements in Dea1·er county, and was ]aiel ont on the 1:3th of Jrm., lj9:3, by Benoni Da \\·son. \Yho came from ~IontQ:omer\r countv. Jicl .. about 1 ISO. w ~ u ~ ~
1-Ie (lied ~Iay hi~ 1:3013, aged sixty-four years. I-Iis ,,-ife ';n1s Rebeccrr (Mackall) Da ,,-son, ,,-ho died Oct. 13, 1816, aged se\·enty-fiTe years. Thev are both buried in the old Georg·etown cemeterv. TheY were
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members of the Protestant Episcopal church. They had thirteen child1·en- nine sons and four daughters. One of
his sons, Tbomas~ bas a grandso.n~ Benoni Dawson, still living in Glasgow, opposite Georgetmn1. Anotber son, l\icholas, has grandchildren living in and aronncl Georgetmn1: among \Yhom may be mentioned John D::t\Yson and :Jirs. Dr. S. T. Han1ilton. Still another son. George, . '-' . marriecl Jane ::Jiackall, by whom he had ten children, among w·h01n \\·ere Benoni Da11-son . Georg·e DaiYson and R. D. Da1Yson, ,,-hose IYife.
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~Iary J. Da\\·son~ and daughter ( ,,-ife of EchYard Spence). no,,- reside in Georgeto\n1 .
Originally the name IYas 1n·itten as consisting of t\yo distinct parts, Geoj·ge T o1.cn. The tendenc.'- bas been to combine, and make it appear as o!1e. Th.is suggests t \H) t beories as to the origin of the name: one that the. n<.une \\·as besto\\·ed in honor of George Dawson, .son of the ol'iginal .BenonL \\"ho O\Ynecl a portion of-the. t01n1 plat. A second anLl more prolmhle theory is that the name \nt.s besto\\-ecl in honor of the GeorgetO\rn adjoining the national capital.
Georgeto\Yn early became a pbce of residence for those engaged· in steamboatii1g. [lnd occupies that position at present in -the rank of Yilb~·es. The ele·nltion aboYe the beautiful Ohio ren<..lers it free fron1 ......
all anxiet\r as to o\·erfl.O\L Some of the early tal-el'n-keepers at Georgetown were Nicholas
K1·elll and Philip Dncomb. Tbey lJotb received license to keep ta1·ern~ at the August session o~ court, 1'3(1±. ·At the :May session, 1:30;), \Vill-
HIST1.:oUY OF BL\. YER COC::\TY.
iam Carnagy and Thomas Foster "-ere likewise commissioned to keep ta,-ern~ and continued in tbe business for many years. At tbe :Jiarch session: 180:3, James Preston, and at. the August session, I SCI!\ Joseph Smith, \\·ere gi,-en pet·mission to l\:eep houses of public entert<tim1wnt.
Thomas Foster iYas the iirst postmaster of the place, his fil'st appointment bearing <.bte ~-i_pril L 1802. He held the position until the 1st of October~ ISO I: "-hen John Christmas \\·as appointed. He retained the position until Sept. 10:1821, \Yhen Foster was re-appointed. I-Ie continued to clischai·~·e its duties until he was succeeded b\- Zebi1lon
~ . K.insey: June 2, 1S35. Tbe follo\i-ing is the complete Jist of the post-masters from 1S02 to the p1·esent time: Thomas Foster~ John Christmas, Zebulon Kinsey, Hugh :JieCllllongh: Salah Pruden, Thomas Fry, Charles Calhoon, George \Y. Calhoon, Samuel C. Trimble, Henry J. Kinsey and itlrs. Lydia P. Kinsey, the present officer.
That the people of the place did not all ha,-e angelic dispositions in those primitiYe times is attested L>y the accompanying document, which is a specimen both of uniqueness ancl candor. It was e\~idently gi,~en to release the holder frmn the suspicion tha.t the ear-crop \\·as a, mark ·of punishment infiictecl by the authorities of those clays:
PEXXSYL Y.-\XIA, ) BE.-\ YER CO'CXTL .1- s.s.
Personally came Thomas Foster, uf Georgttown, in said county, bC'fore me, one of the associate judges of the court of common pleas for said county, and being sworn in due form of la'W, deposetb and saitb, tbat in tlte month of ..\Lly la st or beginning of .June a fight or personal combat took place in Georgeto\m, in fwnt of tl1e deponent's house, bet,dxt Thomas Ross of said tO\Yn (a lauortr) unci .JanH s C< ou-y, in '\Y}Jich f~l1t tlJt ~nid Thomas Ross had the hinder part of his right tar bit out- lwth much disfigured lJis ear.
Sworn and subscribed the said fifth day of .August, 1807.
(Signed) . Tno:--Hs FosTER.
Jxo. H. REDDICK, ~\ssociate Judge.
The borough \\·as incorporated Feh. 25~ 1850. TJ1e first commissioners of e1ection were Samuel Smith, .James Tocld and Aclam Poe. By the census of lSSO the borong·h had a,_ population of 288.
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Georgetown Northwest of Hoo.Y-.stown on Ohio River Green Township One of the oldest settlements in Beaver County being laid out in January 13, 1793, by Benoni Dawson, who came from i'lontgomery Cour:ty, Maryland about 1780. His wife was Rebecca Dawson. 3oth are buried in Old Georgetown Cemetery on the hill above the town. They were ~embers of the Protestant Episcopal Church and bad nine sons and four daughters. Here was the home of river Captains and boat builders. Its first post office appointment was 1802. Adam Poe, the Indian fighter,; 3enohi Dawson, Benjamin }zkall, William Carnagy, Thorr~s Foster, John Bever, Zebulon Kinsey, Calhoor:s, Trimbles and rrany others were first settlers.
Bruce Yansfield Dam As we enter the town As we enter the town we c:::oss over the pipelines which r.ave been laid down the old railroad right of "cY to a giant earthen work dam, (which will be the largest east of the 1-:ississippi River when finished) which will convey the sludge frorr. the new plant at Ship~in~·o:::t. Eventually after about 35 years this will create a recreational lake. The Dam is built across Little 3lue Run which flows into Mill Creek near its juncture with the Ohio River.
Shippingport Sand and G~vel Company The gravel for the cooling towers of both the new rart of the Atomic Flant and the ones for the Bruce ~;ansfield Plant was dredged from this area.
Saint Lukes Episcopal Church Corner of Third Street and Farket Ca. 1813 This is the oldest Episcopal Church in Beaver County and the oldest church building to be in constant use west of the Allegheny mountains. Its first services were held on a flat boat a:::ound the beginning of the century. It was one of the few churches to be visited by the first presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in the United States. Its first pastor was Rev. Francis Reno of Virginia. The present brick structure ~s built in 1833 replacing the original log building of 1.813. It r.as several bo_a.utiful stained glass windows and much of the old furnishings.
Georgetown Post Office Market Street North This post office serves 75 families in the borough route which extends clear out to Frankfort Springs. postrraster was Thomas Foster, April 1, 1802.
Pepp:!.rds Store ?<:arket Street North
Est. 1802 and 600 families on the ru_ral
Its first appointed
In the 1876 Atlas on the ffiap of Georgetown, it shows several stores. This one I remember in my childJ10od as being owned by Ollie Peppard. Eany a stick of peppermint I r~ve r.ad from its candy counter. Deilhs and Todds are shown on the map as r2ving stores in 1876.
John Bever Block House Corner of New Street and Water Street This is now the home of rx. and }Xs. John Nash. John 3ever came from Ireland and settled on this area ca. 1788. He furnished supplies for the block houses which protected the early settlers from the Indians. In 1790 he married Nancy Bowman of this place; One of their daughters married James Bowman of Brownsville. Mirtilla lived in Ner~colin's Castle. It was deeded to George Ebert by Jacob Poe in 1845. In 1872 George Ebert deeded it to John A. Trimble. He was the grandfather of Joh11 Nash who now lives here.
Captain George Ebert House Corner of Water Street and Short Street This house was the home of Captain George Ebert. He was captain of the Jviollie Ebert, a famous packet steamer named for his only child. In later years !·~ary Ann Ebert married Captain John A. Trimble. The people in these families lived, talked, and worked Rith the river. Today r~s. W. H. Welborn lives in this historic house. Captain Fredrick Way says she has a welth of antiques which find a perfect setting in a horne which is near 100 years old. She is also the mother of txs. Nash.
Thomas Foe House Corner of First and Z.iarket Streets Ca 1820 Thomas and Elizabeth Foe came to this area and built a log house on the .corner of First and ~arket Streets, Thor.as was the son of Adam Foe the famous Indian fighter. All of his sons were river men, It was through their efforts that the First rlethodist Episcopal Chu:!:'ch services were started, Later the log house was taken over bv his son Jacob Poe, Jacob ~~s married to Mary Ann Ebert, They had five sons, three living to maturity, one of whom was Charles the father of the late Lillian Foe Wagner, the last cescendant to live in this house and the last of this line as she was an only child and left no children, The older part of the ho~se is put together with wooden pegs and the window glass is very wavy and thin. The house has had rrany additions. The house is now owned by ~~. and ~rrs. Harry Schmidt who hope to restore it.
Georgetown Cemetery On hill south and above town Coming back up Washington Street as we make our way out of town, if you look up you see the historic Georgetown Cemetery, where rrany Revolutionary Soldiers are buried, Among them Benoni Dawson, William Carnegy, Benjamin 1-iakall, Amos Wilkinson and others.
Georgetown Road to Hookstown Georgetown road to Hookstown follows hill Creek up stream. It once had a stage coach trat ran from the ferry, from Smith's Ferry through Hookstown, Frankfort Springs, Florence, Burgettstown to Little Washington and was called the Washington Road.
Segment of a story taken from the
Observer-Reporter, July 6, 1972,
written by Jlin Mullooly on Georgetown
· Georgetown, PennsylYania, i~ nearby Beaver County, is a village of much history. Located along the historic Ohio, it still retains a whisper of the days of the Poes, Calhoons, Kinseys, .!\Iackalls and others who helped carve out the rich transp-ortation heritage of steamboat days in the Tri - State.
Article taken from the Georgetown
Chronicle, November, 1877
· One man who lived and died in Georgetown, was Capt. Adam : Poe Sr., who, in 1887, wrote of his days on the river. Capt. Poe was a descendant of the famed Indian fighters, Adam and Andrew Poe. ~ Follm\ing is the final of a
series of articles.
By JIM 1\IULLOOL Y
Last winter, death claimed a very - good· and interesting frientl.
.This was Mrs. Lillian Poe Wagner, whose father, Charlie Poe, had operated a livery stable in Georgetown for many years. Mrs. Wagner was a storehouse of Poe lore and with her own Poe "talent," had given piano lessons for many years ' . to residents o f . Georgeotwn and surrounding · communities. She had been a lifelong resident of the village.
In - he~:. late seventies, Lillian · Poe Wagner never failed to entertain· visitors with her fine use of the piano keyboard. In the front room of the quaint . old Poe home she lived in, she : had two pianos. A "grand," and -an- "upright." On one in-strument she would play 1 "Humoresque' \\ith one hand, while on the other side would do "Swanee River' with the remaining hand.
We often teased her with the : statement that "she should be on, the Lawrence Welk show with such talent!" -
Her stories of G€orgetown and th~ Poes were legion. _
'Mrs. Wagner's passing leaves a -deep void - in the telling of the story of G€orgetown; 1;-ut others, like Mrs. Helen Finley, Mrs. · John Mackall and :Mrs. Welborn,' will carry the torch! for future researchers. I
GEORGETOWN. -~-
.Is situntecl in the South-western cor- I ncr of Beaver county and i.$ locntcd on n. high, level bottom, overlooking the Ohio river, · commnucliog a beautiful
! · view of the picturesque scenery on the ! opposite side of the river, o nd of the. r broken romantic hills of Ohio and
\Vest Virginia. Its inhabitants num.'· per nbo_ut ·three hund reel, most of the runle members bf whieh fo llow bontingl ns their occupation, · so thnt, n.fter n rise,. the appearance of the pluce reminds- one very much of Goldsmith's " Deserted Villuge."
Three stores supply the people with dry goods .n.r11l groccric.9. Oue public house n.ccommodutcs the few travelers '"hose busiueS's or plensure culls .them
. this way. A post-office and smith ~hop meer the demand on their separntc departments. Two churches, Episcopal und J\{ethoclist, supply nn order-loving and clnrrch~goiug ~eople \\'ith religious prvilleges.
The chnrncter of the place is goon, ~ there being no liquor sold, neither in
public nor on the sly. There 'nre no mnnnfact.ories of n.ny lcinrl in the plnce.
Severn.l oil wells hn.vc been rmnk n.nd oil ha.'l been obtained in paying quantities, but for some canse, they hn·.'e h .... ·':\u· al.Hu~;.!:r--,- ~ -:v,.. .. t .. --.,·-"Jtc low price of oil n.nd the_, difflculty nod cost of getting _it to market runy bn.ve hnd something to do with it.
Messrs llfacnll & Co nre now. engaged in sinking n well nnrf huve r·eaehcrl1~ depth of GOO feet. They expect when they rench n. depth of70U feet, to strike th~ main oil nrtery. It is t.o he hoped thnt their labor nnd expenditure of menus, mny be remunerated. Coal of
- good qnnlity is found in abundance nenr the plncc, nnd there is nn 1'\ feet vein ofthis.vnhmblc min$ml only tlO feeb below the surface~ which couhl be shafted n.ta. moderate cost. No doubt
the clnys .used in pottery nnd in mnking fire brick, could be obtainetl in the surrouo.diog hills iu suffici~nt abundance to justify. the erection of n. fuctory. The bottom on which Georgetown · is built, being some three miles long; pr~ents a beautiful site for n city.
Oue of its grentcst wn.nts is n. rmi: roo.c1, and . u. little more capital - :mel business euergy, It hns rtllources iu _nLuuuuuce. They only need develop-
~ ment to mnke it one of.the most flour' . l" . lS ung towns on.the Ohio river. Thn.t
8 feet vein of co11.l will be worked. 1~t
110 distn.nt clny, aurl fleets of coal bnrgcs will be lndeued here for the South.
T_ho,se boln,hcroic pioneers, n.nd Inditm fighters, of whom snch honornblc mcnt.ion is mn.ue in the history of border
wnrfnrC-Afln.m itiiil Anr1rew 'rb~!l settled not fni· from this '[>lnce, s~~(~ i of their descendn.nts are residents ofl this villnge. A ~hort time since, we I hn.d the plcnsnre _ of dini.ug with !'
1\Ir. George· Poe, the only surviving, s?n of Andrew Poe, nown. henlthy, ac-: tJve old mnn in his eighty-seventh year. I It was only n. sh'ort distnns;e below I Georgetown, 'thnt .the bnttle for life j took plnqe between Adam P.oe* nn._,... "Bigfoot;" The Poes who·~-e names will be found on the list, elsewhere published, nrc thP-grnucl chihlreli nnd grent grand children of these pioneer settlers.
*We follow hi~tory. Bnt 11-fr. C. Cnllwnn oftlli~ plaee,_ who w.nH ~C<JII."intcd with the.'e I brothers dnrmg the1r !Jfe-tJme, nml who had often hcnrrl them relate the particnlnrn of the fight, OR"ertR that history is Wrong, nnd that Andrew, nn<l not Arlam Poe, wns the l;ero in the conllict with "Bigfoot."
John Bever's Dwelling
Jghn Bever emigrated to America from Ireland and settled in Beaver County,
. Pennsylvania, about 1788 . He furnished supplies for the block houses which
protected the early settler s from the Indians. In 1790 he married Nancy Bowman
of Georgetown .
In his book about John Bever , Thomas J. Malone states that the house on
the northwest corner of lot #11 of the Bever addition in Georgetown incorporates
part of the "mansion or dwelling" of John Bever and it is the "blockhouse".
The original house was made of logs, two stories high, walls 17 inches thick,
inside measurements 16 feet by 16 feet with puncheon floors and the ceiling
not over 7 feet high. It has a basement under the old part. The foundation
has 4x4 inch studding, 18 inches apart filled in with pressed brick .
Lot 3 11 was deeded to George Ebert and wife by Jacob Poe and \vife
January 16, 1845 . January 22, 1872 George Ebert deed it to John A. Trimble.
He was the grandfather of John Nash who lived in the house until his death .
The Poe House
In 1820 Thomas and Elizabeth Hepner Poe came to Georgetown and built
a log house on the corner of First and MArket Streets . Thomas was the son
of Adam Poe, the famous Indian Fighter . All of his sons were rivermen.
One son, Adam, later made his home in the house recently owned by the Eaton
and Brooks families . Elizabeth Poe was known as a devout Christian and an
industrious wife and mother. She opened up her home for the first MEthodist
church services in Georgetown, and along with Rev . Wesley Smith, she organized
the first Sunday School classes and planned for the first church building.
In later years, Thomas Poe built another home overlooking the river at Front
& Market Streets. The log house was then taken over by Jacob and family .
Jacob was married to Mary Ann Ebert. They had five sons, two of which died
in infancy. The house itself is strange and interesting with many mysteries .
At some time there was an apdition built on to the log part and after a while
the log part was torn down and a new section put on. The older half of the house
was put together vnth wooden pegs- even the rafters and crossbraces. The window
glass is very thin and obviously, very old. This was the home of Lillian Poe WAgner_,
granddaughter of Jacob and the last of this branch of the Poes. She was an
only child and had no children of her own. None of Jacob's other sons had children.
!-~athoc.i:::::n '.-:B.s fcu:::1ded in 0-r;,orgeto".-m in t:-:.8 e2.rly 1t_3C 1 s,
of ~ho~as and ~lizateth Ee;ner Poe. ?h~re the first Sunday
School cla~ses ~ere organized 2nd held, and the fir~t church
It ~as built in 1534 ~ith the Rev. S~ith as Faster. It ~as
cescriced lat8r e.s s. :::::isers.ble f:?..ih.::.r·e, "dsf'sctive i::-1 1.Jl::-n
a:r:.d siz~. '' Rc•.r. Garrett Jonas ce,lled it a sr.eep po::-1 a::.d saiC.,
"·,-;t.en :. t r2.inec, it ;:as nec,: sse.ry to ~o o-c.t d.oor·s tQ ~st i::-1
t :-:e C.r~;--. "
~as lik8ne~ to the sjs~et~n of a b~e hive or a s~w ~ill that
in need of repair~ involvin~ a lar;e
T.!.e~.-i 0l~ur cl:.
?he p~ese~t building vas started in 1276, near t~e close of
?~e carpenter ~or~ w~s done by ~. Nash and A. ~artin. The
God on. ?-.Tov. 1 1 ' ,..., "'! •
'v • .'1 • Sr.1i_th,
fr~m [round to to~
92 feet. It is hs 2.ted
furn:::.c:~ s, lighted t·.-:o s:..z
li&Ct cha:r:.~e~iers. ~~.e Ghro:::~iele li.sts tl!e nE:.r.1cs of.' G.l:_ Oo:-:er·s, the a::'.:)·i.lJ.1-c es.~::
;;a\' e, 2.::-:.d an 2 po lo~-y to
in~Gr~~ti0n p~tlis~ed.
a::J.y '::'l-:e
-:.·:ho misht be offended at c'c:.l..<r-~h ~-:2.11 C-3 1 'J0 years
:--~ C. -v- i !"l6
clc, on the
The pressnt F~stor is Da~i~ Lewis 2. student minister.
Throu[h tl:e y·2s.r-s t~-:e C!:.urch has been ·..;ell cared Lor
2.Ld brou:.).'":t u_J "'.::o date f:::om tL1e t) til"'le l·:ith nei·: plumbing,
ago, .. hen it needed re.:-E-irs, the
with the present o~e. . .
~he pr?sent car~eti~3 a~d fur~iture was installed four ye&rs a~o.
~~sre is a ps.r=o~a~e t~hind t~e church which, at t~e present
onlJ child. John ~·-. :--, • , l 1. ~~ lill D.!.. 2. •
Co.pt. ?rc::l ·~~.-ick ~:ay
says • 1 • • .c • -"
3~"1.~ h:::_s .a -::~·~c_lth. of c.ntlques H.l.lCrl .Llll....!. a p2.-_~fect se.ttin:; in a
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Unveiling the Honor Roll - Georgetown
Making apple butter in the backyard ( Mackalls)
l~ . .
"The Old Bridge" - demolished to make
way for the present structure
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Old Stone House - no longer standing
Once the home of James & Sidney Mackall
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One of the old Todd houses ··
The Old Schoolhouse (demolished in a flood)
Old Barn on old Mackall Homestead
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lhe Public Square in the heart of
Georgetown
(Home o£ Erma Mackall m the backgrormd)