Township · Huntingdon County

Barree

2 stories on file, each with its sources. 24.0 square miles of land in the ridge and valley country of central Pennsylvania.

432

Population

23.99 sq mi

Land area

0.11 sq mi

Water

Township

Type

The founding record

Barree township, as created in 1767, was "Bounded by Dublin, Coleraine and Bedford townships, as already mentioned, and along the Allegheny until a line struck from thence to Jack's Mountain so as to include the waters of Little Juniata and Shaver's and Standing Stone creeks." In 1771, when Bedford county was erected, Barree township included all that part of the present county of Huntingdon lying northwest of Jack's mountain. Since then the townships of Jackson and West and parts of Logan, Oneida and Miller have been taken from Barree, Before the erection of Lc^n and Miller townships, Barree had an average width of four miles, extending from Jackson and West to Oneida, and in length from ten to twelve miles, from the summit of Standing Stone mountain and the Mifflin county line on the southeast to the Center county line and the summit of Tussey's mountain on the northwest. Warrior's ridge crosses it east and south of the center. On one side of this ridge runs the Standing Stone creek and on the other Shaver's creek. One of the first land warrants in the township was issued on what was known as the "Shaver's Creek Manor." The warrant bears date of October 30, 1760. John W. Jordan, ed., History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1913) · character 175,683 of the scanned text

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Stories from Barree

From the county histories, on Barree township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1883, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

The township contains several fine school buildings, aud all the old houses are being gradually displaced by a better class of buildings, which are equal to those in other parts of the county. General Industries and fastu the present township of Barree there is but little water-power, and but few manufacturing interests consequently are carried on, agriculture being the chief occupation of the people. The most important manufacturing interest ever carried on in Barree was Monroe Smelting Furnace, in the northwestern corner of the township. It was built on Shaver's Creek by Gen. James Irwin about 1845, and was successfully operated by him several years. Following him as an operator was George W. Johnston, who did considerable casting in connection, waking stoves of the Philadelphia pattern. The metal produced by the furnace was grayish, and was esteemed superior for castirig purposes. The furnace was of the quarter pattern, and had a good capacity, but was unfavorably located for an extensive business. It has not been in blast for the last twelve years, and the property connected therewith is somewhat dilapidated. It belongs to the Logan Iron and Steel Company. Not far from this locality John Rudy began distilling whiskey in May, 1878, the distillery being of small capacity and persed only about five months in a year, The Rudy family also carries on a small saw-mill, and Reuben and Martin have manufactured brick the past four years.J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883) · character 1,404,319 of the scanned text

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J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883)

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From the county histories, on Barree township. The passage below is printed exactly as it appears in 1883, including the spelling of the day and the errors the scanner made. It has not been rewritten, summarised or added to.

At the same time the elders were Hugh A. Jackson, James Smith, and David McAlevy. The latter office has also been filled by Alexander Thompson, Samuel Mitchell, Robert Huey, William D. Black, George M. McAlevy, and Robert Fleming. In the history of Barree township may be read a full account of the Shaver's Creek Church, from which it will be seen that in its relation to that part of the congregation worshiping in Jack- -the Manor Hill Circuit. son the preaching-place has become more important than the mother-church. The last few years services have been regularly maintained in Jackson, and preaching only occasionally at Manor Hill. There were about sixty members in the congregation, and a Sabbath-school is maintained in Jackson under the superintendenee of James Smith, which had a good attendance in 1881. à Among the ministers of the old Shaver's Creek Church, in the order named, from to the present time, have been the Revs.J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883) · character 1,949,363 of the scanned text

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J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Louis H. Everts, 1883)

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