Todd

The founding record

Tod township was formed from Union in April, 1838. It is located in the Trough creek valley and is bounded as follows: On the northeast by Penn and Cass townships; on the southeast by Cass and Clay; on the southwest by Wood and Carbon, and on the northwest by Hopewell and Lincoln. Nearly all the pioneers came from Maryland. About 1760 John Plummer settled in the Trough creek valley. On September 20, 1762, Colonel Henry Bouquet received four warrants for lands in that locality and in August, 1767, four tracts, aggregating nearly 1,500 acres, were surveyed for him by Richard Tea near the base of Broad Top mountain. John Edwards came in 1785. Jacob Houck in 1786, Michael and William Houck in 1787, John Taylor and others in 1795. Walter Hudson built a log mill on Trough creek some time between 1790 and 1800. the first in the township. Paradise furnace and Eagle foundry were both located in this township, but they ceased operations long since. John W. Jordan, ed., History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing, 1913) · character 203,606 of the scanned text

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