My 3x Great Grandfather Joseph W. Warren was a resident of Sewickley, Pennsylvania. During my research, I found that he was referenced along with my 5x Great Grandfather, Nathan McPherson in the book "The Village of Sewickley" by Franklin Taylor Nevin, published in 1929. Much to my delight, I was able to find an original copy from an online bookseller a few years ago. In this book, there were a few lists of names that I wanted to share as well as the map below.
separate election and School District." There were sixty-one freeholders and twenty-one "voters but not freeholders" on this petition. A decree was made by the court on July 6, 1853. The following map was the proposed borough that was presented with the petition.
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| Map of Sewickley, 1853 The printed book does not contain colour but it is mentioned that the streets are indicated by red lines. |
"The Village of Sewickley" by Franklin Taylor Nevins. Published by The Sewickley Print-Ship, Sewickley - Pennsylvania, 1929. Page 49. Transcribed by Lisa Teabo on January 15, 2019, and posted on www.familyandforebears.com.
LIST OF PETITIONERS FOR BOROUGH CHARTER
SEWICKLEY, 1853
(Deed Book, vol.108, page 122)
FREEHOLDERS
Samuel E. Babcock, John F. White, William Harbaugh, Charles
Thorn, David R. Miller, Joseph S. Travelli, E. W. Worthington, John
Way, Lewis F. McClelland, Solomon Ague, A. McElwain, Wilson Moor,
George F. Rudisill, James P. Mars, T. H. Nevin, D. E. Nevin, John
Miller, Joseph Bush, Samuel Morrow, James McClelland, Samuel D.
Miller, Charles Miskaeis, William A. Ellis, James Ellis, John Ague,
John R. Garrison, James Miller, Robert Hopkins, James McC. Williams,
James Allan, Daniel Deputron, Willaim C. Gray, Joseph Craft, James
Blackstock, Robert H. Cochran, John Lake, Frederick Ringley, Stephen
Dickson, John Norris, Charles Norris, John M. Stevens, Robert Lutle,
John C. Little, Baldwin Gray, Philo Goff, John Dickson, Absolom Smith,
James Gray, William Miller, Bruce Tracey, Thomas Stevenson, Wylie S.
Means, William Sarver, Josiah Winters, Alexander Winters, James
Grimes, John Fleming, George Hall, Levi Wade, D. N. White, John Ingram.
VOTERS NOT FREEHOLDERS
A. M. Reed, John B. S. Ward, Abraham Miller, James R. Wilson,
James Allison, S. T. Garrison, David R. McPherson, T. P. Brown, James
W. Stevens, Charles Lake, Watson Moore, G. S. Moore, John Estep,
James E. Anderson, Esq., William M. May, John D. Hyke, Robert A.
McCray, John Hamilton, George Gray, Albert G. Williams, John Sneed.
The names in the above transcription have been copied exactly as they appear. Nothing has been altered.
Source:
Nevin, F. T. (1929) The Village of Sewickley, Sewickley, Pennsylvania: The Sewickley Printing-Shop, Inc.
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