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Subject: [RHEA-L] Buffalo Twp. Wash. Co. Pa. Allison and Rea fmily
Date: Tue, 2 Jun 1998 21:47:12 EDT

Buffalo Twp. Wash. Co. Pa. Allison and Rea family

Settlements.--James Allison, a native of Ireland, came to this country
and settled in Eastern Pennsylvania. He was employed in the iron-works
in that region, and in 1758 or 1759 married Sarah Rea. He and his wife
continued there for several years, until several children were born to
them, and in the spring of 1776 Mr. Allison brought his family into what
is now Buffalo township. He took up a tract of land, containing three
hundred and sixty-nine acres, located on the waters of Buffalo Creek.
For this tract, which was named "Complaint," the Virginia commissioners,
in session at Redstone Old Fort, Dec. 21, 1779, issued a certificate, in
which it was recited that the tract then granted to Allison was "to
include his actual Settlement made in the year of our Lord 1776." Before
James Allison's settlement on this tract, a man named Taylor had located
a claim upon it, and had made a little clearing.

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