Note 69 — Front matter
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Eugene Warden, Esq., of Mount Pleasant, Pa., has aided the writer very materially in the location of the road through Westmoreland County by calling his attention to the following document, which establishes definitely the fording of Jacob’s Creek and the course of the road to Sewickley Creek.
“The Commissioner of Westmoreland County, pursuant to the directions of an Act of Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, entitled ‘An Act for laying out competent Districts for the appointment of Justices of the Peace, passed April 4, 1803,’ laid out the said county into the following districts, to wit:....”
“Huntingdon South:—Beginning at the mouth of Big Sewickley; thence up the river Youghiogheny to the mouth of Jacob’s Creek; thence up said creek to Braddock’s Fording; thence along Braddock’s Road to Mt. Pleasant District line to a corner of Hempfield District; thence along said line to Big Sewickley; thence down said creek to the place of beginning.” (Court of Common Pleas of Westmoreland County, Pa., Continuance Docket No. 5, p. 443.)