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ber o f Columbia county men were also in Compaiw H o f this raim en t. T he 7th Cavalry* 80th Regiment, contained a number o f men from both of these counties* to be found on the rolls o f Companies D and H . T hey saw long and severe service under Buell in Kentucky and Tennessee, being dis* charged Aug. 2 $, 1865. COLUUfitA c o u n t y ’ s w a r f o o t i n c
With the world at w ar in 1914* it is inter esting to read the report o f Uie assessors o f that year to the adjutant general at H arrisbui^, showing the number o f men in this county, between the ages o f twenty-one and forty-five* subject to m ilitary duty. T h e total is 4.572* and in addition there are many who would volunteer in case o f war* thus making a very respectable showing. T he number by districts is as fo llo w s: B eaver Benton Benton B erw ick
........................................................................ 61 B o ro u th ..................................................... 8a T o w n sn ip .................................................... 8a ...................................................................... Sas
B loom ib u rg. East ................................................... 37$ Bloom sburg. W e s t .............................. 3J4 Briarcreek ................................................................ C&lawissa T ow n sh ip ................................................ 56 CatavrUsa B orough ................................................ aaS Centralia* i s t ............................................................. tuf Centralia. ad ............................................................. 180 C entre ........................................................................ 14a Cleveland ................................................................... 73 Conyngham .................................................................a io Fishingcreek ............................................................. 60 Franklin .................................................................... 6a G reenw ood ............................................... 136 H em lock .................................................................... 144 Jackson ...................................................................... 53 Locust ........................................................................ 90 M adison .................................................................... l a j M a i n ............................................................................ 80 M ifflin ...................................................................... tao M illvilJc .................................................................... S9 M on tou r .................................................................... 79 M ount Pleasant ....................................................... ao O ran ge T ow n sh ip ................................................... $a O ra n g eville Borough .............................................. as P »n « ............................................................................ 74 R oarin gcreek ............................................................. S7 S cott .......................................................................... 45 S u ga rlo a f ................................................................... tos SttU w aler Borough .................................................. 8 W e s t Berw ick, 1st................................................... 146 W e s t Berw ick, a d ..................................................... 315
CH A PTER X C O U N T Y F O R M A T IO N T he three original counties laid out by the iminortal founder o f Pennsylvania were Bucks, Philadelphia and Chester. Though the Prov ince w as divided in 1682 into the three men tioned counties, their boundaries were not distinctly ascertained until several years there after. In 1729 the extension of the settlements and the purchases from the Indians led to the esUblishment o f Lancaster county. A t that time the Susquehanna marked the western limit of the Province, but the purchase o f 1736 opened a triangular area west of the river, which was attached to Lancaster county until the increase o f settlements demanded the crcctmn in 1749 o f Y o rk county, and in the following year of Cumberland. T he Indian boundary line of the Kittatinny range marked the northern lim it of these counties. In 1752 the counties o f B e rk s and Northampton further divided this section. In 17 7 1 Bedford county w as erected, and in 1772 the county o f Northumberland, from the territory o f which Columbia and Montour counties have since been formed, came into
being. It included an area now covered by twenty-six counties and originally extended to the border line o f N ew Y ork. It w as organ ized March 27, 1772. and took in all the valley of the West Branch of the Susquehanna, and, with a small exception, the whole of the north ern part of the State. It contained 28,922 square miles, a territory larger than Connecti cut, Delaware, Massachusetts and N ew Jersey combined. A t the first court held in that county, on A pril 9, 1772, the cotuity was divided into the townships o f Penn, Augusta, Turbut, Buffalo, Bald Eagle, Muncy ana Wyoming. Columbia and several other counties were included with in the three townships o f Augusta, Turbut and Vyoming, the other four townships being cut off from Northumberland in 1786 and included in Luzerne county. T he terriior>' o f Northumberland was again curtailed in 1789 by the formation o f Mifflin county; by Lycoming in 17 9 5; Center in 18 0 0; Union and Columbia in 1 8 1 3; and Montour in 1850. T he townshijw also were gradually cut up. Turbut township was bereft o f territory
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