DATE

YEAR

LAST NAME

FIRST NAME

CONTENTS

January 14

1862

Munson

H. H.

Under date of Jan. 14, 1862, H. H. Munson of Oswayo proposes a Historical Society for Potter County.

January 28

1862

Bowman

Milton G.

Milton G. Bowman petitions for license to keep public house formerly kept by J. C. Thompson.  Signers of his petition: Hamilton White, James S. Predmore, John D. Snyder, R. N. Haynes, Zalmon F. Robinson, Simon Williams, R. T. Farnum, William H. Avery, James S. Haynes, Henry Hubbard, Israel Dodge, Calvin Cummings, John Olney, H. Cummins, Burr Robinson, L. I. Gill, L. O. Stone, Seneca O. Wilcox, C. H. Doud, Henry Outman, T. Kibbe, J. T. Williams, William Steadman, John Gill, George Kennedy, Julius Pierce, Joseph Pierce.  January 23, 1863

May 25

1862

Battle of Winchester

 

Battle of Winchester, May 25, 1862

Wounded: Henry Cummings.

Absent wounded and missing: Harvey J. Warner.

Missing: George Washington, drummer.

In Hospital: Noyes Snyder

May 28

1862

White

Miles

Sheriff sale of property of Miles White. North by state line of N. Y. being lot No. 9 and part of warrant No. 1103. 60 acres improved.  Frame house, frame barn, apple orchard and other fruit trees.

August 18

1862

Civil War Patriots

Capt. Walton Dwight

The following left Coudersport under Capt. Walton Dwight, of Coudersport to join the Bucktail Brigade now being organized by Major Stone:

Silas E. Call, Chancy W. Cornish, Jason Haskins, Francis Palmatier, James Seeley, John Chestnut, John T. Harrison, John J. Jones, Maurice M. Sackett, Chas. Thomas.

September 10

1862

Civil War

 

Number from Harrison enrolled in Militia: 176.

Gone to war, 59

To be drafted: 17

September 16

1862

Republican County Convention

 

Republican County Convention to meet in Coudersport Sept. 16, 1862. 

Delegates from Harrison: Spencer H. Beebe, A. Rose, Israel Dodge, S. B. Goodell, H. H. Swetland.

 

Lucien Bird and Z. F. Robinson candidates for County Surveyor.

First Ballot:                   Bird 23 Robinson 18

Second Ballot:              Bird  32            Robinson 18

September 30

1862

Bouton and Burtis

 

White’s Corners, Pa.: Notice given that the partnership between Bouton and Burtis is this day dissolved by mutual consent.  The business will be continued by J. W. Bouton.

October 15

1862

Civil War Patriots

 

Volunteers from Harrison:

George Jennings, Jeremiah Jennings, Albert Palmatier, Volney D. Sackett, Harvey J. Warner, Jeremiah Springer, Edward Gilbert, C. A. Gilbert, Henry Cummings, Gilbert Manning, Caleb Palmatier, David Mascho, A. H. Lambert, W. John Wallace, Wm. Kibbe, J. T. Williams, F. S. Olney, Wm. R. Clark, Wm. Franklin Stone, L. D. Williams, John Wetherill, Jason W. Stevens, Geo. W. Stevens, Russell R. Burnside, Ira Baxter, Wm. H. Hubbard, Oliver W. Olney, Barber Phillips, Maurice N. Sackett, Silas E. Call, John T. Harrison, Jason Haskins, Francis Palmatier, Chauncey Cornish, John J. Jones, Rev. Chas. Wilson, Martin Dodge, Vincent Dodge, R. B. Fisher, John T. Thomas, Samuel Metcalf, Theodor Holcomb, Montreville Brown, John C. Tanner, Ansel Parker, Philip H. Coykendall, John Palmatier, Charles Jones, John Fletcher, Lorenzo Fletcher, Chas H. Jennings.

 

Rev. Charles Wilson reported dead, October 22nd, 1862.

October 29

1862

 

 

List of Harrison residents drafted at Coudersport to fill the quota of Potter: H. A. Fisher, substitute for Olayo Hawks, J. P. Leete, Sylvester Clark, John Olney, Anson Robinson, Olayo Dennis, Thomas J. Kibbe, John N. Gill, Franklin Stedman, Wm. Statham, Peter Simmons, and substitute for H. N. Stone, M. Courtright, Ira M. Baxter, and Leonard Simmons. (Note some discrepancy in above list as H. Stone and Ira Baxter has previously enlisted).

December 24

1862

Burtis

Woolsey

Woolsey Burtis retired from the office of County Treasurer last week.  During his term he has proved himself an accommodating, reliable and prompt officer and has made many friends among those who were called upon to transact business with him.  For his successor, Lewis W. Lyman, we predict a successful performance of the responsible duties of that position.

December 24

1862

Lyman

Lewis W.

Woolsey Burtis retired from the office of County Treasurer last week.  During his term he has proved himself an accommodating, reliable and prompt officer and has made many friends among those who were called upon to transact business with him.  For his successor, Lewis W. Lyman, we predict a successful performance of the responsible duties of that position.