Crawford County, Pennsylvania
History
Historical Township Boundaries
UNION TOWNSHIP
| Date | Event |
| Oct. 1867 | Created from parts of Fairfield Twp., Greenwood Twp., and Vernon Twp. 1 |
Boundaries: Beginning on the bank of French Creek, on what is known as the southerly of the J. C. G. Kennedy tract; thence by said tract line to the south west corner thereof, and n.w. corner of D. Haman; thence south by division line of land one hundred and ninety-five (195) perches to the s.w. corner of Ambor ger, also corner of Smith, Kebort, et al; thence west by the north line of said Smith to the center of a public road; thence south by said road and west line of Smith to the n.e. corner of James Johnson's heirs; thence west by the division line of land to a point opposite the dividing line between tracts No 495 [sic; 405] & 496 [406]; thence south by said dividing line to the center of the channel of Conneaut Outlet; thence down said channel by its several meanderings till its junction with French Creek; thence up said creek by its several courses and distances to the place of beginning. | |
| 29 April 1868 | Territory gained from Vernon Twp. 2 |
[Ordered] that the present west line of Vernon township along west line of land of J S. and R. S. Davis be altered beginning at the northeast corner of land of Henry Lauderman thence N 88—° W 90 perches by lands of Lauderman and Yochum to northwest corner of land of said Michael Yochum, thence S 1—° W 210 perches to Marsh road, thence along west side of said road to the middle of the channel of Conneaut Marsh, thence along the middle of said channel to the present line between said townships, making the last mentioned line the boundary between the two townships. | |
The petition of the undersigned inhabitants of the townships of Union and Vernon in said County respectfully represents:
That the line between the townships of Union and Vernon in said County as now established is so located that it leaves a short piece of the marsh road in Vernon Township entirely separated, and quite distant from any other road in said township of Vernon and accessible to the inhabitants of the township only by a circuitous rout[e] through Union Township, thereby making it very inconvenient and burdensome for the Inhabitants of Vernon Township to keep said road in repair; That the convenience of the inhabitants of said townships would be greatly promoted by altering the line between said townships as follows, viz: 'beginning at the northeast corner of lands of Henry Landerman, thence west to northwest corner of lands of Michael Yochum, thence south to west side of marsh road, thence along west side of said road to the middle of the channel of Conneaut Marsh, then along the middle of said channel to the present line between Union and Vernon townships.
The petitoners therefore pray the Court to allow the lines of said township of Union and Vernon as aforesaid so as to suit the convenience of the inhabitants thereof.
And so they will ever pray. [signed] Henry Laudermann, Michael Joch—m [in German script], J[?]. S. Davis, J. V. Davis, Henry Houck, H. B. Herrington, Philipp Sch—fer[?; in German script], David Shafer, John Thatcher, W M Thatcher, Alonzo Smock, Friedrich Dorn, Adam S-—r-[?; in German script], Joseph Hannah, Thomas Shafer, O H P Herrington, W. P. Herrington, L C. Brush[or Breck?], Wm. Collom, Daniel Clark, John Face, Amos Trace, A. A. Trace, A. J. Trace, A W Trace, W. D Trace, Matthias Flickinger, J[?] Flauch, David Kupnor Jr., S Flauch, John Andrews, R. A. Ferguson, Gabriel Boron Sr[Jr?], David Brown, F. X. Brown, Gabriel Brown, Jacob Brown, W W Andrews, O S Andrews, R Brown, J. D. VanMarter, Gideon Brown, A. J. Brown, J W VanMarter, Louis Maine, Wm. Huber, Daniel Klippel, Jacob Yochum, Henry Magee, Jacob Joch—m [in German script], Jacob Kebort, Michael Hartmann [in German script], Peter Kebert. RETURN
