Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania: Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, Including Many of the Early Settlers, and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens - Softcover
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Colonel Chambers was named in the Act creating Cumberland county as its first col lector of the excise, and he was also appoint ted one of the first justices of the peace for the new county. His first important duty as a magistrate could scarcely have been an agreeable one. In May, 1750, with-the other magistrates. He accompanied Secretary Rich ard Peters to the Juniata, and later to Path Valley, Aughwick, and the Big and Little. Coves, besides making a detour with George Croghan to Shearman's creek, to assist in dispossessing the squatters who had settled at these in disregard of the Indian title. As a justice of the peace he was one of the judges of the county courts, and the records show that he sometimes sat as the presiding justice.
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Colonel Chambers was named in the Act creating Cumberland county as its first col lector of the excise, and he was also appoint ted one of the first justices of the peace for the new county. His first important duty as a magistrate could scarcely have been an agreeable one. In May, 1750, with-the other magistrates. He accompanied Secretary Rich ard Peters to the Juniata, and later to Path Valley, Aughwick, and the Big and Little. Coves, besides making a detour with George Croghan to Shearman's creek, to assist in dispossessing the squatters who had settled at these in disregard of the Indian title. As a justice of the peace he was one of the judges of the county courts, and the records show that he sometimes sat as the presiding justice.
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- Publication date2018
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- Number of pages843
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