The counties of Greene and Washington, west of Fayette, were evidently included in Springhill. That part of Fayette County, northwest of Redstone to the mouth of Jacob’s Creek, was a part of Rostraver Township. Here, the division line was Redstone Creek, from its mouth to where it was crossed by Burd’s Road, and from Burd’s Road to Gist’s, then Braddock’s Road to the Great Crossing. In 1772, and until Westmoreland County was established in 1773, Bedford County encompassed all of southwestern Pennsylvania.Īll of present Fayette County - east of a straight line from the mouth of Redstone to the mouth of Jacob’s Creek - consisted of two townships, Springhill and Tyrone. Originally published in James Veach’s The Monongahela of Old or Historical Sketches of Southwestern Pennsylvania to the Year 1800 (Pittsburgh, 1910 edition). Reprinted from American Genealogy Magazine, Vol.
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