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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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