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��from there cut his road to Section 13 and es- tablished a home. His familiar neighbors were the Indians. The}- made frequent visits to his cabin, and borrowed cooking-pots and dishes, which thej' returned promptly. Soon after the war of 1812, Philip Stealts settled on Section 11, John Painter on Section 36, and, in 1815, 1816 and 1817, a general break-out was niade. Along the creek, west of Haniwalt's mill, Abraham Hetrick, Lawrence Lamb, John Shauck and John Edwards settled. Those who settled in the other parts of the township were David Carr, Moses Packer, the Laverings, Caleb Selby, Bracket Dyer, John Cook, the Harts, Peter Poorman, the Singreys, Culps, Benjamin Kirk and a few others. So rapidl}- was it set- tled, that in 1835 — twent3--five years after the first settlement was made — there were almost as man}' children in the township as there are at present. Since 1845, the enumeration of the subdistricts has decreased. The following is the enumeration in 1838 and 1845, of each of the ten subdistricts :

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�1845.

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�No.

�1...

�79....

�.... 74

�• No.

�6..

�... 72....

�....107

�No.

�2...

�76....

�91

�No.

�7 ..

�...102....

�....10-5

�No.

�3...

�73....

�118

�No.

�8..

�... 67....

�....102

�No.

�4...

�93....

�117

�No.

�9..

�... 79....

�.... 81

�No.

�5...

�96....

�118

�No.

�10..

�... 39....

�.... 51

��John Frederick Herron built the first mill in the township, on the present site of Haniwalt's mill, on the northeast quarter of Section 11, in 1811-12. Peter Weirick was emploj'ed to do the carpenter work, and while he was erecting the structure, IMr. Herron went to Baltimore with a six-horse team, to procure the mill- stones. The house was put up in log-cabin style. The machineiy consisted of a water- wheel, shaft and master-wheel, which articulated with the trundle-head that ran the stone. The gearing Avas made of wood. This invincible concern didn't reduce grain to incomprehensi- ble fineness, but it answered very well for the days of broad teeth and pioneer jaws. The

��millers ready retort of those da^'S, on com- plaint of customers that the meal would not go through the sieve, was, " It '11 go through 3'our ladder." In 1814, Francis Baughman purchased it, and ran it till 1833, when it passed into the liands of John Haniwalt. The second enter- prise of the kind was undertaken by John Shauck, and a steam mill is now in operation where he built, near the center of Section 5. Other mills were erected in the township, that did a flourishing business for many 3-ears, ]jut the failure of the streams to supph" the re- quired power made them unprofitaljle, and they were abandoned. The first building on the site of Corbett's Woolen Mills, northeast quar- ter of Section 10, was a saw-mill erected by Thomas Philips, in 1830 ; in 1835, a grist-mill was added ; in 1848, Mr. Frairie purchased it. and put in a carding machine, and in 1849, the general woolen machinery. It came into Cor- bett's possession in 1876. The Peny or Eb}' Mill was built in 1837, and operated thirt}'- seven 3'ears. It was located a short distance west of the Haniwalt mill.

Hagerstown is the only tillage in East Perrj- Township. It derived this name from Christo- pher Hager. who first settled on the village site, the southwest corner of the northwest quarter of Section 22, and the quarter-sections that corner with it. The first store was opened in the village as a branch of a Johnsville store, and was under the management of J. Cannon and a Mr. Algire. "William James was the first blacksmith. Through the influence of John Sherman, a post office was secured in 1860-61, l)earing the name of Hagersville. Much of the mail matter designed for this office went to Haysville, and, on suggestion of the Postmaster at the latter place, it was changed to Darling- ton, by which name the town is also known. p]. Ruhl was the first Postmaster. J. Zimmerla is proprietor of a grocery and notion store at this date, and M. Paxton has a dry-goods store, and is Postmaster.

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