1846. Alex. Patton, elected. 1848. Daniel Evans in place of Bruck. 66 Wm. T. Martin reëlected. 1849. J. P. Bruck in place of Patton. 1851. Wm. Haddock in place of Evans. 66 Nathan Brooks in place of Martin, resigned. 1852. William Field in place of Bruck. 1854. Charles Jucksch in place of Brooks. 66 John G. Miller in place of Haddock. 1855. Wm. Field reëlected. 1857. John G. Miller reëlected. CHAPTER XVI. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP. THIS township was organized by its present name in 1807, though it then embraced four or five times its present area. It was reduced to its present limits by the formation of Jackson in 1815, and of Prairie in 1819. A settlement was commenced on Darby, near Georgesville, at an early age of the county. Amongst the settlers were, Messrs. Thomas Roberts, John Bigger, James Gardiner, Samuel Dyer, Samuel Kerr, John Turner and others. About as early as 1805, Mr. Dyer erected his mill, which was long known as "Dyer's mill," and has been kept up by repeated repairs till the present time. It was for some years owned by James Gardiner, and bore his name; but it is now owned by William Dyer, and its former name restored. It is the only flouring mill in the township. In 1815, a post office was established in this township by the name of "Pleasant Post Office." In 1816, Mr. Roberts laid out the town of Georgesville, and in 1818, the name of the post office was changed to "Georgesville Post Office." The successive postmasters have been: 66 Thos. Roberts, first postmaster, appointed in Feb. 1815. Mr. Reynolds died in July, 1851. From that time till Mr. Scott's appointment (four months) the office was kept by his widow. In June, 1836, the town of Harrisburgh was laid out by Joseph Chenowith, Esq., Frederick Cole, Esq., surveyor. It is now a lively village, containing about thirty families, two taverns, four stores, two physicians, a church, belonging to the Methodist denomination, and a post office. The post office, however, had been established at this place, by the name of "Darby Cross Roads," some years before the town was laid out. After the town was laid out, the name was changed to "Harrisburg Post Office." have been: John Haines, first postmaster. Abram Buckles, third The successive postmasters appointed in 1833. 66 |