MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
UNDERGROUND RAILWAY
From Local History of Greene County and Southwestern Pennsylvania
by Andrew J. Waychoff.
Page 38 - Arch Adams, a colored man, is said to have been the first
postmaster at Hunter's Cave and held the office for many years.
Page 50 - Underground Railroad - Once branch led down Dunkard Creek
to Bob Maples. There about his mill and other buildings near some
deep ravines, Mr. Maple would feed and hide the fugitives and later
forward them across the river at night - persons meeting them there
and taking them to Uniontown, another station.
Page 85 - The younger Henry Taylor while hunting one morning on the
ridge toward Pursley Creek was suddenly confronted by a haggard
looking colored woman. He directed her to the home of John Adams on
Hargus Creek. There was nearby in the woods a family of colored
people in hiding. John Adams kept them about a week. John Remley
of Rogersville placed baskets of food near some springs in the woods
thinking that hunger would force them out and he could find and catch,
them. John Adams getting fearful, sent then to a family named Redmond
above Holbrook. After about three days he sent them to Rev. Mr.
William Leonard.
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PEARLS IN MASSACHUSETTS (NO known connection to 1700s MD Pearls.)
The John Pearl from Marblehead, Mass. was b. in Skidby, Engl. in 1671.
The genealogy is taken from Vols. l & 2,1912, A Journal of American
Ancestors (Western Reserve Historical Soc., Catalog #CS42, G326, Vol. l
& 2. I think it's also listed in the Compendium of American Genealogy
by Virkus, Vol. V.
Geneal., Vol. 1 & 2, 1912, A Journal of American Ancestors
P.178, Richard Holmes of Rowley, Mass. m. Mrs. Alice Knight about 1660.
(Her 1st husband, John Knight of Kettle Cove.) Their daughter,
Elizabeth Holmes, b. in 1662 m. John Pearl in 1682. He came from
Skidby, Eng. in 1671, having been boren in 1650; died in 1720 in
Bradford, Mass. He was the son of the widow, Alice Pearl, who d. in
Eng. in 1670.
Their children:
Alice; b. 1683, m. John Peabody
Mary, b. 1686
Eleanor, b. 1690, m. John Styles
John, b. 1692
Timothy, b. 1694
Jane, b. 1698, m. Thos. Messer
Richard, b. 1702
page 190
Timothy Pearl (son of John Pearl who immigrated from Eng. in 1670 &
settled in Marblehead) married Elizabeth Stevens.
Their children:
Timothy Pearl, Jr., b. 24 Oct. 1723
John, b. 20 Jan. 1725
Nathan, b. 22 Nov. 1727, m. Eliza Utley on 7 Mar. 1748
Elizabeth, b. 18 Jan. 1729
Phebe, b. 12 May 1732
Lydia, b. 31 Jul. 1734
Nathan & Eliza Pearl had 7 children, l of whom was Timothy Pearl who
lived on Grand Isle, Vt. and died there at age of 88 yrs.
This Timothy had 2 brothers, Stephen & James, who were soldiers in the
Rev. War & left a record of honorable military service.
From Records & Files of the Quarterly Court of Essex Co., Mass., vol.
IX, 1683-1686, pg. 538
Writ. Richard Holmes of Rowley v. John Perle, miller, debt dated 23
Sept., 1685, signed by Nath. Saltonstall, served by Abraham Hamilton,
constabvle of Bradford. Bond of John Parill.
Peter Parel is listed as a private in William Harrod's Company, that,
after the Illinois Campaign, spent the winter building a town at the
Falls of the Ohio, 177-. (Draper Collection)
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About 1787 the largest groups of Md. catholics began to move to Ky. The
1st Catholic diocese W. of the Alleghanies was established at Bardstown,
Ky. in 1808.
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From Clyde Senger:
Summary of the PEARL-PEARLE-PERRILL Family of Fauquier Co.
Virginia and Lincoln Co., Kentucky.
According to one source, the Fauquier Co. PEARL families started with a
sea captain who came from Bristol or Liverpool, England to Baltimore
Maryland about 1743 and settled in America. He is supposed to have had
at least two sons. One settled in Connecticut and the other in Fauquier
Co. Virginia. Another source indicated 4 sons, three of which settled in
"Eastern states (one in New York) and the last in Virginia. It is
possible that some of the Pearl-Perrill families in Maryland are from one
of the sons. It appears that there were others with these surnames in
both Virginia and in Maryland in the 1600s. There is a line of Pearl
families in New England which started with John b about 1650 and his
brother Nicholas. John settled near Bradford-Boxford, Massachusetts and
Nicholas near Ipswich, MA and died 1706 near Dover, New Hampshire. Many
New England Pearl families are descendants of those individuals which
would seem to be a separate line.
Reference: A History of Kentucky by W. H. Perrin, J. H. Battle and G.
C. Kniffen 1888 publ. by F. A. Beatty & Co. p 937-938.
Letter of 16 April 1983 from Dorothy Joyce
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GREENE CO PA CENSUSES - PEOPLE OF COLOR
1810
1810 FPC Greene County township, name and number of persons
Wayne Township
James Alford 2
Jonathan Burgess 7
Daniel Perril 2
Basil Perril 7
Franklin Township
Jacob Adams 4
Greene Township
Richard Starling 2
Cumberland Township
Black Ruth 3
Nasa McCurdy 7
Black Neva 5
Black Cork 4
Total 43 "Others"
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1810 White households with others
Dunkard = Stephen Gapen 2, William Graham 1, John Boreman 1
Franklin = Samuel Caldwell 1, William Hunter 1, William T. Hays 2,
Mathias Roseberry 2
Morgan = James Hill 1
Whitely = Daniel Jones 1, William Gapen 2
Greene = William Hudson 1, James Hyde 1, John Jones 1, Berton Lewis 1,
John Minor 2, Noah Minor 2
Jefferson = Thomas Hughes 1, James Seaton 1
Cumberland = Charles Swan 2, Jay Thompson 1
Total 32 others living with white heads of households
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1810 Slave owners
John Ross 1 Morgan Twp.
John Minor 1 Greene Twp.
Thomas Hughes 3 Jefferson Twp.
Charles Swan 3 Cumberland Twp.
Nancy Corbly 1 Cumberland
Total 9 slaves
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1820
Negro Heads of Families Residents
Within Greene County in 1820
Duncard Twp.
William Jack
Richard Starling
Peter Clair
Samuel Purkens
Samuel Gapen
Whiteley Twp.
John Grenige
Abram Stuart
Wayne Twp.
John Dowlin
Basel Pearl
Jonathan Burges
Solomon Hilton
Daniel Pearl
Jacob Metts
George Ridge
James Alford
Levi Davis
Morris Twp.
James Highwarden
Charles Wilson
Latdam Jones
Center Twp.
Isaac Adams
Catherine Adams
Richard Chedister
Mary Adams
Henry Wilson
Jacob Adams
William Honnel
Thomas Bunfil
Jeremiah Pratt
Abram Adams
Greene Twp.
Pero Coffy
Roger Galery
John Miner, Esq. shows 1 m 14 and under and w f 14-26
Robert Jones
Abram Smith
John Coleman
Sarah Skinner
Sumerset Cooper
Robert Bailey
Laurence Perl
Franklin Twp.
Joseph Shorter
Pendey Miles
William Hunter, Esq. shows only 1 female under 14
Morgan Twp.
Pompy Lane
Henry Foster
Isaac Harford
Orana 1 f under 14
Christopher 1 m under 14
Jefferson Twp.
Jarad Jones
Daniel Ferrel
Stephen Smith
Levet Marlow
James McKee
Jeremiah Hudlin
Mahomet York
Cumberland Twp.
Nasa McCurdy
John Honson
Richard Swan
James Flenekin Jr.
James Flenekin Sr.
Henry McLaughlin
Abram
Leonard Wilson
Total 273 persons of color
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List of "Colored" Heads of Households in Greene County, PA in 1830
Jefferson Twp.
James Hansberry
Cumberland Twp.
Jeremiah Phillips
Joseph Phillips
Anthony Brooks
Henry McGlaughlin
Monongahela Twp.
Levi Patterson
Charles Brookins
James Willis
Greene Twp.
Roger Galery
Dunkard Twp.
Samuel Gapen
William Washington
Whiteley Twp.
John Grinage
Abraham Stewart
Thomas Jackson
Wayne Twp.
Nancy Peril
James Burges
George Hilton
Solomon Hilton
Peter Dean
Joseph Boyce
Hannh Burges
Hery Perrel
John Cloud
Zacharah Patterson
Eleanor Brener
George Ridge
James Alford
Joseph Shorter
Center Twp.
David Homes
Peter Rouse
Henry Wilson
Archibald Adams
Hiram Bunfil
Katherine Adams
Alpheus Bunfil
Richard Chedister
Franklin Twp. Continued - a part is apparantly missing.
Simon Fischer
Richard Henry
Pendy Miles
*Note: Daniel Ferrel is living in Cumberland Township
according to the 1830 census as white male. His household
consists of the following:
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Bransom's Revised List of Predominately "Colored" Households
in Greene County, PA With at Least One "White" Person Living in Them.
Cumberland Twp.
Hanna McCurdy
Griffin Hainey
Monongahela Twp.
Patric Bailey
Whiteley Twp.
Lawrence Perrill
Wayne Twp.
James Cloud
Hannah Metz
Center Twp.
Denton Adams
Abraham Adams
Abraham Adams
Thomas Bunfil
Jacob Adams
Susan Iames
Morris Twp.
Maryanne Adams
Simmeon Hiwarden
Jacob Wilson
Davis Wilson
Nancy Jones
Charles Wilson
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1830
Predominately "White" Households in Greene County, Pa in
1830 With at Least One "Person of Color"
Jefferson Twp.
Joseph Cury
Joh Hiller
Loudy Pogue
William B. Galbraith
James Anderson
Charles W. Scott
Katherine Lindsy
Thomas Hughes
Cumberland Twp.
George Reppart Jr.
Thomas P. Seaton
Monongahela Twp.
George Reppert
Robert Jones
Jeseph Boon
Daniel Boughner
Dunkard Twp.
Charles Boyles
John Manning
Bowen Ross
Wayne Twp.
Alexander Lantz
William Heaton
Center Twp.
William Harvey
Morris Twp.
Elisha Meek, Jr.
Franklin Twp.
James Kidd
Benjamin Campbell
John Hood
Samuel Woods
Maria Calhoun
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1860 Greene County PA census
Gilmore Township - Jolleytown P.O.
1218-1199
Pearl, Albert 22 M Mu Penna Farm Laborer
Pearl, Miranda 19 F Mu Virginia
1222-1203
Pearl, Henry 60 M Mu Penna Farm Laborer
Pearl, Nancy 56 F Mu Penna
Pearl, Henry 10 M Mu Penna
Pearl, Sarah J. 16 F Mu Penna
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No census info for Pearl after 1880 in the census. But there
are Pearl descendants still there in following years - just not
named Pearl. The Davison Genealogy has some Pearls including
Minerva PEARL.
Apparently the ALFRED name below was either changed from ALFORD
or wrong in the census as ALFORD.
From the Davison Genealogy - The Alford/Alfred Connection
"D.) Peter Simon ALFRED born ca. 1822 in Grumles, Pennsylavania;
married (1st) Nancy ______, born ca. 1827 and (2nd) Minerva (PEARL)
WILSON. Minerva also Married ______HILTON after her marriage to
Peter Simon ALFRED. Nancy died between 1870/1880 and Minerva died
October 20, 1895. Peter died July 16, 1897 in Blacksville, West
Virginia and is buried there in Carter's Cemetery."
"Children of Nancy (_____) and Peter Simon ALFRED continued
d. William Henry ALFRED born June 5 1856 in Greene County,
Pennsylvania; married (1st), Olphelia "Fely" WILSON, the
daughter of Minerva PEARL and Henry WILSON; (2nd), Eliza
Jane STANLEY; (3rd) _____ _____; (4th) _____ _____;
(5th) Hattie _______. William Henry died February 28, 1928
and is buried in Massillon Cemetery, Massillon, Ohio."
"Children of Ophelia "Fely" (WILSON) and William Henry
ALFRED, Sr. continued
(b.) Rosa "Rosie" ALFRED, married Lyman FOWLER, Jr. of New
York, the son of Jane PEARL and Lyman FOWLER, Sr. Rosie
is buried in West Virginia."
"Children of Nancy (_________) and Peter Simon ALFRED
continued f. Samuel Joseph ALFRED, born in 1861 married
Herietta (Etta" Wilson, born in 1865, the daughter of
Minerva PEARL and _____WILSON. Samuel is said to have
sold ice in the summer and coal in the winter from a
horse-draw waagon. Samuel died in Burgettstown, Pennsylvania."
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