Item 16: A Photostat by Unknown, [ca. late nineteenth-early twentieth century], of a Map of Pittston and Covington, (Removed to Grey Box #4) , 1825

Item — Box: 15, Folder: 71

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Photostat by Unknown, [ca. late nineteenth-early twentieth century], of a Map of Pittston and Covington, (Removed to Grey Box #4) , 1825

Dates

1825

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Map

General Condition:

Fair. The page is in good condition but the scan is difficult to read because the original seems to have suffered damage.

Measurements:

17.5 x 15 in.

Description:

The following item dated 1825, depicts a photostat by unknown of a map of Pittston and Covington. The map includes 8000 acres of land on Spring Brook and is divided in three described parts to Matthias Hollenback, David Hosack, and Samuel Fisher. Hollenback’s division is ⅓ of the tracts, including 16 individual warrants with 266 ⅔ cares total. Hosack’s division includes ⅔ of the remaining ⅔, totaling 22 warrants and possessing 89 ⅓ acres in total. Samuel Fisher is granted the remainder of the lands, with 14 tracts and 44 acres in total. The item goes on to list the twenty two tracts of land under Hosack’s portion. The 22 lots are granted to individual persons, with their name ascribed to the corresponding number. The map also notes several creeks, including Spring Brook, Sarah’s creek, Hosack’s creek, and Cist’s creek.

Location:

Pittston, PA; Covington, PA

Transcription Attempt:

Map Of about 8000 acres of Land on Spring Brook in the Town of Pittston and Covington County of Luzerne, State of Pennsylvania —1825—

(Left) The division of the above Fifty Tracts of Land was agreed to as follows — Col[one]l M. Hollenback ⅓ T[racts] A[cres] 16 266 ⅔ Doc[to]r David Hosack ⅔ of the remaining ⅔ A Say … 22 89 ⅓ Sam[ue]l W. Fisher, the remainder 14 44 Tracts 50 00

(Center)

Warrantee Names of Doct[o]r Hosack’s 22 Tracts Viz

No 1 Timothy Brownson No 2 Thomas Starr No 3 Nathaniel Starr No 4 Daniel Hosack No 5 Benjamin Hosack No 6 Charles Bennet No 7 Thomas Bennet No 8 Benajah Bennet No 9 Ishmael Bennet No 10 Andrew Bennet

(Right)

No 11 Solomon Bennet No 12 Sarah Strong No 13 Sarah Richards No 14 David Richards No 15 John Millet No 16 Andrew Millet No 17 Aaron Richards No 18 Comfort Shaw No 19 John Shaw No 20 Mary Richards No 21 Hannah Richards No 22 Daniel Shaw