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An Account of the Road to
Logs Town on Allegheney River

(Taken by John Harris, 1754)

Harris, John in: Pennsylvania Archives,
first series, vol. II, pp. 135-136.

pp. 135, 136.

(page 135)

From my Ferry to Geo. Croghan's,		5	Mils.
	to the Kittitany Mouns,	9
	to Geo. Cowen's House,	6
	to Andrew Montour's,	5
	to the Tuscororaw Hill,	9
	to Thos. Mitchell's Sleep^g place,	3
to Tuscaroraw,		14
to the Cove Spring,		10
to the Shadow of Death,		8
to the Black Log,		3
	Now the Road forks towards Ray's Town & Frank's Town, we continue Ray's Town Road to Allegheney
to the 3 Springs,		10
to the sidling Hill Gap,		8
to Juniata Hill,		8
To Juniata Creek at ye Crossing,		8
to the Snake's Spring,		8
to Ray's Town,		4
to the Shawana Cabbins,		8
to Allegheney Hill,		6
to Edmond's Swamp,		8
to Stoney Creek,		6
to Kickeney Paulin's House, (Indian)		6
to the clear Fields,		7
to the otherside of the Laurel Hill,		5
to Loyal Haning,		6
to the big bottom,		8
to the Chesnut Ridge,		8
to the partings of the Roads,		4
thence One Road leads to Shanoppin's Town, the other to Kisscomenettes, old Town.
to the big Lick,		3
to the Beaver Damms		6
to James Dunning's Sleeping place,		8
to Cock Eye's Cabbin,		8
to the 4 Mile Run,		11
to Shanoppin's Town on Allegheney Riv^r		4
To the Logs Town, down the River, old Roads,		16
		____ 246	Miles

(page 136)

Now beginning at the black Log, Frank's Town Road.
to Aughwhick,	6	Miles
to Jack Armstrong's Narrows, so called from his being there murdered,	8	Miles
to the Standing Stone, (abo^t 14 ft. hight 6 inch square),	10
At each of these last places we cross Juniata.
to the next & last Crossing at Juniata,	8
to Water Street, (branch of Juniata),	10
to the big lick,	10
to Frank's (Stephen's) Town,	5
to the Beaver Damms,	10
to Allegheney Hill,	4
to the clear Fields,	6
to John Hartt's Sleep^g place,	12
to the Head of Susquehanna,	12
to the Shawana Cabbins,	12
to P. Shaver's Sleeping place, at two large licks,	12
to the 18 mile Run,	12
to Kiskemenette's Town on the Creek, runs into Allegheney Riv^r, 6 mil^s down, (almost as large as Schuylkill),	10
to the Chartiere's Landing on Allegh^y,	8
Down the River from Chartiere's Land^g to Pine Creek to Venango, highter up Allegh^y	14
to the Kittanning Town up the River,	18
to the Logs Town,	17
Logs Town lays due West from J. Harris's Ferry.
Note.- John Harris told me that he verily believed that Logs Town was distant from his House due West an hundred miles less than the within acco^t mentions; the Road he went having so many great Crooks.
JOSEPH SHIPPEN, JR.

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