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Author: scorpioforu
Surnames: Pollock, Polk, Mitchell, Moorehead, Moorhead, Dysart, McCune, Culbertson,
Montgomery, Gibbs, Hanna, Trimble
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I'm trying to find the precise location of Robert Chamber's Mill in Cumberland
Co., PA because I'm trying to find the precise location of my own ancestor James
Pollock (whose children shortened their surname to POLK) . I know that it was somewhere
along modern day 'Three Square Hollow Road'. Let me give you a brief summary of
what I've already been able to ascertain:
My James Pollock ancestor died in 1773 (living in Hopewell Twp., at the time) and his next
two oldest sons John and James, who would have inherited the home plantation per his will,
also died in the next year or two, so it wasn't until 1785 that the land was
re-surveyed for his next two oldest sons, (Capt) Robert Polk living in Baltimore and Capt.
William Polk (whom I descend from) living in Accomac Co., VA. The survey map shows the
land of James Pollock was bordered to the northern EAST by the lands of Samuel Mitchell
and his son John and the southern EAST by the lands of James Dysart, on the SOUTH by John
Moorhead. (I also have the survey maps of all these surrounding land owners)
In the Cumberland County Court Sessions, page 154, there is a lengthy report given where
apparently Robert Culbertson, Samuel McCune, Samuel Montgomery, Samuel Gibbs and John
Moorehead were "appointed by an order of the last October Session to view and lay out
a road from the Three Square Hollow at the foot of North Mountain to the old gorging place
on Condoguinot at Catt's Cabin, from then to Middle Springs meeting House and from
thence to Robert Chamber's Mills and report to the court that they had met and viewed
the same and return the same for public use by distance as follows"
The description is very long but it mentions beginning at a place called Three Square
Hollow and going south along the lands of John Kanagh (which was originally Pollock's
land), then Samuel Mitchell's, James Dysart's, and Moorhead's, on past the
lands of William Trimble, Samuel Hanna eventually crossing Condoguinot Creek near
Cat's Cabin etc etc etc....... ... "The court having taken the report into
consideration do hereby order and allow that the said road before described and laid out
be of all intents and purposes a public road and highway and the same as sch be opened
forth with a 30' wide and cleared and repaired according to an Act of Assembly."
By comparing all the survey maps I've accumulated for James Pollock, John and Samuel
Mitchell, and James Dysart, it's apparent that the highway above referred to is now
called Square Hollow Road which ends at the north edge of the village of Newburg.
Is there anyone who can shed light on the precise location of Robert Chamber's Mills
mentioned in the above Cumberland County Quarter Sessions Report?
Thanking you in advance for any input or comments!
Becki (Polk) Pavlik
beckipavlik(a)hotmail.com
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