Genealogy Data Page 560 (Notes Pages)

Note: Jacob Awl , b. August 6, 1727 , in the north of Ireland ; d. September 26, 1793 , in Paxtang township, Dauphin county, Pa. The name should properly be spelled Auld , and the first settler wrote it Aul , which the descendants have changed into Awl. He learned the trade of a tanner. Was a man of means when he came to America , and settled, at an early date, in Paxtang , near his relative, John Harris , of Harris' Ferry , where he took up a large tract of land, which he improved, erected a tannery, and on which he lived to the time of his death. He became a prominent personage in Paxtang , was an ensign and lieutenant in Colonel John Elder 's battalion of rangers in the frontier wars from 1756 to 1764 , and at the outset of the war for independence, aided, by his counsel and his purse, in organizing the associated battalions of Lancaster county , which did such effective service in the Revolution. When the new county of Dauphin was erected, Mr. Awl was appointed one of the commissioners in the act relating thereto, and John Harris afterwards appointed him one of the trustees or commissioners for the public grounds ceded by him, at the laying out of the town of Harrisburg , for public uses. He was a representative man, influential and potential in the county, yet preferred domestic retirement to the struggle for office, and when he was offered the nomination for representative in the General Assembly , he positively declined. Over his grave, in the burial ground of old Paxtang church, is a stone with this inscription:
Sacred to the memory of Jacob Awl
Who departed this life Sept. 26th 1793 Aged 66 years 1 month and 20 Days This stone is placed over his remains by his relict and children as a testimony of their Regard for his many virtues.
Is he perhaps your Guardian Angel still O widow, children, live as you would obey his will So shall you join him on that happy shore Where death or grief will visit you no more.
Jacob Awl m., July 26, 1759 , by Rev. John Elder , Sarah Sturgeon ; b. September 1, 1739 ; d. June, 1809 , in Paxtang , and with her husband there buried. She was the daughter of Jeremiah Sturgeon , one of the first settlers.

Counter: 90
Slave Surname, if known:
Slave Given Name: Jo or Joe
Slave Sex: Male
Slave Age (Years): 28
Date of Registry or Record: 10/5/1780
Slave Memo: Registered in Lancaster as a "Negroe Man" with note: "runaway sometime ago." Awl believed that Joe had run off to join Howe's Army, then encamped in Philadelphia. He apparently never recovered him. (Source The Pennsylvania Packet, December 17, 1777) Text of runaway ad:

December 6, 1777. TWENTY DOLLARS REWARD. RAN AWAY from the subscriber, living in Paxton Township, Lancaster County, on the 4th of this inst. a Negro man named JOE, about twenty five years old, a thick well set fellow, speaks the English and German tongues well; had on when he went away, an orange coloured coat, a lead coloured jacket, a coarse shirt, and leather breeches. He took with him a black MARE, big with foal, about six years old, a natural trotter and carries herself well, and has no brand: It is supposed that he intends to go to Howe's army. Whoever takes up said Negro and Mare, shall receive the above Reward, or for any one of them, secured so that the owner gets them again, the one half of the above Reward, and reasonable charges, paid by JACOB AWL

This is a fascinating advertisement. His owner, Jacob Awl, believes that he has set out for Philadelphia to join the British army who were in winter quarters there. Awl had not recovered Joe by 1780, when he registered him as a slave, but with the note "run away some time ago." It is highly doubtful that Awl ever recovered Joe. Perhaps this slave made it to Howe's Army and fought on the British side in the Revolutionary War as did many escaped slaves.
Status: Runaway.
Sources: Register of Negro and Mulatto Slaves and Servants, 1780 | "Slaves in Lancaster County in 1780"

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Brisbin, John (b. , d. 12 MAR 1822)

Note: In memory of Capt. John Brisban
A Soldier in the Revolution
Who departed this life March 12, 1822
Aged 91 years

Lancaster Intelligencer, Saturday, March 30th, 1822:

BRISBIN, JOHN "Died on the 20th inst., at the dwelling house of his son-in-law, Mr. Samuel Rutherford, in Swatara twp, Capt. John Brisbin, aged 92 years. Capt. Brisbin was an active and useful officer in our Revolutionary War."

Husband of 1st wife: Elianor (Eliza) Addock
2nd wife: Isabella Simmons-McNabb
3rd wife: Mary Elizabeth Wood.

Father of William Brisbin, Isabella Brisbin-Patterson, Elizabeth Brisbin-Rutherford, John Brisbin and Samuel Brisbin.

Step-Father of Ann, Jane, Margaret and William McNabb.

Captain John Brisban a native of County Tyrone, North Central Ireland, arrived in Pa in 1754. He served in the French and Indian War as a lieutenant in the English Colonial Army. He also fought in the Revolutionary War as Captain. He was commissioned as Captain on January 5, 1776 and marched with his Company under the command of Col. Arthur St. Clair to Canada. During duty at the Battle of 'Three Rivers' in June 1776, he received a wound in his left leg. In 1777 his commission was renewed for term of War. He recruited a Company, re-entered the public service in Col. Wood's Regt. of Gen. Conway's Brigade; but in the fall of the same year, unable to do field duty, he received a furlough to visit his family in Lancaster Co. His wound rendered him unfit for active service, but he retained his commission and was placed in the wagon Master and foraging Departments to the close of the war. At the close of the Rev. War he settled on his farm at Bird-in-Hand, Lancaster Co., when he was appointed collector of military fines. He was however to kind-hearted to oppress the delinquents, consequently he became responsible to the government for the amount, which resulted in Capt. Brisban dying poor and penniless.

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Lovina, (b. APR 1861, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Forest, Genesee, Michigan

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Forest, Genesee, Michigan

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Miles, Floyd (b. JUN 1898, d. ?)

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Forest, Genesee, Michigan

Census: Date: 1910
Place: Forest, Genesee, Michigan

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Walker, Sarah (b. 23 SEP 1799, d. 24 APR 1874)

Census: Date: 1900
Place: Franklin, Huntingdon, PA

Census: Date: 1850
Place: Franklin, Huntingdon, PA

Census: Date: 1860
Place: Franklin, Huntingdon, PA

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