Samuel Agnew and Elizabeth Johnston

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Husband Samuel Agnew ^{1 2 3 4}

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           Born: 29 Jan 1738 - eastern Pennsylvania 3 4
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         Father: James Agnew (1711-1770) 3 4 5 6 7 8
         Mother: Rebecca Scott (1707-1789) 3 4 5 6 8

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   Other Spouse: Mrs.  McCoy (      -      ) 7

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Wife Elizabeth Johnston ^{3 5 9}

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Children

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1 M John Agnew ¹

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2 M James Agnew ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Samuel Agnew

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He came to Washington County, Pennsylvania, from York County, in the spring of 1780, and purchased (April 15th of that year) two tracts of land of four hundred acres each located on George's Run, a branch of Chartiers Creek. On the 16th of September, 1785, warrants were issued for both tracts,-one to Samuel Agnew, the other to Matthew Henderson. The Agnew tract was surveyed as "Nantucket," containing four hundred and three acres; the Henderson tract as "Strabane," containing three hundred and twenty-one acres. On the 22d of May, 1786, Matthew Henderson sold to Samuel Agnew the tract "Strabane," and on the 9th of December in that year patents were issued for both of them to Samuel Agnew. Upon his first settlement in this section of country, in 1780, he built his cabin on the Strabane tract, where he lived and died. He was elected a justice of the peace of one of the districts, which at that time embraced several townships. Later he was a member of the Legislature of the State. He had three sons and three daughters. The daughters all married and settled in Virginia. [HWC 1882, 711]

In 1780 he and his wife left York County, Pennsylvania, locating in Washington County, where in 1785 he secured a patent for two tracts of land, each containing 400 acres, located on George's run, a branch of Chartiers creek. The warrant was issued in 1785, one part being the property of Matthew Henderson, who sold it to Mr. Agnew the following year. Samuel Agnew passed his life on this place. He was a Whig in politics and served his party as a member of the State Legislature, having previously been justice of the peace in his district, which included several townships. In religious connection he was a member and elder of the Seceder (later the United Presbyterian) Church.

He and his wife Elizabeth had six children.
He is listed here as having two wives, the names might represent the same person.

1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 711.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 422, 1079.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 426.

4 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 84.

5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 422.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 2.

7 Edward B. Reighard, John Agnew of Hominy Ridge (Clearfield, PA: Self-published, 1984), Pg 5.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. IV (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 323.

9 F. S. Reader, Some Pioneers of Washington County, Pa. - A Family History (New Brighton, PA: F. S. Reader & Son, 1902), Pg 86.