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Though the Moore home was just outside New Brighton it was erected so
long before the first town plot was laid out that mention should be made
of its builder. In 1785, LIEUTENANT JAMES MOORE came up the eastern
side of the Beaver looking for a place to make a habitation upon land for
which he had been granted a warrant, as a Revolutionary soldier. Danger
from the Indians still had to be considered so he built his cabin about
opposite the mouth, of Brady’s Run and near enough to flee to the Block
House if danger threatened. His mistrust of the red men was so great that
when they were known to be in the vicinity, he would take his blanket at
night fall and retreat to the marshy ground that formerly existed near his
home, long known as the Marquis swamp. Hidden in the middle of this area
was a small dry islet where rolled in his blanket he slept securely. He
lived there many years procuring his deed in 1803 and when the Indian wars
were ended and the settlers began to arrive he opened a ferry across the
Beaver, at that point which became known as Moore’s ferry. It was in
operation in 1823 and probably until the Fallston bridge was built in
1837. History of New Brighton 1838-1939, published by the Historical Committee of the Centennial, Butler, PA, page 44. More Beaver County History Books Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com
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