EARLY
INNS AND INNKEEPERS.
When hauling was done on horseback, or by wagons and omnibuses, the
inn, as a place of entertainment, was an important factor of growing
civilization. The weary traveler had to find a stranger’s home, and
this, as he alighted from his horse or his clumsy hack, he always found
at the wayside inn. Whisky, music, good victuals in great abundance,
clean beds, with well. filled straw ticks and feather-beds, and not
infrequently the excitement of the rustic dance, awaited his pleasure. A
social time was enjoyed. The old-time inn was one of the important
educational factors of the times. From the old time inn, or tavern, has
sprung the modern hotel, with register, sample rooms, reading and
writing apartments, high-toned clerks and landlords, and numerous
commercial guests. To trace the transition carefully would require a
volume. Appended is a list of those who have been permitted in Mercer
County to keep tavern and to deal out drink as the public demanded, from
1804 to 1834, inclusive. Many of these, it will be seen, were residents
of country places. Latterly these houses of entertainment have naturally
gravitated to towns and cities, the centers of business activity.
1804: David Watson, Mercer; John Garvin,
Coolspring Township; William McMillan, Coolspring Township; William
Nicholson, Wolf Creek Township; James Denniston, Wolf Creek Township;
Levi Hunt, Wolf Creek Township; John Small, Neshannock Township; Jacob
Myers, Mercer; Joseph Hunter, Coolspring Township; Alexander Douglas,
Mercer; Joseph Townsend, Neshannock Township; Joshua Cook, Neshannock
Township; David White, Salem Township; Christian Miles, Pymatuning
Township.
1805: David Watson, Mercer; William
McMillan, Mercer; Washington Porter, Mercer; John Craig, Coolspring
Township; Jacob Rose, Wolf Creek Township; Joseph Hunter, Mercer;
Alexander Bean, Mercer; George W. Bartlett, Mercer; Moses Cochran, Wolf
Creek Township; Levi Hunt, Wolf Creek Township; John Small, Neshannock
Township; James Denniston, Wolf Creek Township; Christian Miles,
Pymatuning Township; Solomon Williams, West Salem Township.
1806: William McMillan, Mercer; Joshua
Cook, Lackawannock Township; Andrew Shaw, Delaware Township; Joseph
Hunter, Mercer; Alexander Ban, Mercer; George W. Bartlett, Mercer; Jesse
Dushane, New Castle; Levi Hunt, Slippery Rock Township; John Anderson,
Neshannock Township; Moses Cochran, Springfield Township; Alexander
Paden, New Castle; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; John Picky, New
Castle; James Denniston, Springfield Township; John Sheakley, Sandy
Creek Township; Solomon Williams, West Salem Township; Adam Black, Wolf
Creek Township; Christian Miles, Shenango Township; William Wilson,
Mercer.
1807: Joseph Marlatt, Springfield
Township; John Shurtz, Mahoning Township; John Sampson, Neshannock
Township; Jonathan Harlin, Slippery Rock Township; George W. Bartlett
Mercer; Nathan Patterson, Mercer; William McMillan, Mercer; Joseph
Hunter, Mercer; Alexander Bean, Mercer; Jesse Dushane, New Castle;
Robert Wallace, New Castle; John Anderson, Shenango Township; John
Felix, Shenango Township; William Jones, Shenango Township; Levi Hunt,
Slippery Rock Township; James Denniston, Springfield Township; Adam
Miller, Delaware Township; John Hanson, Shenango Township; Alexander
Hawthorn, New Castle; Daniel Inbody, Mahoning Township.
1808: John Sampson, Neshannock Township;
John Sheakley, Sandy Creek Township; Jonathan Harlin, Slippery Rock
Township; Solomon Williams, West Salem Township; Joseph Marlatt,
Springfield Township; Adam Black, Wolf Creek Township; William McMillan,
Mercer; Alexander Bean, Mercer; Joseph Hunter, Mercer; George W.
Bartlett, Mercer; Nathan Patterson, Mercer; Francis Hamilton, Mercer;
William Woods, Sharon; John Anderson, Shenango Township; Robert Wallace,
New Castle; Levi Hunt, Slippery Rock Township; Adam Miller, Delaware
Township; James Denniston, Springfield Township; John Chambers, Mercer.
1809: William McMillan, Mercer; John
Sheakley, Sandy Creek Township; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle;
Alexander Bean, Mercer; George W. Bartlett, Mercer; Nathan Patterson,
Mercer; Robert Wallace, New Castle; Daniel Inbody, Mahoning Township;
Joseph Hunter, Mercer; Isaac Hulse, Shenango Township; Jesse Dushane,
New Castle; Abraham Hunt, Slippery Rock Township; James Denniston,
Springfield Township.
1810: John Chambers, Mercer; James
Clark, Mercer; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; William McMillan, Mercer;
George W. Bartlett, Mercer; Robert Wallace, New Castle; John Sheakley,
Sandy Creek Township; John McCurdy, Springfield Township; Alexander
Bean, Mercer.
1811: John Chambers, Mercer; Joseph
Hunter, Mercer; John Hanson, Mercer; James Walker, Slippery Rock
Township; James Denniston, Springfield Township; Joseph Mitchell, New
Castle; Adam Thompson, Salem Township; George W. Bartlett, Mercer;
Josiah Winters, Mercer; Samuel Robinson, Mercer; James Clark, Mercer;
William Elliott, Mercer; Joseph H. Reynolds, Mahoning Township; Robert
Wallace, New Castle; John McCurdy, Springfield Township; John Sheakley,
Sandy Creek Township; Jesse Dushane, New Castle.
1812: James Denniston, Springfield
Township; John Chambers, Mercer; Joseph Mitchell, New Castle; Adam
Thompson, Salem Township; William Nicholson, Slippery Rock Township;
George W. Bartlett, Mercer; James Clark, Mercer; Samuel Robinson,
Mercer; William Elliott, Mercer; Robert Wallace, New Castle; Joseph W.
Reynolds, Mahoning Township; Jesse Dushane, New Castle; John Sheakley,
Sandy Creek Township; Samuel Evans, French Creek Township.
1813: John Chambers, Mercer; Joseph
Mitchell, Mercer; James Denniston, Springfield Township; Joseph W.
Reynolds, Mahoning Township; William Nicholson, Slippery Rock Township;
Hugh Moore, French Creek Township; Nathan Patterson, Mercer; Aaron
Hackney, Mercer; Robert Moore, Mercer; George W. Bartlett, Mercer;
Cornelius Mortimus, Slippery Rock Township; Robert Wallace, New Castle;
John Sheakley, Sandy Creek Township.
1814: Joseph W. Reynolds, Mahoning
Township; James Denniston, Springfield Township; Samuel Evans, French
Creek Township; John Chambers, Mercer; James Miller, Mercer; James
Clark, Mercer; Robert Moore, Mercer; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; George W.
Bartlett, Slippery Rock Township; Neal Gillespie, Slippery Rock
Township; Robert Wallace, New Castle; John C. Stewart, New Castle; John
Chambers, Mercer; Jesse Dushane, New Castle; James Denniston, Slippery
Rock Township.
1815: Robert Wallace, New Castle;
Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; Elizabeth McComb, Mercer; James Miller,
Mercer; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; James Woods, Delaware Township; Neal
Gillespie, Slippery Rock Township; John Calvin, Salem Township; Arthur
Chenowith, New Castle.
1816: Thomas Graham, Mercer; James
Miller, Mercer; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; Robert Wallace, New Castle;
Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; James Waugh, Mahoning Township; Elias
Jones, Shenango Township; John Boston, Delaware Township; William Elder,
Slippery Rock Township; James Denniston, Springfield Township; Jesse
Dushane, New Castle; R. P. Stansborough, Mercer; Arthur Chenowith, New
Castle.
1817: Thomas Graham, Mercer; Thomas
Boozle, Slippery Rock Township; Neal Gillespie, Slippery Rock Township;
James Miller, Mercer; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; Robert Wallace, New Castle;
Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; James Sutton, New Castle; William
Elder, Slippery Bock Township; James Denniston, Springfield Township;
Arthur Chenowith, New Castle; John P. Farrell, New Castle; Benjamin
Junkin, Springfield Township; B. D. Stansborough, Mercer.
1818: Thomas Graham, Mercer; Aquilla
Thompson, Delaware Township; James Waugh, New Bedford; Neal Gillespie,
Slippery Rock Township; Thomas Boozle, Slippery Rock Township; Moses
Sheakley, Sandy Creek Township; Elias Jones, Shenango Township; James
Miller, Mercer; Arthur G. Long, West Salem Township; John Boston,
Delaware Township; Robert Wallace, New Castle; Alexander Hawthorn, New
Castle; Jesse Dushane, New Castle; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; William Elder,
Slippery Rock Township; James Denniston, Springfield Township; Elias
Jones, Shenango Township; Arthur Chenowith, New Castle.
1819: Neal Gillespie, Slippery Rock
Township; Thomas Graham, Mercer; John Ritcuem, Wolf Creek Township;
Isaac Turner, Delaware Township; Jesse Dushane, New Castle; Alexander
Hawthorn, New Castle; Moses Sheakley, Sandy Creek Township; James Waugh,
Mahoning Township; Arthur G. Long. West Salem Township; James Miller,
Mercer; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; John Piper, Mahoning Township; Robert
Wallace, New Castle; Arthur Chenowith, New Castle; Elias Jones, Sharon;
John Chambers, Mercer.
1820: James Denniston, Springfield
Township; William Sheakley, Sandy Creek Township; Thomas Graham, Mercer;
William Elder, Slippery Rock Township; Elizabeth Gillespie, Slippery
Rock Township; Samuel Thompson, Mercer; William McMillan, Mercer;
Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; Jesse Dushane, New Castle; Arthur G.
Long, West Salem Township; Moses Sheakley, Sandy Creek Township; Isaac
Turner, Salem Township; Stephen McKinley, Mercer; Aaron Hackney,
Mercer; Arthur Chenowith, New Castle; John Chambers, Mercer.
1821: Elias Jones, Sharon; Thomas
Graham, Mercer; John McCammond, Mercer; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle;
James Herrington, Mercer; Samuel Shipler, Mercer; Samuel Thompson,
Mercer; Isaac Turner, Mercer; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; Jesse Dushane, New
Castle; Arthur Chenowith, New Castle.
1822: Samuel Burchfleld, Harlansburg;
Thomas W. Bean, Greenville; Thomas Graham, Mercer; Patrick McCloskey,
Mercer; William McMillan, Mercer; Samuel Thompson, Mercer; Jacob
Williamson, Mercer; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; Joshua Lane,
Greenville; William Elder, Harlansburg; Joseph Culbertson, Georgetown;
Arthur Chenowith, New Castle.
1823: Aaron Hackney, Mercer; Jacob
Herrington, Mercer; Thomas Graham, Mercer; Jesse Dushane, New Castle;
Samuel Thompson, Mercer; Jacob Williamson, Mercer; Alexander Hawthorn,
New Castle; Andrew Campbell, Greenville; Thomas W. Bean, Greenville;
William Elder, Harlansburg; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; James Herrington,
Mercer; Arthur Chenowith, New Castle.
1824: Jesse Dushane, New Castle; Charles
Whistler. Mercer; William Dunn, Georgetown; Christopher Wentz, New
Castle; James Herrington, Mercer; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; Thomas
W. Bean, Greenville; Jacob Herrington, Mercer; Samuel Thompson, Mercer;
William McCrumb, Greenville; Joseph Culbertson, Georgetown; George
Sheakley, Georgetown; Samuel Burchfield, Harlansburg; William Elder,
Harlansburg; Arthur Chenowith, New Castle; James Park, Edenburgh.
1825: William Dunn, Georgetown; Jesse
Dushane, New Castle; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; Charles Whistler, Mercer;
Redmond Wilcox, Mercer; Joseph Linn, Mercer; Thomas W. Bean, Greenville;
John Hill, Hillsburgh; Daniel Budd, Sharon; Alexander Hawthorn, New
Castle; Joseph Culbertson, Georgetown; William Porter, New Bedford; William Elder,
Harlansburg; Thomas Rogers, Mercer; Jacob Herrington, Mercer; Aaron
Hackney, Mercer; Benjamin Hull, Greenville; James Park, Edenburgh.
1826: William Dunn, Georgetown; Jesse
Dushane, New Castle; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; Charles Whistler,
Mercer; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; Thomas Graham, Mercer; Anthony Squiers,
New Castle; William Coovert, Edenburgh; Thomas W. Bean, Greenville.
1827: William Porter, New Bedford;
William Elder, Harlansburg; Jesse Dushane, New Castle; John Bell,
Mercer; Thomas Rogers, Mercer; Galbraith McMillan, Mercer; Thomas W.
Bean, Greenville; Aaron Hackney, Mercer; Frederick Shannon, Greenville;
Charles Whistler, Mercer; Anthony Squiers, New Castle; Griffith Bennett,
Georgetown; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle.
1828: William Dunn, Georgetown; John
Pollock, New Bedford; John Bell, Mercer; Frederick W. Shannon,
Greenville; Cornelius Riley, New Castle; Anthony Squiers, New Castle;
Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; Robert McDowell, Mercer; William Elder,
Harlansburg; Mary Hackney, Mercer; William Dunn, Georgetown; John Parks,
Edenburgh; Thomas W. Bean, Greenville; Jesse T. Dushane, New Castle;
Samuel Thompson, Mercer.
1829: John Boyd, Harlansburg; William
Dunn, Georgetown; Frederick Shannon, Greenville; Thomas W. Bean,
Greenville; William McCrumb, Greenville; Joseph T. Dushane, New Castle;
Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle; Anthony Squiers, New Castle; Thomas
Graham, Mercer; Oliver Stevens, Mercer; Robert McDowell, Mercer; John
Pollock, New Bedford; Alexander Campbell, Edenburgh; John Hill,
Hillsburgh; James Stewart, North Liberty; Massa Swift, North Liberty;
Levi S. Williamson, Georgetown.
1830: Benjamin Reno, Sharon; Griffith
Bennett, Georgetown; Thomas Rogers. Mercer; John Shearer, New Castle;
John Boyd, Harlansburg; Frederick H. Shannon, Greenville; William
McCrumb, Greenville; James Stewart, North Liberty; Mary Hackney, Mercer;
James Caldwell, Harlansburg; Archibald Douglas, New Bedford; Samuel
Thompson, Mercer; Anthony Squiers, New Castle; Alexander Hawthorn, New
Castle; Thomas W. Bean, Greenville; Thomas Graham, Mercer.
1831: John Shearer, New Castle; Samuel
Hinds, Mercer; Charles Whistler, Mercer; John Boyd, Harlansburg; Mary
Hackney, Mercer; Thomas Graham, Mercer; James Caldwell, Harlansburg;
Levi Williamson, North Liberty; Mrs. Massa Swift, North Liberty; Joseph
Culbertson, Georgetown; David Scott, Georgetown; Griffith Bennett,
Georgetown; Benjamin Reno, Sharon; William and Samuel McCrumb,
Greenville; Thomas W. Bean, Greenville; Alexander Hawthorn, New Castle;
Jesse Dushane, New Castle; A. A. Douglas, New Bedford.
1832: Thomas Wilson, New Wilmington;
John Swift, Mercer; John Brownlee, Mercer; Charles Whistler, Mercer;
Mary Hackney, Mercer; David Scott, Georgetown; Thomas J. Porter, Sharon;
John Boyd, Harlansburg; Elizabeth O’Brien, New Castle; John Shearer,
New Castle; Samuel McCrumb, Greenville; Thomas W. Bean, Greenville; John
Book, New Bedford; Casper Wilgan, Clarksville; Thomas Coovert, Edenburgh;
James Stewart, North Liberty; Jacob Lager, James Armstrong, Samuel
Connelly, Clarksville; Andrew Lewis, New Castle.
1833: Charles Kelly, New Castle; John
Shearer, New Castle; Andrew Lewis, New Castle; William Dunn, Georgetown;
Joseph Culbertson, Georgetown; Thomas Wallace, Georgetown; Adam Weir,
Georgetown; William McCrumb, Greenville; Thomas W. Bean, Greenville;
Conrad Bittenbanner, Greenville; Thomas J. Porter, Sharon; James
Caldwell, Harlansburg; Thomas Wilson, New Wilmington; Charles Whistler,
Mercer; Mrs. Hackney, Mercer; Samuel Thompson, Mercer; John Swift,
Mercer; John Brownies, Mercer; Isaac Emery, Harlansburg; Margaret
Graham, Mercer; Samuel Connelly, Clarksville; James Stewart, North
Liberty; Jacob Lager, Samuel Harriott, New Castle; Thomas Coovert,
Edenburgh.
1834: James Shearer, New Castle; A.
Lewis, New Castle; David Sharper, New Castle; John Brownies, Mercer;
John Swift, Mercer; Mary Hackney, Mercer; A. W. Patterson, Mercer;
Thomas W. Bean, Greenville; Samuel McCrumb, Greenville; Conrad
Bittenbanner, Greenville; John Palmon, Leesburg; Thomas J. Porter,
Sharon; A. A. Douglas, New Bedford; James Caldwell, Harlansburg; Andrew
Morrison, Pulaski; Adam Weir, Georgetown; Thomas Wallace, Georgetown;
William Dunn, Georgetown; Joel Gould, Mercer; James Stewart, North
Liberty; G. Kirkpatrick, Harlansburg; Richard Hammond, Wilmington.
History of Mercer County, 1888, pages
178-183
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