There are many newspaper articles describing the "Stevenson Family" and their early settlement in Mercer County, PA. Information taken from the Record Argus, Greenville, PA, 28 Aug 1900, page 1:
James was born in 1760 in Ireland to William and Agnes Stevenson. He married Jane Caughey in Ireland (on 13 Jul 1782 according to grave memorial) and had 5 children in Ireland - James, William, Mary, Agnes, and Elizabeth. In 1790 the family immigrated to colonial Pennsylvania, Chester County and by 1797 they had moved to Westmoreland County and subsequently settling in Mercer County. Two more sons we born in Pennsylvania, John and Findley. James was the first blacksmith in the Mercer County area, and also made the first grist mill. James died in 1817*.
* This date is in conflict with the date on the headstone memorial, 5 Mar 1813.
James was born in 1760 in Ireland to William and Agnes Stevenson. He married Jane Caughey in Ireland (on 13 Jul 1782 according to grave memorial) and had 5 children in Ireland - James, William, Mary, Agnes, and Elizabeth. In 1790 the family immigrated to colonial Pennsylvania, Chester County and by 1797 they had moved to Westmoreland County and subsequently settling in Mercer County. Two more sons we born in Pennsylvania, John and Findley. James was the first blacksmith in the Mercer County area, and also made the first grist mill. James died in 1817*.
* This date is in conflict with the date on the headstone memorial, 5 Mar 1813.
There are many newspaper articles describing the "Stevenson Family" and their early settlement in Mercer County, PA. Information taken from the Record Argus, Greenville, PA, 28 Aug 1900, page 1:
James was born in 1760 in Ireland to William and Agnes Stevenson. He married Jane Caughey in Ireland (on 13 Jul 1782 according to grave memorial) and had 5 children in Ireland - James, William, Mary, Agnes, and Elizabeth. In 1790 the family immigrated to colonial Pennsylvania, Chester County and by 1797 they had moved to Westmoreland County and subsequently settling in Mercer County. Two more sons we born in Pennsylvania, John and Findley. James was the first blacksmith in the Mercer County area, and also made the first grist mill. James died in 1817*.
* This date is in conflict with the date on the headstone memorial, 5 Mar 1813.
James was born in 1760 in Ireland to William and Agnes Stevenson. He married Jane Caughey in Ireland (on 13 Jul 1782 according to grave memorial) and had 5 children in Ireland - James, William, Mary, Agnes, and Elizabeth. In 1790 the family immigrated to colonial Pennsylvania, Chester County and by 1797 they had moved to Westmoreland County and subsequently settling in Mercer County. Two more sons we born in Pennsylvania, John and Findley. James was the first blacksmith in the Mercer County area, and also made the first grist mill. James died in 1817*.
* This date is in conflict with the date on the headstone memorial, 5 Mar 1813.
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James Stevenson
B 10 - 18 - 1760
Saintfield County Down
Ireland
M 7 - 13 - 1782 to
Lady Jane Caughey
Died 3 - __ - 1813
Salem Township
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