on 3 July 1877, excellent music was furnished by the Dempeytown Cornet Band and the Sunville Drum Corps. * At the HASLET & GROVE Reunion held at the late James HASLET homestead on Oakland Twp.* An oil well was located in 1873 on the farm of Miles McALEVY, well over a mile below Sunville.McINTOSH of Wallaceville was the secretary.
243 was organized in Sunville on with 27 charter members. Dinwiddie of Virginia to Fort LeBoeuf, now Waterford, PA. * The LEBOEUF TRAIL - The old road which passes through Sunville and Chapmanville is designated as the LeBoeuf Trail over which George Washington and his party passed on their mission from Gov.Bradley family who settled in that area in 1816 Bradleytown - received its name from the John G.Wallace who arrived there in 1845 and started the village Chapmanville - received its name from David Chapman.Diamond - took its name from an old tavern which was called "The Diamond House" and built by Luke Eddy in the mid 1850sĪvailable: A 1935 map of Diamond, drawn by Howard Strawbridge in 1977 &contributed by Dr.1840 and the Rezin Grove log home that is now State Game lands. Early log homes were those of John RITCHEY, Philip SHERBONDY, the LOONEY family abt. 1837 and known as "Waal's Station" with Isaac WAAL as postmaster. The first postoffice was established in Oct. The first burial was that of Mary Jennings BRADLEY who died. The first houses upon the town site were built by the Robert McCLELLAND, Mary McFADDEN and James HAYS, a cooper. This area had been originally patented to James PETTIGREW in 1787. DAVISON when he sold 59 lots of the tract he had purchased. SUNVILLE BORO This village was founded in 1837 by W.W. Plum Township derives its name from the groves of wild plum trees. Cherry Tree Township was formed from the northern portion of Sugar Creek Township in 1806 and in 1817 Plum Township came into its own only later to be divided for the formation of Oakland Township in 1841 and Jackson Township in 1845. Present Plum Township was originally included in Sugar Creek Township in 1800.
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