Hopewell township

Their Goods Came On One Cow

Did you know? Jacob Weaver came into what is now Hopewell Township in 1791 with his wife and five children, from the vicinity of Hagerstown, Maryland.

They followed the Indian trail, and they brought their belongings on the back of a cow.

They settled in Woodcock Valley, on a farm opposite Elk Gap, and the family stayed. Jacob and his wife had five sons and three daughters. Two of the sons, Peter and John, went West, while Henry, Christian and Leonard remained and reared families. When Africa's county history came out in 1883, Henry's son John B. Weaver, 63 years old, lived on the farm where his grandfather had first settled, and Henry's son William lived on part of the same farm.

Checked and confirmed. CONFIRMED 2026-10-30 against the sources listed: every factual sentence was tied to a verbatim passage and a script confirmed each passage is in its source. Where sources disagreed on a number, the number was left out.

Sources

J. Simpson Africa, History of Huntingdon and Blair Counties, Pennsylvania (1883)

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Terrace Mountain near Huntingdon, PaLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. No known restrictions on publication · 2017660277

Raystown lake Region late FallPhotograph by Ron Shawley, 8 November 2014. Licensed CC BY 3.0; reused with credit · Raystown lake Region late Fall - panoramio (64).jpg

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