Henry Wilson Storey's History of Cambria County, V.I, p.31

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HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY. 31

Conemaugh and the Susquehanna rivers, and all Quemahoning township.
     The township of Cambria was created by the court of quarter sessions of Somerset county about 1798. The record has been lost, but it is certain that it was taken from Quemahoning township, and the assessments for 1798 show it was duly organized and included all the territory up to the Huntingdon line.
     At the December sessions for Somerset County, 1798, a petition from the citizens of Cambria township was presented, as follows:

     "Humbly showeth that the present boundaries of said (Cambria) township produce many difficulties and inconveniences among which the following are conspicuous, viz: The inhabitants of that part of Cambria Township lying south of Conemaugh River in attending township meetings and elections are obliged to cross a dangerous water and travel through a wilderness of great extent to Beulah, whereas the center of Quemahoning township is not so great, nor the communication so much interrupted by water.
     "The petitioners therefore pray that all that part of Cambria Township lying south of the following line, beginning at the Westmoreland County line where the river Conemaugh crosses it; thence up said river to the mouth of Stony Creek; thence up the Little Conemaugh river following the South Fork to its source; thence due east to the line of Bedford County be annexed to Quemahoning Township, as being the most proper line of division between said townships, as well in point of convenience to the inhabitants thereof, as it being the natural boundary and they will ever pray."

     The same is marked granted.
     Conemaugh township was organized by the court of quarter sessions for Somerset county, at its session held in February, 1801. The relevant portions of the boundaries were: "All those parts of Quemahoning township, * * * thence along the Westmoreland County line to the river Conemaugh; thence in a straight line to the junction of the north and south branches of the Little Conemaugh river; thence up the south branch thereof to the head spring thereof; thence due east to the Bedford County line." Thus it appears that all the territory north of the straight line from the Little Conemaugh to the South Fork, thence to the Bedford line and south of the Huntingdon line was Cambria township, when it was in Somerset county.
     In pursuance of the act of March 29, 1798 (3 Smith, 322),

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	HISTORY OF CAMBRIA COUNTY.	31
Conemaugh and the Susquehanna rivers, and all Quemahoning township. The township of Cambria was created by the court of quarter sessions of Somerset county about 1798. The record has been lost, but it is certain that it was taken from Quemahoning township, and the assessments for 1798 show it was duly organized and included all the territory up to the Huntingdon line. At the December sessions for Somerset County, 1798, a petition from the citizens of Cambria township was presented, as follows: "Humbly showeth that the present boundaries of said (Cambria) township produce many difficulties and inconveniences among which the following are conspicuous, viz: The inhabitants of that part of Cambria Township lying south of Conemaugh River in attending township meetings and elections are obliged to cross a dangerous water and travel through a wilderness of great extent to Beulah, whereas the center of Quemahoning township is not so great, nor the communication so much interrupted by water. "The petitioners therefore pray that all that part of Cambria Township lying south of the following line, beginning at the Westmoreland County line where the river Conemaugh crosses it; thence up said river to the mouth of Stony Creek; thence up the Little Conemaugh river following the South Fork to its source; thence due east to the line of Bedford County be annexed to Quemahoning Township, as being the most proper line of division between said townships, as well in point of convenience to the inhabitants thereof, as it being the natural boundary and they will ever pray." The same is marked granted. Conemaugh township was organized by the court of quarter sessions for Somerset county, at its session held in February, 1801. The relevant portions of the boundaries were: "All those parts of Quemahoning township, * * * thence along the Westmoreland County line to the river Conemaugh; thence in a straight line to the junction of the north and south branches of the Little Conemaugh river; thence up the south branch thereof to the head spring thereof; thence due east to the Bedford County line." Thus it appears that all the territory north of the straight line from the Little Conemaugh to the South Fork, thence to the Bedford line and south of the Huntingdon line was Cambria township, when it was in Somerset county. In pursuance of the act of March 29, 1798 (3 Smith, 322),