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Note: Tarentum, Allegheny Co., PA Presbyterian/Methodist (Bull Creek Pesbyterian Chuch) Time line for Felix Negley
1764 Felix Negley born in Bucks Co., PA Named after his step-grandfathe r, Felix Leh
1777 or 1778 moved to Ft. Ligonier, Westmoreland Co., PA with his parents.
1778 moved to Negley Town (now East Liberty) in Allegheny Co., PA
1782 Ruth Horton born in PA
1785 Felix owned 300 acres of land in Westmoreland Co., PA
1796 moved to the mouth of Bull Creek in northern Allegheny Co., PA in Deer Creek Twp., an area later to be called Tarentum.
1800 Felix marries Ruth Horton; the couple own a farm in Deer Twp., Allegheny Co., PA
1802 Felix�s first son, Alexander, is born; he died in 1806
1803 Felix�s second son, Thomas, is born; he died in 1804.
1805 Felix�s third child, Mary, is born. She married James Gibson Humes.
1805 road from Pittsburg to what became Tarentum completed.
1806 Felix�s forth child, Felix, Jr,. is born. He never marries and dies in 1852.
1808 Felix fifth child, Margaret, is born. She married Robert Hare.
1810 Felix�s sixth child, Ruth, is born. She married Dr. James Horace Goodwin
1812 Felix�s seventh child, Elizabeth, is born. She married Presley N. McDowell
1813 Felix�s eighth child, Barbara, is born. She married Leslie Jack..
1815 Felix�s ninth child, Rebecca, is born. She married Hugh Leslie.
1817 Felix�s tenth child, Fanny, is born. She married Thomas N. Christy.
1819 Felix�s eleventh child, Jane, is born. She married George Leslie.
1819-1821 built a carding mill on Bull Creek
1821 Felix�s twelfth child, Eleanor is born. She never marries and dies in 1899.
1822 Felix�s thirteenth child, Catherine is born. She married James Lacey.
1824 Felix�s fourteenth child, Nancy, is born. She dies in 1839.
1830 Felix and his family are living in Indiana Twp., Allegheny Co., PA.
1833 Felix�s nephew, John Alexander Byington, moves in with Felix and Ruth after his mother�s death.
1834 Felix Negley dies in East Deer Twp, Allegheny Co., PA. The community would be given the name of Tarentum in 1842.
1873 Ruth Horton Negley dies in Tarentum, Allegheny Co., PA. =======================================
Probably named after his step grandfather, Felix Leh/Ley/Lee according to Floyd Rollin Negley, op. cit., p. 18 ======================================
Owned 300 acres of land in Westmoreland Co., PA in 1785. This was reduced to 100 acres by March of 1791. Founder of Tarentum, Allegheny Co., PA. In 1796, Felix moved to what became known later as Tarentum, building a cabin at the mouth of Bull Creek. He later dammed the creek and built a sawmill and gristmill. See Harbison, Francis R. FLOOD TIDES ALONG THE ALLEGHENY, p. 59; and HISTORY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1889. p. a148. ============================================
When asked why he built additional log cabins, he is alleged to have replied: "Ta rent up." And that became the name of the town according to Floyd Rollins Negley. Most students of Tarentum do not take this claim seriously and argue that it was named in 1842 by Henry Marie Brackenridge after the Greek city state of TARENTUM.
In 1819, Felix built a carding mill, on Bull Creek, in partnership with Alexander McAllister.
When he died in 1834, Felix still owned lots 161 & 162 in Tarentum.
His will is recorded in the Allegheny Recorders office Vol. 4, p. 217. At the time Allegheny Co. extended to Lake Erie. SOURCE: Negley, Floyd Rollin. NEGLEY, U.S.A., HISTORY AND GENEALOGY, Vol. II: THE JACOB NEGLEY LINE. Tucson, AZ: Handy's Office Assistance, 1988. pp. 18-19.
NOTE: Has the will been transcribed? ================================================.
Like his father Alexander, Felix Negley is alleged to have served in the Revolutionary War. Felix Negley, op. cit., p. 4.
NOTE: Perhaps in the local militia called the "Frontier Rangers." But he would have been very young to have served, less than 16. Floyd Rollin has no reference to his alleged military service during the Revolution. Edgar Hayes Negley wrote to the War Department in 1914 and they could find no record of Felix's alleged service' This needs more research. ==================================================
David Johnson writes: "Felix Negley served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War. His father, Alexander Negley, provided him with a very excellent farm in Bull Creek on the west bank of the Allegheny River on what is now Tarentum, Pa. He settled on the farm and built a dam across the creek to provide power for the sawmill and gristmill which he operated. Later he erected a larger log house a short distance from the first. Several log cabins near the mouth of the creek were occupied by men employed by Mr. Negley. These men were also hunters and fishermen.
"These were the original buildings within the limits of Tarentum Borough. In 1821 Mr Negley built a carding mill and in 1824 placed it in operation with Alexander McAllister as a partner. The Thomas Horton family was one of the early pioneer families to locate in Bull Creek Valley. About 1810 six families met in the Horton home to hold religious services. When the congregation outgrew these facilities Felix Negley opened his barn for church services. Thus the first Methodist Church in the valley was organized." ==================================================
In 1791 Allegheny Co. Records have a PHELIX Negley liable for a tax of 3 shillings and 9 pence. =============================================
Served as a Trustee of the Bull Creek Presbyterian Church where Abraham Boyd served as minister. SOURCE: Harbisdon, Francis R. FLOOD TIDES ALONG THE ALLEGHENY. New Kensington: Massy Harbison Chapter (DAR), 1941, p. 119. ===============================
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