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In the Fall of 2001, the Muncy Historical Society,
www.muncyhistoricalsociety.org held the
'Getting in the Spirit" Open Homes Tour in which the McCarty
House was one of the featured homes. During the tour William Corson
portrayed Muncy historical figure, William McCarty and spoke at the
entrance to the home. As a founding father of Muncy, he spoke his
thoughts of laying out the borough in 1787 and of his home. Below are the words he spoke that day.
Hello....
I am William McCarty. I am a descendant of
Silas & Sarah (Carrell) McCarty & son of Benjamin &
Margaret (Walton) McCarty, of Bucks County, PA. I was married in 1787
to Mary Lloyd, a Quaker maiden of Springfield Township, Bucks County,
PA.
About 1789, Mary & I with our son,
Benjamin (born 1788) left civilization for the wilderness of the
Susquehanna Valley. My 3 Brothers: Silas, Benjamin & Issac,
Sister, Margaret and her husband, David Lloyd came along. Our cousins,
the Waltons: James, Ezekiel & Issac, also made the trip.
I built a temporary log house between Muncy
Creek and Glade Run. Around 1789, this home (the McCarty House) was
started and built. Originally only four rooms, attic and upper hall,
it had thick walls, deep window sills and low ceilings. (The original
deeds to the property, which are on sheep skin, can be viewed in the
main room of the McCarty House and another original deed is next door
at the Muncy Historical Society.)
Mary & I reared 13 children in this
house. As the family grew, a wing was added with a large kitchen,
pantry, 2 bedrooms, an upper hall, attic and a second circular
stairway.
The roadway in front of our house was merely
a lonely trail. But as more people came into this wilderness, the
trail out front became a great road and stagecoaches became a familiar
sight.
My Brother, Benjamin, who owned the land
South of Water Street, divided some of it into town lots in 1797. (He
thus was the real founder of "Pennsborough" or
"Hardscrabble" as it was originally called.)
In 1812, a company of soldiers camped on my
land near Muncy Creek. Several were sick with an epidemic known as
"Black Fever". I visited the camp to bring them food, and
came down with the disease. I died on January 21, 1813.
I left Mary with 13 children, the youngest
being only 2 months old. But like all pioneering women of good stock,
Mary was not only able to cope, but also to prosper and keep the
family together.
I was buried near the river bridge on Water
Street in the "Walton Cemetery" Mary died in in 1838 and
joined me on Water Street.
Our fifth son, John, will retain the house
after Mary's death. He will later become a Lutheran. (As he said
"Pennsdale is 3 miles away and the Lutherans are 3 doors away and
one church is as good as another!") John did not totally forget
his Quaker upbringing as he was a "conductor on the Underground
Railroad" that passed through Muncy. (A portrait of John McCarty
can be viewed at the Muncy Historical Society.)
My family has done well. Six of our children
have gone West to Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota. Muncy
likewise has prospered for which Mary, I and Brother Benjamin are
quite proud.
If you would like to know more about my life,
I refer you to Volume XXII, (April, 1990) of the "Now &
Then" magazine.
I am William McCarty and thank you for coming
to my house.
The McCarty's were Muncy borough's first
family. Five generations of McCarty's have lived at this
location.
It is interesting to note that in 1789, when
this home was being built, George Washington became our first president on April 30th.
To
view more McCarty House photos please click
here
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