GEORGE WALLACE
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Todd Bredin 4/03/11
Todd,
This is all I could find for now.
Allegheny County, a sesqui-centennial review
Kelly, George Edward, 1908-
Pittsburgh, PA: Allegheny County Sesqui-Centennial Committee, 1938
Pg. 28
The assembly had planned that the county seat should be in a new town to be built across the Assembly – the present North Side of Pittsburgh – but the Indian war prevented settlement there and Pittsburgh was recognized as the seat of justice.For some years courts were held in taverns built in 1799 the first courthouse building was completed on the western half of the Diamond (now the Market).The building was of brick with a two-story central structure surmounted by a belfry, and with two wings for offices.The courthouse bell was used not only as a fire alarm but to call the townsmen to worship.(pg. 29)
The sheriff was James Morrison and the justices of the peace and of the court of common pleas were GEORGE WALLACE, John Metzgar, Michael Hillman, Robert Ritchie, John Johnston, Abraham Kirkpatrick, Richard Butler, William Tilton, Joseph Scott, and John Williams…
Pg. 84
The first court held in Allegheny County, known as such, was in Pittsburgh, in a log tavern on Front Street, now First Avenue.The presiding official was a justice of the peace – GEORGE WALLACE.
A century and a half of Pittsburg and her people Vol. 1
Boucher, John Newton, 1854-1933Jordan, John W. (John Woolf), 1840-1921
New York]: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908
Pg. 404
In 1824-1825 Marquis de Lafayette visited America for the last time.The Congress of the United States had requested President James Monroe to send him a special invitation, in response to which he came here as the nation’s guest.Lafayette had come to America when a youth of less than twenty years to play a very important part in the Revolution.His coming here as a wealthy stranger, of noble birth and lineage, to assist in the weak cause of the colonies, had inspired the Revolutionary soldiers with new hope and courage.He had relinquished the splendors of the French Court and asked only to be allowed to enlist in the American army as a volunteer, and to serve at his own expense.Because of his illustrious family and his great zeal for the cause of freedom, Congress voted him the honorary title of a Major-General in the United States Army.Forty-eight years passed away and he came again to our shores as a venerable man of three score years and ten.He spent more than a year here visiting all the 24 states then in the union.He came into Allegheny County from Uniontown, in the county which had been named in his honor.On May 28, 1825, he left Uniontown and after visiting the residence of Albert Gallatin, (pg. 405) reached Elizabeth, where he and his party were taken in a boat and rowed down the Monongahela River to Braddock’s Fields, reaching the latter place about sunset.Braddock’s battle had taken place nearly seventy years before and the main part of the field was farming land with a splendid country residence nearby, owned by MR. GEORGE WALLACE.
Title: Early land marks and names of old Pittsburgh
Authors: Miller, Annie Clark., Daughters of the American Revolution, Pittsburgh Chapter (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
Pg. 14
WHEN THE RIVERS WERE THE HIGHWAYS
Two Islands that played an important part in the primitive time when the rivers were the highways, still retain names that bring to memory scenes of those stirring days.Brunot’s Island, has its name from Felix Brunot, a foster brother of Lafayette.The two Frenchmen, Brunot and Lafayette came to America together.Brunot, who was 25 years old, served as surgeon in the Revolutionary army, and twenty years later he came to Pittsburgh, where he practiced medicine for many years.Dr. Brunot was President of the First Board of Indian Commissioners, and used his great influence for the relief of the Indians.His son Hilary Brunot bought an open square where the Union Station now stands, and built his home there in the midst of a beautiful garden.The Brunot villa, on the Island, was the scene on much gayety, for many French gentlemen who came to America in those days of adventure, found their way to this hospitable country seat.In 1825, Lafayette made his visit here, and it was during this visit in Pittsburgh, that the crystal chandelier (afterwards presented to the Daughters of the American Revolution, and hanging now in the Carnegie Museum) was borrowed from Judge McCandless’s home, to ornament the bare room in the old National Hotel, where the distinguished guest spent the night.
The Brunot home and the National Hotel were long ago destroyed, but the fine old mansion at Braddock’s Field (now the town of Braddock) where a reception and banquet were given to the city’s guest, still stands and is in perfect condition.This was the (pg. 15) home of HON. GEORGE WALLACE, the first President Judge of the Courts of Allegheny County.It passed from the WALLACE family into the possession of George Bell, a distinguished Pittsburgher, and the father of Mrs. Allan Kirkpatrick, who still lives in the house with her great grandchildren. (picture of circular stairway in JUDGE WALLACE’S house at Braddock’s Field)The house is in perfect condition and is substantially the same as when built in 1804.The woodwork is mortised and pinioned.There is a beautiful old circular stairway, and a small round cavity in the top of the newel post marks the place where for years was imbedded a brass button from Lafayette’s coat.
(pg. 16)
A bronze tablet was placed on the house in 1917, by the borough of Braddock.The tablet reads “In this house, General, the Marquis de la Fayette the distinguished Frenchman who assisted the colonies in securing their independence, was entertained for one night, May 28, 1825, by JUDGE GEORGE WALLACE, whose home it then was.
Title: History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania: including its early settlement and progress to the present time ; a description of its historic and interesting localities ; its cities, towns and villages; religious, educational, social and military history ; mining, manufacturing and commercial interests, improvements, resources, statistics, etc. ; also, biographies of many of its representative citizens
Author: Cushing, Thomas, b. 1821
Pg. 170
GEORGE WALLACE had been a Revolutionary soldier, and settled here prior to the commencement of the present century.He had sons GEORGE, JOHN and THOMAS, all of whom died on the old farm.None of their descendants are here.
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