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1787 and entered into the York County Court records on April 18, 1787. In late 1786, James Gettys took the 116 acres and divided them into 220 lots. He held an official lottery in which area citizens purchased the rights to buy one or more lots. This is recognized as the official beginning of the town originally name
Gettystown.
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to a new red and blue one to differentiate
Pennsylvania's militia. Several of Getty's officers were slow to change their cockades. Republicans also accused those who did follow the mandate of wearing red and blue cockades that were too small. The disagreement escalated and progressed to a physical
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Gettys invested in two turnpike companies created to cover dirt roads with gravel for easier traveling and commerce in and out of
Gettysburg. On April 7, 1807, Governor McKean approved the creation of the Gettysburg and Petersburg Turnpike Company. Gettys was the Treasurer. Similarly, on February
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In March 1813, Gettys and several local men petitioned the state legislators for the right to create a bank in Adams County. The legislators passed an Act of
General Assembly approving the request, but Governor Snyder vetoed it. On April 29, 1814, his veto was overridden and the act was passed.
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October 9, 1786, Gettys purchased 116 acres of his father's property during a bankruptcy auction for 790 pounds. The valuable land was in the crossroads of York Road and Black Gap Road (Baltimore Road). The legal transfer was officially recognized by John Penn and John Penn, Jr., on April 17,
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Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania. Chicago: Beers, 1886. p. 34-5.; Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Revolutionary War Military Abstract Card File: Items Between Gabell, Thomas and Gaddis, Joseph." Military Accounts: Militia. Pennsylvania Archives. Web. ARIAS:
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Western Pennsylvania, Gettys was commissioned as a second major in the 4th Regiment of the Militia of York County under the command of Brigadier General Henry Mille. In 1800, James Gettys was promoted to lieutenant colonel of 20th Regiment of the Militia of Adams County. In 1814, during the
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He was born on August 14, 1759, in the Marsh Creek
Settlement in Pennsylvania. His parents, Samuel and Isabella (Ramsey) Gettys, were Scottish and Irish and emigrated from Ireland. James was born with a twin sister named Ann, who died shortly after birth. James' other siblings included Mary
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October 18, 1803, Gettys was elected Sheriff of Gettysburg, a position he held for 3 years. On May 21, 1806, he was elected both Town Clerk and Treasurer of the Borough of Gettysburg. In 1807, he was elected to the Town Council in Gettysburg. He was also elected to the Assembly for the
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Linn, John Blair and
William H. Egle, Eds. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Colonel William Thompson's Battalion of June 25, 1775 – July 1, 1776." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 2. Vol. X. Harrisburg: Edwin K. Meyers, State Printer, 1891.
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Deaths." Adams Centinel, 22 March 1815. Print. Gettysburgtimes.com. Web. 21 May 2011.; "Gettysburg." Adams Centinel. 19 April 1815. Adams County Historical Society Gettys File.; Gravestone of Margaret Horner, Blacks Cemetery. Gettysburg,
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Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Muster Rolls – Pennsylvania Militia War 1812-1814: With Contemporary Papers and Documents." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 2, Vol. XII. Harrisburg: E.K. Myers, State Printer, 1890.
40:(1752–1823), Elizabeth (1755–1788), William (1757–1813), John (1761–1776), Isabella (1764-?), and Martha (1768–1815). James married Mary Todd. They had two children, James Gettys Jr. (1799–1879) and Robert Todd (1809–1827).
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Pennsylvania Department of State. "Republic vs Col. James Gettys." Pennsylvania Archives. Record Group: Dept. of State. Subgroup: Secretary of Commonwealth. Series: Court Martial Proceedings. RG 26.4-0460. Box #1. 1790-March
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McSherry, William, L.L.D. History of the Bank of Gettysburg 1814-1864: The Gettysburg National Bank 1864-1914 of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg: The Gettysburg National Bank, 1914. Google Book Search. Web. 8 May 2011.
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McSherry, William, L.L.D. History of the Bank of Gettysburg 1814-1864: The Gettysburg National Bank 1864-1914 of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg: The Gettysburg National Bank, 1914. Google Book Search. Web. 8 May 2011.
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McSherry, William, L.L.D. History of the Bank of Gettysburg 1814-1864: The Gettysburg National Bank 1864-1914 of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Gettysburg: The Gettysburg National Bank, 1914. Google Book Search. Web. 8 May 2011.
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Gettys was originally buried in Gettysburg Presbyterian Church's cemetery at Washington and Railroad Street. When the church moved to its current location, James Gettys, Jr. paid for his parents' exhumation and reburial in
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he was promoted to brigadier general, 5th Division. Then, in the later half of 1814, during a reorganization of the state militia, Gettys became the vice brigadier general. He remained in that position until his death.
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MacKinney, Gertrude, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Executive Minutes of Governor Thomas McKean 1799-1808." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 9. Vol. III. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1931.
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MacKinney, Gertrude, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Executive Minutes of Governor Thomas McKean 1799-1808." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 9. Vol. III. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1931.
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MacKinney, Gertrude, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Executive Minutes of Governor Thomas McKean 1799-1808." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 9. Vol. III. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1931.
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MacKinney, Gertrude, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Executive Minutes of Governor Thomas McKean 1799-1808." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 9. Vol. III. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1931.
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Gettys sold the organizers one lot in the center of town for erecting the bank. Thus, the bank was located in Gettysburg and named the Bank of Gettysburg. On May 26, 1814, Gettys was elected as a Bank Director.
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MacKinney, Gertrude, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Executive Minutes of Governor Simon Snyder 1812-14." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 9. Vol. IV. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1931.
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MacKinney, Gertrude, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Executive Minutes of Governor Simon Snyder 1812-14." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 9. Vol. V. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1931.
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MacKinney, Gertrude, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Executive Minutes of Governor Thomas McKean 1808." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 9. Vol. IV. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1931.
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Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "Militia Rolls 1783-1790." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 6. Vol. III. Harrisburg: Harrisburg P. Co. State Printer, 1907. p.
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Sternberg, M.D., LLD., George M. Surgeon General US Army. "The Etiology and Geographic Distribution of Infectious Diseases. Popular Sciences Monthly. Jan. 1898. Google Book Search. Web. 21 May 2011. 295
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Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "York County Militia 1790-1800." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 6. Vol. V. Harrisburg: State of Pennsylvania, 1907. p. 831
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Montgomery, Thomas Lynch, Ed. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. "War of 1812-1814.." Pennsylvania Archives. Series 6. Vol. VII. Harrisburg: Harrisburg P. Co., State Printer, 1907. p. 4
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fight during the General's Parade in Gettysburg in November 1802. On November 15, 1802, Gettys was court-martialed. His trial was held on December 6, 1802, at the home of Major William Sturgeon in
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Samuel Gettys, James' father, owned the famous Gettys Tavern where the Pennsylvania Rifleman Battalion and the Pennsylvania Militia met on June 24, 1775, to sign up and join the
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Gettysburg Presbyterian Church. "Tour of Black's Graveyard." Gettysburg Presbyterian Church.Grapevine . Gettysburg GPC. 20 May 2009. 5. Web. 12 June 2011
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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and served from 1807-1809. In 1812, Gettys was elected as Gettysburg Borough's fire director. In 1815, he was elected
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In January 1799, during the formation of a new county, James Gettys promised to donate land for a jail and county courthouse, as well as the
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In 1786, Gettys was promoted to lieutenant under Captain James Hamilton in a Troop of Light Horse. In 1794, during the
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York County Archives. "Grantee Deed Index 1749-1912: G Given Name A-Z." York County Archives. n.d. Web. 28 January 2011
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Gettys, Melissa and Amanda Howlett. James Gettys and the Founding of Gettysburg. Gettysburg: Ten Roads P., 2012. p. 67
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of 200 town lots to the future county, if Gettystown was named as the county seat. On January 22, 1800, Governor
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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania. Chicago: Beers, 1886. p. 109-11
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General James Gettys, founder of Gettysburg, portrait by Jacob Eichholz, circa 1814.
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