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Cornwall is a borough in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Lebanon, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 4,604 at the 2020 census.
Cornwall Iron Furnace was one of many ironworks that were built in Pennsylvania over a sixty-year period, from 1716 to 1776. There were at least 21 blast furnaces, 45 forges, four bloomeries, six steel furnaces, three slitting mills, two plate mills, and one wire mill in operation in Colonial Pennsylvania.
Peter Grubb Sr. (1702–1754): Founded the Cornwall Ironworks when he discovered the vast iron ore fields at Cornwall, PA, about 1737 and built the Cornwall Furnace and Hopewell Forges by 1742. He leased the operations to Cury & Company until 1765 and removed to Wilmington, Delaware, where he bought and sold real estate and lived out his life.
Location of Lebanon County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the Pennsylvania state historical markers in Lebanon County.. This is intended to be a complete list of the official state historical markers placed in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission (PHMC).
George Washington personally visited Cornwall to inspect the facility. Both brothers were elected as militia colonels, Curtis' unit was the 2nd Lancaster Battalion, Peter Jr.'s the 8th Lancaster Battalion, both assigned to the Flying Camp. Curtis was elected to the Pennsylvania Assembly in 1775, 1777, 1778 and 1782.
Location of Lebanon County in Pennsylvania. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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On 2nd mo. 12, 1732 [12 Apr 1732] at Caln, PA Monthly Meeting of Friends, Peter Grubb married Martha Bates (or Bate), widow of James Wall. [6] [7] Martha Bates, a native of Newton Township, New Jersey, was the daughter of Jeremiah Bates and Mary Spicer, and the granddaughter of William Bates, a founder of Newton Colony in 1681. [6]