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Show 2 It was in the District of Providence at a small place known then as Springhill that Sarah Garlick began a life of adventure and chall enging event g known only by t he ear l y day pioneers. She was born Octob er 12, 1830, the sixth child of David and Elizabeth (Buck) Garlick. Sarah's older sisters Hannah, Susanah, Mary Jane and Talitha., also a br0ther, Jeseph Gaston had been born in Providence: Hann~h June 1, 1818; Susanah June 14, 1820; Mary Jane August 12, 1822 and Talitha September 22, 1824. Joseph Gaston was born May 2, 1827. Sara h1a ru1cestors on her mother 1s s i de, t he family of Buck, Scott and Cashman had been residents of Providence District since Bedford County was formed in 1771. Tradition says the Cashmana came strai ght from Holl and. I t i a a lmost a certainty that the Scott and Buck families came from the New England states. Perhaps they floated down the Susquehanna River to Cumberland and York Counties, and then helped to blaze the frontier trails westward. They later se t tled on the soil which was te be Bedford when the new county was severed from Cumberland. Sarah's father, David, and grandfather, Stephen Garlick, owned a gr ea t tract $f land. Each Gf Stephen's sons inhe.ri ted a home and land in 1826 when he died. Tradition states that Sarah's father, David, and her grandfather farmed their land together and a lso operat ed a sawmill in the same v ic i nity. In searching history of the early Bedford County for the names of white settlers, Stephen's name is missing. It might be wondered: "Did Stephen Garlick have so much Indian blood, that he was counted to be more Indian than white?" Stephen did leave a will, however, and hie name is found on the tax lists beginning in 1793. He also is on the federal census records of Bedford County, 1800. When Sarah was five years old, another little sister came to join the family: Eliza Grace, born April 18, 1835 Little ia knawn of Sarah's childhood, but from old letters found in recent yearslocked away in an old t runk, the t ime passed seem te roll backward. From t he old home in Providence, one hears the wild tumbling water of the creek, and visualize the qarefree play, varied and vivid because of the associations of youth. Sarah lived with her family, and nearby were the cousins, aunts and uncles. "Sarah1 a father was the owner of a sawmill and lumber plantation, and he was also fond of hunting. 11 So s te.tes history and tradition that have come down through the fa.milie•. "My grandfather, David Garlick, was a great hunter," John Albert Strong t old in hie history. "He went into the Pennsylvania mountains and returned with as many as twenty bear skins in one trip!" The Garlick family was a very r eligious peopl e , members of the Christian or Cambelite faith. They believed in faith, repentance and baptism by immersion. One morning, Sarah's mother told of a strange dream she had the night b ef ore. In her dream two strangers had come te visit them. Over their heads was a large motto bearing the words: "Truth will prevail!" In her dream she heard a voice say, "These are true messengers of God. Hea r a.nd Obey!" |
