 On November 5 , 1768 , the British acquired the " New Purchase " from the Iroquois in the Treaty of Fort Stanwix , opening what are now Lycoming and Sullivan counties to settlement . Initial settlements were on or near the West Branch Susquehanna River , and , as noted , Plunkett did not receive the land including the creek until 1776 , nor was it surveyed until 1783 . It is not clear if Plunkett ever lived on his land : he resided in Northumberland at the time of his death . A squatter named Paulhamus was the first recorded inhabitant of what became Plunketts Creek Township , living there " some time between 1770 and 1776 " . He was reputed to be a deserter from the British Army and left only when he was captured by British soldiers . 
 On November 5 , 1768 , the British acquired the " New Purchase " from the Iroquois in the Treaty of Fort Stanwix , opening what are now Lycoming and Sullivan counties to settlement . Initial settlements <a href='uninflect' title='1'><mark>were</mark></a> on or near the West Branch Susquehanna River , and , as noted , Plunkett did not receive <a href='None' title='2'><mark>the</mark></a><a href='negative_concord' title='3'><mark>land</mark></a> including the creek until 1776 , nor was it surveyed until 1783 . It <a href='negative_concord' title='4'><mark>is</mark></a> <a href='negative_concord' title='5'><mark>not</mark></a>clear if Plunkett ever lived on his land : he resided in Northumberland at the time of his death . A squatter named Paulhamus was the first recorded inhabitant of what became Plunketts Creek Township , living there " some time between 1770 and 1776 " . He was reputed to be a deserter from the British Army and left only when he was captured by British soldiers . 
On November 5 , 1768 , the British acquired the " New Purchase " from da Iroquois in tdaTreaty of Fort Stanwix , opening what are now Lycoming and Sullivan counties to settlement . Initial settlements was on or near thdaest Branch Susquehanna River , and , as noted , Plunkett did not receive no land including the creek until 1776 , nor was it surveyed until 1783 . It ain't clear if Plunkett eva lived on his land : he resided in Northumberland at the time of his death . A squatter named Paulhamus was the first recorded inhabitant of wat became Plunketts Creek Township , living there " some time between 1770 and 1776 " . He was reputed to be a deserter from the British Army and left only when he was captured by British soldiers .