Person:John Harris (201)

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Husband's Name 
John HARRIS (AFN:14DK-DB1)  Pedigree  

Born:  1723  Place:  Raphoe, Cy Donegal, Ireland   
Died:  28 Feb 1794  Place:  Mifflintown, Pa   

Father:  James HARRIS (AFN:14DK-D8L)  Family  
Mother:  Janet MCCLURE (AFN:14DK-D9S)   

Wife's Name 
Jean HARRIS (AFN:14DK-CHV)  Pedigree  

Born:  Abt. 1727  Place:  , Ireland   

Father:    
Mother:    

Children 

 1.  Sex  Name    
 F Jean HARRIS (AFN:14DK-CJ3)  Pedigree  

   Born:  23 Apr 1754   Place:  Lancaster Cy, Pa   
   Died:  8 Mar 1822   Place:  

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Welcome to Mifflintown Borough, Juniata County Pa

Mifflintown Borough is the County Seat of Juniata County. It is a rural area with a population of 861 residents(census 2000). We are mainly an agricultural area situate west of Harrisburg off of Route 22/322.

The Borough of Mifflintown sprang from the plantation of John Harris, who in 1774, settled along the banks of the Juniata River at McClellan Ferry. Harris lived in a log house at the corner of Cedar and Front Streets, where he operated a store. The house also later served as his courtroom when he became a justice of the peace.

Harris laid out the town and eventually named it. His lands became a part of the original Mifflin County when it was established in 1789. Some wanted the new county seat to be located on Harris’ land, but the people in what is now Mifflin County objected. Harris then named his town Mifflintown, so that when the county seat was located to the west (now Lewistown), the name “Mifflintown” could not be used because it had already been taken.

When Juniata County was formed in 1831, the courthouse was built on a square block in the center of Mifflintown, left by the foresighted John Harris for the county.

The village of Mifflintown was incorporated as a borough on March 6, 1833.