Editing Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania (section)

===Settlement===
Isaac Gould and Joseph Gardner were the first permanent settlers in modern-day Jenkins Township. The first important settlement in the territory was Joseph Gardner's [[gristmill]] in 1794 (on [[Gardner Creek (Mill Creek tributary)|Gardner's Creek]]). The first schoolhouse was built in the early 1810s. Jenkins Township was formed from a section of [[Pittston Township, Pennsylvania|Pittston Township]] on June 24, 1852.<ref name="Jenkins Township">{{Cite web | url=http://www.pagenweb.org/~luzerne/patk/jenkinstwp.htm | title=Jenkins Township }}</ref> It was named after Col. John Jenkins<ref>[https://archive.org/details/historyofluzerne00brad History of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections], by Bradsby, Henry C., ed, 1893, Publisher: Chicago, S. B. Nelson, page [https://archive.org/stream/historyofluzerne00brad#page/588/mode/2up 589]</ref> (who settled the area with his family in 1769).<ref>Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889, Vol III: Grinnell - Lockwood, page 426</ref> He served as an officer in the [[American Revolutionary War|American Revolution]] (1775-1782), and as a Representative of Luzerne County in the [[Pennsylvania Legislature]] (elected in 1797).<ref>News Article: LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, Thu November 27, 1924 "Pennsylvanians - Past and Present: Colonel John Jenkins, Officer of the Revolution" By F. A. Godcharles</ref>