History & Folklore Newspaper Article County Commissioners Pay for Wolf and Panther Heads Lycoming Gazette: 22 Feb 1809, p. 1, 2; and weekly until 15 March 1809, p. 1, 4. From a Report of Commissioners printed in the Lycoming Gazette, these men were paid by Lycoming County commissioners for wolf and/or panther heads. Names are spelled as they appeared. 22 Feb 1809 27 Feb 1811 Rufus Adams—wolf heads Solomon Allen—wolf head John Clark—wolf head Timothy Coats—wolf heads John Crandle—wolf head Apollos Cudworth—wolf and panther head Samuel Edsel—wolf heads Aaron Firman—wolf head William Firman—panther scalps George Gower—wolf head Aaron Hagaman—wolf head David Hartley—wolf head Robert Hays—wolf head Livi Hicks—wolf head William Huling—wolf heads (2) James Kyle—wolf head William Lower— wolf head David Lusk—wolf heads (4 total: 2/22/1809 and 2/27/1811) James Lusk—wolf head Joseph Mason— wolf head Joel McCarty—wolf head John Newel—wolf head Levi Newel—wolf head James Paxton—wolf and panther heads John Quigley—wolf head Scott and Konkle—wolf heads (2) Jesse Seely—wolf heads (2) John Shaffer—wolf head Billa Spalding—wolf head Hugh White—wolf head [also paid as a trustee of Potter County] James Whitney—wolf heads Joshua Bailey—wolf head George Bird—wolf head John Caldwell—wolf head Joel Calkins—wolf head John Calkins—wolf head John Conaway—panther head William Dewit—panther heads William Dobbins—panther head George Eyres—wolf head Joseph Farlin—wolfhead Abial Forster—wolf head Baltzer Hafner—wolf head Lawson Hemenway—wolf head Jared Holcomb—wolf head John Jordan—wolf head Joseph King—panther head Adam Kunkle—wolf head Samuel M'Carty—wolf head Daniel Orcutt—wolf head Samuel Payson—pantherhead John Phelps—panther head Nathan Reynolds—wolf head Adam Shaffer—wolf head David Smiley—wolf head David Stevenson—panther head Jacob Swain—wolf and panther head Tomas Tomer—wolf head