Nathaniel Goss II was a son of Nathaniel Goss I, who came from Connecticut, prior to the Revolutionary War and lived in a block house, the only one left standing by the Indians and Tories. He fled from there before the Wyoming Massacre (Pennsylvania) just in time to save himself and family from the persecution of the enemies. He was one of the earliest, if not the earliest settlers in Huntington, he was an extensive farmer in those earliest days considering they lacked as many facilities we now enjoy and live to be 60 years of age; the family consisted of three sons and two daughters. Nathaniel his son, took charge of the old homestead in Huntington Township, containing 150 acres where he built a grist mill which he operated for several years. He was a man of influence and worth in the Township and County and was favored with many offices of trust and responsibility, being a member of the "Puritan Committee" when the County was divided. He was an expert hunter and loved the chase; he died in 1853, at the age of 67 years.
(Note: Grave maker in Scott's Cemetery, he was born 14 April 1785, died 24 January 1854, age 68 years, 9 months 10 days.) There were 12 children born to him, 11 of who came to maturity." Bradsby, page 934.

HISTORY OF LUZERNE LACKAWANNA and WYOMING COUNTIES, HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP
Nathaniel Goss, Jr. built the mill known as the Workheiser Mill which stand son the opposite side of the stream from the old on. The land on which Hopkins Mill stood was donated for mill purposes by the Susquehanna Company. In 1798 Nathan Beach built the Rogers mill on March creek. Bacon's carding and fulling mill was built on Huntington Creek in 1817. The gristmill at Harveyville was originally built in 1798 and replaced in 1837 by a new one which was subsequently burned and the present one built in 1869.