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HISTORY
OF
YORK COUNTY
PENNSYLVANIA,
FROM THE EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME, DIVIDED INTO GENERAL, SPECIAL, TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH HISTORIES, WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL DEPARTMENT APPENDED.
JOHN GIBSON, DA ARUCAL EDITOR.
98777
ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY PUBLISHING CO. 1886.
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1886, by F. A. BATTEY AND F. W. TEEPLE, In the office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D. C.
CONTENTS.
PART I.
GENERAL HISTORY.
PAGE.
INTRODUCTORY 11
THE EARLY SETTLERS. 13 Artillery 153 Clergy 248
Settlements, First 17 British Prisoners. 156
Clerks of Courts 212
Congressmen 240
Regiments 147, 151 County Commissioners 213
David Grier's (Capt.) Company
150
County Officers
241
Couuty Treasurers ..
243
Dauphin County
253
Dialect, The ... 259
Dialogue in The Palatinate Dialect .. 261
Directors of the Poor .. 243 Distinguishing Characteristics 266 Drovers and Mechanics National Bank of York 259
Farmers', National Bank of York
258
First National Bank of York.
258
Franklin County ..
254
Fuhrman's Lied, Das ..
238
Harbaugh, Leonard
230
Herbach, Yost
228
Judges and Associate Judges
212
Justices of the Peace. 243
Kreuzkrik Wælli un Schornschte Felse: im alte Weiwer-summer ..
Lancaster County.
254
Lawyers
243
Lebauon County 254
Lehigh County
25-1
Lenhart, William.
231
Medical Doctors
245
Militia
248
Nacht for' Chrischdaag, Die .. 264
National Legislators 240
Newspaper Extracts.
277
Overseers of the Poor
242
Percentage of Population 239
Postmasters 240
.178, 189 Prothonotaries. 242
THE REVOLUTION 112 Regiment, One Hundred and Registers of Wills 242
Seventh ..
170, 190
Regiment,
One
Hundred
and
State Officers
Eighth
.. 176, 190
Regiment, One Hundred and Thir- tieth. 171, 191
Regiment, One Hundred and Sixty- Sixth . .172, 193
Regiment, One Hundred and
Eighty-Second .. 176, 196
Regiment,
One
Hundred
and
Eighty-Seventh ..
176, 197
Emigration to York County.
279
Regiment, Two Hundredth ..
177, 197
Fawn Meeting ..
Regiment, Two
Hundred
and
Seventh.
177, 199
Regiment, Two Hundred aud Ninth
Marriages.
285, 286
177, 199
Newberry Meeting ..
280
Volunteers from York County
179
Plans of Organization
279
Warriogton Meeting.
281
203 York Meeting 283 THE SCOTCH-IRISH. 290 SPECIAL HISTORY. PRELIMINARY HISTORY. 299 Appearance of the County. 302 Chief Ranger .... 304 Clerks ta the County Commissioners 308 Clerks of Orphans' Courts, and Court of Quarter Sessions 304 Incident of the Invasion at Jefferson 217 Incidents of Stuart's Raid at Dover., 218 List of Killed 215 Commissioners 307 Coroners. 312 Court House, First .. 303 Court House, Present 303 240 War for the Union. Western National Bank of York 258 York County National Bank. 257 FRIENDS OR QUAKERS 278 Emigration to America. 278 Inhabitants of York County to Committee of Salety, 1776, Let- ter of .. 127 Organization of the Militia of the County 124 Resolutions of Committee of York County, 1776, 127 York County Militia. 128 York County Militia Battalions 132 York County Militia Companies. 130 CONTINENTAL CONGRESS. 135 Baron Steuben. 140 British Account of Hancock's Speech 137 Correspondence of John Adams from Yark 136 Gen. Gates and the Cabal. 137 Monument to Philip Livingston 142 Occurrences and Proceedings at York 135, 142 Resignation of President Hancock ... 137 Resolutions of Congress, 1777-78. 142 Session at York 135 List of Wounded 215 Town Major. 144 Wilkinson's Memoirs, Gen. 139 Assembly men 241 PAGE. CONTINENTAL TROOPS .. 144 Additional Regiment. 152 Berks County .. 252 Burough Officers 242 Armand's Legion 153 City of Reading. 253 Continental Line Pennsylvania THE ABORIGINES .. 19 20 INDIAN TITLE. 33 Completion of Title. Orders of Gen. St. Clair. Moses McClean's (Capt.) Company ... 150 New Eleventh .. 153 Maryland Intrusions. 155 EUROPEAN TITLE. Pensioners, Revolutionary 159 Pulaski's Legion .. 153 Pennsylvania Battalion Pennsylvania Rifle Regiment, The ... 117 Revolt of the Pennsylvania Line .... 154 Riflemen .. 144 SUBSEQUENT MILITARY HISTORY, THE Frontier Defense. 162 Mexican War. 166 Volunteers at Baltimore. 164 War of 1812-14. 163 Whisky Insurrection 162 WAR FOR THE UNION 264 Emergency Troop of 1863. 166 202 Independent Battery. 203 Independent Companies .. 200 Other Officers from York County .... Regiment, Second. 202 Regiment, Sixteenth. 168, 179 Manor of Maske. Town of York, The ...... 96 FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 99 Billeting of Soldiers. 106 Conestogoe Massacre 111 Indian Abductions 109 Pontiac's War. 111 Return of Officers 1758. 108 Aid to Baltimore from York 128 Articles of Association. 126 Associations for Defense ... 123-132 Associators of Pennsylvania, Ad- dress to the ... 121 Committees of Correspondence .... 115-127 Constitution of Pennsylvania, First 121 Council of Safety. 123 Independent Government, Proceed- ings to form an. 120 State Senators. 241 Teachers .. 247 United States Senators 249 First Monthly Meeting in York County 279 286 HOSPITAL WORK. 203 GEN. STUART'S DETOUR THROUGH YORK COUNTY .. 212 Arrival of the Sixth Corps 215 Battle of Gettysburg. 217 Career and Fate of some of the Officers. 215 Engagement at Hanover. 212 Hanover Hospital and its Incidents, The 216 THE PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS. 219 PAGE. BORDER TROUBLES. Arrest of Cressap. 149 Chester County Plot, The .. 64 Invasion of the Three Hundred 59 Mission of Messrs. Hamilton and Georges 54 Mission of Messrs. Jennings aod Dulaney. 67 Mission of Messrs Preston and Kin- sey 72 58 THE BOUNDARY LINE 73 Digges' Choice. 78 82 Final Agreement of 1760. Mason & Dixon's Line .... 83 Nicholas Perie, The case of. 82 Royal Order, The. 73 Temporary Liue, The 75 88 Blunstone's Licenses. 93 92 SPRINGETSBURY MANOR Regiment, Thirtieth. 168, 181 Regiment, Forty-First. 181 Miller, Lewis .. 233 Regiment, Forty-Third. 168, 181 Regiment, Seventy-sixth. 169, 183 Regiment, Eighty-Seventh ... . .. 169, 184 Regiment, Ninety-Second (See Ad- denda) .. 189 Regimeut, One Hundred and Third 162 Revolt of the Germans .. 39 35 41 47 66 Settlement of Newberry and Ad- joining Townships Conestogoe Indians 26 Hartley, Col. 151-152 167, 179 State Legislators 241 241 IV CONTENTS. PAGE. County Almshouse. 306 County Auditors. 308 County Jail, First .... 305 County Jail, Present .. 305 County Limits. 300 County Offices .. 303 Fertilizers 353 Forests, The .. 347 Weekly Dispatch, The. 381 York Advocate, The .. 380 York County Farmer, The. 380 381 York Daily, The York Gazette, The. York Gazette, Die 378 York Pennsylvania, The ... 380 York Recorder, The .. 378 York Republican, The 378 381 Hanover Journalism 382 Citizen, The. 383 Citizen and Democrat, The 383 Democrat, The ... 383 English Citizen, The. 383 Guardian, The ... 382 Hanoverian, The. Hanover Gazette .. 382 Herald, The. 383 Intelligenehlatt, The 383 Monthly Friend, The. 383 Pennsylvanische Wochinschrift, Die .. 382 Planet and Weekly News, The. 383 Regulator, The. 383 Does it Impoverish the Soil ? 357 Spectator. The. 3-3 New Tobacco, The. 355 RELIGIOUS DENOMINATIONS. 384 Physical Features. 357 Planting 357 Product, The Topping and Suckering. 357 German Baptists. 387 Methodism, Introduction of. 385 United Brethren in Christ 386 HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHIES 391 358 Bacon, Rev. Samuel 408 Barmitz, Hon. Charles A Books Used and Modes of Teaching. 361 Borough Institute. 368 Borough Superintendency 368 Children's Home, The 373 Convention of 1834. 362 Convention of 1835. 363 Cottage Hill Seminary 372 County Superintendency 363 County Teachers' Institute. 366 Dritt, Capt. Jacob. 398 Ettinger, Rev. Adam. Franklin, Gen. William B. 417 Franklin, Rear Admiral 427 Gibson, Commander William 427 Gibson, Gen. Horatio Gates. 422 Glasgow, Hon. Hugh 414 Glosshrenner, Hon, Adam J .. 416 Goering, Rev. Jacoh. 408 National Transit Lines. 344 Northern Central Railway. 338 Oil Pipe Line. 344 344 Railroads in the United States 336 Railroads in Pennsylvania, First 337 River and Canal Navigation ... 331 Roads, Early .. 321 Stewartstown Railroad 343 Susquehanna & York Borough Turn- pike Company 327 Telegraph, The. 343 Telegraph at Hanover 343 Telegraph, Other Lives of. 343 Telephone, The. 344 Traders' Routes. 321 Turnpikes 327 Cost of Construction and Repairs. 334 Description of Canal .. 335 Its Benefits to York County 335 Opening of the Canal. 334 Plans for, and Construction of .. 333 York & Chanceford Turupike ... 330 Hauover Gazette, The. 378 York & Cumberland Railroad. 339 Harbinger, The. 380 York & Gettysburg Turnpike. 328 Lesson Quarterly. 381 York & Maryland Line Railroad. 338 York & Maryland Line Turnpike ... 329 York & Peach Bottom Railway Company 342 Cigar Industry 358 Clover Seed. 352 Teachers' Journal, The. 381 True Democrat, The .. 380 Distilling as an Industry among Farmers .. 350 Unions Freund, Der .. 379 Domestic Animals .. 350 Village Museum, The. 379 Farming, Early Modes of. 349 Volks Verichter, Der .. 378 County Surveyors 305 Erection of County. 299 Fruit Trees, Cultivation of .. 352 First Chapter of Chronicles. 311 Grasses, lutroduction of. 352 Great Election Contest. 311 Jury Commissioners 309 301 Limits Contracted Maintenance of the Poor 305 Mercantile Appraisers. 309 People, The .. 302 Prothonotaries. 304 Recorders. 304 Registers 304 Riot at Election of 1750. 309 Sheriffs 309 301 Statistical Treasurers 304 Towns and Townships ... 301 CIVIL LIST. Gubernatorial Elections 314 Justices of the Peace under Consti- tution of 1790. 319 List during the Revolution. 312 List of Later Date. 313 Members of the Assembly. 317 Members of the State Senate .. 316 National Representatives 316 PUBLIC INTERNAL IMPROVEMENTS 321 Bachman Valley Railroad 341 Baltimore & Hanover Railroad 342 Berlin Branch Railroad. 342 Berlin & Hanover Turnpike Co ... 329 Bridges ...... 327 Codorus Navigation. 335 Conewago Canal, The. 331 Early River Navigation 331 Gov. Mifflin Present at the Open- ing. 332 Interesting Events at the Opening 332 Navigation to Columbia, and Tide Water Opened .... 333 Plans to Extend Navigation and Remove Obstacles. 331 State Aid Received and Canal Constructed 332 Conveyance of Mails and Passengers 326 Davis, Phineas .. 337 Elgar, John 338 Ferries, Early. 326 Hanover Branch Railroad Company 340 Hanover & Littlestown Railroad ..... 341 Hanover & Maryland Line Turupike Road .. 328 High School, The .. 368 Lancastrian School 370 Length of School Term 362 Other Schools in the County. 375 Progress of the First Efforts. 375 School Buildings. 367 Semi-Centennial, The 376 Some Early Schools and Teachers ... 359 State Laws. 362 Hamilton, Hance .. 393 Stewartstown English and Classical Institute ... 373. Sunday Schools. 375 Teachers. 368 Theological Seminary 371 366 Kelley, Hon. James. 413 King, Hon. Adam. 415 Kurtz, Hon. William H. 416 Lewis, Judge Ellis 404 Lischy, Rev. Jacob. 406 Mayer, Rev. Lewis. 409 McClean, Archibald 395 MeLaughlin, Capt. William H. 425 McPherson, Col. Robert 394 395 396 Delta Times, The .. 383 Miller. Gen. Heury Evangelical Zeitung, Die. 380 Nes, Hon. Henry. Evening Dispatch, The. 382 Prowell, Maj. Joseph 400 Evening Telegram, The 381 Raus, Rev. Lucas. Reed, Gen. William. 405 40I 402 Schriver, Gen. Edmund 416 Scott, Patrick 399 Small, Gen. M. P. 424 Spangler, Gen. Jacob 414 Stair, G. Christopher. 404 Steel, James 403 Pennsylvania Chronicle and York Weekly Advertiser, The ... 378 Pennsylvania Herald aud York Stevens, Hon. Thaddeus 403 General Advertiser, The .. 378 Stewart, Hon. John 413 AGRICULTURE. 345 Pennsylvania Gazette, The. 878 Stouch, Capt. George W. H. 426 Pennsylvania Republican, The ... 378 Tyson, Benjamin. 401 Big Barn, The. 352 Characteristics of the Emigrant Farmer 347 Recorder (Daily), The. Primary Leaf, The. 381 Welsh, Lieut. George P 126 378 Worley, Francis 399 Republicanische Herald, Der 378 Ziegler, Rev. Daniel. 409 414 Jameson, David. 391 Jamesou, Horatio Gates 392 .Jordan, Archibald Steele. 402 York Borough Schools. York Collegiate Institute. 371 York County Academy .. 368 Young Ladies' Seminary. 372. 377 JOURNALISM IN YORK COUNTY Age, The 382 American Eagle, The. 380 381 Commercial Monthly, The. 382 Delta Herald, The .. 383 McPherson, William Tide Water and Susquehanna Canal 333 Causes which led to its Origin. 333 Democratic Press, The. 380 Mitchell, Hoa. James S. 415 415 Navigation .. 335 Expositor, The 379 Fountain, The. 382 Ross, Hon. James. German Reformed Magazine, The .. 379 346 How our Ancestors Came and What They Brought With Them. 347 Incideuts of Pioneer Life 348 Indian Farming 346 Marshes' 346 Old Time Harvests 351 l'leasure Carriages. 351 Price of Lands and Laying out of Towns 352 Second House, The. 352 Selections of Lands hy First Settlers 347 Statistical .. 354 Thrashing Machines, Reapers, etc., 353 Tobacco Culture. 354 A New Era. 355 Cultivation 357 Cutting the Crop. 357 Preparation of Ground for. 356 Church of God, The. 356 Varieties Cultivated io York County 356 Wagoning. York County Agricultural Society .. EDUCATIONAL 359 Aet of 1834. 366 Barton, Rev. Thomas. Brackenridge, Hon. Hugh H. Butlers, The Revolutionary 404 Campbell, Capt. Thomas. 401 401 405 402 Cathcart, Rev. Robert. 411 Crawford, Hon. William 414 410 Deininger, Rev. Constantine J Dill, Matthew 399 Denominational Schools. 376 Edgar, James ... 401 409 Directors 367 Hanover & York Railroad 339 History of Railroads. 335 Invention of Locomotives. 336 Invention of Railroads 336 Haller, Col. Granville. O 418 Hartley, Hou. Thomas 412 Hostetter, Hou. Jacob 384 387 Evangelical Association York County Origin of. 385 379 History of Agriculture in York County 346 Holzsch wamm Grubenlaod 346 Hanover Agricultural Society 359 PAGE. PAGE. Wahre Republicaner, Der. 378 York Weekly, The. 382 Baptists, The. 415 Baruitz, Ensign Jacoh 351 312 Postal Telegraph Company Children's Guide, The. V CONTENTS. PAGE. THE BENCH AND THE BAR .. 428 Associate Judges. 442 Atlee, Hon. William Augustus. 438 Barher, William, Esq .... SLAVERY AND REDEMPTIONERS. 497 447 Barnitz, Hon. George ... 443 Colonization Society 498 Slavery in York County 497 Underground Railroad 498 SERVANTS AND REDEMPTIONERS 500 SECRET SOCIETIES 500 Free and Accepted Masens 500 Improved Order of Red Men. 505 Knights of Pythias 507 Odd Fellows . 502 Other Secret Orders. 507 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES .. 507 Cederus and Manheim Mutual. 509 Dover, Cenewage, Newberry, East and West Manchester Mutual ... 509 Farmers Insurance Company of York . 508 Visit of Lafayette 551 Farmers Mutual of Paradise .. 508 Water Company 572 Southern Mutual. 509 Western National Bank 559 Spring Garden Mutual 509 MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS 510 Continental Money 510 Millerites, The ... 510 PRESENT JUDGES OF YORK COUNTY 510 Wickes, Hon. Pere L ... 510 BOROUGH AND TOWNSHIP HIS- TORY. BOROUGH OF YORK 513 Annexations: 520 Anti-Jacobinism 557 Baer's Bank (Jacob H.) 559 Banks and Banking 557 Banking House et Weiser, Sen & Carl 559 Benevolent Association 572 Bethlehem Church of the Evangel- ical Association 545 Bettstown 520 Kuntz-Welsh 594 Mesozoic Rocks 471 Bottstown in 1783 521 Manufactures 589 Palæozoic Rocks 468 Peach Bottom Slates .. 472 Pottsdam Sandstone ... 468 Conspiracy in 1803. 548 Trap .. 472 Yerk Limestone ... 470 Yerk Limestone with Argillites 471 METEOROLOGICAL 474 Destruction in the County ... 479 Drought ef 1822. 476 Flood of York 478 474 Flood of 1817 Flood of 1822 475 Flood of 1884 477 Hail Storm in 1797 476 Hail Storm ef 1821 476 Heroic Deeds and Narrow Escapes. 478 Meteeric Shewer of 1833. 480 Miraculous Fleed ef Beaver Creek 476 Rainfall Tahle 477 Ruin and Desolatien 479 Snew Storm ef 1772. 476 Wind Sterm of 1830. 476 TOPOGRAPHY. 480 Elevations above Sea Level .. 481 Table of Elevations .. 481 EARLY IRON INDUSTRIES. 482 Cannon Balls for the Revolutionary War 485 Castle Fin Forge. 486 First Anthracite Coal Lecemetive ... 488 First Iren Interest in York County. 483 First Iren Works in Pennsylvania .. 483 Hellam Iren Werks. 485 Maner Furnace ... 489 Margaretta Furnace. 489 Mary Ann Furnace. 484 Spring Ferge and Bleemary 484 Woodstock Ferge .. 197 489 York Foundry Furnace and Forge .. York Furnace 489 Moravian Church CENSUS REPORTS AND POSTOFFICES .. 489 Government Census Reports. 490 Old Time Fairs .. 523 Money Order Offices 491 Postal Routes ... 490 Postoffices and Pestmasters in 1832 .. 491 Postoffices in 1885. 491 Postoffices in York County. 490 NOTES FROM EARLY COURT RECORDS, Rescue Fire Company. 563 Riet in 1786. 548 1749 TO 1770. 491 Constables Appointed at First Court 492 PAOE. St.John's German Evangelical Luth- eran Church ... 540 St. Luke's Lutheran Church. 541 St. Mary's Catholic Church. 543 St. Patrick's Catholic Church. 542 St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church. 537 Schall, Danner & Sperry's Bank 559 Second Church of the United Breth- ren in Christ. 544 Sun Fire Company. 560 Trinity Church of the Evangelical Association 546 Union Evangelical Lutheran Church 539 Unien Fire Company 563 United Library Association 571 Vigilant Fire Company 561 Visit of President Washington and other Distinguished Men 553 York Club .. 569 York County National Bank. 558 York National Bank Young Mea's Christian Associatien 558 547 532 Zien Evangelical Lutheran Church .. 538 Zion Refermed Church BOROUGH OF HANOVER ... Baltimore Defenders. 591 Biegraphical .. 592 Cel. Richard McAllister 592 Gen. Jacob Eyster 592 581 Churches Distinguished Entemelegists. 593 Melsheimers 593 574 Emanuel's Reformed Church. 583 591 590 Fairs Fire Department ... First National Bank 581 Gas Company 590 Genealogical. 591 Growth of this Tewn 578 Hanover Saving Fund Society 580 Hotels. 591 Incorporation 578 Methodist Episcopal Church ..... Military and Musical. 591 587 Noted Improvements. 578 580 Postoffice .. Public Cemmen. 579 St. Joseph's Catholic Church 586 Farmers National Bank. 559 St. Mark's Lutheran Church. 585 Fire Department, The. 560 First Baptist Church 545 Schools .... 588 First Church of the United Brethren in Christ 544 First Evangelical Lutheran Church 523 First Methodist Episcopal Church ... 541 First National Bank 558 Visit of Gen. Washington 590 First Presbyterian Church 535 Water Company .. 590 First Reformed Church 530 BOROUGH OF WRIGHTSVILLE 595 Founding of York 514 Fourth of July, 1788. 552 Business Interests. 599 Fourth of July, 1819 553 Churches 597 Evangelical Lutheran Church. 598 Ewing, Gen. James .. 596 Incident of the Confederate Inva- sion 597 Incorporation 597 Methodist Church. 597 561 Postoffice 600 Presbyterian Church 598 599 Secieties. 599 Tewn Laid Out 596 TOWNSHIP OF HELLAM. 600 Anderson's Ferry 605 Markets 521 Berder Troubles. 601 Methodist Episcopal Zien Church. 546 Churches of Hellam 606 Military. 554 Cresap, Col. Themas. 602 Military ef York and Civic Celebra- tions 551 Historical Notes 607 Opera House 571 Tepography. 600 Pesteffice, The. 559 Prospect Hill Cemetery 569 Village of Hellam .. 607 TOWNSHIP OF SPRING GARDEN. 608 Church of the Evangelical Asseci- atien .. 6II PAGE. "Dr." Dady 495 Grand Jury, October, 1749. 491 Rates in Taverns. 493 443 Campbell, Esq., John Gardner. 451 Cassat, Esq., David. 447 Chapin, Esq., Edward. 448 Clark, Gen. Jehn 446 ('ochran, fien. Thomas E .. 452 Dare, Hon. George 4-43 District Attorneys. 435 Durkee, Hen. Daniel 439 450 Evans, Esq., Jehn .. Fisher, Hen. Robert J. 441 439 Franklin, Hen. Walter. Grier, Col. David. 447 Hambly, Esq., Themas C. 448 Hays, Hen. Mills. 444 Henry, Hou. Jeha Joseph 439 Hinkle, Hon. John L 443 Justices of the Peace. 432 Kirk, Hen. Jacob 443 Keller, Hen. Isaac .. 443 List of Attorneys. 435-438 Mayer, Esq. John L. 450 Members of the Bar. 444 Moore, Hon. Jehn 444 Newcomer, Hen. David. 444 President Judges .. 438 Rieman, Hen. Jehn 444 Rudisill, Hon. Jacob 442 Schlegel, Col. Henry. 442 Smith, Hon. James. 445 MEDICAL HISTORY 455 GEOLOGY 463 Analyses of Ores, Rocks, Minerals, etc 472 Belt of Upper Eezeic. 467 Cainezeic and Recent 472 Eazoic Rocks. 465 Hellam Quartzite. 468 Hydro-Mica Schists 470 472 Iren Ores. Calvary Presbyterian Church. 536 Mennonite Church. 587 585 Church History 523 City Market. 522 Drevers and Mechanics National Bank 559 Duke St. Methodist Episcopal Church 542 Farmers Market. 521 Taxable Inhabitants in 1783. 575 Town of Hanover. 574 Trinity Reformed Church 587 United Brethren in Christ 587 Franklin Institute. 572 Franklin Lyceum 571 Gas Company 568 Hand in Hand Fire Company. 560 Heidelberg Reformed Church. 544 Inhabitants in 1783. 517 Laurel Fire Company Manufacturing Interests. 564 Billmyer & Small Ce .... 564 Scheels Variety Iron Works, E. G. Smyser 565 Frey, Metter & Co. 566 A. B. Farquhar. 566 P. A. & S. Small 566-568 536 Municipal History 519 Iron Ore Interests. 608 Lutheran and Refermed Church. 606 Public Schools. 607 Taxables in 1783 605 Druck Valley U. B. Church ... 607 Historic Old House .. 604 Troubles of Early Surveyors. 601 Old Time Inns and Taverns and Later Day Hetels. 549 St. John's Episcopal Church. 532 African Methodist Church 599 St. Matthew's Lutheran Church 581 Mount Olivet Cemetery 573 Early History Johnsen, Esq., Samuel. 444 York County Mutual 507 Mcintyre, Hon. Peter. 444 Gibson, Hen. Jebn ... 511 Latimer, Hen. James W 512 Black, Hon. Jeremiah S 452 Bonham, Hon. Samuel Coxe .. VI CONTENTS. PAGE. Glades, The ... 610 Mount Zion Church .. 610 Pleasureville ... 610 Schools 610 Stony Brook 610 Village of Freystown .. 608 TOWNSHIP OF MANCHESTER. 611 Adoption of the Common School System ... 620 Borough of Manchester .. 615 Business Places .. 616 Churches .. 616 Church of the United Brethren in Christ ... 619 Confederate Invasion. 618 Eib's Landing. 614 Emig's Grove Camp MeetingGrounds 620 Emigsville ... Floods. Founding of Manchester. 615 Churches Incorporation 616 Church of God Manchester Lutheran Church. 617 Fruit Culture 649 Landis Ore Bank 649 Green Spring Church. 680 681 682 681 681 Mount Pleasant Chapel. Public Schools 661 Quickel's Church 680 Strinestown. Zion Lutheran and Reformed Church 680 TOWNSHIP OF PARADISE. 683' Altland's Meeting House ... 684 Baughmansville .. 685 Bigmount Village. 685 683 Churches Confederate Invasion, The. 683 Mills 686 684 Paradise Brickyard. 684 Paradise Catholic Church. Schools 686 Methodist Episcopal Church 657 Taxables of 1783 684 Military 659 Physicians 654 655 Postoffice at Dillsburg Quay, Col. Matthew Stanley 660 Mt. Zion's Reformed Church 690 Reformed Lutheran Church 688 Schoolhouse .. 690 TOWNSHIP OF FRANKLIN 661 Spring Grove Borough. 688 Borough Schools 663 Spring Grove Paper Mills 689 638 Business Industry. 662 Churches 663 Evangelical Lutheran Church 663 Franklintown 662 691 TOWNSHIP OF HEIDELBERG. 693 Historical Spot, An 695 Iron Ore Interests. 694 694 TOWNSHIP OF PENN Evangelical Church 696 Churches ... 697 Lutheran and Reformed Church. 697 Mount Zion United Brethren Church 698 Public Schools 698 St. Bartholomew's Church .. 697 TOWNSHIPS OF CODORUS AND NORTH CODORUS .. 698 Borough Schools .: 703 Christ's Reformed Church 702 Churches. 699 Churches of Jefferson 702 Church of the United Brethren in Christ. 702 Mount Top. 669 Glenville 703 Mount Top Horse Company 669 Mount Zion Church 670 Quaker Meeting House. 669 Reformed Church. 667 Rossville. 667 Round Top 666 Salem Church of the Evangelical Association 669 Topography .. 666 Union Church 667 Old-time Fairs Visit of Lorenzo Dow 670 Public Schools 700 St. Jacob's Church. 700 St. Peter's Church 699 Steltzes' Church 700 Bermudian Meeting House. 673 Stoverstown. 703 Stoverstown Church 700 Taxables in 1783. 699 Hall Postoffice. 673 Union Church 702 Houses of Worship. 673 Villages ... 703 PAGE. Salem Lutheran and Ref'd Church .. 674 St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Church. 673 672 TOWNSHIP OF DOVER Borough of Dover. Davidsburg ... 674 677 679 643 Dover Church, The 674 677 Dover in 1783. 646 Emig's Mills. 680 677 679 Incorporation of Dover. Indian Relics Lutheran Church 679 Mennonite Meeting House. 679 Public Schools, Introduction of. 679 Religious Societies 679 679 Rohler's Union Church Small Fruits. 679 679 United Brethren Church. Weiglestown Church History Lutheran and Reformed Church 647 Historical Notes Musical New Holland Village. 613 Old School House, AD .. 617 Paper City, A. 614 Physicians .. 616 616 Reformed and Lutheran Church (Hoover's). 619 Schools. 617 Shad Fisheries 614 The Gut Union Church of Manchester 616 United Brethren Church. 617 Dillsburg Borough Dillsburg Bulletin 654 Dillsburg Presbyterian Church 655 Assessment of 1884. 622 Incorporation of Dillsburg ... 653 Formation of Township .. 621 Historic Mill Site. 623 St. Paul's Lutheran and Reformed Church . 622 623 Shiloh Church Topography 621 TOWNSHIP OF NEWBERRY 623 St. Paul's Lutheran Church 659 Ball Hills. 637 Schools 658, 661 Bethel Church. 627-629 Taxable Inhabitants 651 St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 690 Borough of Lewisberry 632 Business Industry of York Haven and other Facts Cigar Industry 626 Goldsboro. 627 629 Goldshoro Sandstone Quarry. Military 663 Last Indian, The .. 630 St. John's Reformed and Lutheran Church 663 South Mountain Union Church. 663 Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.