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Wilson, William Martin, Oliver Crawford, William Thompson, Samuel and Robert Withrow, Caleb and JJoshua Swain, James Way, George, John and William Sinkler. Nathaniel White, Evan Lewis. Joseph Bishop, sr., William Brown, Thomas Sharp, Hugh Shearer, Hamilton Gamble, William MeCown, Peter Bab, John Jaek, Mary Doak. Henry Hunter, William Gregory, George and John Cambell, Samuel Love, Thomas and Alexander Rogers, John Robinson, Wil- liam Dunn, jr., Thomas and Robert Kelly, William Dunn, sr., Elizabeth, William and Thomas Davidson, John Porter, Josias Can- bell, James Cumens, Abraham and James Gibs, sr., Josias Wallis, Thomas Dawson, Richard Hope, Samuel Henry, Samuel Me- Keece, Matthew Rogers, William Finley, John Forgus, Samuel Clyde, John Boyd, Joseph Clark, James Gaby, William Ham- ilton, Francis Jonson, William Clingan, Thomas Brown, Joseph Bishop, Hugh Gibs, sr., William Richardson, John Harper, Edward Magnor, James Guthrie, John Love, James Jemison, Finley MeCown, and James Keys.
West Fallowfield Township .- It is bounded on the north by West Sadsbury township ; on the east by Highland and Londonderry townships; on the south by Upper Oxford township; and on the west by Lancaster county. The township lies within the South Valley hill region, and its rocks are miea-schists with more or less chloritic. The township is drained by the waters of East Octoraro creek. West Fallowfield was formed in 1743 by a division of Fallowfield township, which was erected as early as 1718.
The landowners of West Caln in 1774 were: John Miller, esq., Thomas Clark, William Mathers, IIngh Gib, jr., Robert In 1774 the landholders of the township were: JJoseph and William Adams, Robert Stanford, James Cooper, Evan Wilkinson, John Williams, John Davidson, James | Burns, John. Robert and Patterson Bell ;
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William Banting, Widow Boid, William Boggs, David Brooks, George Cowpland ; Nathan, James, Robert, Stephen and George Cochran ; John Caruthers, Robert Cowden. John Danold, James Dunn, Samuel Futhey, Hugh Fearon, Archibald Guy, James and Adam Glendening, George, Alexander and Andrew Gibson ; James Hannum, William Haslett, Nathan Hayes, Ebenezer Harper, Robert Hamill, Richard, John and Thomas Irwin ; John, Andrew and Joseph Kirkpat- rick ; William Kees, Thomas Love, James Langhead, James Logan, David and James Ligget, George McGuire, James McCaus- land, Thomas MeClure, Patrick MeLaugh- lin, James McCormick, William MeIlhaney, Andrew Moore, Robert Noble, Thomas Of- ficer, Ellis Pusey, Israel Pemberton, John and Arthur Park, Andrew Reed, Francis Ruth, James Rankin, William Reed, James, John and James, jr., Smith ; James Scott, William, Joseph and William, jr., Stringer : George Sloan, John Taylor, William Town- send, John Truman, William Vogan, Samuel and Joseph Wilson, Thomas Wallace, and Sarah Weldon.
West Goshen Township .- This township is bounded on the north by West White- land; on the east by East Goshen; on the south by Westtown; and on the west by East Bradford township. West Goshen lies principally in the southern gneiss region. The northern part is composed of mica- schists that are partly separated from the azoic slates by a narrow strip of serpentine. The borough of West Chester is underlaid by syenites and sandy slates, while frag- ments of dolerites are frequent in the south- Western part of the township. West Goshen is principally drained by the waters of Ches- ter creek, and two railways from West Chester, in the western part, connect with
railroads running to Philadelphia. West Goshen was formed in 1817, by the division of Goshen township.
The names of the landholders of 1774 are included in the list of landowners of East Goshen township for that year.
West Marlborough Township .- It is bounded on the north by Highland, East Fallowfield and Newlin townships; on the east by New- lin and East Marlborough ; on the south by New Garden and London Grove; and on the west by Londonderry and Highland townships. It lies in the southern gneiss and South Valley hill regions, with a large body of limestone in the northern part, and a wide area of Potsdam sandstone in the central and southern portions of the town- ship. It is drained by Doe run and White Clay creek, and the Penn & Delaware rail- road passes along the Highland township line. West Marlborough was formed May 27, 1729, by the division of Marlborough township, which was organized about 1704.
The landowners of the township in 1774 were: Aaron Baker, Arch McNeal, Caleb Pyle, Christopher Rix, Daniel Avery, Ed- ward Swayne, Elizabeth King, George Har- lan, George Taylor, Heury Chalfant, Hector McNeil, Hannah Baker, Hannah Baldwin, Joseph Williams, Joshua and Isaac Bailey, Joseph Pennock, Isaac Pyle, John Kell, John Bailey, Joshua Edwards, Jere. Barn- ard, Joseph Pyle, Jacob Starr, John Pass- more, John Montgomery, James Harlan, Isaac Powell, Joel and Josiah Baily, Jacob Wood, Lewis Pennock, Michael Harlan, Moses Edwards, Mary Pusey, Nathan Hayes, Richard Bernard, Samuel Baker, Thomas Bernard, Tristam Moore, Thomas Trevilla, William Davis, William Harlan, William Hays, William Bailey, and William Chal- fant.
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West Nantmeal Township .- This township is bounded on the north by Berks county and Warwick township; on the east by Warwick and East Nantmeal townships: on the south by Wallace; and on the west by Honeybrook township. West Nantmeal is in the northern gneiss region, and a broad belt of trap, composed of dolerite, syenite and quartz, separates the azoic rocks from the Potsdam sandstone area that occupies the northern part of the township. Iron ore exists at several places within its terri- tory. It is drained by East Brandywine river and French creek, and is crossed by two railroads. West Nantmeal was formed in 1739, hy a division of Nantmeal town- ship, which was erected about 1722. In 1789 Honeybrook was taken from West Nantmeal township, which suffered a further loss of territory when Wallace was formed in 1852.
West Nantmeal's landowners in 1774 were: John Ilambleton, Samuel, James, Matthew and Andrew Buchanan ; John, George and Jared Irwin : James Hare, John Galt, Michael Graham, sr., John Vanlossie, John Carson, William Meredith, James, sr., and James, jr., Graham ; James Kean, Jere- miah Piersoll, Michael Graham, Matthew Curry, Nathaniel Porter, William Gibbons, James Hambleton, James Nesbit, Andrew Spence, John and James Starrett, Robert McConnaughey, Gaiu Wallace, Alexander Craig, Samuel and William Henderson, William and Thomas Kennedy, Thomas Alford, Samuel Thomas, Joseph Trego, James and William Smith, John Aston, Richard Piersoll, William Gilky, JJohn Jones, Francis Gardner, Edward Spice, James and Joseph Keere, Hans Henox, Christian Coffinan, Robert Matthews, Sam- nel Christy, Joseph Martin, John Graham
(cooper), John Graham, Jacob Coffinan, Samuel Cunningham, Robert Lusk, James Hanna, William Trego, William Beale, William Scott, Francis Alexander, James Beatty, Samnel Milduff, Isaac Gibson, Joseph Darlington, John Strong, Peter and George Hunter, Joseph Long, Daniel Moore, George Pheale, William Irwin, Leonard Frescoln, Mark Peter, John Iddings, John Moore, Isaac Philips, Christian Tedwaler, James Anderson, William Logan, William Dunwoody, Matthew, Ephraim and John Robeson; John Dunwoodie, Archibald Thomson, Robert Liggett, Samuel Caruth- ers, William Ralston, John Piersall, James Wilson, John Byers, James Moore, esq .. James MeClure, James Templeton, Thomas Miller, Panl MeKnight, William Ferguson. William Rogers, James Waddell, John Brown, Robert Carson, Robert Wallace, James MeCachren, John Henderson, Ben- jamin Jones, Isaac Phipps, John Millison, Joseph Caldwell, Mordecai Piersall, John Gardner, JJeremiah and James Evans, and Nathaniel Holmes.
West Nottingham Township .- It is trian- gular in shape, and is bounded on the north- east by East Nottingham township; on the sonth by the State of Maryland ; and on the northwest by Lancaster county. The north- ern and central parts of the township lie in the South Valley hill region, while the southern part is in a great belt of serpentine that passes into Lancaster county and the State of Maryland. The township is drained by the waters of Octoraro creek, and the Philadelphia & Baltimore railroad passes through the eastern part of its territory. West Nottingham township was formed about 1818, by the division of Nottingham township.
West Nottingham's landholders in 1774
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were : Alexander Boyd, Adam Miller, Abner Kirk, Caleb Pears, Archibald and Daniel Job, David Moore, David Peak, Charles, Hugh, Henry, Joseph and Jacob Sydwell ; David Edmison, Ephraim Blackburn ; Elijah, John, George, Joseph, Isaac, Jos- eph (?) and Samuel Brown ; George Briggs, George Duglas, Henry, Jacob, Samuel and Jesse Renolds; Henry Anderson, John Cosgrey, James Maxwell, James Barns, John and James Crawford, John McMullen, John Dixon, John Blackburn, James Dougherty, Jonathan Edwards, James Bar- clay, John Johnson, Joseph Wood, John Butterfield, Jacob IIaynes, Joseph Sidwell, Job, William, Isaac and Joseph Haines; John Dickey, John Welsh, William Allen, William Peak, William Maxwell, William Coulson, William Harris, William Knight, William Coale, William and Roger Kirk, William Givins, Robert Corthwait, John Knight, William Rogers, Samuel Reed, James Cummings, John Carmichael, Joseph Porter, John England, James McClane, Joseph Nesbit, John Borland, James Scott, Joseph Coulson, James Ekin, Jeremiah Sergeant, John Glasgo, Johanes Huss, James Evans, Joakim Breakley, James Akiu, James Patin, John McCullough, John Mc- Kellene, Lucy Givens, Patrick Meloy, Rob- ert and Samuel Hyneman, Robert Moore, Samuel Ewings, Samuel Glasgo, Samuel Scott, Thomas McCartney, Timothy Kirk, Thomas Scott, Thomas Coulson, Thomas Phillips, James Armstrong, Joseph Porter, Samuel Love, William Givin, and Henry Woodrow.
West Pikeland Township .- It is bounded on the northeast by West Vincent and East Pikeland townships; on the southeast by Charlestown township; on the southwest by Lower and Upper Uwehlan townships;
and on the northwest by West Vincent township. Its territory lies in the northern gneiss region, contains a number of valuable kaolin and iron ore mines, and is drained principally by Pickering creek, along whose banks the Pickering Creek railroad runs. Chester Springs Soldiers' Orphan school is in this township. West Pikeland was formed in 1738, by a division of Pikeland township, whose territory was granted by Penn, in 1705, to Joseph Pike, merchant, of Cork, Ireland.
The landowners of this township in 1747 are included in the landholders of Pikeland township of that year, given under the head of East Pikeland.
West Sadsbury Township .- This township is bounded on the north by West Caln ; on the east by Sadsbury; on the south by Highland and West Sadsbury townships; and on the west by Lancaster county. The northern part of the township is occupied by Potsdam sandstone, the central part by azoic rocks, and the southern part by a nar- row belt of limestone and a strip of mica- schist slates. Its surface is drained by several small streams, and the Pennsylvania railroad passes through the southern part. West Sadsbury was erected in 1878, by a division of Sadsbury township.
The landowners of West Sadsbury in 1774 are included in the list of landholders in Sadsbury township for that year.
Westtown Township .- This township is bounded on the northeast by Willistown ; on the southeast by Thornbury; on the southwest by Birmingham; and on the northwest by East Bradford and West and East Goshen townships. Westtown is in the southern gneiss region, and is covered by hornblendic gneisses and syenites, except its eastern and western extremities, where
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deposits of serpentine appear. In the south- western part are the most important ser- pentine quarries in the State. The town- ship is principally drained by Chester creek, and has a railroad passing through it. West- town was likely so named from its location relative to Easttown township, and was formed about 1715, if not earlier.
In 1774 the landholders of Westtown were: James and Joseph Gibbons, Thomas and Phebe Taylor, Thomas Mercer, Samuel and Peter Osborne, John and William Hunt, Joseph James, John Polus, Joseph, Isaiah and Isaac Hoops; Benjamin and Francis lliekman, Moses Cock, John and Amos Davis, William Hawley, Jacob Sharpless, Samuel Entriken, James Huey, William and William, jr., Jones ; James Black, Rich- ard Strowd, Thomas Darlington, Thomas Williamson, Edward and Richard Thorn- bury, Joseph Curtain, Hannah Carter, Na- than Jefferis, Joshua Smith, Cornelius Wood, Joseph White, William Chamberlin, Rich- ard Few, Jesse Camby, John Woolley, and Robert Yearsley.
West Vincent Township .- This township is bounded on the north by South Coventry ; on the northeast by East Vincent; on the south by West Pikeland; on the southwest by Upper Uwehlan ; and on the northwest by East Nantmeal township. West Vincent is in the northern gneiss region, except the northeast, where a narrow band of mesozoic rocks exists. There are several iron ore mines in the township. West Vincent township was formed in 1832, by the divis- ion of Vincent, which derived its name from Sir Matthias Vincent.
The landholders of this township in 1774 are included in the landowners of that year of Vincent township, which is given under the head of East Vincent township.
West Whiteland Township .- It is bounded on the worth by Lower Uwchan and Charlestown townships ; on the east by East Whiteland; on the south by East and West Goshen; and on the west by East Bradford and East Caln townships. The southern part of the township is occupied by hydro-mica schist rocks, while north of the center lies the Downingtown limestone, and in the northern part is a wide belt of Pocono sandstone. There are numerous iron ore mines along the northern edge of the limestone. The township is drained by several small streams, and three railroads pass through its territory. West Whiteland was formed, February 26, 1765, by the di- vision of Whiteland township, which was originally organized about 1704.
The landholders of West Whiteland in 1774 were: Joseph and James Gibbons, Thomas Taylor, Thomas Mercer, Samuel and Peter Osborne, John and William Hunt, Joseph James, Joseph, Isaac and Isaiah Hoops : Benjamin Hickman, John Polus, Moses Cock, John Davis, William lawley, Jacob Sharpless, Sammuel Entrikin, James Hney, William Jones, William Jones, jr., James Black, Richard Strowd ( Strode ? ), Phebe Taylor. Amos Davis, Thomas Dar- lington, Edward and . Richard Thornbury, Thomas Williamson, Joseph Curtain. Han- nah Carter, Nathan Jefferis, Joshua Smith, Cornelius Wood, Joseph White, William Chamberlin, Richard Few, Jesse Camby, John Woolley, Francis Hickman, and Rob- ert Yearsley.
Willistoin Township .- This township is bounded on the north by East Whiteland and Fredyffrin : on the east by Tredytirin and Easttown; on the south by Delaware county : and on the west by Westtown and East Goshen townships. "At the extreme
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northern angle runs the limestone belt ; below (south of) this are the mica-schists, bounded in their turn by a belt of serpen- tine; south of the serpentine is a band of irregular width of quartz and feldspar por- phyry ; and sonthermost of all lies a broad band of syenitic granite and hornblendic gneiss, in which latter are dykes of dolerite." The township is drained by Crum creek. Willistown was organized as a township about 1704, and its early settlers were Welsh.
The landowners in 1774 were: Joshua and David Ashbridge, John Brown, John Briggs, John Boggs, Levi and Ezekiel Bowen, Owen Brooks, Daniel Cornock, Joseph Cox, John Douglas, Moses David, Joshua and Jonatban Evans ; William Foree William, William, jr., Isaac, Thomas, Jo- siah, Jesse, Samuel and Aaron Garrett ; John and Benjamin Griffith, Nathaniel Grubb, Benjamin, Benjamin, jr., Phineas, Samuel and Caleb Hibberd ; Thomas Harris, Benjamin Hampton, Griffith and Thomas Jones, George King, John Longstretch, William and Arasmus Lloyd, Isaac, Abra- ham and Jacob Lewis: Thomas, Isaac and Phineas Massey ; Samuel MeCne, Isaac and Thomas Mellin, Caleb Maris, Benjamin Marple, Cromwell ånd Edward Pearce, Thomas Russell, Isaac Richard, William Reece, Joseph Rowland, Howel Roberts, John, George, Thomas, Anne, Caleb and Hannah Smedley ; John Scott, Joseph and Isaac Thomas, John Taylor, Thomas White, Anthony Wayne, Lewis and John Williams, Amos, Amos, jr., Francis, Enoch, Daniel, Nathan, Joshua, George, Isaac, Isaac, jr., Caleb and Joseph Yarnall.
After speaking somewhat in detail of the fifty-six townships of Chester county, it has been deemed advisable to present them
chronologically, with the names of the town- ships from which they were taken, and the years in which they were organized :
Township. From. Year.
Westtown. abont 1685
Birmingham 1686
Thornbury 1687
Willistown about 1704
Easttown
1704
Kennett before 1705
Tredyffrin
before 1707
New Garden before 1715
Charlestown
before 1715
New London.
before 1715
Sadsbury
before 1717
E. Nottingham .... Nottingham. 1718
W. Nottingham ... Nottingham 1718
London Grove.
1723
London Britain ... New London 1725
East Calu
Caln
1728
West Calı Caln 1728
E. Marlborough ... Marlborough.
1729
W. Marlborough .. Marlborough
1729
E. Bradford. Bradford. 1731
W. Bradford.
Bradford
1731
Londondery
Nottingham
1734
Uwehlan
before 1738
E. Nantmeal
Nantmeal
1740
W. Nantmeal Nantmeal 1740
Newlin
1740
E. Fallowfield.
Fallowfield
1743
W. Fallowfield
Fallowfield
1743
E. Whiteland.
Whiteland.
1765
W. Whiteland
Whiteland.
1765
l'ennsbury Kennett 1770
Honeybrook .. W. Nantmeal 1789
Upper Oxford
Oxford
1797
Lower Oxford
.Oxford.
1797
East Goshen
Goshen
1817
West Goshen.
Goshen
1817
Penn.
Londonderry.
1817
Schuylkill.
Charlestown 1826
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Township.
From.
Year.
E. Vincent.
Vincent.
1832
W. Vincent.
Vincent 1832
E. Pikeland
Pikeland
1838
W. Pikeland.
Pikeland 1838
N. Coventry
Coventry.
1841
S. Coventry
Coventry 1841
Warwick
E. Nantmeal
1842
E. Coventry
N. Coventry 1844
E. Brandywine .... Brandywine.
1844
W. Brandywine ... Brandywine
1844
Pocopson
Newlin and others .. 1849
Wallace
W. Nantmeal 1852
Franklin.
N. Londonderry 1852
Valley
Sadsbury 1852
Highland
W. Fallowfield 1853
Elk
E. Nottingham
1857
Upper Uwchlan ... Uwehlan. 1858
Caln E. and W. Cal 1868
W. Sadsbury. Sadsbury 1878
The townships of the county that have passed out of existence by being divided into other townships, together with the dates at which they existed, are shown in the following compilation :
Township.
Time.
Marlborough.
1704-1729
Goshen.
1704-1817
Bradford
1705-1731
Nottingham
1715-1718
Coventry. 1718-1841
Fallowfield 1718-1843
Nantmeal.
1722-1740
Pikeland
1745-1838
Oxford.
1754-1797
Brandywine.
1790-1844
BOROI'GIS.
The United States census of 1890 only enumerates ten boroughs in Chester county, while it classes Honeybrook as a village. and makes no mention of Berwyn or Mal- vern.
Atglen Borough .- Twenty miles west of the county seat, on the Pennsylvania rail- road in West Sadsbury township, near the headwaters of Octoraro creek, is situated the borough of Atglen, which includes within its present limits the former village of l'ennington. It was organized by a de- cree of court on December 20, 1875, and has four hundred population. It has one large manufacturing establishment, several churches and a good graded school. Atglen is the first of several thrifty and enterpris- ing railroad towns in the great Chester county valley, extending from the Lancaster to the Montgomery county line.
Coatesrille Borough .- Pleasantly situated in Valley township, a few miles west of the center of the county, on the West Brandy- wine river, where the main line of the Penn- sylvania railroad forms a junction with the Wilmington & Northern, lies the borough of Coatesville, one of the centers of the iron industry of Chester county. It is fourteen miles from West Chester, thirty-three from Wilmington, thirty-eight from Philadelphia. thirty-nine from Reading, and sixty-five from Harrisburg. Coatesville was incor- porated as a borough in 1867. and includes the old village of Midway, now known as West Coates, and which derived its old name from the fact of being exactly half way between Philadelphia and Columbia. the original termini of the Pennsylvania railroad. Coatesville was named for the Coates family, founded by Moses Coates, who came from Ireland about 1717. The postoffice was established April 1, 1812, with Moses Coates as postmaster, and since that day the place has slowly grown from a post hamlet to a large and prosperous town. The borough is handsome in appearance, has good hotels and schools, and possesses
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several fine churches. It is lighted by gas, possesses good water works and an efficient fire department, and has large iron manu- factories, besides tanneries, and flouring, planing, and woolen mills. It lies in a beautiful and rich valley, and the assessed valuation of its real and personal property is nearly three millions of dollars. A hand- some railroad bridge, nine hundred and sixty feet long and sixty feet high, spans the West Brandywine river at this place.
The population of Coatesville, by each United States census since 1870, has been as follows :
U. S. Census. Population.
White.
Colored.
1870.
2025
1897
128
1880.
2766
1890.
3680
The population of the borough by wards in 1890 was:
East Ward.
1426
Middle Ward 1630
West Ward 624
Downingtown Borough .- This well known town of southeastern Pennsylvania, whose name is so familiar to the almost countless thousands of people who are borne over the main line of the Pennsylvania railroad, lies on the waters of the historic Brandywine river, in the heart of the great Chester val- ley. Downingtown, which went by the name of Milltown as early as 1784, was in- corporated as a borough May 12, 1859, and is in East Caln township. It is seven miles from West Chester, thirty-three from Phil- adelphia, and seventy-three from Harris- burg, and lies at the junction of the Waynesburg with the Pennsylvania rail- road. Through the long years of its exist- ence as a village it increased slowly in wealth and population, but since municipal honors were awarded it, nearly half a cen-
tury ago, its progress has been more rapid. The portion of the town on the east side of the Brandywine, known as East ward, has a postoffice separate from the town, the office being known as East Downingtown. The Downingtown postoffice was established April 1, 1798, with Hunt Downing as post- master, and is the oldest as well as the first established postoffice in the county. The site of the town was largely owned at one time (1739) by Thomas Downing, from whom it derives its name. Downingtown has good banking, fine railroad and excel- lent school facilities. It is lighted by gas, well supplied with water, and has two flour- ing mills and various factories.
The population of Downingtown since. 1860 has been as follows:
U. S. Census.
Population. White.
Colored.
1860.
761
705
56
1870.
1077
1040
37
1880.
1480
...
1890. 1920
...
The population of the borough by wards in 1890 was returned as follows :
East ward. 872
West ward. 1048
Honeybrook Borough .- This thrifty and favorably located town is on the Waynes- burg branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, in Honeybrook township, eighteen miles northwest of West Chester. It has good schools and churches, and its population has increased from four hundred and seventy in 1880 to five hundred and fourteen in 1890. It was formerly known as Waynesburg, and the following account of the place is given by Alexander Marshall :
"About the year 1815 the ground on which the village of Waynesburg, in Honey- brook township, now stands was an old field or common that had not been fenced in
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since the making of the Horseshoe turn- pike, on the north side of that road. On the south side of the turnpike was a tavern, called the 'General Wayne,' with a square, · old-fashioned sign hung to the breeze, on which was painted what purported to be a likeness of the general on horseback, dressed in revolutionary equipments, boots and spurs, mounted on a chestnut sorrel prane- ing steed. The tavern-house stood on the left corner of a road that intersected with the turnpike leading to the Mariner's Com- pass, now called Compassville. On the right side of this road stood a stone store- house, kept by David Haekett, a single man, who boarded at the tavern. The tav- ern was kept by Jonathan Jones, who while living there represented, in part, Chester county in the lower house of the State legis- lature, and afterward was sheriff of Chester county. Beside these two buildings, there was a small two-story stone house on the north side of the turnpike, abont one hun- dred yards farther west. There was a school-house that stood lower down the turnpike, on the south side, near where the railroad now crosses said pike, and was called the 'General Wayne School-house." This was about the position of things at the date above named. There was an Irish school master by the name of Stinson, who had saved some money by teaching in the neighborhood for some years. He bought this old field by way of speculation, got it surveyed into town-lots, and made a lottery -lotteries were then fashionable and not unlawful. He sold the tickets mostly on eredit, as almost everybody could buy on credit at that date. The lottery was drawn, and those who drew the lots fronting on the turnpike promptly paid for their tickets and received titles. Those who drew back lots
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