later, as stated by Rev. Conrad Templeton, the present (6) limits of Lancaster County was known as Conestoga. In 1717 all of what is now Manor Township South of the Charleston road was surveyed and reserved as Penn's Conestoga Manor and since 1729 we have Lancaster County and then this was part of

by the earli- est adventurers to the Chesapeake, one of whom, Sir James Argol, wrote to England in 1613 that he hoped to make a cut, "between our bay and the Dela- ware." Argol was apparently in the region of Lancaster County nearly as early as Captain John Smith and Stephen Brule. Vol. 4 p. 270

. Their densest settled center was Lancaster County and their domain, early extended throughout the lower Susquehanna and upper Schuylkill and into parts of the Lehigh, Valleys. More- over, the seat of their central church government was established here in Conestoga where in 1727 they first adopted their

two small farms one north of the other Jacob Mylin (?) and John Eckman; and then following these several farms a mile and a half deep ranged from east to west as follows: Jac. Hostetter, Woolrich Brackbill, Alex Haldy (?), Peter Sikes, Henry Harnis, (Harnish), Mart Baer, Henry Carpenter, John Funk and

road. This petition is signed by about 160 of the principal people of Lancaster County and Boro. Eventually the road was laid out as we can see lying between the King's High- way or Old Philadelphia Road and the Great Conestoga Road to Philadelphia by way of Strasburg. That explains why said road now

Lancaster County felt the appeal and the position of Boston. It is also to be noted that here we have evidence to a small extent of the part the patriotic women of those times helped the "cause". Catharine Reigart, Mary Ferree, Anne Elizabeth Snyder, Elizabeth Graeff, Elizabeth Gross, Mrs. Henry Helmuth

of U. S. for Dist. of Penna. notified the public of Lancaster County that arrearages are to be paid to John Bausman and to him only, as he was commissioned Jan. 1802 as sole Collector in and for said county by Mr. Muhlenberg and remains in offrstce. Also, that citizens were informed that Mr. Graeff