- ferred, was Salisbury township, Lancaster county, Pa. ; but the place was never positively identified, and his master remained unknown. A mysterious feature about his early life was, that when he made his advent to the vicinity of what was to be his Blue Ball home, besides using good English, with the

EXTRACTS FROM THE EARLY COURT RECORDS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. By H. WILSON EARLY APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS TO SERVE IN WHAT IS NOW LANCASTER COUNTY W ILLIAM PENN, proprietary and governor, made the first appointments of justices for the Province of Pennsylvania. Succeeding governors continued to

stated that "written history affords an incomplete history of the past." Without it, however, archaeology would have to depend more upon actual possession of instruments as excavated and recovered from mounds and graves. This plan of procedure has been going on in Lancaster county and elsewhere in

MUSTER ROLLS OF SOLDIERS FROM LANCASTER COUNTY IN THE WAR OF 1812 By MRS. J. V. R. HUNTER AND MRS. MARY OWEN STEINMETZ Not long ago, an old record book was found in the office of the prothon- otary in the court house of Reading, Berks county, Pa., bearing the following title: "Muster Roll of the

ceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society. Our grateful thanks are extended to Mrs. Hunter and Mrs. Steinmetz for their fine service in copying these names, which is highly appreciated. �Muster Roll of the field and staff officers of the 1st Regt., 2nd Brigade, Pennsylvania Militia, commanded by

Lancaster In The Gettysburg C ampaign By M. LUTHER HEISEY THE ALARM At no time in the long history of Lancaster County did consternation and excitement reign among its citizens as in the closing days of June, 1863, when the gray ranks of the Confederacy approached to its very gateways. For days