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

/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Worner, William Frederic. Title: Meeting to prevent the introduction of slaves into any territory or state admitted into the Union / by William Frederic Worner. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Slavery--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County--History. Slavery--United States--Extension to the

. Hollow Schoolhouse was one of the first school buildings erected in this portion of Lancaster county. The first building was a humble log structure, which was built by Joseph Rutter on his farm which Conrad Rutter, his father, had taken possession of in 1716. This house was built at the foot of the ridge

latter pronunciation was correct, and he had cousins in Lancaster County who spelled their name Leaman. However, he was regularly called "lemon" by his local contempora- ries, and his descendants still retain that name. As a child of * James C. Leman, a son of the riflemaker, furnished valuable data on

Library, it might be of interest to digress a bit and consider the character of the court and bar of Lancaster county prior to the Civil War. Lancaster county became a municipal sub-division of the Province of Pennsylvania by the authority of the act of General Assembly of the Province, May 10th, 1729

least to the extent cited in connection with Mr. Smith's life in Lancaster. FLAG PRESENTED TO LANCASTER FENCIBLES IN 1841 By WILLIAM FREDERIC WORNER In Vol. XXXV, pp. 73-89, of the Proceedings of The Lancaster County Historical Society is an article entitled, "Flag Presented to Lancaster Fen- cibles in

James Wright home" on Sunday, September 25, 1938, when the Lancaster County Historical Society unveiled a bronze tablet placed on the wall of this old stone mansion during the Sesquicentennial of Columbia, This tablet was designed and worded by Dr, Herbert H, Beck, president of the Lancaster County