rifles were being made to any extent. Some of these gunsmiths were skilled riflemakers. Further evidence will show that Martin Meylin was one of these. Lancaster County, Birthplace of the Pennsylvania Rifle Rifles had been made in America, in a small way, even prior to 1700, but they were only

Lancaster County and their scattered descendants are still here. Like redemptioners, many of whom were also employed at the furnaces, they had to work their way to freedom by service. Typical of these was Justus Krow who settled on a farm located between Ephrata and Akron. He Anglicized his name to Gray

features of Pennsylvania, what is known of its past should be recorded by the Lancaster County Historical Society. Rock Springs, or as they are sometimes called, Seven Springs, are in Fulton Township near the Mason and Dixon line. They are in part of a large though somewhat scattered tract of land in