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Collection
Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2
Title
Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2
Object ID
MG0268_S02
Date Range
1759-1928
  1 document  
Collection
Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2
Title
Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2
Description
The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection, Series 2 was carefully curated by Mr. Slaymaker and contains papers dating from the mid-eighteenth century to the early twentieth century. This series is primarily composed of correspondence related to business, railroads, legal affairs, and personal matters. The personal letters are rich in details of social history and genealogy. Legal documents include estate papers for the Fleming, Slaymaker, Leech, and Boyd families. The remaining documents include land surveys, receipts, tickets, accounts, bonds, and wills.
System of Arrangement
The Samuel R. Slaymaker II, White Chimneys Collection is divided into six series according to the original order; Series 1, 2 and 4 have been cataloged and are available for research.
Series 1 Trunk: SRS I and Minnie
Series 2 Document Boxes
Series 3 Family Papers
Series 4 Museum Cases and Metal Box
Series 5 Slaymaker Lock Company Records
Series 6 Papers of Samuel R. Slaymaker II
Date Range
1759-1928
Year Range From
1759
Year Range To
1928
Date of Accumulation
1759-1928
Creator
Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker, 1923-1989
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives South
Storage Wall
Side 07
People
Slaymaker, Amos
Slaymaker, Henry Fleming
Slaymaker, Minnie Louise Cohr
Slaymaker, Samuel Cochran, 1828-1894
Slaymaker, Samuel Redsecker
Other Creators
Slaymaker family
Subjects
African Americans--History
Business records
Court records
Deeds
Family records
Invitation cards
Legal documents
Letters
Postmasters
Railroads--Pennsylvania
Railroads--Records and correspondence
Real property surveys--Pennsylvania
Kinzers (Pa.)
Lancaster County (Pa.)
Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)
Search Terms
Accounts
Business records
Columbia Store
Correspondence
Court records
Deeds
Enslaved persons
Family records
Finding aids
Invitations
Kinzers, Paradise Twp.
Legal documents
Letters
Manuscript groups
Persons of color
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company
Postmasters
Railroads
Railroads, Records and correspondence
Reading and Chesapeake Railroad
Reading and Columbia Railroad Company
Reading, Lancaster and Baltimore Railroad
Real property surveys
Receipts
Salisbury Twp.
White Chimneys
Wilmington and Reading Railroad
Extent
7 boxes, 113 folders, 3.5 cubic ft.
Object Name
Archive
Language
English
Object ID
MG0268_S02
Location of Originals
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Related Item Notes
See also Photograph and Object Collections
Notes
Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), Collection Title (MG#), Series #, Box #, Folder #, (or Object ID), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. URL if applicable. Date accessed (day, month, year).
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Restrictions are noted at the item level.
Copyright
Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at Research@LancasterHistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.
Credit
Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
Other Numbers
MG-268, Series 2
Classification
MG0268
Description Level
Series
Custodial History
Added to database 8 August 2022.
Much of this series was microfilmed by the Pennsylvania State Archives. The microfilmed items are noted within the finding aid and the microfilm is available in LancasterHistory's Research Center.
Documents
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Pre-Revolutionary slate gravestones in southern Lancaster County : a lasting legacy of the earliest Scots-Irish settlers

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17832
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Date of Publication
2013.
  1 website  
Responsibility
James M. Gerhart.
Author
Gerhart, James M.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
LancasterHistory,
Date of Publication
2013.
Physical Description
pp. 120-144.
Notes
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 98 #5.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 97 #1A.
Rineer's "Churches and Cemeteries of Lancaster County" page 186 #1A.
Subjects
Bigham, William.
Carmichael Cemetery, (Fulton Township, Pa.)
Morrison Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Chestnut Level Cemetery, (Drumore Township, Pa).
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Scots-Irish - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slate industry - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Stone-cutters - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Drumore (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries
Fulton (Pa. : Township) - Cemeteries.
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 114, number 3 (2013), p. 120-144Lancaster History Library - Journal974.8 245 v 114
Websites
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The Daniel Miller Berkeyheiser book : descendants of Daniel Miller Berkeyheiser (1844-1934) of Salisbury Township, Lancaster County, PA

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20618
Author
Burkey, Stanley Walter,
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
929 B512 2016
Responsibility
Stanley Walter Burkey.
Author
Burkey, Stanley Walter,
Place of Publication
Kampala, Uganda
Publisher
Stanley Walter Burkey,
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
69 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
Notes
Cover title.
Includes index.
Includes lines of descent.
"Dedicated to the memory of Mary Frances Berkeyheiser Burkey (1873-1953)."
Subjects
Berkeyheiser family.
Berkeyheiser, Daniel Miller, - 1844-1934 - Family.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Salisbury (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Pennsylvania - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 B512 2016
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A history of Salem Lutheran Church with people and places of Kissel Hill, Warwick Township, Lancaster County Pennsylvania, 1823-2018

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo22343
Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Date of Publication
©2018.
Call Number
284.1 P294
Responsibility
by Joan Habecker Patches.
Author
Patches, Joan Habecker
Place of Publication
Brownstown, ,:Pa
Publisher
Steffy Printing, Inc.,
Date of Publication
©2018.
Physical Description
138 pages: photographs ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains bibliography.
Contents
Contains various documents pertaining to the founding and administration of the church ; names on the Honor Roll, lists of pastors, and errata sheet.
Subjects
Salem Lutheran Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Salem Church (Warwick, Lancaster County, Pa.)
Salem Reformed Church (Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Warwkick (Lancaster County: Township)
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township)
German Americans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Lutherans - Pennsylvania - Warwick (Lancaster County: Township) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
284.1 P294
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Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo16920
Date of Publication
2012, c2011.
Call Number
284.1 B494f
Responsibility
compiled and annotated by Suzanne B. Furlow.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, Pa
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
2012, c2011.
Physical Description
1 v. (various pagings) : ill., photos. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Contains list of names, compiler's notes, tombstone notes, cemetery rows.
Includes index.
Subjects
Bergstrasse Lutheran Cemetery (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.
Bergstrasse Evangelical Lutheran Church (Ephrata, Pa.) - History.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Ephrata (Township)
Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Ephrata (Pa. : Township) - Church history.
Ephrata (Pa.) - History.
Additional Author
Furlow, Suzanne B.
Additional Corporate Author
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Church Record
Call Number
284.1 B494f
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Conoy Township : (Lancaster County, Pennsylvania) They Proudly Served

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20642
Author
Snyder, Audrey Gates.
Date of Publication
2017.
Call Number
974.815 CONO S675c
Responsibility
by Audrey Gates Snyder and Jane Andrews Sweigart.
Author
Snyder, Audrey Gates.
Place of Publication
Masthof Press
Publisher
Morgantown, Pa. c
Date of Publication
2017.
Physical Description
[7], 427 p. ill. 28 cm.
Notes
An accounting of those from the township who served in every military conflict of the United States from the French and Indian Wars to the invasion of Iraq.
Includes indes and endnotes: pages 411-427.
Subjects
Military biography.
Veterans - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - Biography.
Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township - Genealogy.
Conoy (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Additional Author
Sweigart, Jane Andrews, e jt. author.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
974.815 CONO S675c
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The story of Caernarvon

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo991
Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Date of Publication
1914
--Lancaster County. Mills and mill-work--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)--Description and travel. Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township)--History. Churchtown (Pa.) Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1914 Description: 59-79 p
  1 document  
Responsibility
by J. B. Lincoln, M.D.
Author
Lincoln, J. B.
Place of Publication
Lancaster, Pa
Publisher
Lancaster County Historical Society,
Date of Publication
1914
Physical Description
59-79 p. ; 23 cm.
Series
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 3
Summary
Caernarvon is the easternmost township of Lancaster County, PA. The article, written in 1914, describes the geography, people, houses, and industry of the past.
Subjects
Episcopal Church of Bangor (Churchtown, Pa.)
Episcopal Church - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Iron industry and trade - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Mills and mill-work - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - Description and travel.
Caernarvon (Lancaster County, Pa. : Township) - History.
Churchtown (Pa.)
Contained In
Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 18, number 3 (1914), p. 59-79Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.18
Documents

vol18no3pp59_79_541936.pdf

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One room schools in East Hanover, Union, Swatara, North Annville, North Londonderry and surrounding townships

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo18868
Author
Anspach, Wayne.
Edition
21st ed.
Date of Publication
â„—â™­2014.
Call Number
974.819 A623

Drumore Quakers' Precious Habitation : A 200-year History of Drumore Friends Meetinghouse and Cemetery

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo20492
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Date of Publication
2016.
Call Number
289.6 M647
Responsibility
by D. Douglas Miller..
ISBN
9781514473665
1514473666
Author
Miller, D. Douglas.
Publisher
Xlibris Corp
Date of Publication
2016.
Physical Description
260p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Smedley, R. C.
Wright, Willilam.
Gibbons, Hanna.
Gibbons, Daniel.
Whitson, Thomas.
Coates, Lindley.
Rakestraw, William.
Sadsbury Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Hood, Caleb.
Bushong, Henry.
Russell, John Neal.
Wood Day.
Brown, Jeremiah.
Haines, Timoghy.
Brown, William.
Lewis, Elijah.
Scarlett, Joseph.
Jackson, James.
Hanway, Castner.
Smith, Joseph.
Lamborn, George S.
Columbia Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lampeter Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History.
Bart Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Lancaster Friends Meeting #2 - Pennsylvania - Lancaster - History..
Penn Hill (Little Britain) Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Eastland Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Drumore Friends Meeting - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
East Britain Friends Meeting (Ashville Meetinghouse) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Ballance Friends Meeting (Orthodox/Wilburite) - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County - History.
Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Quakers - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Society of Friends - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Cemeteries - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Slavery and the church
Antislavery movements
Underground railroad.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Lancaster County
Call Number
289.6 M647
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Who fathered Jacob and William Northhamer? : Pennsylvania tax records help determine kinship

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17588
Author
Desmarais, Catherine Becker Weist.
Date of Publication
2012.
Responsibility
by Catherine Becker Weist and Noreen Alexander Manzella.
Author
Desmarais, Catherine Becker Weist.
Date of Publication
2012.
Physical Description
123-132 p.
Subjects
Northamer, Jacob, - 1780? -- .
Northamer, William, - 1797 - .
Northamer family.
Taxation - Pennsylvania
Honey Brook (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Salisbury (Pa. : Township) - Genealogy.
Contained In
v. 100, June 2012.Lancaster History Library - Book905.29 NG v. 100
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