Lancaster county. He seems to have bounded into lead- ership at once—James Hamilton. Of the four members elected to Assembly, he received the highest vote by far. There was another new figure—John Emerson, of Blue Rock. He was next highest in the vote. Galbraith stood third and John Wright scarcely se

REPORT ON THE TRUE CHARACTER, TIME AND PLACE OF THE FIRST REGULAR SETTLEMENT IN LANCASTER COUNTY. To the President and Members of the Lancaster County Historical So- ciety: Your Committee, after having given a great deal of attention to the subject referred to them, have decided to make report upon

officers elected. Among them appear as assessors for Lancaster county: James Smith, Andrew Work, James Murry, Francis Reynolds, Robt. Harris and John Reynolds; and as County Commissioner, Robt. Barber. In the issue of January 15, 1741, there is a long list of unclaimed letters for people of Lancaster

manufacture and market. The next item of interest in the Mercury is the Lancaster county elec- tion returns for 1734. The Assem- blymen were James Hamilton, John Emerson, Andrew Galbraith and John Wright. The commissioner, Tobias Hendricks; the assessors, Sam. Ewing, Conrad Weiser, Thomas Andrew Douglass and

Assessment Lists and Other Doc- uments of Lancaster County Prior to the Year 1729. About the only original Lancaster county manuscript documents, now known, dating before 1729 are: A cer- tified copy of the petition for the erec- tion of our county, signed in 1728; the letters, drafts, surveys and

, Pennsylvania."—also Captain William Maxwell, Ensign James Wilkins, Feb- ruary 12, 1745-46 (raised in Rathmul- en township, Lancaster county). �These were likely employed in King George's War. It appears that some Lancaster county soldiers deserted, as under the date of July 24 it is sta- ted that Thomas

, and revealing to the Assembly that James Logan had in- spired the sending of the same. Lo- gan denied this the same day. May 31 the Governor sent another message to the House and laid before them four letters showing that influences in England were threatening him with dismissal because he stood by

stating that a+ Lancaster at a Court of Oyer and Terminer on the 26th of October Hamilton Carson was convicted of burglary and received sentence of death ; and James McConnel and Esther his wife convicted of being accessories after the fact to the burglary committed by John Webster, were both burned in

. Church buildings--Pennsylvania--Columbia. Columbia (Pa.)--History. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1914 Description: 29-41 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 18, no. 2 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.18 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal

legislation--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1911 Description: 215-218 p. ; 23 cm. Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 15, no. 7 Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.15 Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room