%20Journal%20Project/PDF%20Biblio%20Info/Pwebrecon.cgi.txt Author: Lincoln, J. B. Title: The story of Caernarvon / by J. B. Lincoln, M.D. Primary Material: Book Subject(s): Episcopal Church of Bangor (Churchtown, Pa.) Episcopal Church--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Iron industry and trade--Pennsylvania

Old St, James Church Yard The old historic graveyard adjoining St. James' Church contains much that is of interest to the antiquarian, the historian and the epitapher. Dating from the year 1744, its history reads like a romance and goes back to the early days, when Lancaster was but a townstead

path followed the "Old Road" to a point in Lancaster county just beyond the village of White Horse, where it branched to the right and led on through Springville, past Roland's Church to the present power house on the New Holland pike. From this point it followed the dividing line between Earl and

A LIST OF THE ORIGINAL LANCASTER SUBSCRIBERS TO THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE PHILADELPHIA AND LANCASTER TURNPIKE. When I wrote my article on "The First Long Turnpike in the United States," I was convinced that somewhere among the almost forgotten records of the State there must be a list of the

the location of the place are absolutely fixed by records. At the November Sessions, 1756, of the Court of Quarter Sessions a road was laid out "from the southwest gate of the Pequea Meeting House to John Douglass' Mill," and thence south to the line dividing Lancaster and Chester Counties. The

THE SUN FIRE COMPANY, The following interesting compila- tion from the minutes of the Sun Fire Company of Lancaster was written by the late Ferdinand A. Demuth, who was a member of the Historical Society: In compiling these extracts from the minutes of the Sun Fire Company, the writer has taken

congregation from 1772 to 1775. During the years 1777 and 1778, Rev. William Hendel supplied Maytown and kept the church records. In the minutes of the Coetus held at Lancaster, April 28, 29, 1779, "the congregations at Manheim, Rapho, White Oaks and Maytown, presented a call for Mr. Runkle as their regular

Centennial Pub- lishing Company of that place. After the time of Pennsylvania's Legislative Act of 1822, providing for the education of children at public ex- pense in the city and incorporated boroughs of Lancaster county, there were also established a number of academies. These private schools gave

held in the church, and it was not an uncommon occurrence for Mr. McFarquhar to pray for one hour , and fifteen minutes. On a certain oc- casion, and when seated upon a log to partake of a lunch with Col. Low- rey, that bluff old man said to him: "Nicodemus, you must make your prayers a little shorter