least as late as 1816 the First 1 Presbyterian church of Lancaster, Pa., employed a clerk. The special duties of this official are not now known. In all probabil- ity, they corresponded to those of the parish clerk in the Church of England in America, which, after the Revolutionary War, be- came the

discussion among the settlers, which brought about the erection of a schoolhouse. The earliest record of a school building, in what is now Clay Township, is that of the ancient Durlach Schoolhouse. Unfortu- 1 See History of Lancaster County, Ellis & Evans, p. 908. 2 Ibid, pp. 702-3. �nately, all the old

which there is a magnificent view of the beau- tiful and fertile Pequea valley on the south and a portion of the equally fine Conestoga valley northward, the name Hollow seems very inappropriate, and only by going back to the early history of our county can we learn how the old Hollow got that name