, between 1729 and 1813, was Lan- caster County. In Lancaster County these hills, from the days of the iron- masters there, are called the Furnace Hills. At the county seat of Lebanon County they are called the South Mountain. Viewed from Brickerville, Cannon Hill, immediately to the north, appears as a

Lancaster [to Philadelphia] in a day." 39 Dr. Jedidiah Morse, father of the inventor of the telegraph, visited Lan- caster in 1797, and described Lancaster as "a handsome and flourishing post- town, the capital of Lancaster County, and the largest inland town of the United States. It is pleasantly situated

., pp. 192-194. 19 Ibid., p. 192. 20 Stein: op. cit., p. 294. 21 In the History of Lancaster County, by Ellis and Evans, the date is given as May 20, 1819. This statement is made in a chapter devoted to the churches of East Earl Township. From a careful observation, it can be seen that the material of

indebted to a number of persons and sources for aid in gathering the material for this study. Mr. M. Luther �Heisey and Miss Elizabeth C. Kieffer, of the Lancaster County Historical Society, have been especially helpful, Miss Kieffer secur- ing the interesting facts from the account books and minutes of