Columbia in 1788. The area was generally known as Wright's ferry until about 1800; Samuel's grandfather, John Wright, ob- tained a patent and established a ferry there in 1730. See Ellis and Evans, 538-541. Robert Barber was the first sheriff of Lancaster County, 1729-1730, and was one of the ten men who

- ment to 1876 when the Almshouse, more commonly known as the County Home, was completed. Then all inmates were transferred to the latter place. From that time to the present day it has been used for the hospitalization of the physically ill, for office use and nurses home. The basement with substantial