notice in the obituaries. He had land holdings in Cam- bria, Berks, Franklin, Forest, Schuylkill and York counties, and in Phila- delphia and Harrisburg. He was at one time president of the Columbia Bank. The administrators3 of his estate were James B. and G. Taylor Lane. The noted riflemaker, Henry E

M. LUTHER HEISEY EARLY SURVEYS IN LANCASTER COUNTY Recently-purchased copies of Taylor's surveys provide a mine of data for the research worker in the Society's library. The extent of lands is listed in this article. In Manuscript Book No. 76213, Chester County Historical Society, made by Isaac

the Federalists, National Republicans, Whigs and Republicans. NOTES 1. Stony Batter[y] was named in the late 1940's to honor the birthplace of James Buchanan. Batter, as the Scots used it, may have been suggested by the slope of the land, or, inasmuch as batter is also a paste or mortar, the small

and John Hamaker. On Silver Spring Run John Greider put up a stone mill. Hertzler's mill along the Big Chiques dates back to 1808. A log mill was on the property prior to 1729. Zook's grist mill, built in 1815, is near Shellenberger's mill on Strickler Run. Agricultural activities dominated the