came the pioneer settlers and located near Childs Creek in the year 1716. ' ' 2 Because of their dis- regard for Penn's land agents, these Scotch-Irish Presbyterians created many problems for those interested in researching the early history of northwestern Lancaster County. Having been invited to come

Lancaster County Tax and Assessment Lists.* These lists cover a period from the 1750's to the 1830's, but are far from complete for the interven- ing years. During the period covered by this study, Lancaster Coun- * Records from Lancaster County Historical Society, Lancaster, Pa. �Figure 1, Scull Map of

, yet it is the highest. The same generalizations should be true for size of barns and yet it ranks second in barn size. In almost every history of Lancaster County and Pennsylvania, and by most everyone writing on barns, except Lemon and Glass, you may read about the Germans receiving credit for

dated December 2 and 19, 1861, and January 3, 1862, to Harriet, he discussed the then current delicate international ques- tion, the "Trent Affair," involving the Confederacy and British neu- trality early in the Civil War. In the letter of January 3 Buchanan gave his views about an indiscretion of

from J. Fraise Richard of May 10, 1886, addressed to Mrs. Johnston in Baltimore is preserved by The Historical Society of Pennsylvahia. In the letter Richard states that he is writing the history of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and asks "Would I be un- reasonable in asking of you a brief account of

children without respect to sex, and that preference shall be given to children resident in the States of Maryland and Pennsylvania and the District of Columbia whenever the number of applicants shall make it necessary or expedi- ent to give preference to some over others. Harriet Lane Johnston's will of

this evening. Her re- mains will be taken to Baltimore and buried beside her husband and children on Monday, July 8 [July 6]. Harriet Lane's was a famous name in Washington just before the civil war, and she is one of the best remembered mistresses of the White House. She was born in Mercersburg, Penn