to Wm. Clayborne—from source to mouth and forty miles on each side; and he petitioned the British Govern- ment to grant him a patent for it also, he guaranteeing to the Crown of England an annual payment of 100 pounds. England was very much angered over this presumption and considerable excitement

sessions of Court for appointing officers, Wright is mentioned as President. These of- ficers were Constables, Overseers or the Poor and of the Highways. The docket extends from 1731 to 1741. The principal man of the early county can be ascertained in these appoin- tees. 3. Wright as President of the Crim

Assessment Lists and Other Doc- uments of Lancaster County Prior to the Year 1729. About the only original Lancaster county manuscript documents, now known, dating before 1729 are: A cer- tified copy of the petition for the erec- tion of our county, signed in 1728; the letters, drafts, surveys and