A GNES NOBLE was born January 30th, 1781, at Nobleville, Lancaster county, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of Margaret McWhorter and James Noble, an elder in the Associate church of Octorara, and a granddaughter of William Noble, who was one of the founders of this church, which, with the

Ninth. The closing years of his life were attended with much suffering, and during the last six months his .mind was deranged. He had no children. Smith was a remarkable man in many respects, and was at the time of his death the wealthiest Negro in the United States. His estate was valued at more than

DAVID CROCKETT IN COLUMBIA By William Frederic Worner In the proceedings of the Lancaster County Historical Society for Decem- ber, 1923, there is a brief article relative to the eccentric frontiersman and congressman, Colonel David Crockett. In that paper I referred to Crockett's visit to

, June 23rd, 1931, by State and county officials at the unveiling of a bronze memorial tablet to perpetuate his memory, by The Pennsylvania Society of The Colonial Dames of America. The exercises, held in the armory at Columbia, were attended by approx- imately one hundred and fifty persons