line. Had the dispute been settled with evidence now available Maryland would have had a rightful claim to lower Penn- sylvania and the lower townships of Lancaster County. On the 9th of June, 1729, a group of prominent people of Lancaster County, including the new justices of the peace, met at John

daughter who, with John Brubaker, granted to Benjamin �Map of Original Draughts EAST HEMPFIELD TWP. Salunga ore 1 tt / .•••••nn �Lan caster TOWNSHIP BOUNDARY '...-.-. �Hershey, the elder son of Christian, the upper tract, excluding Baumgardner's parcel. (a) Benjamin Hershey to Peter Baumgardner, 1734

occasionally became a matter of life or death — or at least mayhem. Local inns were well-patronized, and a few of them provide folklore with many tales of violence. Essentially, however, the Chestnut Hill people were devout and friendly folk, close to the soil which was their economic sus- tenance. Certainly