to the waste paper man,to "raise money for cigars," as Mr. Cope old me. The lists, of course, include only Conestoga (later East and West Conestoga), Donegal and Pequea townships, as these large, partly-or- ganized sections practically included the whole of the Lancaster county re- gion then

before Lancaster county was born. Before 1714 Christian Schlegel had a mill on Conestoga, or a branch, because in that year he complainea "that a certain person hath seated himself near the mill he built lately at Conestoga." About 1727 Stephen Atkinson's full- ing mill was g uilt on Conestoga Creek

of Conestoga, for a warrant for these men, but he says the justice only made sport of him, and told him he could not expect any fa- vors in Lancaster county (do. 313). He also charged that John Cartledge offered a reward to any one who would burn Cresap's house, and drive him and his family south (do

Early Items of Lancaster County History A great deal of interest naturally attaches to the primitive affairs in our county and that is at present very rare—that is, because items have al- ready been written up. It is only by gathering up certain items that we can eventually expect to put together

boundary trouble. - 1 A., 281. See list of Germans naturalized-see Act. - 4 St. L., 147. Most of them Lancaster County names-see same. - 4 St. L., 147. The Act for 300 f to build the Court House. - 4 St. L., 149. 1731 Complaint that Stephen Atkinson has dammed up the Conestoga Creek and the fish can not

career. He is set down here as a tenant of Leonard Bender. Geo. Mayer (Mier) lived on East Vine street and was prominent in Trinity Lutheran Church. Chris. Haine was a tinsmith, located where the Steinman Hardware Store now stands (do.). William Bowsman came in 1754, was Assistant Burgess, Chief Burgess

by a small creek. I men- tion this only to show that the Ster- rett ancestry lived in the western part of Lancaster county, around Donegal, as we all know, and in other sections. Chief Justice Sterrett, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, descended from them. In the issue of April 7, 1740, there is

item because John Es- taugh, for the London Company, took up a tract of 7,000 acres of land in the fork of the Conestoga and Mill Creek, on both sides of Mill Creek. The survey is among the Maps of the Pennsylvania Archives, I cannot find that it was patented to him, however. August 6, 1724: "On the 3d

Ferree's on King Street Thos Bull, Roger Kirk and Abiah Taylor at Peter Hoffnagle's on S. Queen Street The Lancaster County assemblymen lodgings: Jacob Strickler and Richard Keys at Mr. Barton's; Alex. Scott on East Orange Street; Daniel Buckley at Peter Hoffnagle's, and Jeremiah Brown and John Hopkins at

. The number of women voting at the different precincts were as follows: Adamstown Boro, 83; Akron Boro, 45; Hart Twp., 47; Brecknock Twp., (Bowmansville District), 21, and Muddy Creek, 6; Caernarvon Township, 60; Christiana Boro, 130; Clay Township, 44; Cocalico Township, East, 93; West Cocalico