descendants were distinguished offrcers in the Mexican war, and others are now prominent in the United States Army. John Pedan owned the farm and hotel at Big Chickies creek, where Garber's mill now is. He was a son of Captain Hugh Pedan, a Revolutionary officer. He married a daughter os Zachariah Moor and

.' L'Enfant, a Frenchman, and a kinsman of D'Estang (the French Admiral), was a skilful military engineer who had come to America in April, 1777, in the train of Lafayette. He devoted the spring and summer of 1791 to elabor- ating his plans for the projected city. One point he quickly settled—he would not

, which came along later. The first turnpike in the county and the first one in the United states was what has always been known as the "Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike." That road was built by a company that was charter- ed by the General Assembly of the State on April 9, 1792. It was not a state