con- siderable land on that side of the river, and his deed shows that he only acquired the tavern property on the west side on September 23, 1789. It is said, in Evans' and Ellis' History of Lancaster County, that he first pur- chased the land on which the tavern was built and afterwards, in 1789

Howe's army as a Chaplain, and afterwards died in New York and was buried in St. George's Chapel. When he left he was possessed of consider- able real estate , among which was a lot called "Barton Garden," contain- ing in frcnt on East Orange street 64 �feet 4 1/ 2 inches and in depth along Lime street

from the Borough of Lancaster, where the courts of justice were held and the offices were kept, by an Act of Assembly passed January 27, 1749, Cumbcrland County was created. Governor Hamilton then appointed Trent one of the justices of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the new county

safe keeping of the records and other papers belonging to and in the custody of the Prothonotary of the County Court of Common Pleas, the Clerk of the County Court of Quarter Sessions, the Clerk of the Orphans' Court, the Recorder of Deeds, and the Register for the Probate of Wills and the Granting of