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

Lancaster county, about 1526. About that time, John Fiske tells us, Lucas Vasquez d'Ayllon came from Hispaniola, and "tried the Chesapeake Bay" in search of the northwest passage, and "ob- tained a grant and began to build a town."' But that town was likely south of the Pennsylvania line. Then next, about

Pequay." Some of those named as addresses are new and not on the assessment lists. In the issue of April 9, 1741, there is an account of a great local snow stors as follows: "We hear from Lancaster county that during the continuance of the great snow, which in general was more than three feet deep, great

Assessment Lists and Other Doc- uments of Lancaster County Prior to the Year 1729. About the only original Lancaster county manuscript documents, now known, dating before 1729 are: A cer- tified copy of the petition for the erec- tion of our county, signed in 1728; the letters, drafts, surveys and

. Lancaster County excise from James Mitchell, collector is 21 £. - 3 V., 159. Hemp bounties of Lancaster County; see " Hemp," etc. - 3 V., 159. The Attorney General allowed 20 £ more to his salary on account of Lancaster County, that he suppress crime in that County. - 3 V., 164. Joshua Lowe of Lancaster

October 14, 1777, the following were elected from Lancaster County: William Brown, Philip Marsteller, Alexander Lowery, John M. Mullen, James Anderson, Ludwick Lanman, Esquires. Wednesday, December 17, 1777 A bay horse was stolen from John Newcomer who resided in Hempfield Township. He offered sixty

Thomas Montgomery in New Castle ; Job Ruston, John Miller, John Culberson of Chester County. The managers of the lottery to build a bridge over Octoraro, at James Porter's Mill, where the Great Road from Lancaster to Nottingham crosses the Octoraro, were Wm. Newlands, Elihu Hall, James Porter, Willm

not many Lancaster County men in the Fifth and Sixth and Seventh Regiments, when the regiments wintered at Valley Forge. Our Thomas Boude was first lieutenant, our James Taylor a captain and our Persifor Frazer, a lieutenant colonel, in the Fifth. Frazer was taken prisoner at Brandywine. 34 In the