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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lancaster County is a county located in the south central portion of the state of Pennsylvania in the Susquehanna Valley. Lancaster County's politics have often not been in sync with the rest of Pennsylvania or with the Northeast as a whole. Even when Pennsylvania strongly supported Andrew Jackson and his Democratic Party, Lancaster was something of a Whig Party stronghold. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania   (1001 words)

Lancaster, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lancaster County is the sixth largest metropolitan statistical area in Pennsylvania, with a population of 470,658 according to the 2000 Census. Lancaster is the county seat of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The Lancaster County Prison, built in the mid-19th century, is supposed to look like the castle in Lancashire. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lancaster,_Pennsylvania   (786 words)

Penn Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Penn Township is a township located in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. In the township the population is spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 7.7% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 24.7% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who are 65 years of age or older. The median income for a household in the township is $47,205, and the median income for a family is $49,620. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Penn_Township,_Lancaster_County,_Pennsylvania   (375 words)

Lancaster County Pennsylvania Genealogical Resources - Military Records This is a history of participation of the citizens of Lancaster County in the Great War. Lancaster played an extremely important role in supplying an unending flow of material to the war effort. The Pennsylvania Militia was organized under an Act of the Assembly of March 17, 1777 that required compulsory enrollment by constables of all able-bodied white males between the ages of 18 and 53 to repel invaders. lancastergenealogy.tripod.com /military.htm   (2278 words)

Probert Encyclopaedia: Gazetteer (Clay-Clen) Clay is a township in Highland County, Ohio, USA. Clearfield County is a county in the State of Pennsylvania, USA. Clearwater County is a county in the State of Minnesota, USA. www.probertencyclopaedia.com /G64A.HTM   (2045 words)

Berks County-Pennsylvania Dutch History, Genealogy and Culture When the County was incorporated in 1752, there were 23 townships (of the present 44), of which 18 were legally estab- lished and five others were commonly recognized. Routes were later extended to Harrisburg, Sunbury, Lancaster, and Easton. Counties in Pennsylvania are clasified on the basis of population for purposes of legislation and regulation of their affairs. www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/places/pennsylvania/berksco/berks.htm   (10123 words)

Pennsylvania Dutch Church Histories Hunter Rineer, Jr., 1993, Lancaster County Historical Society At the time in 1871 when the Lancaster Conference passed a resolution in favor of Sunday schools George Weaver was the leader of the opposition to the movement. They have contributed much time and effort to the Palo Alto Mission at Pottsville in Center County, Pennsylvania, in the form of monthly jail services and the distribution of gospel literature. www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/religion/churches/churches.htm   (7504 words)

The SNIDOW Association Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Court Records confirm that John Shneido was in Warwick Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania from 1749 to 1756: Lancaster County Court Papers found in the courthouse basement by Historian John A. Kelly and recorded in Collection of the Genealogical Sociey of Pennsylvania, Vol. Lancaster County, PA Deed Book FF, pages 264-266 recorded on 10 July 1756...."John Schnido of the County of Lancaster....and Mary Elizabeth his wife for and in consideration of the Sum of Two hundred and Sixty Pounds....paid by Abraham Hockman....sold land containing One hundred and forty one acres..." www.snidow.org /archives.html   (2121 words)

Barefoot People Barefoot) was born on 10 Dec 1791 in Lancaster County or Berks County, Pennsylvania and baptized on 2 Jul 1797. Barefoot) was born on 11 Nov 1795 in Lancaster County or Berks County, Pennsylvania, and baptized on 2 Jul 1797 in St. She died on 4 Apr 1873 in Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio, at age 77, and was buried in Burson (Castor) Cemetery, Delaware Township, Hancock County, Ohio. home.att.net /~beckfoot/sbarefoot.htm   (5413 words)

Census 2000 Demographic Profiles These profiles include four tables that provide various demographic, social, economic, and housing characteristics for the states, counties, minor civil divisions in selected states, places, metropolitan areas, American Indian and Alaska Native areas, Hawaiian home lands and congressional districts. For Census 2000 data, the DP-1 table is available as part of the Summary File 1, and the other three tables will be available as part of the Summary File 3 data set. pasdc.hbg.psu.edu /pasdc/census_2000/Data/SF3/DP1-DP4/Lancaster.html   (95 words)

Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Andreas Eby(2) She was born in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and died February 20, 1836 in Shresbury, York Co., Pennsylvania. She was born August 26, 1762 in Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania, and died October 1, 1838 in Derry Twp., Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. County Justice of Richmond Township, Berks Co., Pennsylvania - The Eby Report Vol. familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/q/u/a/B-D-Quast/GENE3-0005.html   (545 words)

The Crypt: History & Genealogy of Camden & Charlton Counties, Georgia Lancaster County was established in the early 1700s and the area of the county that the Johnson family of this collection settled was later identified as Little Britain, Fulton, Bart and Colerain Townships. Mary and James made their home in Lancaster County and later moved to Brooke County, Virginia where he died in 1816 and she in 1823. In this capacity he witnessed many of the legal documents currently on file in the Lancaster historical archives. www.camdencounty.org /ebooks/b2-chapter2.html   (3513 words)

Manheim Pennsylvania Historical Society Truly, it may be said, that its continuing existence up to the present era was due to the fact that it is in the heart of the rich farm land of northern Lancaster County. The purchase of the tract in Rapho Township and the laying out of the town of Manheim in 1762 was the next step in Stiegel's ambitious planning. Deeply concerned with affairs of the church, he gave his fellow Lutherans in Manheim a lot of ground on which to build a church "for five shillings" and in the month of June yearly hereafter the rent of One Red Rose if the same shall be lawfully demanded. www.manheimpa.com /town2.html   (1400 words)

193.TXT This is a copy of an order to the sheriff of Lancaster County to summon some men to court so they can prove that they have the right to operate a banking corporation. This letter is most likely written by David Metzler (1789-1862) who moved to Ohio from Lancaster County. Thron was a minister for the Mummasburg Mennonite congregation in Adams County. www.mcusa-archives.org /personal_collections/193.TXT   (2773 words)

Miscellaneous Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Obituaries Born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Jerome was the son of the late Alvin W. and Pearl E. Sweigart Kahley. The first county resident elected to a national Future Farmers of America office, Dean was the past regional vice-president of the national FFA and past president of Lancaster County and Pennsylvania FFA and Pennsylvania Young Farmers Association. Born in Lancaster, Dottie was the daughter of the late George and Elizabeth Warner Richardson and the stepdaughter of the late Roy Mowery. www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/pa/pa-lancaster8.htm   (6174 words)

West Willow, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Charles Lundgren of the Lancaster County Historical Society; and Rev. Ira Landis and Miss Carolyn Charles of the Mennonite Historical Society Library. He and Hans Herr were granted a blanket warrant for an additional 5,000 acres anywhere in the present Lancaster county. Genealogy of the Kendig Family so Far as Can Be Learned at the Present Time, September 22, 1909,11 unpublished in the files of the Lancaster County Historical Society. www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/places/pennsylvania/lancasterco/towns/westwillow/westwill.htm   (19169 words)

Millard Benjamin Millard was born in 1823 and died at the age of 78 in 1901, in Birdsboro, Berks County, Pennsylvania. Joseph Millard (1711-1781), one of the sons of Thomas Millard (1669-1761) was born in Amity Township, Berks County, on November 2, 1711 and died in Union Township, Berks County, in 1781. A photocopy of the will can be purchased from the Berks County [Pennsylvania] Register of Wills and Clerk of the Orphan's Court. members.aol.com /genmillard/Berks.htm   (13399 words)

Pennsylvania real estate, PA - America Real Estate Directory Pennsylvania is one of the nation’s largest cement producers, and much of its output comes from an area north of Allentown in the Lehigh Valley. While southeastern and southwestern Pennsylvania combine dairying with general farming, dairying is the chief agricultural activity in the northeast and northwest. Pennsylvania has always ranked high among the nation’s mineral-producing states. www.real-estate-2000.com /pennsylvania.htm   (2265 words)

Lancaster County Pennsylvania Township Maps This is a clickable image map of townships and boroughs in Lancaster County Pennsylvania. The township images are cropped from a 1/50,000 USGS Geological Survey Map of Lancaster County dated 1977; based on 1/24,000 maps dated 1953 through 1964. Check here for information on how to order US Geological Survey Maps of Pennsylvania counties. www.rootsweb.com /~usgenweb/maps/pa/county/lancas/usgs   (521 words)

Scot-Irish of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Its long northern and northwestern boundary is part of the Lancaster county line between it and Dauphin and Lebanon counties; its eastern boundary is the Little Chiques creek and Rapho township; and its southern and southwestern boundary is along the Lancaster and Harrisburg turnpike, on the opposite side of which East and West Donegal lie. It does not seem to be generally known yet it is a well established fact, that in Little Britain township the first land within Lancaster county limits was surveyed and granted under legal and governmental regulations. A comprehensive "Fultoniana" has been compiled by members of the Lancaster County Historical Society, and can be referred to in their library at Lancaster. www.horseshoe.cc /pennadutch/people/scotirish/scotrish.htm   (17329 words)

Townships, Boroughs, County Evolution for PA Counties TOWNSHIPS (as of 1990): Abbott, Allegany, Bingham, Clara, TOWNSHIPS (as of 1990): Annin, Bradford, Ceres, Corydon, Eldred, Foster, Hamilton, Hamlin, Keating, Lafayette, Liberty, Norwich, Otto, Sergeant, Wetmore. TOWNSHIPS (as of 1990): Gibson, Grove, Lumber, Portage, Shippen. dgmweb.net /genealogy/Ancillary/Geog/PA/PA-Cos.shtml   (4638 words)

Manor Township, Lancaster County, Calendar Smith noted that the planning module for Fawn Hill, has been reviewed by, the Township Planning Commission and Staff, and the Lancaster County Planning Commission has sent comments. Smith at the Township and also has spoken to the Police Chief and no one seems to be able to answer his questions of who is responsible for what can be done to stop the man from closing the alley. Goodhart stated he felt that a resolution should be drafted, with the township solicitor, formally establishing the committee, and the regulations and rules should be outlined. www.manortwp.org /minutes.cfm?meetingid=380   (2799 words)

Miscellaneous Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Obituaries Born in Lancaster, Mary was the daughter of the late Theodore and Kathryn Hecker Wolf. Born in Clay Township, Florence was the daughter of the late Tillman and Anna Hess Risser. Born in Rapho Township, Mabel was the daughter of the late Jacob Y. and Margie Frey Stauffer. www.obitcentral.com /obitsearch/obits/pa/pa-lancaster6.htm   (5179 words)

Lancaster County Slaveholders C-D He formerly belonged to George Johnson, in Frederick county in Virginia; from thence assigned to one John Lindsay; from thence to John Clark, of Lancaster; from thence to one Cookson, and from thence to the subscriber. of Elizabeth Township, ironmaster, and the heirs of Curtis Grubb, deceased of Lebanon Township, Dauphin County Ironmaster." Slave Notes: This person was registered again at Lancaster on October 30, 1780. www.afrolumens.org /slavery/lanccd.html   (8362 words)

The Political Graveyard: Lancaster County, Pa. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania, 1841-45 (4th District 1841-43, 8th District 1843-45); county judge in Pennsylvania, 1851-56. Governor of Pennsylvania; defeated (Federalist), 1793; elected 1796. U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania, 1834-45; resigned 1845; candidate for Democratic nomination for President, politicalgraveyard.com /geo/PA/LA.html   (1137 words)

Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: Genealogy Report: Descendants of Durst (Theodorus) Aebi(1) She was born 1715 in Switzerland, and died 1743 in Warwick Twp., Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Orphans Court held at Lancaster the fifth day of May 1749. It appears that almost five years passed from the time of Peter Eby(2)'s death until the Letters of Affirmation were filed at the Lancaster Court House. familytreemaker.genealogy.com /users/q/u/a/B-D-Quast/GENE4-0002.html   (2105 words)

pmh Descendants of Conrad Hildebrand of Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, 1968 to 1990 Pennsylvania Mennonite Heritage, an illustrated quarterly, is available as part of the membership benefits of the Lancaster Mennonite Historical Society, 2215 Millstream Road, Lancaster, PA 17602-1499. Research Note: A Treasury of Nineteenth-Century Documents Concerning Amish from Lancaster County and Europe www.lmhs.org /public/pmh   (2304 words)

kendig all - pafg16 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File Peter Groff [Parents] was born in 1702 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She died in 1744 in Earl Township Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Groffdale Mennonite Cemetery, West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. home.comcast.net /~tomkendig/roots/kendigall/pafg16.htm   (364 words)

Chapter 1 I was riddled into a NEST that my father had just built on a lot along what is now called Spruce Road near it's intersection with U.S. 322 in Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. That summer, as he told me later, he bought and razed a small two-story frame office building in New Holland, Pennsylvania. The material of this building he hauled to the site of the new house with his spring wagon. www.jdweaver.com /dadbio/chpter1.htm   (253 words)

West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Good Friday, April 13, 2001. Images of the good farm people traveling the roads of West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, on Good Friday. West Earl Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Good Friday, April 13, 2001. Young men and women out on the roads of West Earl Township, Friday 13, 2001. www.jim-frizzell.com /lancaster_county_west_earl.htm   (71 words)

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