LANCASTER COUNTr.. ^35. 



THIRD PART. 



FROM THE ORGANIZATION OP LANCASTER COUNTY, ONE 

 THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Erection and organization of the county — Boundaries of — Seat of Justice—- 

 James Annesly — Boundaries of townships — First court held at Postle- 

 whaites — Extracts of court records — Morris Cannaday indicted — Found 

 guilty and sold — Constables, Overseers and Supervisors appointed- 

 Applicants to be Indian traders — Petitions for license to sell rum — First 

 court held at Lancaster — Conrad Weiser, notice of — N otes, &c. 



Settlements on both sides of the Susquehanna, 

 especially on the eastern, having been extended and 

 greatly augmented by the influx of a mixed population; 

 emigrations from abroad and natives of the province; 

 the inliabitants of the upper parts of Chester county 

 deemed it necessary as early as 1628, to avoid inconve- 

 niencies arising daily from the want ^^ of justice at every 

 maivs^^ to petition the proper authorities, to erect and 

 establish a new county. Petitions were accordingly 

 forwarded to the council at Philadelphia, Februar}^ Gth, 

 1728-9, and received due consideration. 



