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three are within the bounds of Dauphin county. The 

 third district was composed of Sadsbury, Sahsbury, Lea- 

 cock and Strasburg. The fourth district of Warwick, 

 jManheim, Lampeter and Lebanon. The last named is 

 ill Lebanon comity. The fifth district inchided Cones- 

 toga, Martic, Drumore and Little Britain. The sixth of 

 Tolpehocken, Hidelberg, Berne* and Bethel ;t all in 

 Berks county. The seventh of Robinson, Cocalico, Car- 

 naervon and Earl ; the first is in Berks. The eighth was 

 constituted of Pennsboro and Hopewell ; both in Cum- 

 berland; but since divided mto fifteen or sixteen town- 

 ships, in that county. 



The year 1741, is remarkable in the history of the 

 county, and in the life of the incorruptible John Wright^ 

 Esq., for his immoveable resistance to the encroachments 

 made upon ancient usages. "During the administration 

 of Governor Thomas, the enlisting of indented or 

 bought servants,! for soldie7\s, was first permitted to be 



*Berne had been part of Tulpehocken, till May, 1738, when 

 it was divided or separated from the latter, by order of the 

 court. 



fBethel was part of Lebanon township, till May, 1739. The 

 court ordered that it be divided and bounded as follows, viz : 



" That the division line begin at Swatara creek, at a stony 

 ridge, about half a mile below John Tittles, and continuing 

 along the said ridge easterly to Tolpehockon township to the 

 northward of Tobias Pickel's, so as in its course to leave John 

 Benaugle, Adam Steel, Thomas Evv'crsly and Matthias llr?e, to 

 the southward of the said line ; that the northermost division 

 be named and called Bethel — the southern division continue the 

 name Leianon,''^ 



tThe number of bought and indented servants, who were 

 thus taken from their masters, as appears by the printed votes 

 of the Assembly, were about 276; whose masters were com- 

 pensated by the Assembly for their loss sustained thereby, to 

 the amount of two thousand five hundred and eighty-eight 

 pounds. — Pruud, 



