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Bull of Carlisle ; and was in the battle of Long Island, 

 August, 1776; battle of Brandywine, Germantown, 

 Trenton and Monmouth, and several small skirmishes, 

 and was regularly discharged in the year 1779, hi Phila- 

 delphia. 



In a preceding part of our book, we noticed David 

 Dieffenderfer and others. See page 207. 



Notes. — The winter of 1780, is denominated the " Tlie Hard 

 Winter.^'' Ice was from 10 to 19 inches thick — frost penetrated 

 the ground from 4 to 5 feet. During this winter the ears of the 

 horned cattle, and the feet of hogs exposed to the air, were 

 frostbitten. Squirrels perished in their holes, and partriges 

 were often found dead. — Haz. 2; 379. 



In 1781, Methodist ministers first visited Lancaster county ; 

 and in 17S2, what was then called "Lancaster circuit," was 

 formed, and the Rev. William Partridge appointed to it as 

 minister. It then contained seventy members of society ; the 

 Methodist Episcopal Church not yet having been organized.-— 

 Among the early ministers who preached in the count}-, may 

 be named : Reverends William Glendening, W. Jesup, Isaac 

 Robertson, W. Hunter, J. P. Chandler and Simon Miller, a 

 native of the county. — Goheen. 



In 17S2, John F. MifRin, John Wilks Kittera and George 

 Thompson, were admitted at the bar of Lancaster, to practice 

 Jaw. 



Ml nibcrs of Assembly for Lancaster county for 1777 : — Cur- 

 tis Grubb, Matthias Slough, George Ross and James Webb. 

 1778, John Gillchrist, Curtis Grubb, Alexander Lowrey, John 

 Smiley, James Anderson, William Brown. 1779, James An- 

 derson, John Smiley, John Gillchiist, Christopher Kuchcr, 

 James Cunningham, William Brown, sen., Emanuel Carpen- 

 ter, Jr., William Porter. 1780. John Whilehill, Emanuel Car- 

 penter, Jacob Cook, Christopher Kuchcr, James Anderson, 

 Adam Rcigart, James Cowden, Alexander Lowrey, Matthias 

 Slough, James Jacks. 1781, John Whilehill, Christopher 

 Kuclier, Jacob Cook, Jacob Carpenter, Abraham Scott, James 

 Jackp, Blatlhias Slough, William Brown, Jacob Krug, James 

 Mercer, James Porter, 1782, Joseph Montgomery, Christo- 



