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THIRD PART. 



FROf.I THE ORGANIZATION OP LANCASTER COUNTY, ONE 

 THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWENTY-NINE. 



CHAPTER I. 



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

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

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

 gii!lty 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 — iNotes, &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 ; 

 eiTiigrations from abroad and natives of the province ; 

 tlie inhabitants of the upper parts of Chester county 

 deemed it necessary as early as 1G28, to avoid inconve- 

 nlencies arising daily from the v/ant ^' of justice at every 

 marCs^'* to petition the proper authorities, to erect and 

 establish a new county. Petitions v/ers accordingly 

 forwarded to the council at Philadelphia, Februar]/ Gth. 

 1728-9, and received due consideration. 



