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THIRD PART, 



FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF 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 VVeiser, 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; 

 emigrations from abroad and natives of the province ; 

 the inhabitants 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 

 maii's^^ to petition the proper authorities, to erect and 

 establish a new county. Petitions were accordingly 

 forwarded to the council at Philadelphia, February* 6th, 

 1728-9, and received due consideration. 



