244 HISTORY OF 



town ; the other, ' The Long Swamp/ runnmg from a 

 south westerly direction through the northern hmits to 

 'Roaring Brook.' ^^ 



After the county had been erected, justices, sheriffs, 

 aaid other officers appointed, a meeting was held the 9th 

 of June, 1729, by magistrates and inhabitants of the 

 county, to settle and agree upon the names and bounda- 

 ries of townships. The following names and bounda- 

 ries were agreed on, and confirmed by the Court of 

 Quarter Sessions, held the first Tuesday in August, 

 1729. 



Drumore. — The township of Drumore, beginning at 

 tlie south line of Sadsbury by Octoraro, thence down 

 the said creek to the province line towards Maryland, 

 tlience up the Sasquehanah to the mouth of Muddy run, 

 thence by the said run to Richard Booson's land, and 

 from thence on a direct course to the south-west corner 

 of John Kyle's land on Sadsbury line, and by the said 

 line to the place of beginning. 



James Annesly, with a farmer on the Lancaster road. From 

 some cause he ran away from his master ; and was caught and 

 confined in the jail at Columbia. He was a fine singer, and 

 the neighbors frequently visited the prison to hear him sing. 

 The events of his life furnished the ground work for ^'Roderick 

 Random^'''' and the popular novel of ^^Florence McCartey.^' The 

 facts concerning this singular case are taken from the evidence 

 given on his trial and may be relied on as authentic. 



"Arthur Annesley (Lord Altham) married Mary Sheffield, 

 natural daughter of the earl of Buckingham. By her, in the 

 year 1715, he had a son, James, the subject of these remarks. 

 In the next year, the parents had some differences, which ter- 

 minated in separation. The father, contrary to the wish of the 

 mother, took exclusive possession of his son James, and man- 

 ifested much fondness for him, until the year 1722, when he 

 formed some intimacy with Mrs. Gregory. His wife died 

 about the same time. Miss Gregory expecting now to become 



