AREA HISTORY: History of Adams County, Chapter XXXIII, Adams County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2005. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/adams/ _______________________________________________ History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1886 _______________________________________________ Part III, History of Adams County, Pages 262-271 CHAPTER XXXIII. GERMANY TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF LITTLESTOWN. Alloway’s Creek, forming the western line of Germany Township, is the receptacle of the streams in this township. The little creeks all flow in a southwesterly direction into Maryland. They seem to run at will throughout this little Holland, but without that crystal, dashing, splashing grace, which gives beauty and interest to the mountain streamlets. The surface is rolling in some parts, and decidedly level in others. The soil is all that limestone indicates, while in the very low districts loam and even black muck characterize it. Here are found outcrops of conglomerate dolerite, streaked blue and white limestone, red sandstone, mesozoic sandstone, slaty conglomerate, Mesozoic sandstone stained with malachite, coarse-grained, yellowish green conglomerate, red shale with mica spangles. The iron ore ------------------ forms of Mrs. Sterner and Enoch LeFevre, in Germany Township --------- --re worked in 1867 by the Wrightsville and the Ashland Mining Companies. In October, 1824, Dan Margentice, David and Henry Shriver were engaged in selling foreign wines and liquors, and Christian Bishop, Dr. Ephraim Davis and George Will, foreign merchandise. The population in 1800 was 1,013; in 1810, about 1,100; in 1820, 1,272, including 1 slave and 26 free colored; in 1830, 1,517; in 1840, 1,553; in 1850 (outside the borough), 720 (2 colored); in 1860, 744 (4 colored); in 1870, 880 (1 colored), and in 1880, 1,002. The number of taxpayers (1886) is 303; value of real estate, $294,751; number of horses, 242; of cows, 275; value of moneys at interest, $59,689; value of trades and professions, $7,830; number of carriages, 101; gold watches, 4; silver watches 1; acres of timer land, 335. The Littlestown Branch Railroad was opened for traffic July 1, 1858. The cost was about $75,000, as shown in the report of the president, William McSherry. The road was extended to Frederick, Md., in 1871, and in December, 1874, the entire “Short Line” was leased to the Pennsylvania Company, the present operators. The first turnpike, the Gettysburg & Petersburg (Littlestown), was built by a company in 1809, to Biddle’s Mill, on the State line. The act of incorporation named James McSherry, John Shorb, Jacob Winrott, James Gettys, Alexander Cobean and Henry Hoke, commissioners. Three hundred and fifty shares of $100 each were taken. Samuel Sloan surveyed the line for $2 per mile in 1808, and James Gettys contracted to build the road for $4,585 per mile. Toll gates were erected in August, 1809, and the extension from Gettysburg to the mountain, ten miles, was built in 1810. In 1848 Henry Spalding built a wooden bridge over Alloway’s Creek, on the Littlestown & Emmittsburg road, for $343. The postoffices in Germany Township are Littlestown and Kingsdale, the latter located close on the confines of Maryland. The question of adopting the act establishing the common school system, brought before the county convention of November 4, 1834, was decided in the negative in the case of Germany, A. LeFevre, the delegate, voting contra. Shortly after the system was adopted. “Digges’ Choice” dates back to October 14, 1727, when a grant of 10,000 acres was made to John Digges. On the advice of an Indian chief named “Tom,” he located this grant in what is now Conowago and Germany Townships, this county, and Heidelberg Township in York County. A survey was made in April, 1732, when 6,822 acres were laid off, a patent for which was issued May 25, 1738. In August, 1745, a resurvey was made, and 3,679 acres added to the former survey. This tract was four miles north of the temporary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland, surveyed in 1732. The subsequent disagreements led to the murder of Dudley Digges by Jacob Kitzmiller in February, 1752. From 1735 to 1752 Germans came by thousands. In the fall of 1749 no less than twenty ships arrived at Philadelphia, bringing 12,000 passengers, let hither by the Newlanders-older German settlers of Pennsylvania. The assessment for 1799 was made by Robert McIlhenny, assisted by Andrew Lohr, who could not sign his name, and Jacob Parr. On the total valuation, $121,790, 23 cents per $100 were collected by Frederick Bachman and Thomas Biddle. John Arnold, grist-mill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,700 Jacob Beil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,800 George Best . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 Jacob Brother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 912 Detrich Bishoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780 William Beeher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Lewis Beeher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267 Thomas Biddle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,269 Peter Busse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 Philip Bardt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Fred. Bachman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,159 Peter Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,001 D. Bachman’s heirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,725 Isaac Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Jacob Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,084 Henry Bringman, tannery* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665 Benedict Barnhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Jacob Bringman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Philip Bishoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,074 Andrew Bear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Samuel Beeher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Adam Coleman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 Peter Comp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Henry Croft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Jacob Dapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Henry Dewalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,810 Andrew Dapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,746 Christian Dapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Michael Dysart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 John Eckert, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,220 Peter Eckert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828 John Eckert, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Thomas Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,487 George Fretzlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 James Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,289 Henry Fisher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276 Andrew Finfrock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 Nicholas Feeser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367 John Feeser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 John Fink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 George Freese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 Gilmayer Francis† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Henry Ghetz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495 George Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 George Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 587 George Gardner, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 George Gobble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616 Adam Geesler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 926 Peter Galla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,387 Martin Greenwalt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 Jacob Greenwalt, carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Philip Gilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Michael Horner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Jacob Hostetter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,414 John Hantzel, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Henry Hoover, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 John Hoover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,177 Fred. Horn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578 Andrew Hertziger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Baltzer Hilbert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 877 Martin Hoffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 John Hoofnagle, tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Michael Hoover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 James Hagen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 800 Nicholas Jacobi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Abram Johns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Henry Kohlstock, joiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 John Kohlstock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 John Knauff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,355 Adam Knauff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 George Kuntz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,889 Joseph Koch, mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 Christian Kintz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 648 Jacob Kitzmiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,221 Jacob Kitzmiller, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Peter Krepps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,565 George King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,286 George Kline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Ludwig King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 Adam Kuntz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393 Abram King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,007 Andrew Kuntz, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Stephen Krise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 John Keefer, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434 John Keefer, Jr., turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249 Frederick Keefer, turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 David Keefer, wagon-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Henry Keefer, carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Jacob Keefer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Michael Keeler, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Val. Krise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428 George Kuntz, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Peter Leonard, tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 Frederick Little, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,018 Frederick Little, Jr., hatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315 David Little . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 Jacob Little, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584 John Little, tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Henry Little, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288 Lorentz Litzinger, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538 Zachariah Loudebough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,459 Andrew Lohr, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,726 Andrew Lohr, Jr., weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 Abram Lohr, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Philip Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243 William Litener, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Widow Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,402 John Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147 Robert McIllhenny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Nick Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Widow Mayr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 918 Philip Miller, shoemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 James McSherry,‡ merchant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,355 McSherry & Bishoff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623 William Moirey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317 Adam Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438 Solomon Menchey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,838 Henry Miller, shoemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 George Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,400 Adam Myrise, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Jacob Parr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,965 Widow Parr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617 Fred. Palmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 628 Jacob Pfiffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259 John Patterson, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Melchoir Reffel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770 Mathias Reffel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 952 Christian Reck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,114 Adam Reck, tannery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 John Reck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Jacob Rider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,562 John Routzahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158 John Sneeringer, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Jacob Sell, merchant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 Adam Sell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,117 George Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,984 John Sneeringer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,042 Jacob Seachrist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277 Isaac Sell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867 Jacob Sherman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,150 Jacob Sheaffer, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,096 Michael Snider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,547 John Staley, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 Valentine Sherer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,148 Fred. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758 Valentine Steir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 John Shorb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Jacob Sell, saw-miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,081 Fred. Sponsaller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Jacob Sell, gunsmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Joseph Staley, sadler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709 Henry Springle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,207 Joseph Sneeringer, tavern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,493 Andrew Shriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 John Stale, Sr., tanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702 Henry Shilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 George Sponsaller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486 Henry Sponsaller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 Nicholas Sheaffer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Henry Springle, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Jacob Sides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611 Anthony Troxal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440 George Unger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 Bastian Wonder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Adam Winterode, squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,337 John Winterode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345 Jacob Winterode, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 Jacob Werner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 893 Jacob Willitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,619 Philip Werner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 George Wilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498 Mathias Wiltonger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568 Henry Werner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Adam Winterode, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244 Winterode’s heirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,530 George Wilt, shoemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 Peter Wymert, nailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Jacob Will, sadler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 John Wechert, tannery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,605 Christian Winemiller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,547 Adam Winemiller, shoemaker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Stephen Wymert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Jacob Winterode, hotel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 Christian Zinlap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558 * One blind mare valued at $1.99. † Ground rents of Petersburg. ‡ Including two negro slaves for life, $266, and two small negro children, $20. The single men residing in Germany Township in 1799 were named as follows: George Kuntz, Jr., Ludwig Miller, Henry Snider, Michael Winemiller, Henry Gilbert, Daniel Smith, Jacob Kuntz, Jacob Keiffer, William Irvine, Anthony Irvine, Abram Keeler, Henry Sell, George Bardt, Jacob Kitziner, William Beeher, Henry King, Jacob King, Adam Dysart, Nicholas Kintz (disabled), Ludwig Sherer, John Watterson, George Merchey, Abram and Henry Sell (sons of Jacob), Conrad Righstay, John Masser, Abram King, John Rider, Peter Meyer, Frederick Snider, D. Hoover, Jacob Winemiller, Patrick Owings, J. Werner, William Guinn, George Wiltonger, Michael and John Dysart, and Conrad Fink, each of whom were assessed $1. BOROUGH OF LITTLESTOWN. The borough is situate near the eastern line of what is known as the “Dutch Plateau,” 619 feet above the Atlantic level. The population in 1800 was 250; in 1810, 150; in 1820, 305; in 1850, 394; in 1860, 702; in 1870, 847, including 3 colored; and in 1880, 913. The number of taxpayers in the borough (1886) is 298; value of real estate, $185,715; number of horses, etc., 75; of cows, etc., 19; value of moneys at interest, $78,935; number of pleasure carriages, 53; of gold watches, 27; no timber land; value of trades and professions, $15,405. The American Gazetteer of 1797 contained the following reference to Littlestown: “Petersburg, in York County, two miles north of the Maryland line, contains a Catholic Church and about 80 houses. In north latitude 39° 42’ 30”, west longitude 77° 4’, Wayne’s army en route to squash Cornwallis arrived at York, May 26, 1781. On the 27th this command camped at Littlestown and on the 28th moved to Taneytown, Md., with whom were many soldiers from Adams County.” In 1803 John Shorb & Co., of Presterstown, Md., agreed with G. Granger, postmaster-general, to carry the mail from Baltimore through Littlestown and Gettysburg to Chambersburg, once a week, for $137.50 per quarter. Littlestown, as laid out in 1765, contained forty-eight lots. The founder of “Kleina Stedtle” was Peter Klein, who died in 1773, in his forty-ninth year. In early years the village was known as “Petersburg,” and before that or the present name was generally applied it was called “Kleina Stedtle,” and its two leading streets named “King Street” and “Queen Street.” The original lot owners and builders were Peter Cushwa, Matthias Baker, Stephen Geiss, Henry Brothers, R. McIlhenny, Jacob Gray, John Alspach, Michael Reed, Peter Baker, D. Zackery, the Wills, Sells, Hostetters, Stahles, Crouses, Longs, Dysarts, Littles and the Kuntz family, with others whose names appear in the original assessment of the township. About the time the railroad was completed, the Renshaw & Myers Addition to the village was platted, new warehouses, stores and residences were erected, and by 1865 the old village was almost thoroughly modernized. In 1867 the large brick school building was erected by the Catholic congregation, where Miss Mary Wilson, now Mrs. Steffy, was the first teacher. In 1872 a large building was erected by the common school trustees. From 1847 to the present time the newspaper press may be said to have shared in the fortunes of the village. The Weekly visitor was published in 1847; five other journals appeared only to disappear, and in August, 1883, the Era was introduced by A. E. Keeport. The borough was incorporated in 1864, and in August of that year the first elections were held. In the following list the names of burgesses stand next the date, and are followed by the names of councilmen: 1864-W. F. Crouse; Noah J. Wickert, John Spangler, David Schwartz, George Stonesifer, Dr. J. S. Kemp. 1865-R. S. Seiss; D. Schwartz, S. Wickert, D. Crouse, J. Barker, Fred. Bittinger.* 1866-R. S. Seiss; D. Schwartz, S. S. Blocher, S. Weikert, J. H. Miller, Isaac Staub. 1867-Simon S. Bishop; A. Crouse, J. Coshun, I. Mehring, H. Colehouse, J. Hunberger. 1868-James H. Colehouse; H. Colehouse, William Sheely, J. Geiselman, John F. McSherry, John Duttera. 1869-Martin Steffy; Sam. P. Young, Eph. Myers, I. Sell, W. H. Sneeringer, W. Slifer, Sr. 1870-71-Martin Steffy; Dr. Kemp, W. Kuhns, William Slifer, Isaac Staub, George Smith, Franklin Hesson. 1872-R. S. Seiss; John Eckenrode, John Slifer, Samuel Shorb, John Hidriller, H. S. Klein. 1873-R. S. Seiss; James Keefer, L. D. Mans, J. Kellar, J. Angel, George Stover. 1874-T. S. Blocher; G. Smith, S. Rebert, J. W. Eline, Jacob Hunberger, John H. Spalding. 1875-John H. Hinkle; George Riffle, Isaac Sell, W. H. Feeser, E. K. Foreman, J. Gobrecht and Amos LeFevre, a tie. 1876-Henry S. Klein; John Slifer, D. Steffy, Charles Spangler, Eph. Myers, Ezra Mehring, J. H. Colehouse. 1877-W. H. Lansinger; R. A. Colehouse, Lewis Richstein, A. Sanders, William Sheely, W. Kuhns. 1878-David Weikert; Dr. Shorb, John P. Heindell, J. S. Stonesifer, H. Rather, W. Kuhns. 1879-William Slifer; C. Spangler, G. Kemp, D. Stonesifer, Isaac Sell, J. Eline. 1880-R. S. Seiss; I. Sell, E. Crouse, J. Keefer, Alonzo Sanders, George W. Riffle. 1881-R. S. Seiss; W. Kuhns, J. Eline, Sr., H. Miller, L. Richstein, Amos Sheely. 1882-H. S. Klein; J. Slifer, T. S. Blocher, J. A. Spangler, John Sellars, John Feeser. 1883-R. S. Seiss; John Feeser, Ephraim Myers, George Yount, John Unger, George Stonesifer. 1884-W. H. Lansinger; Ocker, Crouse, Colehouse, Anthony, Starr. 1885-R. S. Seiss; J. W. Homberger, Harry Rider. * The borough administration of 1865 had the streets graded and many other improvements made. CHURCHES. The Catholic Church, the first religious organization here, was founded about 1790, and in 1791 a building which stood on the north side of the cemetery lot was converted into a chapel by the trustees, Patrick McSherry, Joseph Flauth and Henry O’Hara. Among the first priests of this mission was Father Demetrius Augustus de Gallitzin, but it is said Father Pellentz attended the congregation here. The priests of Conowago presided over the congregation subsequently. In 1840, during the administration of Rev. Michael Dougherty, St. Aloysius congregation was incorporated, the old church was sold to Joseph Ocker, Sr. (to- day forming his residence on the Taneytown road), and the present brick church erected. The trustees in 1840 were Henry Spalding, John Shorb, Dr. Shorb, Jacob Rider, J. Rider, Joseph Riddlemoser, Joseph Fink, Jacob Baumgartner and James McSherry. The Jesuit fathers were succeeded by Father Crotty a few years ago- the first secular priest of the congregation. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Congregation was organized in 1863-66, and the work of church building was at once entered upon. In October, 1867, it was completed and dedicated. The building and grounds cost about $16,000. The pastors of the church since its organization are names as follows: Revs. S. Henry, M. J. Alleman, J. W. Lake and E. D. Weigle, the present incumbent. The first officers included Samuel Weikert, Jacob Keller, John Diehl, Amos LeFevre, John Crumrine, Jesse Geiselman, Levi T. Mehring, Dr. R. S. Seiss, James H. Colehouse, J. H. Miller, A. Basehoar, and George D. Basehoar. The parsonage was erected in 1879, at a cost of $3,400. Ephraim Myers, George Stonesifer, Joseph Barker, Henry Baxter, John B. Byers, S. S. Mehring, George Hilterbrick and Isaac DeGraft were among the working members of this society. There are now 440 members. St. John’s Lutheran Church was organized November 13, 1763. The names given in the deed of the property are John Hoover, Thomas Fisher, Henry Bishoph, George Garner and Stephen Chrise. Names in baptismal record: Christian Drachsael, (Troxel) Mical Unger, Johann Mehring, Andreas Lohr, Abraham Sell, Peter Joung, Andreas Schrieber, Andreas Spahnseyler. The names of the pastors who served this church are as follows: Revs. Carl Frederick Wildbahn, 1783-1806; Rev. John D. Shroetter, 1806-24; Rev. John G. Grubb, 1826-30; Rev. John R. Hoffman, 1830- 37; Rev. Jonathan Rothrauff, 1837-48; Rev. Jacob Albert, 1848-49; Rev. C. A. Hay, D. D., 1849-56; Rev. D. P. Rosenmiller, 1856-57; Rev. M. J. Alleman, 1857- 58; Rev. Frederick Rothrauff, 1859-67; Rev. S. Henry, 1868-69; Rev. P. P. Lane, 1870-74; Rev. L. T. William, and the present pastor, Rev. E. Y. Metzler, who was appointed in 1875. The site of the original church of 1763 is a half mile west of Littlestown. Here also the church of 1829 was built, and the new church of 1874 erected. In 1859 a parsonage was erected at a cost of $3,000; about the same amount was expended on the church. There are 350 members. The Redeemer’s Reformed Church of Littlestown was organized August 22, 1859, with forty-five members, by Rev. Jacob Sechler. This society existed so near the old Christ Church, one mile and a half distant, that it was not until 1872 a house of worship was erected in the borough. Two years later this building was enlarged. The organizing preacher died May 10, 1880, in his seventy-fifth year. The corner-stone was placed August 16, 1868, and the building dedicated, May 26, 1872, by W. K. Zieber. The house was enlarged in 1874. The present membership is 260 and the value of property, $10,000. The pastors succeeding Rev. Jacob Sechler are named as follows: Revs. John M. Clemens, 1867; Caspar Scheels, 1870; John Ault, 1873; died July 26, 1880, and Rev. D. U. Dittmar, 1881-86. The Methodist Episcopal Church of Littlestown dates back to 1828, when a little society was formed with J. McIlvain, Rachel Sweney and Mrs. Bishop, members. William O. Lamsdon, T. H. W. Morrow and J. H. Brown were then the circuit preachers. The first church was erected in 1846. In April, 1876, the new church was commenced on the site of the old church building, and in August the corner-stone was placed. It was dedicated September 2, 1877. The parsonage was purchased in 1882. The membership at present is seventy-five. Since 1876 this has been the circuit church of a large district extending west to Fairfield and Chamberlin’s. The pastors since that time are named as follows: Revs. Owen Hicks, 1877; I. N. Moorhead, 1879; H. S. Lundy, 1881, and J. C. Brown, the present preacher in charge, 1883-86. Prior to 1877 the Gettysburg church supplied preachers. St. James Reformed Church, four miles southwest of Littlestown, on the Emmittsburg road, was organized November 23, 1851, with thirty members, by Rev. Jacob Sechler. A stone church was built that year, and dedicated August 17, 1851, which continued in use until restored, or rather replaced by the building of 1878-79. The value of this property is placed at $3,000; the membership numbers 125. From 1851 to 1881 the ministers of the church at Littlestown served here, but after the death of Mr. Ault, Rev. J. Kretzing was appointed to this charge. The officers at organization were elders, Jacob Spangler and Samuel Riegel; deacons, John Feeser, David Lynn, Jacob H. Feeser and Barnabas Brown. At the first communion after the organization thirty members communed. United Brethren Church was organized in 1822, and the same year a building was erected on a lot donated by Philip Bishop, Sr. In 1863 the old building gave place to the present brick house. Prior to 1837 the circuit preacher was an irregular visitor, but since that time the church has been regularly supplied by a resident pastor. CEMETERY. Mt. Carmel Cemetery was dedicated in May, 1861. The Association was chartered August 22, 1860, with S. S. Bishop, president, and William T. Crouse, secretary. The charter members numbered 21. There are 259 lots sold at from $12 to $15 each, and 349 remain unsold. SOCIETIES. The Littlestown Savings Institution was organized in April, 1867, with Joseph L. Shorb, president, and James LeFevre, treasurer. The present banking house was erected in 1879. Catoctin Tribe of Red Men Society was organized in 1870, at Littlestown, and celebrated its first anniversary June 2, 1871. The Littlestown ladies organized a soldiers’ relief society, November 11, 1861.