AREA HISTORY: History of Adams County, Chapter XXXV, 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 276-283 CHAPTER XXXV. HAMILTONBAN TOWNSHIP. The streams of Hamiltonban Township are McDowell’s Run, forming part of its northern boundary, rising at the foot of Green Ridge, flowing west to a point near the line of Franklin County, thence north to a stream running parallel with the Gettysburg & Chambersburg Turnpike. The western fork of Little Marsh Creek rises on the eastern slope of Green Ridge and flowing east to Little Marsh Creek completes the northern boundary of the township. Middle Creek has its source just northwest of Musselman Hill, receives Carrol Creek near Singley’s old mill, flows through Fairfield to its confluence with Mud Run, which stream is entirely native to the northeastern part of the township. Tom’s Creek rises in the springs between Kepner’s Knob and Jack’s Mountain, flows in a torturous course east to the Landis farm, and thence south. In Liberty Township it receives Miney’s branch, which drains the Fountain Dale Valley. Hay’s Run and Main Creek drain Green Ridge Valley on the west, while hundreds of sparkling rivulets leap down the hills in every direction. The mountains include Jack’s Mountain, Green Ridge, Musselman’s Hill, McCarney’s Knob, Kepner’s Knob, Russell Hill, Sugar Loaf and the Headlight, all bold hills, rich in all that is picturesque, and wealthy in their copper ores. Mount Hope near Fairfield is a high hill; Mary’s Hill is 1,400 feet; White Rock, 1,800, and Green Ridge, 2,000 feet above the Atlantic. The valleys of the township, particularly Fairfield Valley, contain many fertile farms, and even among the hills the industrious husbandman finds a soil which well repays cultivation. The population in 1800 was 1,679; in 1810 it was 853-419 males, 392 females, four slaves and thirty-eight free colored; in 1820, 1,208, including two slaves, seventy-six free colored, and the 155 inhabitants of Fairfield; in 1830, 1,379; in 1840, 1,464; in 1850, 1,701, including 171 in Fairfield; in 1860, 1,871, including 218 in Fairfield; in 1870, 1,676, including 258 in Fairfield. In 1880 the township was credited with 1,259, and Fairfield Village with 410. The number of taxpayers (1886) is 650; value of real estate, $547,060; number of horses, etc., 313; number of cows, etc., 314; value of moneys at interest, $53,211; value of trades and professions, $22,365; number of carriages, 107; gold watches, 7; acres of timber land, 14,352. The retailers of foreign merchandise, including wines and spirituous liquors, in the township October 27, 1824, were Ezra Blythe, Roger Claxton and John Eyster. Samuel Hutchison, constable, made this return. The outcrop show orthofelsite containing copper-rock, bluish compact orthofelsite, light green orthofelsite porphyry, coarse grained trap (near Fairfield), slaty orthofelsite porphyry, diabase, quartzite, wavy argillaceous slate, limonite, quartz containing micaceous ore, fine grained quartzite containing iron, coarse grained copper rock, chlorite rock at Mary’s Hill. Conglomerate marble of rare beauty was found in 1879, on the Daniel Musselman farm, near Fairfield. The slab was 13x20½ inches, and when polished gave a variety of high colors. In 1878 copper was discovered in the Snively Mines on the Musselman tract near Fairfield. On this tract three veins were discovered, one of which was ten feet thick. About this time D. B. Russell unearthed a new vein of copper ore; discoveries were also mad my Mill & Co., of Shippensburg. Copper quartz was found on the old Watson farm in July, 1870, after it became the property of D. B. Russell. There stood upon John Mickley’s farm, Hamiltonban Township, in 1858, an apple tree planted in 1741, which bore sixty-three bushels of good apples that year. In 1871 a survey for a railroad from Fairfield to Emmittsburg was made by Joseph S. Gitt. The length was placed at seven miles and the total cost $10,570 per mile. The old “Tape Worm Railroad” is now almost completed to Fairfield, having its temporary terminus at Ortanna. In 1758 or 1759, about the time of the Jamison abduction, the settlers formed companies for the defense of the frontier. Mr. Seabrooks said, in 1855, that one of the Dunwoodie brothers killed an Indian above Virginia Mills, on Middle Creek, northwest of Fairfield, buried him there and marked the event on a tree. Crawford killed an Indian at the same time, but was so ashamed of what he considered to be a murder that he did not speak of it. Under date March 10, 1789, a petition was presented to the president and supreme council of the State of Pennsylvania, signed by Isaac Robinson, William Waugh, James Brice, William Miller, David Blyth and Ebenezer Finley, asking for a resurvey of “Carroll’s Delight.” This set forth that in 1741 Archibald Beard, John Withrow, James McGinley and Jeremiah Lochery purchased of Charles Carroll 5,000 acres, which were taken up and surveyed years before this purchase, but were subsequently found to be in Hamiltonban and Franklin Townships in Pennsylvania. The petition asked for a settlement of the question. In 1762 caveats were entered in the land office against granting warrants for these lands, whether in Hamiltonban or Franklin Townships. The twenty-five divisions near the outside line of “Carroll’s Delight” were occupied by the following named: Isaac Robinson, now Moses McClean; Ephraim Johnson, now James Johnson; James Stephenson, William McClean, James and John Cormack, James McAllister’s heirs; Isaac Robeson, Francis Meredith, Samuel Knox, Alex Adam’s heirs; George Clingam’s heirs; William Witherow’s heirs; David Blythe, Rev. John McKnight, Ebenezer Finley, James Marshall, Samuel Moore, William Waugh and heirs of John Waugh, John Crawford’s heirs; Andrew Hart’s heirs; Robert Slemmons, James Bruce, John Miller; heirs of Amos McGinley and John McGinley. The twenty-nine tracts on the outside, adjoining “Carroll’s Delight” were occupied by the following names in 1789: William Russell and heirs of William Boyd; heirs of James McAllister and John Carrick; Frus. Merritt, Alex Adams, Robert Smith, now, 1789, Ebenezer Fergeson, William Witherown’s heirs; William Baird, now Rev. John McKnight and Ebenezer Finley; Richard Baird, now James Marshall; James Dunwoodie, John Crawford’s heirs; James Reid, James Slemons, John McGinley, Robert McGinley, David hart’s heirs; Joseph Brown, William Wilson, Samuel Adams, Samuel Knox (two tracts), William and John Orr, Moses McCarley, John McCarley, David Ramsey, and Samuel Cross, John Buchanan, now William and Samuel Cross; John Johnson, John Porter, now Samuel Porter; heirs of Robert McNutt, now James McGlaughlin and John Boyd; Matt McNutt, now Arch Bond, and Robert Murray, now John Boyd. Hamiltonban, which, in early years comprised Highland, Freedom and Liberty, is one of the original townships. The assessment of 1802 gives the following names of property owners and single men, as well as the values assessed: James Agnew, Sr.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2,000 James Agnew, Jr.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,300 John Agnew . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,624 ----- Ashbridge (Jos. McKisson) . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Bleany Adair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- Christian Bennor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 David Blythe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,096 David Blythe, executor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,404 David Byers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,990 Andrew Brown* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,560 Alex. Brice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,296 Abram Briner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 James Burd, shoe-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Henry Burback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Hugh Bigham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 John Breador . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 Fred. Brintle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,050 Robert Boulton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Michael Bethlow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 Joshua Burkitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Ludwick Bower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 Jacob Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 935 John Baker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Benj. Beavor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Jacob Bomgartner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 Ralph Bowie, squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 John Byars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Jacob Bruner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 James Carrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 979 John Carrick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784 Alex. Carnaghan, cooper* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Wm. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Henry Coffman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 Richard Cole . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,400 Cleaton Chamberlain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Thomas Craig . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 John Crowl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Jacob Candle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Jane Dunwiddie* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,005 Hugh Dounelly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- Alexander Dean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,080 Thomas Dick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 884 John Downey, squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Isaac Dorin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Wm. Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 Abel Finley, shoe-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Wm. Fellen, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Christian Freet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,737 Allen Ferguson, carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390 Henry Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 Hugh Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Jacob Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446 Richard Ferguson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418 Hugh Ferguson, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Margaret Finley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Jacob Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- David Hart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767 Elijah Hart, squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,430 Yost. Harbaugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,654 Joshua Hidler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466 Wm. Howey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 John Hook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 John Henderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Benj. Hickson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 John Irvine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138 Thomas Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368 Israel Irvine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- John Knight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Samuel Knox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,070 Dr. Sam. Knox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,258 Geo. Kerr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,524 Hugh Kellen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Casper Kittinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,430 Peter Keizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- Jacob Keizer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ---- Jacob Kelleberger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,688 John Karr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Thomas Latta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318 John Latta . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,239 Andrew Little, miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 John Lollis (Wm. Howie) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285 Robert Lachlin, sadler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Thomas Meredith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,335 Wm. McLean, squire‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,127 James McGaughey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,272 Robert McCracken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 Samuel McCullough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,211 Patrick McKing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,130 Wm. McClellan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Frederick Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,617 Joseph McGinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,317 Ebenezer McGinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 Geo. McConnell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Samuel McCullough, administrator . . . . . . . . . . . 1,040 Amos McGinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Hugh McGaughey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 John McGinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690 James McKesson† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,274 James McCleary, tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415 Jacob McClellan, tanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Alex. McGaughey, wagon-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 Francis McCormick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Wm. Miller, squire¹ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,396 Joseph McCleary, shoe-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 James McGinley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,031 Anne McPherren . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,498 Wm. McMullen, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736 Wm. McMullen, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Henry Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 John Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,130 John Myers, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Wm. Matthews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Moses McLean, executor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,032 James McCosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 James Marshall² . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,832 Michael McClennon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 William McCleary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 William Orr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,752 Rev. Wm. Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,155 Richard Porter, hatter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328 Philip Phail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,248 John Paxton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 John Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,899 James Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 Robert Rhea** . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,290 Alex. Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 John Robinson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,473 Henry Rowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,363 James Rowan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Patrick Russell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Barnabas Rielly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 John Riddle, squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200 Thomas Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,002 Alex Russell, squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350 Wm. Reed, squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 Benj. Reed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,563 Walter Smith, squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,883 Peter Zimmerman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Rev. John Slemons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,514 Robert Slemons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,488 Daniel Sprinkle³ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,284 Frances Shaafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Jacob Shunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815 Michael Springle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 Moses Seabrooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Wm. Simmons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Daniel Sweeney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 John Shull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 James Stuart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,486 Wm. Taylor (B. more) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Andrew Tapper, wagon-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- John Tapper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396 Wm. Waugh‡‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,880 David Waugh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 Samuel Withrow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,265 James Willson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,559 Thomas White, tanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541 David Wilson¹¹ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,162 Hugh Wilson ‡‡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,453 James Williams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- James Wilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,323 James Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300 * Slaves valued at $100, $120, $280, $120, $120, $100. † One slave, value $100. ‡ Including mill, $300. ² Slave, value $30. ¹ Mills, value $300. ** Slave, value $110. ³ Including mill, $300. ‡‡ Slave, value $100. ¹¹ Including slave, value $120. ‡‡ Including slave, value 100. The single free men of the township in 1802 are named as follows, and the tax levied from each ranged from 81 to 93 cents: William Barnes; James, Samuel and Ezra Blythe; Andrew Byars; James Black; Henry Cutshall, shoemaker; John Kallaberger; John Charles; John Carrick; Henry Coffman; James Dick, merchant; Henry Ferguson; James and William Gallagher, blacksmiths; John Latta; Andrew Marshall; David Mellen; Jacob McClellan, saddler; John McClellan; John McGinley; Ebenezer and Amos McGinley, merchants; Mathew McConnell; James McLean; John Orr; John Paxton; William Proctor, weaver; John Reed; John Slemons; John Sites; James Shirkey; Felty Toad; James Waugh, merchant. The total valuation assessed by Benjamin Reed was $123,411.76, on which a tax levy of 25 cents per $100 was made. Z. Herbert, delegate from Hamiltonban to the convention of November 4, 1834, voted in favor of adopting the school law. The State appropriation was $150.70 and the tax $146.28. FAIRFIELD. This village was surveyed in 1801 for Squire William Miller and named by him Millerstown. He built the first house here the same year, graded a few streets and alleys, and made a good effort to build up a little village. The venture was premature, for fully twenty-one years elapsed before progress beamed on the Squire’s paper city. In 1822 the Maria Furnace was constructed and put in operation at this point; religious societies were organized and local industries began to expand; then a church building was erected, a school was established, and the substantial beginnings of a town were formed and the name changed. Even prior to 1822 there was some public spirit manifested here, for we find that Amos Maginley and James Ried were appointed as a committee to collect for the Savannah fire sufferers in 1820. A reference to the original assessment roll of the township points out authoritatively the names and trades of those who were here at the beginning of the village, and of many who have been identified with its progress. CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, ETC. The Evangelical Lutheran Church was organized November 10, 1855. Following are the names of the original members: John Nunnemaker, Barnabas Riely, Maj. John Musselman, Christian Musselman, Jacob Musselman, Julia Ann Hoke, Michael Rugler, George Hull, Sr., Zepheniah Herbert. The names of the pastors are Rev. H. Bishop, 1855; W. V. Gotwald, 1863; E. S. Johnston, 1866-86. The house of worship was erected in 1854 at a cost of about $2,500. The membership numbers 200. D. R. Musselman is secretary. The New Reformed Church of Fairfield was dedicated December 29, 1878. This is a modern gothic, with audience room 55x35 feet and tower 95 feet in height, standing on the site of the old Union Reformed and Presbyterian Church erected in 1824, and which was blown down the same year. The second church was built in 1825 and continued in use until 1878. The Presbyterians may hold services in this church until 1888, in consideration of their claims against the old Union building and grounds. The Methodist Episcopal Society was organized about 1827 and worshiped in private houses until 1830, when the first church was erected. On June 9, 1876, the Centennial Methodist Episcopal Church was begun and completed, and dedicated November 30, that year. Up to this period the mission belonged to the Gettysburg Circuit; but since 1876, it has been in the Littlestown charge. The old cemetery in the rear has been removed. The Catholics of “Carroll’s Delight,” were accustomed to visit Emmittsburg or Conowago in very early days; later, missionaries visited their homes, and in 1851 their present church was built. The congregation has not yet a resident pastor, and the church is a mission of the parish of Gettysburg. Here the old Catholic cemetery is still well kept. The Toppers, Dicks, Sanders, Lawvers, and many of the first settlers of “Carroll’s Delight” belong to this old mission. The public school house has been an institution here since 1835. Up to 1872 the building was of a very primitive character, but in that year a pretentious brick house was erected. The Sunday-schools of the village are well conducted, and are large organizations. MISCELLANEOUS. There are a few business houses carrying heavy stocks of goods, a first-class hotel, the “Snively House,” and a number of pleasant homes. The ceremony of raising the Union flag at Fairfield took place April 22, 1861, and the first responses to the call for troops, made then from Hamiltonban Township, came in the persons of Dr. A. O. Scott, Van Buren Tawney,* David Reesman, John W. Miller, Joseph Saylor and Henry Turle of Fairfield. They were mustered in with Company I, Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. The Fairfield Zouaves were organized in August, 1861, with Charles Knox, captain; Ebenezer McGinely, E. T. Rinehart and J. T. Sullivan, lieutenants. In November, 1861, the Fairfield ladies organized a “soldiers’ relief association,” with Mrs. R. C. Swope, president; Mrs. Judge McGinley, vice-president; Mrs. D. Sullivan, treasurer; Miss M. McGinley, secretary, and a board of managers. For account of postmasters of Fairfield, see Part III, page 117. * Died of fever in 1861. FOUNTAIN DALE. This place, which is located south of Jack’s Mountain, on the Emmittsburg & Waynesboro Turnpike, is great in the area which the name covers, but little, indeed, as a village. Business is represented by Martin’s store, and the postoffice and Harbaugh’s mills, now operated by the Martins. The location, however, is delightful, and 10,000 rippling spring creeks from the mountains north and south of the valley make the name appropriate. Raven Rock, which shelters the valley on the south, is 1,290 feet above the ocean level. Joseph Braugher was postmaster in 1837; in 1845 Reuben Steen. Methodist Episcopal Church-Wesley Chapel, of this denomination, was built at Fountain Dale in 1857. The Reformed Church and the Dunkard Church buildings are located a short distance south of this settlement, in Liberty Township. Cemeteries-Near to Fountain Dale is the new Methodist Episcopal cemetery, to which removals from the old cemetery near the Methodist Episcopal church were made some years ago; while west of the Reformed Church is the old cemetery of the district. Several bold eminences, other than the peaks of Jack’s Mountain, characterize this division of the township. The “Fountain Dale Springs House” was established in 1874, by F. McIntire. “Monterey House,” on top of South Mountain, was conducted by Harry Yingling in 1875, now proprietor of the “Eagle House” at Gettysburg. MISCELLANEOUS. Cols Spring, at Caledonia, lies in the northwestern corner of Hamiltonban Township. In the last century it was known as “Sweeney’s Spring,” from Daniel Sweeney, who was the original occupier of the land in that vicinity. It was known long before Sweeney became the owner, and even then had a wide reputation and charmed many visitors. In 1850 a Chambersburg Company purchased the tract, erected buildings and name the place Caledonia. From this time forth its popularity declined, and ultimately the buildings were destroyed by fire, leaving the stone foundation walls alone standing. The building of the Fairfield branch of the “Tapeworm Railroad” is only a matter of a little time. The road was surveyed by Joseph S. Gitt, and in January, 1886, a proposition was made to the people of Fairfield by the Hanover Junction, Hanover & Gettysburg Railroad Company, that is they would furnish 6,000 good ties, the right of way, and $3,500 in money, they would build the road.