AREA HISTORY: History of Adams County, Chapter XXXVII, 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 286-295 CHAPTER XXXVII. HUNTINGTON TOWNSHIP AND BOROUGH OF YORK SPRINGS. The streams of this township are Bermudian Creek and Muddy Run. The former forms the greater part of its western boundary, enters on a southeastern course near the Kennedy farm, and then flows in a tortuous channel through the southern part of the township, entering Latimore near the Sulphur Springs. Numerous small streams flow into the Bermudian, while some of the feeders of Latimore Creek rise here and flow east or southeast. The outcrops of Tyrone are also found in Huntington Township; also hornblende rock, magnetic surface ore, weathered orthofelsite slate, copper rock, decomposed crypto-crystalline, orthofelsite, chlorite-schist, orthofelsite porphyry, quartzore schist, greenish crystalline schist and slate rock, micaceous ore, trap, green chloritic shale limonite, hematite course sandstone, slate rock, asbestos, quartz, specular iron ore, sandy clay slate, ore slightly magnetic, in fact, all the rocks native to Latimore show themselves in Huntington. In January, 1880, a vein of magnetic iron ore was excavated on the Leer farm a mile and three-quarters northwest of York Springs; also, on the farms of Peter Stephens, Simpson, Michael Stambaugh and Adam Laren. The Sulphur Springs of this district possess strong mineral properties. In 1837 Joseph Smyser employed some workmen to dig a well on his farm about three miles from York, but while they were at dinner “the bottom fell out,” and the tools sank down to a depth never discovered. In 1855 the wooden bridge over Bermudian Creek, on the Gettysburg and Harrisburg road, was erected by Jonas Rouanzahn for $1,330. Work on the York Springs branch of the Harrisburg & Potomac Railroad was begun by contractor Michael McCabe on June 3, 1872. In Huntington Township, in 1824, the retailers of foreign merchandise, wines and liquors, were William Gardner and Fahnestock & Bollinger. James Neely was the constable. The population in 1800 was 1,147; in 1810, 1,104; in 1820, 1,294 including 126 inhabitants of York Springs (Petersburg); in 1830, 1,284; in 1840, 1,482; in 1850, 1,757 (11 colored), including 356 in York Springs (Petersburg); in 1860, 1,833; in 1870, 1,951, including 356 in York Springs Borough. In 1880 the population of the township was 1,642, and of York Springs 378. The number of taxpayers (1886) is 520; value of real estate, $515,688; number of horses, etc., 447; number of cows, etc., 468; value of money at interest, $44,267; value of trades and professions $12,765; number of pleasure carriages, 150; acres of timber land, 1,772. The assessment of the township was made in December, 1798, and January, 1799, by Daniel Funk, Thomas Neely and W. Thompson, and a tax levy of 26 cents per $100 on the total assessment, $147,352, made by George Herman and John Weirman, son of Henry Weirman. The single freeman were taxed $1 each. The letters s. m. denote single free men on the following list: John Albert, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $917 John Albert, Jr., s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Albert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,038 Thomas Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,409 Eleazer Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,790 James Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Peter Brider (Warrington) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Michael Bower, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656 John Bale or Beal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Michael Bower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Solomon Bower, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795 Adam Bower, tanner, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,257 Joseph Bower, tanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 John Bower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,278 Isaac Bower, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Bower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Jacob Bower, mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jonathan Bower, wagon-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828 Sol. Beals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420 Caleb Beals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,561 Jacob Beals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632 Jacob Bender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,037 John Bonner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 897 Templeton Brandon, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Burkolder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,854 Thomas Bonner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528 Robert Bonner, wheelwright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Moses Beals, mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Ebenezer Brandon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 Joseph Boots, Cum co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500 Wm. Boots, forgeman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Widow Elizabeth Boyles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Isabella Crafert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Thomas Cooper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714 Robt. Crawford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Henry Comfort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816 John Collins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679 John Chronister, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660 Jacob Comley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,529 Samuel Comley, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Campbell, preacher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 977 Wm. Cox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,354 John Cobald . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 Wm. Cishader, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450 John Crawford, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Geo. Davis, blacksmith, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Widow Eliza Deal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,206 Joseph Dodds, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774 Joseph Dodds, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465 Isaac Deardorff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600 Jacob Deardorff’s heirs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 910 Elizabeth Deardorff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,944 Sam’l Deardorff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Jacob Deardorff, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Solvanis Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 Wm. Dunlap (Tyrone) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312 David Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evan Davis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Geo. Essek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697 James Elliott, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michael Everhart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Val. Elliker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,593 Isaac Everett, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728 John Everett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745 Isaac Everett, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Abram Fickes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,494 Jacob Fickes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Valentine Fickes, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Valentine Fickes, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 972 Jacob Flake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Peter Flake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511 John Fickles, miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,304 Wm. Fickles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 956 John Fickles, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Stephen Foulk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,443 Dan. Fleak, blacksmith, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Val. Fleak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536 Barbarah Fleak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508 Philip Fishill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Daniel Funk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,496 Wm. Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 922 Adam Garder, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Thomas Grist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633 Jacob Grist, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389 Peter Groop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 659 Joseph Grist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727 David Grist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550 John Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374 Isaac Grist . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Vincint Gribble, fuller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Philip Groop, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527 Philip Groop, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543 Geo. Groop, blacksmith, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Nicholas Groop, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Hatton, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,274 James Hatton, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Hess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516 Isaac Hess . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,104 Geo. Herman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,644 John How . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Geo. Higas* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,512 Jacob Higas, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Herman, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,086 Fred. Hinkle, cordwinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Christian Hext . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,124 Andrew Hartman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373 John Herman, minor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andrew Hersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,246 Jacob Hersey, s. m.* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leonard Hatton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,076 Jacob Jones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 719 Henry Jones, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Samuel Kennedy, s. m., cordwinder . . . . . . . . . 60 Fred. King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 John Long . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400 James Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,089 And. Lowback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 941 John Leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,068 Robert Long, merchant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Philip Miller, cordwinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835 Bartholomew McCaffery, nailer . . . . . . . . . . . 40 John Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Fred. Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 David Montorff, schoolmaster . . . . . . . . . . . . Geo. Minich, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Henry Montorff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722 Peter Musginung, tavern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482 Peter Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,553 Philip Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 817 Ludwick Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,469 Henry Myers (Reading) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627 Peter Martin, tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698 John Martin, joiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Levi Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625 John Montorff, plasterer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 John Montorff, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 875 Henry Miller, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 Henry Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Michael Myers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 John Montorff, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 James Moore, Sr.† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713 James Moore, Jr.† . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388 James Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 957 Edward Moorehead, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 John Moorhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 John Musselman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385 John Musselman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Geo. Myers, cordwinder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Arch. McGraw, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,102 Wm. McGraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 John McGraw . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,215 Arch. McGraw, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alex. McCarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Conrad Montorff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269 Ludwig Mull, gunsmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 McCreary for Fleck’s land . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 John Mitchell, deceased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 John Neely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,368 Wm. Neely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733 Thomas Neely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,068 Samuel Neely, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Nickle, joiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Wm. Nickle, shoe-maker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 James Nickle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565 Arthur Nickle, carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Jacob Phillips, carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 John Proctor, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 Richard Pilkerton, carpenter . . . . . . . . . . . . 153 Vincent Pilkerton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,439 Thomas Pilkerton, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . 278 John Penrose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548 Isaac Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577 Thomas Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Elias Person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716 John Randles, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. M. Randles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 John Ross . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Roof Jacob . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 J. M. Rogers, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Geo. Robinett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,382 James Robinett, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Allen Robinett . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,116 John Ritter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 973 Jacob Raiser, tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Thomas Robison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353 Leonard Shimp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357 Henry Shriver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 Philip Shafer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Michael Shinler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Peter Snider, tanner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,505 Jones Sheetz, weaver, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Anthony Sheetz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Joshua Speakman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,028 Stephen Speakman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253 John Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 John Sanderson, tailor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Alexander Sanderson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,147 Samuel Sanderson, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Widow Sarah Socks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666 Burchart Warner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856 James Willson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 James Welsh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Ludwig Waltimire, of Cumberland Co. . . . . . . . . 150 Nicholas Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653 Henry Ziegler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,088 John Ziegler, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 John Ziegler, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,378 John Snider, tavern . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468 Peter Snider, cooper, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Geo. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,125 Samuel Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629 Wm. Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geo. Stiveson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427 Adam Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858 Leonard Sidesinger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581 Balthasar Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,866 Geo. Smith, miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Jacob Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 Peter Studebaker, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657 Peter Studebaker, Jr., wagon-maker . . . . . . . . . 30 Widow Mary Sadler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 931 Wm. Sadler, hatter, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 John Sadler, sadler, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 John Snider, tanner, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Jesse Swisher, fuller, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . 829 Thomas Thornburgh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 915 Benj. Tumbleson, cordwinder . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Joseph Tumbleson, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Isaac Towlin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 John Trump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,755 Michael Trump, joiner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129 Andrew Thompson, Squire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,322 Matthias Trimmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,195 Wm. Thompson, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769 Moses Vansysc, mason . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,353 Nicholas Wierman, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,808 Henry Wierman, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,100 Joseph Worley, tanner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484 Nicholas Wierman, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,207 Wm. Wierman, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Henry Wierman, s. m. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wm. Wierman, Sr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,558 Wm. Wierman, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199 John Wierman of Henry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,204 Nicholas Wierman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401 Robert Wiley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,622 Wm. Wierman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,032 Philip Waggoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,054 Geo. Willson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368 Benj. Wierman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 860 Wm. Wisley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453 John Waltenbarger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Michael Wiean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Stephen Wonder, weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Wm. Worley, blacksmith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 * One slave of no value. † Own young slaves. Huntington Township, through its delegate B. Gardner, voted for adoption of the school law of 1834, in the convention of November 4, 1834. The State appropriated $139.75 and the tax was $135.28. Samuel Brady, born at Shippensburg, Penn., in 1758, moved to this township in 1770 with his parents; five years later joined the riflemen in defending Boston against the English; was appointed lieutenant of a company in 1776, captain in 1779, and served under Gen. Broadhead in the West. In 1775 or 1778, the Indians, under Bald Eagle, murdered his brother James, and early in 1779 murdered his father. These murders were fully avenged by the captain whose name is identified with many places in Ohio and Pennsylvania. On September 22, 1777, Daniel Shelly of Carlisle, himself a prisoner on charges of treason, made oath before John Agnew and John Creigh that in April, 1777, Rev. Mr. Batwell, of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Huntington; Dr. Norris, who lived near Warrington Meeting-house, and one McDonald of Cumberland County, Penn., with others, preached in favor or aiding the English and conspired to destroy the United States posts and stores at Carlisle, York and Lancaster. On this and other information a mittimus was sent to Maj. James McCalmont (or McCammont) signed by Justice of Peace James Nailor, ordering the arrest and imprisonment of Batwell. He was arrested September 24, 1777, petitioned for release from York County jail in October, and in November, 1777, was removed to equally safe but more comfortable quarters. John Wilson was ordered to deliver himself to a justice of the peace by the board of attainder in 1778. The Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad crosses the extreme northwest corner of the township. The postoffices are York, Sulphur Springs and Idaville. YORK SULPHUR SPRINGS. This place, located within one mile and a half of the borough, dates back to 1790, when explorers, traveling through the Jacob Fickes tract, discovered several deer-licks leading toward the place, and ultimately came upon the springs. Buildings were erected by Robert Long and Joseph Worley, grounds were laid off and the locality became at once a health and pleasure resort. In 1848 Pennington & Baggs, of Baltimore, with Arnold Gardner, manager, became the owners, from whom the tract passed into the hands of Adam Fisher. IDAVILLE. This hamlet, formerly called “Whitestown,” lies near the line of the Gettysburg & Harrisburg Railroad, in the northwest corner of the township; close by there is a mission church, of the United Brethren Association, built in 1859; an Evangelical Church, built in 1850, and cemetery just north. In August, 1885, Edwin M. Fosse was appointed postmaster here, succeeding Mr. Cline. BOROUGH OF YORK SPRINGS. The borough of York Springs is situate on the eastern line of Huntington Township on the Carlisle and Hanover road, above the Sulphur Springs, on a branch of Latimore Creek. The village was platted in 1800, and named Petersburg, in honor of Peter Thick, whose cabin was the first on the ground, and whose store was the first mercantile venture. The Hanover and Carlisle pike was built in 1810. In later years the proposed railroad from New Oxford to Dillsburg, via York Springs, was surveyed by Joseph S. Gitt, and all the grading done on the Dillsburg end to York Springs. The number of tax payers in York Springs Borough (1886) is 144; value of real estate, $106,547; number of horses, etc., 59; of cows, etc., 31; value of moneys at interest, $63,182; value of trades and professions, $9,805; number of pleasure carriages, 26; of gold watches, 16; of acres of timber land, 10. The population in 1880 was 378. The village of York Springs was incorporated in 1868 and organized January 8, 1869, under the name “York Springs Borough.” The names of the burgesses and councilmen elected since that time are given below: 1869-J. W. Pearson; J. E. Spangler, J. W. Reitzell, J. L. Worley, H. J. Myers, T. E. Gardner. 1870-71-John D. Becker; H. C. Peters, H. A. Shuler, J. L. Worley, W. A. Fickel, J. Stephens, Sr. 1872-J. W. Pearson; J. L. Worley, T. D. Reed, A. Grove, Adam Grove, Emanuel Burg, A. B. Dill. 1873-Howard J. Myers; H. C. Peters, G. A. Peters, A. B. Dill, J. L. Worley, W. W. Stewart, J. W. Reitzell. 1874-Howard J. Myers; W. W. Stewart, W. F. Sadler, John Wolford, D. Keilholtz, Jesse Johns, Abram Grove. 1875-John Wolford; Adam Grove, I. Krall, W. W. Stewart, W. F. Sadler, Emanuel Brough, George A. Peters. 1876-Henry C. Peters; J. L. Worley, G. W. Reed, W. W. Stewart, H. W. Becker, J. F. Cline, Dr. Pierson. 1877-Henry C. Peters; Abram Trostel, Dr. D. Miller, W. A. Fickle, W. F. Sadler, J. T. Myers, R. B. Jacobs. 1878-John T. Myers; A. Trostel, John W. Lay, T. D. Reed, J. F. Cline, Isaac Krall. Shuler, Brooks and Moorhead, a tie vote in 1878. 1879-Dr. D. Diller; W. A. Fickel, D. Hoopert, C. O. Myers, J. E. Spangler, N. P. Griest, S. Crooks. 1880-A. C. Gardner; T. D. Reed, J. T. Myers, Dr. Pearson, W. A. Fickel, B. A. Myers, W. F. Sadler. 1881-John T. Myers; J. W. Reitzell, B. A. Myers, J. G. Lerew, Dr. Pearson, J. J. Mank, J. E. Spangler. 1882-Dr. D. Diller; H. W. Baker, J. G. Lerew, with Zeigler, Snowden Pearson and Spangler. 1883-Jaob Kline; B. A. Myers, J. D. Becker, B. W. Zeigler, J. E. Spangler, John A. Snowden, Dr. Pearson. 1884-M. M. Adams; Trostel and Deardorff (tie), W. F. Sadler; B. W. Zigler, J. F. Kline, W. W. Stewart, H. J. Myers. 1885-W. A. Fickel; Noah F. Hersh, George W. Griest. The names of the justices elected since 1869 are John D. Becker, H. W. Becker, Cyrus G. Beals, J. Gardner, John E. Spangler, H. C. Peters, Cyrus G. Beals, in 1881, and H. C. Peters. CHURCHES. The Presbyterian Society of York Springs was organized by Henry R. Wilson, April 14, 1818, and Rev. Hays held services in George Smith’s barn; that society also attended at Dillsburg. About 1826 the “Academy” was built and then Rev. Wilson preached occasionally until Mr. Quay arrived. In 1830 Rev. A. B. Quay came here to reside, and the same year a church was erected on a lot donated by James McCosh, for church and cemetery purposes. Rev. Quay was succeeded in 1839 by E. McKinney, and he, in 1841, by J. A. Murray. John Bonner and James Robinette were the first elders. The Brandons, McBrides, Neelys, Bighams, Mary Toland, Jane White, Eliza Harper and Anne Godfrey, were among the original members. The pastors of the church, since Mr. Murray’s time, have been Rev. Warner, Paterson, Agnew, Proctor, Wilhelm, Murray, J. Q. A. Fullerton and J. P. Barbour. The Methodist Episcopal Church was organized here in 1844, when the circuit was established out of Gettysburg. In September, 1846, the cornerstone of a house of worship was placed by Rev. Mr. McClintock. The lot was donated by John Sadler Sr., and William R. Sadler presided over the building, which was completed August 1, 1847, and used until November 10, 1867, when the present house was completed and dedicated. This circuit comprises Rock Chapel, Hunterstown, Bendersville, Wenksville and Pine Grove, and for this reason are given the names of the pastors who have served here, up to the time of completing this new church: Revs. John Stine and J. W. Kelly, 1844; D. Hartman, F. S. Boggs and J. W. Ewing, 1846-46; James Brads, W. M. Minigh, L. Etchison, 1847-48; F. Dyson, W. A. McGee, F. S. Cassaday, 1849-50; J. H. Switzer, H. W. Bellman, John P. Dean, 1851-52; James R. Dunbarrow, D. S. Monroe, 1853-54; W. Gynn, W. A. Snively, R. E. Wilson, 1855-56; O. Eye, J. C. Stevens, G. W. Dunlap, 1857-58; G. Berktruser, G. W. Heyd, 1859; J. W. McKuhan, J. B. Ackers, 1860; J. F. Porter, C. K. Sumwalt, J. A. Dixon, S. A. Crively, 1862; J. A. Dixon, G. G. Monroe, 1863; W. G. Ferguson, James Muller, 1864-65; J. M. Clarke, J. W. Feight, 1867. Rock Chapel, near York Springs, was the first Methodist Church built in the county, having been erected between 1773 and 1776. In 1827 the first quarterly meeting was held there, with John Bear, presiding elder; Samuel Clark, preacher, and George Hildt, junior preacher. Prior to the building of the church, itinerant preachers visited at Philip Group’s house, a half-mile east of the church, at his scythe factory where the Heikes’ woolen-mill now stands. In 1849 a new church was erected here by Rev. Mr. Dyson. York Springs Chapel of the United Brethren Association may be said to date back to 1859. In 1875 the society purchased the Myers Schoolhouse, fitted it up as a house of worship, and to-day it forms one of the leading societies of the denomination in the county. The Dunkard or German Baptist Meeting-house at Trostel’s mill is one of the old churches of the society in the eastern part of the county, antedating Rev. Adam Brown’s church at Hampton. Mr. Brown is also the minister of this congregation. The United Brethren Church, near Idaville, is a modern mission of the church in Adams County, as related in the sketch of Idaville. Huntington Lutheran Church was established in May and organized on June 26, 1831. The first elders were Jacob Gardner, Sr., and Christian Picking, with Thomas, John and William Gardner, deacons. On August 21, 1836, the corner-stone of their first church was placed by the two elders and Henry Bittinger and Dr. D. Sheffer, who formed the building committee; Rev. D. Gottwald, the organizing preacher, presided. The church lot and cemetery were purchased from Jacob Gardner, Sr. On June 4, 1837, the dedication took place. In August, 1838, Dr. Gottwald retired. Rev. C. Weyle came in December, 1839; Rev. John Ulrich, in March, 1843; Rev. Jacob Martin, in 1855; Rev. P. Raby, 1859; Rev. D. M. Blackwelder, 1864; then S. A. R. Francis, J. B. Anthony, S. A. Hedges, 1872; and Rev. J. W. Breitenbach, 1877. Christ Protestant Episcopal Church dates back to 1756, for in that year Rev. Thomas Barton arrived here from England, and in 1758, with Revs. Craddock, Lischey and Bay, entered at once on preaching the crusade against the French and the duty of winning over the Indians.* About 1755 a church was erected on the “Glebe,” sixty acres, donated by the Penns, and in 1765 a lottery was held to raise £3,003 15s to repair this building. About 1760 Rev. William Thompson took charge, and he was succeeded about 1772 by Daniel Batwell, of whose history something is said in that of the township. After the Revolution the church was visited at long intervals by traveling preachers, especially Rev. John Andrews. From 1784 to 1804 John Campbell was the missionary; then came George Woodruff. In 1823 came Rev. Charles Marsden. The old dilapidated building was taken down in 1836, and only the ancient burial ground marks its site. Christ Church Chapel, the successor of “Christ Church, Huntington,” was built in 1836 on a lot donated by Thomas Stephens, Sr., during the pastorate of Rev. Marsden. The ministers since Dr. Marsden’s time are named as follows: Freeman, Lane, Ed Kennedy, J. H. H. Millett, John Reynolds, H. L. Phillips, Rev. A. G. Tortat and the present pastor. * Vide letters of Peter to Stevenson, May 3, 1758. Colonial Documents. SCHOOLS. The first schoolhouse was erected in 1797-98, in which David Montorff presided. In 1826 Jacob Gardner and Thomas Stephens donated a lot for a building suited to school, church and general meeting purposes, and the same year this was built and styled the “Petersburg Academy.” The Female Seminary of York Springs was established by Miss C. J. Reynolds, in 1847. The union or graded school building was erected in 1856. SOCIETIES. Hebron Lodge, No. 465, F. & A. M., was organized March 21, 1870, with H. C. Peters, Dr. I. W. Pearson, H. A. Sheeler, C. G. Beales, J. L. Worley, Jonathan Miller, F. N. W. Bowers, T. E. Gardner and A. K. Myers, charter members. The first six members named have served as Worshipful Masters of the lodge, also C. E. Myers, J. F. Peters, H. P. Marks and A. K. Myers. J. L. Worley was secretary from 1870 to 1875, and also in 1876-77; J. F. Peters, in 1875-76, and I. W. Pearson, 1878-86. There are forty members. York Springs Lodge, No. 211, I. O. O. F., was organized December 25, 1846, with H. C. Metcalf, John Lehman, I. W. Pearson, James M. McGaughey and Jesse Johns, members. The Past Grands of this lodge number seventy-three. Dr. I. W. Pearson is the present Noble Grand and the only survivor of all the charter members. John F. Peters is Secretary. The membership is thirty-three and value of property $1,800. Lincoln Encampment No. 142, I. O. O. F., was organized here some years ago. The York Springs Building Association was organized February 1, 1868, with Henry C. Peters, president. York Springs Soldier’s Relief Society was organized July 7, 1862, with Mrs. E. B. Kettlewell, president, and Miss Alice Myers, secretary. Among the active members were Madames J. D. Becker, H. C. Peters, Jesse Johns, Jacob Gardner, Jr., Charles Wharton, Jr., Alexander Koser, J. G. Pfeiffer, J. A. Zeigler, Abram Zeigler, C. Moul and Susan E. Neely. The young ladies were Misses Ellen Stewart, S. J. Gardner, M. C. Sheffer, Me. E. Hiteshew, M. Johns, M. D. Myers, Clara Wolford, Helen Deardorff, Anna Megary, Mary Sadler, Margaret Sadler, Mary Brandon, Mary Metcalfe and Rebecca Gardner. MISCELLANEOUS. In 1875 there were four members living of the three companies-White’s, McMullen’s and Sturgeon’s-who marched from Adams County to the Canadian frontier in 1814. Their names are Maj. Jacob Sanders, of Straban, and Daniel Benner, of Straban (since deceased); Benjamin Gardner, York Springs, David Ziegler, of Whitestown, now Idaville. Lieut. Bull or Ball fell into the hands of the British at Chippewa Falls, and was cut up and scalped; Maj. Galloway, of Gettysburg, and Capt. White were exchanged when the Americans promised retaliation for all murders. In April, 1861, Leander W. Welsh, Francis N. Greaves, Henry A. Naylor and Augustus A. Welsh, of York Springs, Huntington Township, responded to the first call for troops, and were mustered in with Company E, Second Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. Daniel Sheffer, supposed to be the last of the original subscribers to the Compiler in 1818, died February 16, 1880, at York Springs, aged about ninety- seven years. The old slave, Patience Hack or “old Tacey,” died at York Springs November 4, 1858, aged about one hundred years. For years she was cared for by Thomas Stephens’ family. The early tradesmen and manufacturers of this settlement and township are named in the original assessment roll. A few, however, a little more modern, but still old, are noticed here. The distillery, grist-mill and saw-mill of Samuel White, in Huntington Township were offered for sale in January, 1819. The Good Intent Woolen Factory operated in 1847 by Jacob A. Myers, on Bermudian Creek, near York Springs, was a large industry. Chestnut Grove Iron Works, formerly owned by J. R. Group & Co., were purchased in July, 1880, by Markley, Weitzel, Reck & Co., of Reading.