AREA HISTORY:  Historical Notes, Hellam Township, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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HISTORICAL NOTES – Page 607

The old homestead of Gen. James Ewing, of Revolutionary fame, is situated in the 
east end of this township.

Near the present site of Wrightsville, was a Quaker meeting-house nearly a 
century ago, of which mention is made in the articles on the Friends in this 
work.

The beautiful valley was the habitation of Indians before the settlements of the 
whites.  Indian relics have been found at different times and places, especially 
along the streams.  In 1835 a brass medal, a human scull and several other 
articles were dug up near Wrightsville.  The medal had carved on one side the 
words “George, King of Great Britain, and on the other an Indian, with his bow 
and arrow in the act of shooting a deer.  It appears to have been worn as an 
ornament for the nose or ears.  There were also found near by a brass kettle, a 
string of white beads, which was one and a half yards in length, some red paint 
and twenty-five rings, one of which was dated 1716.

In December, 1819, Jacob Strickler, of Hellam Township, sent a hired man to 
Baltimore with a load of clover seed.  The man absconded with the proceeds - 
$400.

Christian Noel was killed while hauling logs in Hellam Township, near 
Wrightsville, November 6, 1819.