AREA HISTORY:  Mount Top Horse Company, Warrington 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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MOUNT TOP HORSE COMPANY – Page 669

A number of the farmers of Warrington and adjoining townships, for the 
purposes of mutual protection, organized a company with the above title.  
A charter was received in 1884.  The object of the company is a 
protection to members against horse stealing.  The board of directors is 
as follows:  President, Millard J. Blackford; vice-president, William 
Kimmel; secretary, C. C. Anthony; treasurer, Solomon Bentz.  The 
directors from Warrington are Ephraim Smith and John Wireman; from 
Washington, W. K. Strayer and Jacob Gochenour; from Franklin, George 
Grove and John T. Smith; from Carroll, Dr. P. D. Baker and John 
McCreary; from Latimore, Adams County, Daniel Stitzel.  The regular 
place of meeting is Mount Top.