LANCASTER COUNTY LOYALISTS

The idea of preparing an article forour society on the Loyalists of Lancas-ter county during the Revolutionarystruggle occurred to me several yearsago, and I at once began to gathersuch material towards that purposeas I could find. As the number ofthese Loyalists or Tories, as they aregenerally called now, was quite small,I soon found that the proposed arti-cle would necessarily be a very briefone, owing to the scanty records thatwere accessible to me at that time,and I partially gave up the projectand laid aside what I had prepared,uncertain whether I should ever re-sume the plan or not.

But, while I did not succeed in pro-curing all the information I hadhoped for, I quickly found out thatthere was a far broader and equallyinteresting field at hand by taking upthe case of the Loyalists everywherethroughout the country during thecontest with the mother country forindependence. In fact, the story ofthe Loyalists at the beginning of thatstruggle, during its continuance andafter its close marks one of the mostpainful, pathetic and pitiable episodesin our history , one that should be bet-ter known than it is by most persons.

Not long ago the library of an emi-nent Canadian who held high office inthat country was sold in New YorkCity, and among other valuable liter-ary treasures were, I think, fully onehundred volumes dealing with thisquestion. That single fact will serveto show you how deeply the Loyalist

question affected Great Britain aswell as our own country. I, therefore,decided that a general article cover-ing the whole Loyalist question shouldprecede the more local one. But alittle later, while rummaging amongthe unpublished archives at Harris-burg, I happened upon a number oforiginal documents bearing upon ourTories, and these have enabled me togive a greater degree of fulness tothe earlier sketch I had designed. Ihad copies of those papers made, andwill incorporate them in the sketchthat will now be presented to the So-ciety. The other part of the subjectmay be resumed later, as a largeamount of data has been accumulated.

I will only say, in addition to thisbrief introduction, that I have usedthe terms "Loyalists" and "Tories"as representing one and the sameclass of persons—people who, whenthe struggle with the mother countrycame along, took sides with that coun-try. The patriots called them"Tories," but they termed themselves"Loyalists," as did Great Britain, andas historians have generally donesince then.

Sincerity of the Loyalists.

At this distant day it will no longerbe accounted as treason to the patriotcause to say that the men, who in thedark hours of the Revolution adheredto the cause of the King and thecrown were as honest and sincere asthose who took part with the Colonialcause. They had sworn loyalty toGreat Britain. They did not, even ina majority of cases, approve of the ac-tions of the British Government tow-ard the Colonies, but they regardedrebellion and disloyalty as a crime,and, as they had been peaceful and

prosperous under their long-time rul-ers, they rejected the cause of inde-pendence, just as did many thousandothers who later changed sides andassumed the role of patriots. It iswell, therefore, that we disabuse ourminds at the outset of the idea thatthese Loyalists were foes of theircountry and bad men generally. Itmust be remembered, also, that manyheld offices under the crown, to whichthey had sworn fealty, and such weredoubly inclined to side with the Gov-ernment to which they owed their all.Then, too, on the one side was array-ed the most powerful nation in theworld, while on the other were a peo-ple few in number, with comparative-ly little wealth, and which, to most,seemed incapable of waging success-ful war against a nation like GreatBritain. They realized what fateawaited the men who took up armsagainst their own Government. If itdid not mean the block or the scaf-fold, it assuredly meant the confisca-tion of their estates, and, as many ofthem were persons of great wealth,that swayed them in the course theytook. We can, therefore, at this dis-tant day, look upon their final ac-tion with leniency, because it is justwhat men would do under like circum-stances at the present hour. Wemust never lose sight of thefact that whether the Loyalistswere justified or not in the attitudethey assumed toward the rebellion ofthe colonies, they were as sincere andfirm in their convictions, and quite asready to undergo all the consequencesresulting from those convictions, asthe men who cast their fortunes withthe cause of the colonies. Naturally,they were anxious to save their prop-erty as well as their lives, but in the

hour of trial many suffered martyrdomfor the cause they had espoused withthe same heroism that men have shownin any age for family, country, or re-ligion. Let me give an example, which,while drawn from humble life, and hasa somewhat comical aspect, neverthe-less proves that even the humblestadherent to the royal cause was cap-able of making sacrifice required ofhim in the supreme hour of trial.

An Humble Example.Shortly after the outbreak of hos-

tilities, while small companies ofpatriots were hurrying from everyquarter of the country to join thepatriot army that was forming tomeet the foe, a regiment of Southernmilitia was hurrying North to join thepatriot forces. It crossed the Jamesriver at the then comparatively in-significant town of Richmond, in Vir-ginia. In marching through the placethey passed by the house of a shoe-maker, who was standing in his door-way. As the soldiers swept by hecried, "Hurrah for King George." Nonotice was taken of the noisy royalistand the soldiers went into camp in awoods a short distance beyond theplace. While cooking and eating theirdinner the outspoken shoemakercame into their camp and again beganto hurrah for the King . At the con-clusion of the frugal meal the sol-diers started on their way. The shoe-maker followed them and kept hurrah-ing for King George. That was morethan the commanding officer couldstand and ordered the loud-mouthedtory to be taken back and ducked inthe river. A long rope was speedilytied around the waist of the pertina-cious cobbler, and he was thrown intothe river and see-sawed backward andforward until he was nearly drowned.

But every time he got his head out ofthe water his old hurrahs for theKing were heard. The commander'spatience was at length exhausted bythe poor man's persistency and heordered him to be tarred and feather-ed. A feather bed from the shoe-maker's own house was 'brought. Hiswife and daughter came along, andamid their crying besought the hus-band and father to hold his tongue,butall to no purpose, and he continuedhis disloyal cries as before. TheKing-worshipper was stripped,plunged into a convenient tar-barreland then plunged headforemost intothe feather bed which had been rippedopen to receive him. He was a singu-larly unhandsome creature, and itwould have been difficult to tell towhat part of the animal kingdom hebelonged had he not kept on hurrah-ing for King George as loudly as thecircumstances would allow. He wasthen drummed out of the town withthe warning that if any further annoy-ance was experienced from him hewould be shot'

It will be conceded that this poorshoemaker was a good deal of a foolalong with his loyalty, but, neverthe-less, he was but one of many thou-sands who were as firm in their loy-alism, and who were equally ready tomake whatever sacrifice of propertyor person the dominant party mightsee fit to exact. In fact, during thelong and dreadful fratricidal war thatfollowed, one hundred thousand of themost intelligent men in the countryeither lost their lives or went intoexile for the principles so vociferous-ly proclaimed by our honest, but de-luded, Virginia shoemaker.

'Quoted by Van Tyne from StateRecords of North Carolina; vol. xl, p.835.

First Action Taken.The first general move on the part

of the Council of Safety of this Statelooking to the arrest and imprison-ment of suspected Loyalists was anAct passed on June 13, 1777, in whichit was declared that "there is dangerof having the seeds of discord & dis-affection greatly spread by personswhose political principles are notknown, removing from one State toanother; and it is well-known thatthis state is already become and like-ly to be more so, an Asylum for refu-gees flying from the just resentmentof their Fellow-Citizens in otherStates."

As a result, an order was issuedthat every person above the age of18 years traveling out of the countrywhere he usually resided without acertificate of his having taken theoath of allegiance, might be suspectedof being a spy and to hold principlesinimical to •the United States, shouldbe taken before the nearest Justice ofthe Peace to take the oath of alle-giance, and upon his refusal to do sobe jailed and remain so without bailuntil he does take it.

The following is the oath: "I -do swear (or affirm) that I renounceand refuse all allegiance to Georgethe Third, King of Great Britain, hisheirs and successors: and that I willbe faithful and bear true allegiance tothe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, afree and independent State, and that Iwill not at any time do or cause to bedone any matter or thing that will beprejudicial or injurious to the freedomand independence thereof, as declaredby Congress, and also that I will dis-cover and make known to some onejustice of the peace of said State ofall treasons or traitorous conspiracieswhich I now know or hereafter shall

know to be formed against this or anyof the United States of America Persons refusing or neglecting to takethis oath or affirmation shall, duringthe time of such neglect or refusal,be incapable of holding any office orplace of trust in the State, serving onjuries, suing for any debts, electingor being elected, buying or selling ortransfering any lands, tenements orhereditaments and shall be disarmed."

Under the act of October 2, 1777,the following warrant was issued toOwen Biddle, Joseph Dean, RichardBache and John Shee, Esquires, mem-bers of the Board of War:

"Whereas great inconvenience andmischief may happen by the going atlarge of divers persons who were offi-cers of the King of Great Britain andof the Proprietors of Pennsylvania,and it is highly expedient in the pres-ent situation of affairs, when theEnemy threaten an invasion of thisState with a powerful army and fleet,that such persons be secured. Theseare therefore, in consequence of aresolve of Congress, dated yesterday,to authorize and require you to im-prison and remove to such places asyou shall see fit, the persons whosenames are mentioned and containedin the list hereunto subjoined, and toconfine or enlarge upon parole such ofthem as you may, from their Char-acter & Behavior, see proper to de-tain or dismiss. And the names ofsaid persons are as followeth, that isto say:

"Hon. John Penn, late Governor ofthe Province of Pennsylvania; JamesHamilton, Benjamin Chew, John Lau-rence, James Tilghman, Jared Inger-soll, Edward Shippen, jun'r, JosephShippen,jun'r & James Allen, Esquire,William Hamilton, James Humphries,William Emly, Phineas Bond, Joseph

Stanbury, Stephen Savel, WilliamSmith, Charles Eddy, Charles Jarvis,William D. Smith, Alexander Stid-man, Elija Brown, James Humphries,jun'r, Richard Vaux, Caleb Emlen,Richard Footman, Richard Wistar,John Drinker, Henry Drinker, RichardWells, Thomas Coomb, Thomas Ashbe-ton, —Gurney, son-in-law of J. Ross,Esq. — Lenox, John Sullivan, Papley.

"And you are hereby further em-powered to imprison, remove, confineand enlarge on their parole as you seefit all persons whatsoever whom youmay know or suspect to be disaffectedto, & inimically disposed against theUnited free States of North America,or against this Commonwealth. Andfor so doing this shall be to you, orany two of you, sufficient warrant andauthority. Given under my hand seal,this first day of August, one thousandseven hundred and seventy-seven.

"Indorsed"Warrant to the Gentn of the Board

of War for arresting officers under thelate Government. (That is, the Pro-prietary Government.)"

On August 4, 1777, another warrantwas issued for the arrest of Jared In-gersoll, Judge of the Admiralty Court,and sending him under parole to Vir-ginia, as well as several other prom-inent, suspected persons.

Action Against Governor Penn.On the same day the Council issued

the following order: "Inconformityto a resolve of Congress, & for thepublic safety, we hereby authorizeyou or any of you, with necessary as-sistants, to imprison John Penn, Es-quire, late Governor, &c, & to removehim to such place as you shall see fit;and to confine & enlarge him uponparole or otherwise, as we may fur-ther order. At present we instruct

you to allow Mr. Penn to remain onhis parole at house in - confininghimself to the distance of six milesfrom thence, on the western side ofSchuylkill." This was rather roughon the man who had been Governorof the province for the past threeyears and one of its actual proprie-tors.

Under the same act an order waspassed by the Supreme ExecutiveCouncil on May 6, 1778, appointingcommissions to look after the estatesof persons who should be attaintedof treason. Everhart Michael, PhilipGreenwalt, George Stewart and Fran-cis Armstrong were the agents forLancaster county. They were givenlengthy instructions how to proceed.The kind of estates, where locatedand other particulars were to be ad-vertised. One-fourth of the purchasemoney was to be paid in ten daysafter the sale and the remainder inone month.

On May 8, 1778, the Council, for thefirst time, issued a proclamationunder the seal of the State, naming alarge number of persons in the differ-ent counties "to render themselves re-spectively to one of the Justices ofthe Supreme Court, or of the Justicesof the Peace within the State, on orbefore the 25th of June next, andabide their legal trial for having sev-erally adhered to and knowingly andwillingly aided & assisted the enemiesof this State and of the United Statesof America," etc.

On the 15th of June, 1778, anotherproclamation was issued to the sameeffect, but including many more namesthan the previous one, about two hun-dred in all. Still another one of thesame tenor was issued later.

List of Persons Proclaimed Traitorsin the State of Pennsylvania.

Although the foregoing referred tolists of persons cited to appear beforethe proper officials to render an ac-count of themselves and abide trialbefore the official tribunals, and is pub-lished in the Colonial Records, I havethought it might be of general inter-est to append an official alphabeticallist of all the persons attainted ofHigh Treason in pursuance of theTreason Laws of this Commonwealth,as recently made and published inVolume III., of the Fourth Series ofthe Penna. Archives. In all 487 per-sons were attainted in this State. Thelist also shows what disposition wasmade of their several cases, whetherthey gave themselves up, were dis-charged or whether their estates wereconfiscated and sold:

A.ALLEN, JOHN; died before the day

limited for surrender.ALLEN, ANDREW.ALLEN, WILLIAM, JR.AUSTIN, WILLIAM.ARMSTRONG, FRANCIS.ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM.AIREY, JOHN.ASHBRIDGE, AARON, discharged by

Sup. Court.ANDREWS, WILLIAM.ANDERSON, WILLIAM.ALLEN, JAMES; surrendered and died.ALLEN, ISAAC.ADAMS, JOHN E.ARTHUR, PETER E.ASPDEN, MATTHIAS.ARNOLD, BENEDICT.ANDERSON, STEPHEN.ADAMS, JONATHAN.ADAMS, SUSANNAH.

B.BIDDLE, JOHN.BARTRAM, ALEXANDER.BILES, SAMUEL.BULLA, THOMAS.BRAKEN, JAMES.

BROOKES, BOWYER; surrendered anddischarged.

BADGE, THOMAS.BULLA, JOHN.BRAY, JOHN.BRAMHALL, THOMAS.

BROWN, JOHN; surrendered and dis-charged.

BUCKINGHAM, JOHN.BOLTON, JOSEPH; tried and acquitted.BUTCHER, JOHN.BRYAN, JOEL; surrendered.BURNS, GEORGE.BALDERSTONE, MORDECAI.BROWN, WILLIAM.BURROWS, SAMUEL.BOATMAN, GEORGE.BROWN, BENJAMIN.BROWN, BENJAMIN (carpenter); sur-

rendered and discharged.BRIGGS, GEORGE; surrendered and

discharged.BARTO, Thomas; surrendered and dis-

charged.BEAN, JESSE; surrendered and dis-

charged.BUFFINGTON, JACOB.BULLOCK, ISAAC.BURNETT, JOHN; surrendered and

discharged.BELL, SAMUEL; surrendered and dis-

charged.BURK, ISAAC.BURNS, THOMAS.BELL, WILLIAM.BROWN, JAMES.BURD, JOHN.BURR, HUDSON.BURKETT, JOHN.BURK, JOHN.BURGE, DAVID.BARROW, SAMUEL.BARTLETT, JOHN.BOOTH, BENJAMIN.BOND, PHINEAS.BROWN, GEORGE.BOYER, JACOB.

...BARE, ABRAHAM.BUFFINGTON, JOSHUA; tried and

acquitted.BUFFINGTON, RICHARD.BLACKFORD, MARTIN.

C.CARLISLE, ABRAHAM.CLIFTON, ALFRED.COXE, TENCH; surrendered and dis-

charged.CLIFTON, WILLIAM; surrendered and

discharged.COMPTON, WILLIAM; surrendered anddischarged.

COYLE, ROBERT; surrendered anddischarged.

CHRISTY, WILLIAM.CARVER, NATHAN.CUNRAD,COXE, DANIEL.CHALMERS, JAMES.COUPAR, ROBERT.CHEVALIER, JOHN; surrendered and

discharged.CLUB, JAMES.CUNNINGHAM, JOHN; surrendered

and discharged.CURRY, ROSS.CRAIG, JAMES; surrendered and dis-

charged.

CONNER, MICHAEL.CANBY, JOSEPH.CANBY, THOMAS.CAMPBELL, ARTHUR.CHAPMAN, SAMUEL; tried and ac-

quitted.CHAPMAN, AMOS.

CHAPMAN, ABRAHAM.CHAPMAN, DAVID.CLARK, ABRAHAM; surrendered and

discharged.CYPHER, JACOB.CALDWELL, WILLIAM.

- CLARK, WILLIAM.CRICKLEY, MICHAEL.CURLAN, WILLIAM.CROGHAN, GEORGE; surrendered and

discharged.COLSTON, JOHN.COMELY, JOSEPH.CAMPBELL, WILLIAM.CAMPBELL, JOHN.CAMPBELL, PETER.

CLARK, JOHN.CROCKSON, DENNIS.CORKER, WILLIAM.COR BET, ALEXANDER.

D.DUCHE, JACOB, JR.DESHONG, PETER; tried and ac-

quitted.DAWSON, DAVID.DELAPLAIN, JAMES; surrendered and

discharged.DAVIS, JAMES; surrendered and dis-

charged.DAVIS, BENJAMIN.DOVER, ROBERT; surrendered and

discharged.DOAN, JOSEPH.DENNIS, HENRY.DENNIS, JOHN.DOBLE, JOSEPH.DE NORMANDIE, ANDREW.DE NORMANDIE, WILLIAM.DAVIS, WILLIAM; tried and acquitted.DAVIS, GEORGE.DUNN, WILLIAM.DUNN, GEORGE; surrendered and dis-

charged.DUNN, MALIN.DUNN, GEORGE.DENNIS, JOHN.DELONG, JAMES.DOLSTON, ISAAC.DOLSTON, MATTHEW.DOLSTON, ISAAC, JR.

E.EVANS, ABEL.EVE, OSWALD.EVANS, ISRAEL.EVANS, WILLIAM.EVANS, JOEL.EASTON, DENNIS.ELLWOOD, JOHN; tried, convicted and

pardoned.EDWARDS, JOSEPH; surrendered and

discharged.

EFFINGER, HENRY, JR.ELLIOTT, MATTHEW.EVANS, WILLIAM.EVANS, JOHN.ELLIOTT, ANDREW.ENSOR, GEORGE.EDDY, CHARLES.EDDY, THOMAS.ERWIN, EDWARD.

F.FOUTS, CHRISTIAN.FERGUSON, HUGH HENRY.FISHER, COLEMAN.FISHER, JAMES; surrendered and

discharged.FEGAN, LAWRENCE.FELL, WILLIAM.FEATHERBY, THOMAS.FALKENSTON, ABRAHAM.FURSUER, ANDREW.FIELDS, GEORGE.FIELDS, DANIEL.FIELDS, GILBERT.FURNER, MORRIS.FURNER, EDWARD.FALKENSTINE, JACOB.FLEMING, LOW.FOX, JOHN.FOX, JOSEPH.FAIRLAMB, SAMUEL.FINCKER, BENJAMIN.

G.GALLOWAY, JOSEPH.GARRIGUES, SAMUEL; the elder;

tried and convicted.GRIFFITH, EVAN.GREEN, ISAAC, JR.GARRIGUES, SAMUEL, JR.; surren-

dered and discharged.GIBBS, BENJAMIN; surrendered and

discharged.GREGSON, JAMES; surrendered and

discharged.GREGORY, DAVID.GILMORE, JAMES.GOSLING, JOHN; surrendered and dis-

charged.GOOD, GEORGE.GRISSEL. EDWARD; surrendered and

discharged.GILL, JOSEPH.GORMAN, JAMES; surrendered and

discharged.GORMAN, ENOCH; surrendered and

discharged.GERTY, SIMON.GREEN, THOMAS.GIBBONS. EDWARD.GRESWOLD, JOSEPH.GORDON, THOMAS.GIVIN, HUGH.GORDON, HENRY.

H.HICKS, GILBERT.HOOK, CHRISTIAN.HANLON, EDWARD.HOVENDON, RICHARD.

HOLDER, JOHN; tried and acquitted.HOLDER, JACOB.HOLDER, GEORGE.

HOLZINGER, INGELHOLT.HUMPHREYS, JAMES, SR.; surren-

dered and discharged.HUMPHREYS, JAMES, JR.HART, JOHN; surrendered and dis-

charged.HART, CHAMLESS, surrendered and

discharged.HOWARD, PETER; surrendered and

discharged.HATHE, ANDREW; tried and ac-

quitted.HUNTSMAN, JOHN.HURST, TIMOTHY.HALES, JOHN.HENDERSON, JOHN.HENRY, HUGH; Ing's Bill and dis-

charged.HILL, JOHN; surrendered and dis-charged.

HOWELL, JOHN.HENDRICKSON, JEREMIAH.HARVEY JOHN.HILL, HENRY.HAINS, CALEB.HART, SAMUEL.HARTNETT, JAMES; tried and ac-

quitted.HENRY, WILLIAM.HARDY, PETER.HUGHES, URIAH; surrendered and

discharged.HUTCHINSON, ISAAC.HUTCHINSON, THOMAS.HUTCHINSON, MARMADUKE.HARE, JACOB.HARE, MICHAEL.HILL, PATRICK.HUTCHINSON, JOHN.HARVEY, SAMUEL.HONSECKER, NICHOLAS.HUGHES, THOMAS.

IREDALE, ROBERT, JR.IREDALE, THOMAS.IREDALE, ABRAHAM.IRVIN, ALEXANDER.INGLIS, JAMES.IRWIN, DUNNING.IRWIN, FRANCIS.INK, JOHN.

JAMES, JACOB. J.JAMES, ABEL; surrendered and dis-

charged.JOHNSTON, JOHN.JEFFRIES, SAMUEL; surrendered and

discharged.JOUNKIN, HENRY.JAMES, BENJAMIN.JONES, DAVID; surrendered.JONES, EDWARD.JONES, JONATHAN.JONES, JESSE.JONES, DANIEL.JONES, HOLTON.

JONES, HUGH.JONES, DANIEL.JACKSON, JOHN.

K.KEEN, REYNOLD; pardoned by Act

of Assembly.KERKER, LODOWICK; surrendered

and discharged.KNIGHT, JOSHUA.KNIGHT, JOHN.KNIGHT, ISAAC; surrendered and dis-

charged.KOSTER, SAMUEL.KOSTER, JOHN.KNIGHT, NICHOLAS.KENNETT, LEVY.KENNEDY, WILLIAM.KISSACK, ROBERT.KILBY, LAWRENCE.KING, JOSEPH.KENNARD, JOSEPH.KISSELMAN, FREDERICK; surren-

dered and discharged.KNAPPER, GEORGE.KEARSLEY, JOHN.KENNARD, JOSEPH.

L.LIEVEZLY, THOMAS; surrendered and

discharged.LOVE, WILLIAM.LILE, HENRY; surrendered and dis-

charged.LILE, JOHN; surrendered and dis-

charged.

LILE, ROBERT; surrendered and dis-charged

LEWIS, CURTIS.LOOSLY, ROBERT.LINDON, HUGH.LINDY, URIAH.LONG, ABRAHAM.LAWSON, JAMES.LOUGHBOROUGH, JOHN.LITTLE, JAMES.LAND, ROBERT.LAND, JOHN.LIGHTFOOT, SAMUEL; surrendered

and discharged.LINDSEY, SAMUEL.

M.MILLER, PETER; tried and acquitted.MARCHINTON, PHILIP.MOLAND, WILLIAM; surrendered.McHUGH, MATTHEW; surrendered

and discharged.McCULLOUGH, KENNETH.MENG, MELCHOIR; surrendered and

discharged.MENG, JACOB; tried and acquitted.McMURTRIE, WILLIAM; surrendered

and discharged.MORRIS, WILLIAM.MAYER, JACOB; surrendered and dis-

charged.MORAN, CHARLES.MICHENOR, ISAAC.

McMULLAN, JAMES.

MARTIN, THOMAS.MOULDER, JOHN.MALIN, JOSEPH; surrendered and

discharged.MALIN, ELISHA; pardoned.MILLSON. JOHN.MADDOCK, WILLIAM.MALIN, JAMES; surrendered and dis-

charged.MILLER, BENJAMIN; surrendered and

discharged.MUSGROVE, JOHN.--

McCLARIN, JAMES.MARIS, DAVID.MORGAN, MOSES.MARR, LAWRENCE.McMICHAEL, EDWARD.McCART, JOHN.McKEE, ALEXANDER.MARSHALL, WILLIAM; surrendered

and discharged.MORRIS, ENOCH.MAGEE, HENRY; surrendered and

discharged, by name of Henry Maag.McNEAL, DOMINICK.MACKINETT, JOHN.

MACKINESS, THOMAS.MEREDITH, JOHN.McDONALD, ALEXANDER.McKENSIE, KENNETH.McPHERSON, WILLIAM.

N.NIXON, ROBERT.

0.OSWALT, HENRY.O'KAIN, HUGH.O'KAIN, DARBY.OVERHOLT, JOHN.

P.POTTS, JOHN.PUGH, JAMES.PUGH, HUGH.PRICE, WILLIAM.PARROCK, JOHN.POTTS, DAVID; surrendered and dis-

charged.PASTORIUS, ABRAHAM.PARKER, JOHN.PYLE, CALEB; surrendered and dis-

charged.PIKE, JOHN; surrendered and dis-

charged.PALMER, JOHN; surrendered and dis-

charged.PRICE, PETER.POOR, JOHN; tried and acquitted.PARK, ABIJAH.PROCTOR, JOSHUA.PALMER, RICHARD; surrendered and

discharged.PERLIE, PETER.PATTERSON, JOHN; surrendered and

discharged.PILES, WILLIAM.PROCTOR, JOSHUA.

Q.

R.RANKIN, JAMES.ROBERTS, JOHN.RANKIN, JOHN.ROBERTS, OWEN.

REINE, GEORGE.REINE, JOHN.ROSS, MALCOLM.

ROKER, THOMAS.RIDDLE, JAMES; surrendered and

discharged.ROBESON, PETER; surrendered and

discharged.ROBESON, JONATHAN, JR.ROBERTS, JOHN; laborer.ROBERTS, JOHN; smith.RICHARDSON, JACOB; surrendered

and discharged.ROMIGH, JOSEPH.RODGERS, JOHN.

^RICKEY, ALEXANDER.REGISTER, DANIEL; surrendered and

discharged.RYMEL, JOHN.

.ROSS, WILLIAM.RUSSELL, MATTHEW.RHODDEN, WILLIAM.ROBERT'S, NATHAN.ROBESON, JOHN.RUNDLE, DANIEL; surrendered and

discharged.REID, JOHN.ROSS, ALEXANDER.RANKIN, WILLIAM.

S.SHOEMAKER, SAMUEL.

STORY, ENOCH.STEPHENSON, JAMES, surrendered.SMITH, JOHN.SKYLES, HENRY.SWANWICK, JOHN.SUTTON, JOSEPH.

..SANDERSON, FRANCIS; surrenderedand discharged.

SPROAT, DAVID.STORY, THOMAS; surrendered and

discharged.STEPHENS, JAMES; tried and ac-

quitted.STEDMAN, CHARLES, JR.SHEPHERD, JOHN.SUTTER, PETER; surrendered and

discharged.SAUR, CHRISTOPHER, JR.SAUR, CHRISTOPHER, SR.SHOEMAKER, JOSEPH; surrendered

and discharged.SUPPLEE, Enoch.STYGER, STEPHEN; surrendered and

discharged.STILES, EDWARD; surrendered and

discharged.SWANNICK, RICHARD.SKYLES, HENRY.SMITHER, JAMES.STANSBURY, JOSEPH; surrendered

and discharged.SPANGLER, GEORGE.SAUR, PETER.STYER. STEPHEN; surrendered and

discharged.

SKELTON, WILLIAM.STACKHOUSE, JOHN.STACKHOUSE, JOHN.STROUD, WILLIAM; surrendered and

discharged.SUPPLEE, JOHN; ignored bill and

discharged.SPERING, JOHN.SMITH, WILLIAM; surrendered and

discharged.STACKHOUSE, JOHN.STACKHOUSE, ROBERT.SNYDER, PETER.SMITH, ALEXANDER.SMITH, WILLIAM DREWITT.STEDMAN, ALEXANDER.SILKOD, THOMAS.SHAW, JONATHAN.SMITH, ANDREW; surrendered and

discharged.STILLWELL, JOHN.

STAAKS, HENRY.STEININGER, HENRY.SINCLAIR, GEORGE.SIMPSON, WILLIAM.

T.THOMAS, ARTHUR.THOMAS, JOSEPH.THOMAS, WILLIAM.TITLEY, BENJAMIN.TOWN, BENJAMIN.TAYLOR, WILLIAM.TOLLY, JOHN.THOMPSON, DAVID.THOMPSON, JOSHUA.TAYLOR, JOHN.TALBOT, JOHN.TREGO, JACOB.TAYLOR, JOHN.THOMAS, ARTHUR, JR.TODD, CORTLAND.TAYLOR, ISAAC.

TALBERT, JAMES.THOMAS, EVAN.TURNER, JOHN.

V.VERNON, NATHANIEL.VERNON, NATHANIEL, JR.VERNER, FREDERICK.VERNON, GIDEON.VERNOR, ELIAS.VAUGHAN, JOHN.VOGHT, CHRISTIAN.

W.WALTON, ALBINSON.

ILLET, WALTER.WILSON, JOHN.

WITMAN, MICHAEL. WHARTON, CARPENTER.

HARTON, ISAAC.ELFLING, HENRY.

WILLIAMS, WILLIAM.WILLIAMS, EPHRAIM.WILSON, CHRISTOPHER.

WORRALL, ISAIAH.WOOD, MOSES.WILLIS, WILLIAM.WILLIS, RICHARD.WILSON, JOHN.WHITE, ROBERT.WARRELL, JAMES.WRIGHT, WILLIAM.WESTON, RICHARD.WEITNER, GEORGE.WERTMAN, PHILIP, GEORGE.WILLIAMS, DANIEL.WALKER, ISAAC.WARDER, JOHN.WALN, JAMES.WORTHINGTON, JOSEPH.WEST, WILLIAM, JR.WRIGHT, JOHN.WRIGHT, JONATHAN.

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Y.YOUNG, JOHN.YELDALL, ANTHONY.YOUNG, DAVID.YORK, THOMAS.YELDALL, ANTHONY.

How Disposed Of.

The foregoing 487 persons,who wereattainted as traitors to the Common-wealth, I find were disposed of asfollows:

Surrendered and were discharged. .77Tried and acquitted 13Pardoned by Act of Assembly 2Died before day of surrender 2Discharged by Supreme Court. 1Tried, convicted and pardoned 1Bill ignored and discharged 1Left the State—estates confis-

cated 390

Total 487 Originally I found only eight

names of Lancaster county citizensattainted of treason, but in rummag-ing among the unpublished manu-scripts in the Department of Statearchives I found the following im-portant document, written by CharlesHall and George Stewart, two of theState agents for confiscated estates inthis locality, which has furnished mewith eight additional names of per-sons previously unknown to me whowere also proceeded against, chargedwith treason, either residing in this

county or owning property within itslimits. This document has never beenprinted, and is now made public forthe first time:

Call For Information,To Timothy Matlock, Secretary to the

Supreme Executive Council of Penn-sylvania,

Pursuant to Your Application toMe Made of the Sixth Day of May 1778I hereby Exhibit a List of all PersonsNow or Late Inhabitants of LancasterCounty who have taken open partagainst The State and actively joinedin the Services of the King of GreatBritain so far as they have ReachedMy knowledge viz:

George Rhine,Miller, late of Commit-tee Man. His Real Estate is 150 acresof Midling Good Quality Whereon is agood Marchant Mill Good Buildingsand other improvements, in Earl town-ship now in possession of Mary Rhinethe Wife of George Rhine with theincumbranc of five children. John Rhine,Farmer, real Estate 166

acres of Midling Quality and GoodImprovements—it is under the incum-branch of the one-third of The Profitsthere of Accruing to his Father andMother, Michal and Cathrine RhineDuring their natural Lives—in Earlalso in the Occupation of MichalRhine, Isaac Gray his Real Estate is10 or 11 acres with an house the soiltolorable but the improvements veryOrdinary, is in Earl.

Occupation of James Watson—Hols-inger Blacksmith Michal Whitman InnKeeper, late a Committee Man, HisReal Estate is 25 acres whereon theTavern is seated and two other distantand separet pices of Land under theincumbrance of the Maintenance ofhis Mother in Law as I take it Duringlife and a Cow as an Help thereto,

Cocalico Township in Possession ofJohn palmor and John Jones—HenrySkiles Sadsbury—James hendersonDo. Emas Williams of SadsburyTownship his Real Estate.Supposed to Be 60 Acres of a PooreQuality.

Henry Rutter, Junior, of Leacock,township thought by the Most of hisnabours to have gon to the Enemy,having gon shortly after Skiles, andhenderson—His Real Estate the Quan-tity Unknown to Me but the Qualitygood the Improvements Midling underthe incumbrance of the one third Dur-ing life.I am Sir, with Due respect Yourmost Obedient To Serve.

GEORGE STEWART.May 15th 1779.

Lancaster County Tories.

It is pleasant to note that, whileLancaster county was one of the mostpopulous of the counties then in theState, only sixteen Loyalists were at-tainted from our county. Their nameswere Michael Whitman, of Cocalicotownship; George Reine. of Earl town-ship; John Reine, his brother, also ofEarl; Ingelholt Holsinger, MichaelWorman, Francis Sanderson,ChristianVoight, of Lancaster borough; HenrySkyles, of Salisbury; James Hender-son, Salisbury; Emas Williams, ofSadsbury; Henry Rutter, Jr., of Lea-cock; Jacob Buyer, of Donegal; Dr.John Hershey, James Rankin, Abra-ham Bare and Thomas Carr.

While the number, as seen, is notlarge, it is by no means the total listof Loyalists in the county . Only thesewere attainted and proceeded against.Skyles, Henderson and Rutter andmost of the others went overto the enemy, while the restfaced the music here at home. It de-

serves to be stated that the woodswere literally full of sympathizerswith the cause of the King. They werecareful, however, not to make such anopen display of their loyalist tenden-cies as to bring them into direct con-flict with the Provincial authorities.This prudence served to save theirpersons from seizure and their prop-erty from confiscation. If the actualfacts could be got at, it would be foundthat there were hundreds of Loyalistsin this county, instead of the score orless, which I have named.

Michael Whitman.Of these, Michael Whitman was

perhaps the wealthiest. His estatewas confiscated and sold at publicsale on September 4, 1779. It con-sisted of four tracts of land contain-ing in the aggregate 232 acres and 83perches. This land was purchasedby Michael Diffenderffer, my great-grandfather, for £25,000. I have nowin my possession the two receiptsgiven to him for the purchase money,by Charles Hall, one of the StateAgents for confiscated estates inLancaster county. The ProvincialCouncil approved the deed made byHall to the purchaser on March 15,1780; it beam date of March 15, 1780.2

The following is list of the goodsand chattels of tman, seized bythe State agents and sold by them:

Inventory of the Goods and chat-tels belonging to Michael Witman,lately absconded to the English, seiz-ed by Colonel Stewart, April 24th,1778:

To 1 stove.To 10 good chairs.To 1 Cupboard.To 1 Grid Iron.

'Colonial Records, first series; vol.12, pp. 276-7-8.

To 1 bed and bed cloaths.To 2 Indian blanks bed and bed

cloths.Upstairs and 2 sheets.To 1 sheet 1 bed and 1 blanket.To 2 beds 1 bolster 1 sheet and

Coverlid.To 2 beds 1 feather, the other chaff.To 1 feather bed.To 4 bedsteds in the front room.To 1 quart decanter 1 pint do 1

quart mug.To 5 broken chairs in the back

shed.To onions.To 1 large Crowbar.To 36 bottles in the cockloft.To 18 bushels of oats.To old Iron.To 3 dozen black bottles.To 2 dozen of ditto.To 1 cabbage cutting box.To 1 bag and some hemp seed.To 4 barrels of beer appraised £24.To one barrel of Cyder royal £12. To one stone jug.To 11 dozen of Black bottles.To 3 empty barrels.To 1 hogshead and 2 empty barrels

in the Cellar.To a quantity of shingles.To 1 plantation Waggon.To hogsheads and one barrel of Cy-

der.To 3 barrels and 1 hogshead of

Whiskey.To 1 harrow.To one cutting box,To some oats supposed two dozen.To 6 bowls and 9 glasses 1 quart de-

canter and 2 pints do.To 2 quart pewter Mugs and 2 pints

of the same.To some whiskey supposed to be

two gallons.To 1 Feather Bed To 1 Chaff bed.

To 22 Tables and 1 stove To 1feather bed and one Chaff do.

To 1 bed bedsted and furniture.To 5 cows 5 sheep 4 steers and 3

young cattle.To a quantity of salt supposed to

be half bushel.To one hundred weight of bacon. To

20 bushels of wheat.To one sow and pigs.

signedGEORGE STEWART agent.

Received into the secretary's Officethe 15th of May, 1779.

The sale of the above goods brought£1,745.37, and the net proceeds, £1,-333.17 were paid to Treasurer DavidRittenhouse.

Memorandum of Michael Witman'sEstate Lying in Cocalico TownshipLancaster County.

One Tract of Land Containing 49Acres and allowance Granted toMichael Witman by a ProprietaryPatent as by the said Patent record-ed in the Office at Philada.

One other tract of Land Containing99 1-3 Acres and Allowance part oftwo adjacent tracts granted to acertain Michael Andreas late de-ceased by Patent, and granted bythe Executors of the last Will andTestament of the said deceased tothe said Michael Witman which Ex-ecutors Title is lodged in the Gen-eral Loan Office of Pennsylvania forthe sum of £200.

One other Tract of Land of about oneacre and a quarter whereon theTavern is erected granted by JohnBowman and his wife to the saidMichael Witman and the same oneacre and a quarter is part of alarger tract granted to the saidBowman by a Proprietary Patent.

One other Tract of twenty-four Acresgranted to the said Michael Witmanby a certain Daniel Eigher beingpart of a larger tracted granted tothe said Daniel Eigher by a Pro-prietary Patent.

One other Tract of Warranted LandContaining 50 Acres or thereaboutsconveyed to the said Michael Wit-man by John Schrite.

GEORGE STEWART.Received into the secretary's Office

the 15th of May 1779.

Francis Sanderson.Francis Sanderson was a tinsmith,

coppersmith, and Sabine says also alawyer practicing both at the Lancas-ter and Baltimore Bars. He was atfirst a Whig, but in May , 1775, wentover to the side of King George. Be-ing called to account, he recanted. InOctober, 1775, he again espoused theside of the Royalists. He was thenarrested and sent by the Council ofsafety to the Provincial Congress,where he was reprimanded and boundover in the sum of £1,000. From acopy of the first issue of the MarylandJournal, now the Baltimore American,dated Friday, August 20, 1773, I quotethe following advertisement of thisslippery fellow Sanderson:

"FRANCIS SANDERSON.

"Coppersmith From Lancaster, liv-ing in Gay street, Baltimoretown, afew Doors above Mr. Andrew Steiger.

"Makes and sells all sorts of CopperWork, viz., stilts of all sizes, fish andwash kettles, copper and brass brew-ing kettles, sauce pans, coffee andchocolate pots, stew pans and Dutchovens. He sells any of the above ar-ticles as cheap as they can be im-ported from England, and carries onhis business in Lancaster as usual.

He likewise carries on the Tin Busi-ness in all its branches. CountryShop Keepers may be supplied eitherby wholesale or retail, and all orderssent from the country shall be care-fully executed."

The Reine Brothers.John and George Reine lived in

Earl township. John appears to havebeen the more important personageof the two. He owned a mill, locatedon Mill Creek, long after and perhapsstill known as Roland's Mill. Whenhis property was seized he appealedto the Provincial Council, on August25, 1779, praying for some indulgencein regard to his estate. The Council"Resolved, That the Conduct and Cir-cumstances of the Petitioner do notentitle him to any indulgence fromthis Board; therefore the Petition isrejected." Sabine says that in 1781Peter Miller interposed in behalf ofJohn Reine and endeavored to maketerms by which he could safely sur-render himself and submit to trial.The correspondence with the Presi-dent of the Council was, however,without results. Both brothers wereattainted and lost their property 1confiscation.

My search among the unpublishedarchives at Harrisburg several yearsago was rewarded by the finding ofthe following report, made by GeorgeStewart, one of the State Agents forconfiscated estates in this locality. Itgives a full inventory of all the lands,goods and chattels of the Reine broth-ers and has never been published:

George Reine's Estate.

Inventory of goods and chattelstaken at George Rhines, Miller, inEarl Township Lancaster County Feb-ruary 17th 1778 who fled from his

country and took refuge among theBritish Troops vizt.-

In the front room upstairs 33 bush-els of Wheat To 1 bedstead 5 chairs1 Table and 1 Spinnet.

In the backroom upstairs 4 bed-steads and 1 chest.

In the Garret 1 Waggon cover 10sickles 1 lanthorn.

A quantity of corn one sacking bot-tom.

In a stove room 2 chairs and a tableand 1 clock.

In the back room one bed one tablethree chairs.

In another back room one bed andbedstead.

In the kitchen one pot one pan onepr. of steelyards 3 Tubs and sundryother vessels.

In the Mill on the upper floor 100bushels of Wheat.

The lower floor sundry carpentertools.

In the smiths shop sundry smithstools vizt. One pair of Belloses, AnvilBick-Iron Vice hammers pinchers. To1 old Mill saw

Ten horned cattle three horses anda quantity of hay. A quantity of In-dian corn a quantity of sheaff WheatOne windmill and cutting box.

One waggon one slay one waggonbed 15 sheep and 7 hogs Two ploughsand one hand screw and one harrow.

Geers for two horses one log chain1 hand axe and one harrow.

A quantity of Boards and scantlingat the saw mill and a mill screw.

John Reine's Estate.Inventory of the goods and chattels

taken at John Rhynes Farmer in EarlTownship Lancaster County and tookrefuge among the British Troops vizt.

In the front room 1 Looking glass 1Table & 6 Chairs.

In the back room two beds and bed-steads and one Chest.

In the backroom upstairs two bedsand bedsteads.

One bed stead and wool wheel.In the cellar three tubs and other

vessels old.A quantity of hay two Mares and

two horned Cattel.One plantation waggon—one swine.A quantity of wheat and Rye in the

Ground.The Reine Brothers were prison-

ers in Philadelphia in May, 1778.The Reine Plantation was sold to

Charles Lyng, of Philadelphia, mer-chant, on August 26, 1779, for £22,-200, subject to the dower claims ofthe widow of Michael Reine, deceased.

Col. James Crawford bought themill and paid £30,000 for the same.

A query here suggests itself. Maythis man Reine, not Michael Whitman,be the person around whom traditionhas woven that pretty story about thesuccessful intercession of Peter Miller,the Prior of the Ephrata cloister, withGeneral Washington for his life? Thatstory has often been told with manydetails, but upon what authority Iknow not. Rev. Peter Miller did in-tercede with the State authorities inbehalf of Henry Martin and ChristianWeaver, convicted of misdemeanors.He seems to have been everybody'sfriend, and, perhaps, did intercede forall four of the persons mentioned.

The fifth man, Ingelholt, was ablacksmith.

Holtsinger I have not been ableto learn much about, except thathe was attainted and upon hisfailure to appear and stand trial hisproperty was seized as that of a

traitor, confiscated and sold. He doesnot seem to have been a man of muchsubstance, his property realizing only£56. 13. 6.

Henry Skyles' property realized£122. 5. 6, one bay horse selling for£23 and another for £42. 10.

Of Henry Rutter and Amos Wil-liams I have found nothing of a bio-graphical value. Agent Stewart callsthem atrocious villains and says theywere with the enemy.

Agent Hall seized a tract of landcontaining 380 acres, formerly theproperty of Thomas McKee. I havefound no documents further relatingto this matter and have learned noth-ing of McKee.

Isaac Gray seems to have been themost inconsequential man in the list.His entire estate realized only £39. 10to the Commonwealth.

Christian Voight

Christian Voight, a LancasterApothecary, was also attainted, butwhat was done with him I have notbeen able to find out. He was a veryprominent citizen. The following let-ter by Agent Hall shows how LoyalistCharles Voight's property was takenfrom him:"To His Excellency, the President and

Honorable, the Supreme ExecutiveCouncil of the Commonwealth ofPennsylvania."I, Charles Hall, agent for the sale

of Forfeited Estates for the countyof Lancaster, do hereby Respectfullycertify on the 11th day of January,1782, at the Court House in the Bor-ough of Lancaster, I exposed to saleat Public Vendue, agreable to theresolve of the Hon. Council of the 8th

Day of October 1781, a certain twostory Brick Messuage and lot ofGround, situate in the said Borough ofLancaster, heretofore the Estate ofCharles Voight, of said Borough, andby his Attainder of High Treason,forfeited to the use of the said Com-monwealth, when George Groff of saidBorough Bought the same for the sumof Five Hundred Pounds, five shillings,he being the highest and best bidder.

"Witness my hand and seal this 15thday of January, 1782.

"CHARLES HALL, Agt."

Agent Hall seized and sold a houseand five acres of land on the Susque-hanna, belonging to James Rankin.,along with a ferry near Ester Town.

This man Rankin' belongs to Yorkcounty quite as much as to Lancas-

³An odd coincidence. On the sameevening this paper was read (Friday,September 4), and at about the samehour, a little circumstance occurred atthe old home of James Rankin, inSpringettsbury Manor, York county,Rankin, it would seem, was a man ofmuch wealth, and, being a Tory, wasinvolved in or charged with a con-spiracy to bring British troops acrossthe Susquehanna at the time when theContinental Congress was sitting atYork. The fact becoming known, hesought safety in flight and went toEngland, leaving behind him all thetreasure he was believed to be pos-sessed of. Several years after the warhis son came to York, and it is thoughtsecured the treasure his father hadburied. Upon his arrival there heseemed possessed of few means, butlater spent money in a very lavishmanner. Several years ago an Eng-lish guinea was found in one of theRankin fields, and that revived thetradition of Rankin and his wealth. Itcaused a rush of treasure seekers tothe place, and the search has not yetsubsided. On the night of the readingof this paper the old farm house on 1Rankin place was visited by a numberof these fortune hunters. Men withlanterns and picks were on the an,and the next day it was found holeshad been dug in many places andboards removed from the floor. Thequery that suggests itself is, did theyget the cash?

ter. He was a man of considerable- property, and resided in York county.

In 1776 he admitted in writing tohaving publicly misrepresented andpersonally insulted the Whig Com-mittee of that county, asked to beforgiven and promised "on the faithand honor of an honest man, torespect the Continental Congress andbehave as a good citizen." In 1781 hewas in New York, Chairman of theBoard of Refugees. He was attaintedand his property confiscated. Later apart of it was restored to a son anddaughter. As late as 1852 a bill wasintroduced in the State Legislature torestore to his heirs that portionwhich had not been given up. Noth-ing came of it.

In addition to the persons whowere attainted of treason in Lancas-ter county, and whose properties wereconfiscated and sold, there was an-other class, which, because of themilder character of their conduct,were accorded more generous consid-eration. The Rev. Thomas Barton,pastor of St. James' Episcopal Church,in Lancaster, was one of these. Hisloyalist proclivities were not dis-guised nor denied. But he was a manof high character and took no part inthe contest going on. He was allowedto sell his property and retire withinthe British lines, at New York. Colo-nel John Connally was a notoriousTory, a native of Manor township, con-tinually intriguing in the western partof the State, arrested and held as aprisoner, and yet his name does notappear in the list published. He prob-ably had no estate that could bereached. William Webb, of this city,was also a well-known Loyalist, but aprudent one, and was, in consequence,never molested. Still other Lancaster

county Loyalists could be namedwhose views were well known, butwhose conduct was not such as tobring them under the ban.

The U. P. a Beneficiary.A somewhat curious circumstance

and one not generally known, I be-lieve, is the fact that the Universityof Pennsylvania was made the bene-ficiary of at least some of the moneyderived from the sale of confiscatedestates. Here is part of the Act of As-sembly legalizing such donations:

"That it shall and may be lawfulfor the Supreme Executive Council ofthe State to reserve such and so manyof the confiscated estates yet unsoldand unappropriated as to them shallappear necessary in order to create acertain fund for the maintenance ofthe provost, vice provost, masters andassistants, and to uphold and preservethe charitable school of the said Uni-versity. Provided always That theyearly income of such estates so re-served and appropriated to the useof the University do not exceed thesum of fifteen hundred pounds, com-puting wheat at the rate of ten shill-ings per bushel." (4)

This obscure appropriation has nodoubt been the foundation of theclaim that the University has alwaysbeen a State institution, and underthat flimsy pretext has in recent yearsfastened itself on the State Treasuryto the tune of hundreds of thousandsof dollars annually.

Final Sale Ordered.On December 18, 1780, the Fifth

General Assembly of the Common-wealth passed an act, one section ofwhich reads as follows: "All con-fiscated estates not already sold or

4Statutes at Large, Vol. 10, p. 24.

appropriated to public use shall onthe first day of July next, or as soonafter as may be convenient, be dis-posed of at public sale for the highestprice, which sale the Supreme Execu-tive Council are hereby directed toorder the agents of confiscated estatesto make,giving due noticethereof, andthe said agents are hereby directed toreceive in payment for the estateswhich they shall sell, as aforesaid,specie or bills of credit of this Stateequivalent thereto, or the certificatesaforesaid, which sales shall be madeupon the same terms of payment ashave heretofore been directed in thesale of other confiscated estates."

Under that act one of the localagents, Charles Hall, sent a communi-cation, of which the following is acopy, to the General Assembly. Theoriginal copy of this report I alsofound among the State papers at Har-risburg and hitherto unpublished:

Lancaster, February Ye 8th, 1781.Sir:Agreeable to the Order of Your

Honorable Board of the 16th of Janu-ary I herewith send an account of theConfiscated Estates that remain un-sold in this County, with a descriptionand Valuation of them as near as Ican first, a Plantation situuate inMannor Township call'd the IndianTown, said to contain five HundredAcres, with two log Houses, Barn, andthe Land very good, and generallythought to be worth twenty Poundspr. acre, seiz'd on by Order of Council—second, thirty-seven or eight lots ofground, 'situate within the Boroughcall'd Mussers town, late the Estateof Doctr. John Kersley, the Lots areon ground rent at thirteen ShillingSterling a Lot, no Rents has been paid

(5)Ibid, Vol. 10, p. 234.

for three Years past, this was seiz'don by Order of Council—likewise-

third, A Stony piece of Land ad-joining Rankin's Ferry, the Quantityunknown but worth very little. DoctrJohn Harris claims it by virtue of anOld right, I understand he has enter-ed his claim before the Honourablethe Judges of the Supreme Court, andhas had a piece adjudged to him inYork County oposite to this, one thesame ClaimFourth, Rankin's Ferry, I formerlysent a coppy of an agreement betweenRankin and John Cornhorse to Coun-cil, which chews they were to be inpartnership in the Land and profitsof the Ferry.that Cornhorse had Received nomoney from Rankin, which he prov'dby shewing Rankin's Bond of thesame date with the Agreement, andfurther says he has been at all theexpense of the improvements.His Excellency when in Lancastersaid he thought it was as well to dropitFifth, a small gravel island in

Susquehanah which Rankin tookup for a fishing place, but is very poor,even for that, and would sell for verylittle if anything more than will paythe Cryer.

Sixth, Eighty seven Acres of Landin Denegall Township late the Estateof Jacob Boyers, the Valuation youwill see by the inclos'd Coppy of anAgreement, the Oreginal with theDeeds being in the Hands of MartinNessley of Mountjoy Township, whowill not deliver them up without be-ing compelled to it, Abraham Ream,the purchaser wants a Deed, I shallbe glad if Council will send me in-structions what to demand if the saleis allow'd to be good, I told him I

thought he could not expect a Deedtill he paid the two hundred and twen-ty-five Pounds either in Specia, orState Money.Seventh, Abraham Bare Lately at-tainted, had his Father alive at thetime he Join'd the Enemy who sincedied intestate, leaving a considerableEstate, the Oldest son administer'dbut has made no Return to the Office.I therefore call'd an Orphans Court,and got a Citation for him to appearand settle at the next General Or-phan's Court. I gave the Sub Sheriffsome directions when he went toserve it, he brought the inclosedpaper which shews there is somethingconsiderable as it is not likely theyhave allow'd him more than the Lawwill,Eighth, Thomas Carr, was sometimeago convicted of Misprison of treason at Cumberland Court it is butlately I got intelligence of it and havenot yet been able to make Seizure, hewas possess'd of either two or threefifths of five Hundred acres of Landin this County on Conewago Creek onthe road leading to Norris's Ferry. Ihear he has made his escape fromCumberland Goal, I shall make fur-ther inquirey about it and if I find itso shall give Council notice of it.

I am with Due RespectYour Excelency's Very Humble

ServantCHAS HALL.

P. S. John Musseris selling leargequantitys of locustpost from theIndian Town Land.

Charles Hall to President Reed.Feb. 26, 1780.

I have settled my Account with theCommissioners appointed by Law to

Settle the Accounts of the Commis-sioners for Confiscated Property, andhave their Certificate that I am inDebt one Hundred and four pounds,seven shillings to the State. I havePaid to the State Treasurer Eighty-eight thousand four Hundred andforty nine Pounds, one shilling andthree pence.

CHAS. HALL.

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Author: Diffenderffer, Frank Ried, 1833-1921.

Title: Lancaster County loyalists / by F. R. Diffenderffer, Litt.D.

Primary Material: Book

Subject(s): American loyalists--Pennsylvania--Lancaster County. Pennsylvania--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. Pennsylvania--Politics and government--1775-1783. Lancaster County (Pa.)--Biography.

Publisher: Lancaster, Pa. : Lancaster County Historical Society, 1908

Description: [243]-278 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 12, no. 7

Call Number: 974.9 L245 v.12Location: LCHSJL -- Journal Article (reading room)

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