. Down the eastern and up the Black . being of advanced age, de-vised part of the lands devised to him by his father, on the eastside of the Brandywine and north of Lancaster Turnpike, to hisson William W., and another part to his son Samuel J., and madethe dividing line between them the middle of the Horse ShoeRoad, now vacated. The vacation of this portion of the roadoccurred in 1840. You can go over this portion of its route to-day by enter-ing the vacated road immediately east of Squire Carpenters of-fice in Downingtown, and taking a northwesterly course forabout a thousand fe
. Down the eastern and up the Black . being of advanced age, de-vised part of the lands devised to him by his father, on the eastside of the Brandywine and north of Lancaster Turnpike, to hisson William W., and another part to his son Samuel J., and madethe dividing line between them the middle of the Horse ShoeRoad, now vacated. The vacation of this portion of the roadoccurred in 1840. You can go over this portion of its route to-day by enter-ing the vacated road immediately east of Squire Carpenters of-fice in Downingtown, and taking a northwesterly course forabout a thousand feet, until you come to a spring run. At thispoint, by bearing strongly to the west, in a few minutes you willreach the Brandywine at the spot where a wooden bridgeformerly stood. West of the stream the route of the old roadis easily perceived until the open road is reached in front of themill. A hundred and fifty yards beyond the mill it turns north-westerly toward the farm of Joseph Baugh. The following copy of a rough draft attached to a return. ?••?;:> rt ty in 1787, shows the general course of the road near Downingtown. 115 ]
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