. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . outh of llilemans Run ;thence up Hilemans Run, by the several courses page 272, the second in Road Doc. A, page 273, andby reference to what follows it may be seen howLower Swatara was separated. As now organized thetownship of Swatara is bounded on the north by thetownships of Susquehanna and Lower Paxtang, onthe east by Derry and Lower Swatara, on the southby Lower Swatara, and on the west by the Susque-hanna River and the limits of the city of of the incid
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . outh of llilemans Run ;thence up Hilemans Run, by the several courses page 272, the second in Road Doc. A, page 273, andby reference to what follows it may be seen howLower Swatara was separated. As now organized thetownship of Swatara is bounded on the north by thetownships of Susquehanna and Lower Paxtang, onthe east by Derry and Lower Swatara, on the southby Lower Swatara, and on the west by the Susque-hanna River and the limits of the city of of the incidents narrated in the general his-tory as occurring in Paxtang township proper trans-pired within the limits of the township of township is located in one of the finest valleys inPennsylvania, and most of the hyid is highly culti-vated. There is little or no poor land within its limits. PAXTANG CHURCH. Three miles east of Harrisburg, on the ridge which forms the northern boundary of Paxtang Valley,stands the Paxtang Presbyterian Church, one of the oldest landmarks in Dauphin County. While it is true that. mi,I) PAXTANG CHURCH. thereof, 119 perches to the line of James Herrington,where a road crosses said run ; thence by the line ofHerringtons land, south 67? degrees west 109perches, to where said line strikes the head-watersof a run which leads across the Downingtown andEphrata turnpike road ; thence down said run, bythe several courses thereof, 153 perches to the middleof said turnpike and a bridge across said run ; thencealong the middle of said turnpike road to the middleof the bridge over Paxtang Creek aforesaid, by thefollowing courses and distances: north 74 degreeswest 68 perches to an angle; north 74, degrees west213 perches to an angle on Allisons Hill; north 66degrees west 51T2^ perches to the junction of saidturnpike with the Jonestown road, and south 78} de-grees west 8 perches to the middle of said bridge. This report was confirmed by the court on the 18
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