. Down the eastern and up the Black . About six months later, the east and the west end each chosetwo representatives to divide the township. These representa-tives failed to agree, and John Goheen was called in as The line finally established, began at the spring near EdwardGeorges house, thence to Brandywine and so on to Cain Town-ship. 35 ] That ye course of ye water had for several years beena well recognized line of division between the inhabitants of theeastern and western ends of Nantmel is apparent from the con-clusion of the petition in which the Court is asked t


. Down the eastern and up the Black . About six months later, the east and the west end each chosetwo representatives to divide the township. These representa-tives failed to agree, and John Goheen was called in as The line finally established, began at the spring near EdwardGeorges house, thence to Brandywine and so on to Cain Town-ship. 35 ] That ye course of ye water had for several years beena well recognized line of division between the inhabitants of theeastern and western ends of Nantmel is apparent from the con-clusion of the petition in which the Court is asked to note thatit is and ever was customary in s< Township that the inhabitantson the West side of said Run were never called upon for duty orpublic service to the East end of s^i Town, nor the East end in-habitants ever called to any Service to the West end of s Townover sl Run. East Nantmeal was afterwards divided into two townships,and West Nantmeal into three. Driving along the Brandywine through any of the town-ships once embraced in Nantmel, it is hard to conjure upthe conditions of those early days. Possibly, some of them areas accurately sketched in the remonstrance to an application ofFrancis Edwards for a road, filed in


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