That's about an hour trip by car. I have family in the Nantmeal area and I used to live near Conestoga so I can tell you the trip takes about an hour and is approx. 45-55 miles. I imagine it would be an all-day journey by horse. -----Original Message----- From: carolmcolvin@juno.com <carolmcolvin@juno.com> To: PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com <PACHESTE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, September 23, 2000 12:18 PM Subject: [PACHESTE] Distance between townships >Since someone brought up Conestoga, I thought I'd ask another question >about distance: How far is Conestoga (as the horse walks) from >Brandywine Township in Chester County? I have ancestors who married in >1806. The bride, Mary Anna Ross THOMPSON, claimed to be from Brandywine, >and her bridegroom, John Bowsman SMITH, from Conestoga. The census for >1790 and 1810, plus some wills dated 1805 and 1806, shows that the >THOMPSON family lived in West Nantmeal. How far are those two places >from each other? > >Also, what are ADC maps? How do I get some? > >Carol Colvin >Puyallup WA >________________________________________________________________ >YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > >==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== >Stop by our associated website for Chester County Genealogy at >http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > >

This is going to sound almost stupid, but who were the early tax revenues in Chester County paid to? I was emailed the other day about this, refering to early taxables in London Britain and I realized that I actually wasn't sure what the actual process was. Were the tax collectors acting as agents of the King? Or were the early taxes collected for and used by local bodies, such as townships, and unrelated to England? Color me confused today, -Mary