Regarding the Benjamin Moore posting, here is some more data on the western end of "Olde" Cumberland County: The Penn family purchased the Cumberland Valley from the "six-nation" Indian tribe on October 11, 1736, Up until that date, white settlers were forbidden to purchase land tracts, however, in 1734 Samuel Blunston was authorized to issue licenses for the Valley tracts to over 200 settlers. The Cumberland Valley extended from the Susquehanna to the "setting sun." This was interpreted to mean where the sun set over the last mountain range (Blue Mtn) in Franklin County. Offical Pennsylvania maps show that the 1736 treaty covered all of present day Cumberland, Franklin, Adams and a northern portion of York County. Blunston issued licenses for nearly 300 tracts in these areas plus a large portion of York County, called Springettsbury Manor. This entire area belonged to Lancaster County until it established York County (including Adams) in 1749 and Cumberland (including Franklin) in 1750. Between 1736 and 1750, Lancaster established Hopewell and Pennsboro Townships with the dividing line at Newville's Big Spring. So all of current-day Franklin County was in Hopewell Twp. until 1741, 1743 when Antrim and Lurgan were formed. BENJAMIN MOOR (sic) got a Blunston license (#97) in September, 1734. It was located eight miles west of the confluence of the Middle Spring and Conodoguinet Creek. One more interesting fact, I have a deed for Maj. William Maxwell, 1748, for Rathmullen Twp., which later became Peters Twp. So Lancaster County may have had other names assigned to various areas!