I have gone to National Archives to check the original of the Franklin County 1790 census- after much hassle they finally brought them to my desk. At first they insisted that the printed book was all that was available. Anyway - the townships are as given. One thing to note - the transcription of the names is not very good. Walker and Welker and Walter are all jumbled for example. The only thing I have been able to do to sort townships is cross match names on the 1800 census which does list the township. From some of my notes - Using "Heads of Families - Pennsylvania" where Franklin County begins on p 112, Metal Twp (formed 1796 from Fannett) begins about with Thomas Armstrong in the first column on page 113, Andrew Spence in the first column on pg 114 lwas taxed in Peters Twp in 1784, John Buzzard (Bossert) in the first column on p 116 lived in Hamilton Twp. The bottom on the last column on p 117 and the first column on p 118 are in Guilford - the names Joseph Liles through Ann Fullerton are all mentioned in a 1785 deed. The third column on pg 119 is the Boro of Chambersburg. At least part of p 121 is Antrim Twp. Maybe if others could add their names we could figure out where the lines stop and start! Carolyn Carolyn -----Original Message----- From: C. Brockfield <cbfield@interx.net> To: PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com <PAFRANKL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, January 17, 2000 9:28 PM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] 1790 census >Sharon: I think there may not be a way to differentiate between townships >on the 1790 census; I see I have the same five-township notation on my >notes. I'd think that the answer, if there were one, might be found in a >source like Florence >Clint's "Franklin County PA Area Key," but I do not have this at hand. Carol > >