From "History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams and Perry Counties" I. Daniel Rupp, 1846. p 458. "Turnpikes" (of Franklin County) The main turnpike road, by the southern route to Pittsburg, passes through this county by way of Shippensburg, Chambersburg, St Thomas and Loudon, thence onward to Pittsburgh." (Note: This is present day US 30, known locally as the Lincoln Highway. cks) "The main turnpike road is intersected by the turnpike from Baltimore by way of Gettysburg. In the south and southwestern part of the county another turnpike road passes through the county which branches from Pittsburg near McConnellstown in Bedford County (now McConnellsburg in Fulton County. cks) passes south eastward through Mercersburg, by Upton, Greencastle and Waynesboro to Emmittsburg in Maryland and thence to Baltimore." While this account does not mention any north south roads two old ones were Route 75 which runs from the most northern tip of the county through Dry Run, Spring Run, Fannettsburg, then to Fort Loudon where it crosses the Lincoln Highway and then south to Mercersburg. This road was once part of the old Indian or Tuscarora Path. Another old road ran from Harrisburg and Carlisle to Shippensburg, Chambersburg, Greencastle and south through the valley of Virginia. Current US Rt 11 and Interstate 81 follow approximately the same route. To answer the question about Gen Braddock. I do not know if he recruited in Franklin County but believe he probably did. My ancestor Daniel Reisher owned land in Little Conewago Township "Baltimore County" but actually in Lancaster County PA at the time of the French and Indian War, He marched to Pittsburg with Braddock according to a letter written by his son. Daniel later moved to Pittsburg for a short time, then was back in Franklin County where he was taxed in 1786 in Peters Twp. The county history states that he was one of the first owners of land in Chambersburg. For more information on this family including the full text of the letter, see "Reisher, Risher family Records" posted on the Franklin county site under Bible records.