Neil, I have good news for you. Yes, John Rauch's farm was called Dry Mountain. It was 148 acres when he bought it from John Moyer in 1761. It is just north of Swatara Creek north of Palmyra in Eastern Lebanon County. It's up-creek (north) from Bindnagle Church. "Hauber Tauber" was the only tract between Rauch's and Swatara Creek, so I imagine the mill was actually on Hauber Tauber, which was about 120 acres (warranted by Michael Carpenter in 1754, and patented by Frederick Beakle in 1770). I have deeds and maps of the tracts and the area that I will copy and snail mail to you if you want them. What you may want to buy is James B. Wolfson, "Warrant, Patent & Survey Records, East Hanover Township, Lebanon County, PA," complete with map, which you can buy from the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. If it is convenient for you to email me your copy of the Rauch to Brown deed, I would like that very much. Dwayne Wrightsman dwayne55@comcast.net ----- Original Message ----- From: <NEILEL@aol.com> To: <PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 2:38 PM Subject: Re: [PALEBANO] Rauch Family of Hanover Township > > Dwayne, > > Thanks so much for that information. I believe it was in Egle's history > where Michael Brown's mill is mentioned. It would be where the 1785-1813 > Dauphin-Lancaster boundary crossed Swatara Creek. > > There were two other parcels of land that were adjacent to the tract he > bought from John Rauch. One of them had a name "Hauber Tauber." The > land he > bought (140 acres) from John Rauch was called "Dry Mountain." I'm > pretty sure > 1/4 mile from Swatara Creek would qualify as being adjacent to his mill > property since his total land holdings there amounted to more than 300 > acres. > > Would you happen to know if this property is upstream or downstream from > Bindnagel's Church? > > Incidentally I have a transcribed copy of the deed if you would like me to > email it. > > Neil E. > > In a message dated 11/15/2005 5:36:58 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > dwayne55@comcast.net writes: > > Neil, > > I know where John Rauch's farm (now in East Hanover, Lebanon County) was > that he bought in 1761, but it was about a quarter mile north of Swatara > Creek. I do not know where his other tracts were other than those in > West > Hanover, Dauphin County, when he died. The time period 1770 you are > looking > at would have been land in Lancaster County. The confusion about where > the > various Hanovers were in the three periods--before 1785, 1785-1813, after > 1813--is common to us all. I still don't have it figured out. The > boundaries are discussed in Egle's History (now on line), but I don't > think > he drew a map. Still, his account is extremely accessible and definitely > worth reading. > > Dwayne > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NEILEL@aol.com> > To: <PALEBANO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 11:03 PM > Subject: Re: [PALEBANO] Rauch Family of Hanover Township > > >> >> >> My ancestor Michael Braun (Brown) bought land from John Rauch in 1770 on >> which he built a sawmill and grist mill on Swatara Creek. I have been >> trying >> unsuccessfully to find this location. On a history of Dauphin County, >> it >> mentions that the mills were one of the points that delineated the >> boundary >> between Dauphin and Lancaster County (before Lebanon County was >> created), >> but I >> have been unable to find any maps that showed the boundaries between >> the >> years >> 1785 and 1813. Would anyone happen to know where this land lies? >> >> Neil E. >> Folsom, CA >> >> >> In a message dated 11/14/2005 2:44:37 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, >> dwayne55@comcast.net writes: >> >> >> THE RAUCH FAMILY OF HANOVER TOWNSHIP >> >> Here's some interesting information about the Rauch/Rough family that >> lived >> in the Hanover Townships of Lancaster County, PA, during the >> Revolutionary >> War. Three members of the family between the ages of 18 and 53 were >> enrolled in the Fourth Company of the Ninth Battalion of the Lancaster >> County Militia in 1781 and 1782 according to pages 934-936, 954-955, of >> Vol. >> VII of Series 5 of the Pennsylvania Archives. >> >> One was John Rough (Rauch) who is known to have died in 1803. >> Interestingly, since he was 53 or under in 1782, he was born in 1729 >> or >> after. Almost all genealogy entries on the Internet have his birth at >> 1726 >> or younger, indicating that these entries cannot be documented. >> >> A second was William Rough (Rauch) who was the oldest son of John Rough >> (Rauch). He was born in 1760 according to the Hill Reformed Church >> records. >> >> The third was a Barnet/Bernet Rough. According to Egle's History of >> Dauphin >> and Lebanon Counties, Barnet Rough paid taxes on 100 acres in Hanover >> Township, Lancaster County, in 1781. On the same list was Rev. John >> Rough >> with 180 acres. How John got the title of Reverend I do not know. Was >> he >> addressed this way on the tax records, or did Egle know something that >> we >> don't know? >> >> Who was this Barnet/Bernet Rough? Old Bernard Rough of Bethel >> Township, >> possibly a relative of John Rough, had died long before 1781. Old >> Bernard >> Rough's son Bernard was living at the time in Jonestown in the part of >> Bethel Township that is now Swatara Township. John Rough's youngest >> son >> Bernard was not even close to being age 18 at the time. So we are left >> with >> a Barnet Rough who, to this writer's knowledge, has not been >> identified. >> >> Dwayne Wrightsman >> Lee, NH >> >> >> ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== >> Lebanon County Gen Web Home Page: >> <http://www.chm.davidson.edu/PAGenWeb/> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== >> to contact list administrator: travis21_98@yahoo.com >> > > > ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== > Mid-Atlantic Roots Network: > <http://midatlantic.rootsweb.com/> > > > > > > > > ==== PALEBANO Mailing List ==== > Always cite your sources when posting information! >