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/>