lane wrote: >>So I checked my Montgomery Co. map; Sure 'nuff there is a Ridge Pike on the north ( Mont. Co.)side of the Schuylkill river, while Rt. 23 is the Ridge Road and is on the south ( Chester Co.) side of the river.  Also, Ridge Pike goes through the aforementioned places. Could there be two Seven Stars, and which is which?<< I dug out my "combination atlas map" of 1877 and there was this mention, in the Plymouth Twp. section....... >>The elections of the township are held at Hickorytown, a flourishing village that in 1831 contained but 10 houses; and in 1858 had increased to twenty-nine. Harmanville, half way between Conshohocken and Plymouth Meeting, in 1858 contained thirty five houses. It has chiefly grown since 1850. The iron ore and marble procured in the vicinity has given an impulse to its prosperity. The turnpike along here was finished in 1849. The Seven Stars is a small place two miles from Norristown, on the Ridge Turnpike, where Plymouth Creek and railroad cross. In 1858, there was here an inn and three houses. This an old tavern stand, probably amongst the oldest in the county, and is mentioned by Nicholas Scull, in 1758 by the name it has ever since borne.<< Source: Combined Atlases of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania 1871, 1877, 1893. reproduction sponsored by the Historical Society of Montgomery Co. PA I hope this helps to nail down the location...... Dianne