George Stevenson to Richard Peters (March 14, 1761) - 3
12019-07-04T17:27:11-07:00Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a72001Letter to Richard Peters from Geo. Stevenson about Blue Rock Plantation, 14 March 17612019-07-04T17:27:11-07:001761Stevenson, George.Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Pennsylvania State Archives. Correspondence Relating to Conestoga Manor Land, 1757-1765. Series #17.320.Correspondence concerned with the sale of tracts of land in Conestoga Manor located in the present Lancaster County. Information given varies among the letters. There are references to squatters occupying Conestoga Indian lands after the 1763 Conestoga Indian massacre and the occupation of a tract by Daniel McCormick as a reward for his service in arresting Thomas Cresap during the border dispute with Maryland known as "Cresap's War." Also of interest is a 1764 letter revealing crop rotation of hemp, barley, wheat, spelt, winter grain and Indian Corn on fields located near Blue Rock Ferry on the Susquehanna River. Among the names of those purchasing tracts in Conestoga Manor are Robert Beaty, George Adam Durstler, John Heer (Herr), Christian Heer(Herr), Rudy Herr, Samuel Herr, Michael Kauffman, M. Mather, John Mitchel, Abraham Miller, Jacob Miller, John Miller, Samuel Neilson, John Ross, M. Scott, Jacob Whistler, Jacob Whitman, Jacob Whitmore and John Whitmore. For more information, visit http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/bah/dam/rg/sd/r17sdc.htmManuscript.33Will Fenton82bf9011a953584cd702d069a30cbdb6ef90650a