OWNERSHIP ABSTRACT
Mt Airy, Providence Township, Lancaster County
Contents
~these maps are being improved and will be uploaded soon~
- Tract Ownership
- 1843 map
- 1858 map
- Current tax map
- Current Tax Map with Old deed lines
The following listing is a tract by tract chain of ownership of farms at or near the present intersection of Mt. Airy road with Truce Road(formerly Rawlinsville Road) in Providence twp.(formerly a part of Martic twp.)westerly of New Providence, Lancaster County.
The letter designation for the tracts listed below corresponds with the ownership map.The complete chain of ownership for all of the tracts has not been fully researched, but what is known at present is shown.
Ultimately, this exercise is to reconstruct the chain of ownership and families for all of the farms in the area of the aforementioned intersection in an effort to determine a potential pool of persons from which to make reasonable assumptions as to which persons are buried in the very nearby Reese-Lines graveyard.
Any visitor to this website who can offer additional ownership or family information is encouraged to contact the researcher.
Parcels
Tract A
- 1750, June 14 to Provincial Warrant to John Hutzman
- 1750, June 14 to ****, John Hutzman
- *** to 1759, Nov. 1, Balthasar Hitzelberger(mason of Lancaster)
- 1759, Nov. 1 to 1784, Jacob Myers, (no mention of graveyard in deed)
- 1784, to Apr. 6, 1809, Christopher Winters, Sr, (no mention of graveyard in deed)
- 1806, 1816 Jacob Traeger, (no mention of graveyard in deed)
- 1816 to 1839 widow Mary Traeger
- 1839 to 1847, Jacob and John Ressler
- 1847 to April 1, 1854, Ephraim Ressler
- April 1, 1854 to 1857, John Passmore(exception for graveyard and access in deed, the language indicates that a previous exception may have existed)
- 1857 to 1865, Apr. 17, Joshua Winters(exception for graveyard and access in deed)
- 1865, Apr. 17, to 1866, Mar 30, John Strohm (by Sheriff's Deed)
- 1866, Mar 30, to 1869, Mar. 30, Daniel Miller
- 1869, Mar. 30, to John F. Wiggins(exception for graveyard and access in deed)
- son Wiggins
- -Pannell
- Frank Pannell
- -abt. 1992-P Shaub
- private
Tract B
- Peter Lawrence
- bef. 1810-abt. 1821, Swamp John Groff II,
- 1821-1828, Daniel and Mary Eckman
- 1828-July 3,1845, John and Elizabeth Eckman
- July 3, 1845-1847, Martin Groff
- 1847-1854 , James Passmore (consolidated ownership of Tracts A, B, C)
1821 Survey.(This survey is owned by the researcher. A legible copy will be posted in the future.) The subject tract of this survey is tract B. The survey shows the owner of tract A as Mary Trager, the owner of tract C as Andrew Reese and the owner of tract D as Christian Musser.
Tract C
- Mar. 28, 1757- abt. 1773, Daniel Garner(vacant lands)
- abt 1773-Jan/Feb 1811 Peter Reese
- Jan/Feb 1811-?, widow Catherine Reese
- 1821 Andrew Reese(as shown on survey)
- 1824-1835 Henry Rush
- 1835-1847 Martin Groff
- 1847-1857 James and Frances Passmore
Tract D
- 1743- ?, Patrick Duncan
- abt 1790-abt.1826, Christian Musser
- (1828) estate of Christian Musser
- abt. 1830-1848, Andrew Reese
- abt. 1848-1857, Abner Reese
- 1857-1860, widow Catherine Reese
- 1860- ?, John Strohm
- (1869) Benjamin Bleacher
Tract E
- (1854), Daniel Herr
- (1857), John Snyder
- (1869), John Landis
- (1883), Elizabeth Miller
Tract F
- bef 1854-aft. 1869, Abasalom Gochenour
- (1883),Henry Scott
Tract G
- (1854) Henry Scott
- (bef.1857-aft 1883) Daniel Ressler
Tract H
- (1857) Primus Homer Gochenour and Benj. D. Gochenour
Tract I(br)
- Christopher Winters, Sr.
- (1857) Primus Homer Gochenour and Benj. D. Gochenour
- (1869) Albert Smith(probable grandson of Chris)
Tract J
- Christopher Winters, Sr.
- (1854)Benjamin Snyder
- John Hildebrand
- (bef. 1869-aft 1875) David Reese
Tract K
- Hutzman
- ? -1790, Christopher Winters, Sr.
- 1790- 1816, Jacob Traeger
- 1816-1839, widow Mary Traeger
- 1854-aft 1857, Adam Mowrer
- (1869)Andrews
Tract L
- bef. 1810, Swamp John Groff II
- (bef. 1821-aft 1847)Phillip Rudisill
- (1854) Joseph Gochenour
- (1869)Adam Steinert
Tract L1
- bef. 1810, Swamp John Groff II
- (bef. 1821-aft 1847)Phillip Rudisill
- (1854)Henry Groff
Tract M
- Peter Lawrence
- Swamp John Groff II
Tract N
- bef. 1808-aft. 1835 Henry Shaub
- (1847) Joseph Shaub
- (1857)Henry S. Huber
Tract N1
- bef. 1808-aft. 1835 Henry Shaub
- (1847) Joseph Shaub
- (1857)Abraham Brubaker
Tract O
- John Ramsey
- Swamp John Groff II
- (1835) Simon Winters
- (bef. 1857-aft1864)Benjamin Finefrock
Tract P
- John Ramsey
- Swamp John Groff II
- (1835)Simon Winters
Tract U
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Tract V
- abt 1743-1785 Johann Jacob Winterheimer
- Christopher Winters, Jr.
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Tract W
- John Hutzman
- abt. 1811, Christopher Winters, Sr.
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Tract X
- Peter Lawrence
- Benjamin Andrews and Abraham L. Miller
- Daniel Groff
(Tract X1)
- Peter Lawrence
- Benjamin Andrews and Abraham L. Miller
- John Ressler
Tract Y
- Peter Lawrence
- Samuel Bear
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Tract Z
- Andrew Armstrong
- John Burkholder
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Current(1998) Tax Map with historical property lines shown
Notes and comments.
- The Reese-Lines Graveyard aka. Mt Airy graveyard
- The pale blue highlighting indicates the approximate alignments of now closed roads. Running east and west was a now closed portion of Scott Road(closed after 1899, based on 1899 county atlas).This road probably ran along the south lines of Tracts R,S & T, common with the north line of Tracts H & I. Running north and south was the former Mt. Airy Road(perhaps by another name or no name, shown in orange highlighting) which ran between Scott Road and Rawlinsville Road (now Truce Road, shown in pink highlighting). The old road may have been public or private but the present Mt. Airy Road was constructed between 1859 and 1864.
The Mt Airy graveyard, formerly known as the Reese-Lines cemetery likely fronted on the old road and both fell into disuse about the same time. The angle point shown between parcels H and I may not have existed and it and/or the old road might been more of a straight line.
- This small triangle was a part of tract C at the time of the warrant and for some time thereafter
- Tract O was originally joined with Tract C
- Tracts A,B, & C were joined into one farm by James Passmore between 1847 and 1857.
The paragraph and picture below are from the excellent short history entitled "Now and Then in Providence Township", by Paul R. Hollinger, 1976.
1843 Map Detail-The highlighting corresponds to the 1858 map detail below for orientation purposes. The road highlighted in orange is the old Mt. Airy Road. Comparison of the maps shows the evolution of the local road system over that 15 year period.
1858 Map Detail
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