On 24 Jan 1733, John Goughnour warranted 105 acres on a branch of the Pequea in Conestoga (now Pequea) Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, recorded in Lancaster County Warrants #G14. Three days later, John Taylor surveyed the property, noting it adjoined Christian Preaaman [sic], Have Line [sic], Christian Stone, and Samuel Buyer.[1]
John Jacob Goughnour's Conestoga tract survey
On 15 April 1761, Jacob Gouchnour patented these 105 acres.[2] Jacob purchased another 167.5 acres in Conestoga from Christian Hoober on 26 Nov 1761.[3] [see "Christian Preaaman" on map] This tract had been warranted to John Smith in 1734 and patented to Jacob Huber in 1759.
Jacob Goughnour had died prior to 4 Nov 1780 when his heirs—Jacob & Margaret Goughnour, Christian Goughnour, Henry & Ann Goughnour, Abraham Goughnour, Tobias Goughnour, Christian & Catharine (Goughnour) Hess, and Joseph Goughnour—sold 50 acres of this tract, adjoining Samuel Byer, to his son John Goughnour.[4]
On 12 Mar 1781, John & Elizabeth Gochenour sold this 50 acres, adjoining Samuel Buyers, to his brother Adam Gochenour & Henry Rush, all of Conestoga Township.[5] Adam and the Rushs held onto the property for a little over a year before selling it to Christopher Ort on 23 Aug 1782.[6]
Christopher Ort, a mason, and Catharine his wife sold this 50 acres to Daniel Musser of Strasburg Township on 21 Nov 1795.[7]
Footnotes
- John Goughnour survey (1733), Pennsylvania Copied Survey Book C58:90, Pennsylvania State Archives, Records of the Land Office, Records Group 17, Copied Surveys, Series #17.114, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. ↩
- The Lancaster County Warrant Registers list the patent as being for Jacob Goughnour. The township warrantee map has the name John Jacob Goughnour on the property. And the survey shows it was done for John Goughnour. ↩
- Jacob Gochenaur’s Heirs to Jno Gochenaur (1780), Lancaster County Deed Book XX:509 (online), Recorder of Deeds ↩
- Jacob Gochenaur’s Heirs to Jno Gochenaur (1780), Lancaster County Deed Book XX:509 (online), Recorder of Deeds ↩
- John Gochenour & wife to Henry Rush & Adam Gochenour (1781), Lancaster County Deed Book XX:513 (online), Recorder of Deeds ↩
- Henry Resh & wife & Adam Gochenour to Christopher Ort (1782), Lancaster County Deed Book XX:517 (online), Recorder of Deeds ↩
- Christopher Ort & wife to Daniel Musser (1795), Lancaster County Deed Book XX:525 (online), Recorder of Deeds ↩
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