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From: "James L. Stokes" <>
Subject: Re: [PALANCAS] New Danville
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 19:48:24 -0400
References: <2774878970.1033567030@F9320.jmu.edu> <00a601c26a44$53551340$0101a8c0@pavilion> <002201c26a52$4758ce20$1c09f243@Compaq> <006b01c26a5b$c7d83a00$48a69e8d@Holley>


Hi Barbara,
You can check the Conestoga Township History for Holly, Pequea was part
of Conestoga Twp. until 1853 or so. There is also an 1875 atlas of Pequea
Twp that might show something.
Did you mean New Danville or Danville ? There is a Danville upstate,
maybe your guy lived in Danville and then moved to Lancaster to get a better
job. That was becoming more common in the 1850s as factory jobs began
showing up and farming jobs became harder to find. I've never seen New
Danville refered to as Danville. The sign on the New Danville pike says the
town got its name from an early settler named Dan or several early settlers.
Holly isn't a name that jumps out at me as being from our area. All
that really means is that they probably haven't been in this area a long
time.

Jim
Conestoga Area Historical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacahs/index.htm

----- Original Message -----
From: "the Holleys" <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 5:36 PM
Subject: [PALANCAS] New Danville


> Thank you for the link to the Conestoga Historical Society. While on that
> site, I read the Pequa history page, and now a question: I am seeking the
> family of STEPHEN HOLLEY who was from "Danville," and I wonder if anyone
has
> encountered a Holley family in Lancaster. I have found an ELAM HOLLEY in
> the 1870 census, but cannot connect him to any other Holley family member,
> and there was a MRS HOLLEY in Lancaster city in 1840 census. Perhaps
> someone on the list has encountered the surname and can suggest somewhere
> else to look. Interestingly, I have not found the surname on any church
> registers.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Barbara
>
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