There are seven proprietory towns in Pennsylvania. They are given as Philadelphia, 1682; Easton, 1738; York, 1741; Reading, 1748; Carlisle, 1751; Bedford, 1766; and Sunbury, 1772. In 1767 the following patent was given:

"In pursuance of the Honorable the proprietary's warrant bearing date the 6th day of Feby, 1767, there was surveyed for John Montgomery, Robert Miller, William Lyon, John McKnight, Thomas Donnelan, and William Miller in Trust for the Inhabitants in & about the town of Carlisle a lot of ground for a Graveyard or Burying place situate on the South side of the Sd. town beginning at a marked post sixty feet distant from the South End of Bedford Street opposite to the East side thereof, thence extending on the same direction as Sd. Street S 10 degrees W 25 Ps. to a Post Thence N 80 degrees W. 25 Ps. to a Post, thence N 10 degrees 25 Ps to a Post, thence by the South Street of the said town of Carlisle S. 80 degrees E. 25 Ps. to the Place of Beginning containing three acres, three rods, Twenty-five perches as appears by the above Draught.

This book contains inscriptions found on tombstones from a graveyard in Carlisle, Pennsylvania.

THE CARLISLE DIVISION OF THE CINCINNATI

McKnight, David -- Lieutenant.