John Jacob Goughnour’s Conestoga Tract

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

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

• Category: Research
• Tag: Along the Pequea, Deeds, Land Patents, Land Warrants