William Anderson, 1745, 200 acres; Thomas Armor, 1772, 40 acres; Andrew Armstrong, 1753, 100 acres; Michael Atkinson, 1748, 50 acres; Jacob Barr, 1754, 50 acres; John Baldridge, 1750, 100 acres; Jeremiah Barnard, 1745, 150 acres; Michael Bleecher, 1759, 20 acres; Thomas Bowles, 1744, 200 acres; John Boyd, 1750, 50 acres; Jacob Boyse, 1743, 100 acres; Samuel Boyse, 1743, 50 acres; James Duncan, 1753, 150 acres; Samuel Erwin, 1755, 50 acres; Robert Forsyth, 1742, 50 acres; Patrick Gibson, 1744, 50 acres; John Gwin, 1750, 60 acres; Andrew Gross, 1745, So acres; Jacob Grunde, 1755, 20 acres; George Johnson, 1743, 50 acres; Benjamin Johnson, 1787, 14 acres; John Kinkead, 1750, 50 acres; Elizabeth Laske, 1750, l00 acres; John McAnaulty, 1750, 100 acres; Samuel McCall, 1764, 50 acres; Samuel McCullough, 1750, 100 acres; George McLaughlin, 1750, 30 acres; Alex. and George McLaughlin, 1753, 150 acres; Alexander McLaughlin, 1755, 20 acres; Samuel Mears, 1750, 40 acres; George Middleton, 1737; the same, 1745, 50 acres improved in 1737; John Ramsey, Schollas, 1756, 50 acres; Abraham Smith, 1737, 200 acres; James Snodgrass, 1751, 20 acres; John Snodgrass, 1750, 100 acres; Janet Snodgrass, widow, 1750, 100 acres; Robert Steel, 1753, go 130 acres; James Stewart, 1742, 50 acres; Adam Thomas, 1759, 25 acres; Thos. Warry, 1750, 100 acres; John Adam Wentzel, 1748; Uriah Yorty, 1750, 100 acres; Samuel Wilson, 1751.
Villages-There are four villages in Martic township-Marticville, Rawlinsville, Bethesda, and Mount Nebo. Marticville is in the northern part of the township, about nine miles from Lancaster. It was probably the first village to be laid out in the township, and at first was known as Frogtown. It first began upon the road leading from Conestoga Centre to the present village of Martieville. It is a place of about 200 inhabitants, has a hotel, two stores, a post-office, a school, and a church. Attached to the Marticville church is the oldest graveyard in the township; the first interment is said to antedate the French and Indian War. It was used as a cemetery by the miners of the Pequea silver mines, in Pequea township. Bricks have been extensively manufactured in the vicinity of Marticville since the early decades of the last century. Isaac Heiney began to make brick at Marticvitle in 1813, though the first large brickyard was not openedl until about 1847, D. S. McElhaney soon developing a wide market for the high-grade Marticville brick. There were several distilleries in the vicinity of Marticville at one time. At Martic is a most unique railway. It is one and a quarter miles long and is operated for ten days each year, from the trolley junction at Martic Forge to Rawlinsville, during the sessions of the Rawlinsville Camp Meeting.
Rawlinsville, in the eastern part of the township, is credited with a population of about two hundred, has two stores, a hotel, and a church. It has a good school, and is the centre of a thrifty agricultural population. About one mile from Rawlinsville stood the first hotel opened in Martic township, the Cob Hotel. Another famous tavern was in the village of Rawlinsville, Oldfield's Inn. The Methodist Episcopal church at Rawlinsville is an active society. The building, a frame structure, was raised in 1875. The original trustees were John Monteith, Elias Aument, John Hart, Jacob Hart, H. L. Thompson, Abraham Creamer, Samuel Drumm, Lewis Volrath, Washington Drumm. The church is now in the Mount Nebo circuit. It has a Sunday school of about 140 members. On Muddy run, which rises near Rawlinsville, there have been several good mills, and on the Tucquan some more. They include Snavely's, Wentz's and Erb's. The Wentz family took most prominent part in the development of Bethesda.
Bethesda, in the southwestern part of the township, is a place of less than one hundred population, but is nevertheless the centre of a good farming district. It has two stores, a Methodist church, a post-office, and a public school, also a grist-mill. The Bethesda Methodist church was built of stone in 1843, the first board of trustees being William Mayberry, Henry Hart, John Wentz, Isaac S. Wentz, Lewis Wilkinson, Daniel Swift, and Harrison Potts. James Hahn was the first preacher-in-charge-a typical pioneer; who did much of the actual building himself. The church has a large membership, and a very vigorous Sunday school, it having an enrollment in excess of two hundred. It is in the Mount Nebo circuit.
Centrally situated, Mount Nebo is the most flourishing village in Martic township. It has a population of about three hundred, and has been an active place of business. Its most important plant has been that developed by the industry and enterprise of the Hagen family- The "Hagen Axe" was widely known, and three generations of the Hagen family operated the Hagen Axe Factory, near Mount Nebo. Bedroom and kitchen furniture has been manufactured by S. C. Stevenson at Mt. Nebo for more than fifty years. The Erb Mill is still operated by the same family. Mount Nebo is beautifully situated; from Armstrong's Hill to the east of the village "may be seen one of the grandest landscape scenes to be found anywhere within the limits of the county," hill, dale, woodland, river, all contributing to an ever-varying pano- rama of beauty. Mount Nebo Methodist Episcopal Church is the oldest in the township, though it is not as old as the Mount Nebo Presbyterian.
The Susquehanna river at Holtwood has a mean volume of about 40,000 cubic feet per second, states Dr. Roddy. In dry weather the mean volume is sometimes not one-tenth, but this is offset by the darn-site at Holtwood, which gives in Tunquan Lake more than three square miles of storage capacity. Of the nine water-power plants in operation in Lancaster county, the larg-est is at Holtwood. The Holtwood plant was designed to generate about 120,000 h. p., and "has the largest artificially-produced waterfall used for the development of electric light and power east of the Mississippi," stated Dr. Roddy in 1916. The fall of water at Holtwood is from 55 to 59 feet. "Were the climatic and ground-water conditions less variable, and hence a mean discharge of 57,000 cubic feet maintained throughout the year, the possi- bilities of this plant would reach nearly 300000 horse power. The Holtwood plant consists of mainly an immense dam of reinforced concrete more than half a mile long, fifty-five feet high, and 65 feet wide at the base, requiring more than 4,000,000 tons of material to construct; a power-house of concrete, Soo feet long, with space for ten generators of from 12,000 to 18,000 h. p. each; and various other electrical equipment necessary.
The electricity generated by the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company at Holtwood is sent over two lines to Baltimore and over one line to Lancaster. Recent plans for expansion provide for supply to Chester and York counties. The city of Lancaster gets the greater of its electric supply from Holtwood; and the Conestoga Traction Company's 165 miles of trolley lines are supplied from the same station. However, the bulk of the Holtwood supply goes to Baltimore, for lighting and traction, supplying 450 miles of tramways.
The power generated by hydroelectric means in Lancaster county is about 125,000 h. p., stated Dr. Roddy in 1916, of which the Holtwood plant provided 112,000 h. p. The others are Stackwater, 1,000 to 1,500 h. p.; Rock Hill, 400 to 450 h. p.; Wabank, 350 to 400 h. p.; Brownstown, 100 h. p.; Colemanville, 200 h. p.; Edisonville, 75 h. p.; Wheatland Mills, 150 h. p.; Terre Hill, 30 h. p. It is estimated that the one hundred and fifty water-driven mills of the county use- an aggregate of about 3,750 horse power from the watercourses of the region.
Martic township census in 1900 showed 1,831 inhabitants; the count in 1900 was 2,108; and in 1920 there were 1,798 inhabitants in the township, including the population of the villages.
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