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The records of the court creating this
township are not accessible. But
other records show that by that name it
held an election in the year above
indicated. It was named in honor
of Gen. Greene. The early
settlers were the Armstrongs,
Thomsons, Ramages, Stewarts, Culbertsons,
Maclays, Hendersons, Cresswills,
Bittingers, Fergusons, Bairds, Johnson.s
EARLY
SETTLEMENT.
EARLY
LAND ENTRIES.
EARLY
REMINISCENCES.
GREEN
VILLAGES.
SCOTLAND.
FAYETTEVILLE.
BLACK'S
GAP.
Black's Gap is the proper name of
what was sometimes called "Greenwood."
It is on the old Chambersburg and
Gettysburg turnpike. Its name
properly tells what it is - a gap or
crossing in the mountain range. It
is at the entrance of the South Mountain
Crossing. Black's Gap road was
laid out in 1750. Black's Gap
tavern was noted place in the last
century. Robert Black
settled there at an early day. The
first improvement in the village was
made in 1844, by Conrad Brown.
SMOKETOWN.
This is a small hamlet two and a half
miles south of Scotland, containing only
a few houses.
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