Tillie Pierce 2015 page 1 by ric Gustafson
In the 1730's and 1740's, settlers moved to York County in south central Pennsylvania. The families turned the rock filled rolling hills into working farms. One of these settlers was an immigrant from Northern Ireland named Samuel Gettys. He bought 381 acres around 1740. In 1761, he built the Gettys Inn and Tavern. In 1783, Samuel's son James Gettys laid out a town and named it Gettystown. Some of the streets were named Baltimore Street, York Pike, Harrisburg Road, Chambersburg Pike, Taneytown Road and Hagerstown Road. In 1800, the town's name was changed to Gettysburg.
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