History of Lisburn

Alexander Frazier (1717-1758), an Irish Quaker colonist of Chester County, was the first proprietor of Lisburn.  At the age of 18, he requested a warrant of survey from William Penn’s heirs.  Four years later in 1739, the purchase was finalized at a cost of 31 pounds, equivalent $46.50 in today’s US currency. By Virtue of a warrant…

By A. M. GHERWritten Especially for the Carlisle Evening Herald This sketch of one of the oldest towns in the Cumberland Valley is a description of the village and its people as we have seen and known them. THE AUTHOR.Carlisle, Pa., 1913. CHAPTER I. LISBURN IN THE SEVENTIES By the Lisburn school house stands a…

Lower Allen township has always taken pride in her schools and Lisburn has shared in the educational advantages thus afforded.             For many years the town had a graded school and about 1867 the late Col. Wm. Penn Lloyd taught the grammar school, and his sister Rebecca Lloyd was teacher of the primary.  Mr. Lloyd was succeeded…