THE GARMAN-GILL FAMILIES, Elizabeth Garman Gill, January 1971.

Our ancestors settled among the Plain People in Pennsylvania in the vicinity of Chambersburg.

The story of one of the earliest Garmans is that one of our ancestors bought from the William Penn Heirs at a dollar an acre all the land that he could encircle in a day's ride on horseback. From Hart's Sleeping Place he rode out over the heavily wooded area, up and down over the hills and above where Moss Creek now stands over the Good Ridge, bearing west to Cush Cushion Creek, round to where Emeigh now is, over the hill to Plattsville as we know it, and back by Hastings. This land is drained by the West Branch of the Susquehanna River whose source is on the present Strittmatter farm, a mile or so south of Carrolltown. 

Image: Hart's Sleeping Place, white structure in distance, and surrounding area.