Editing Greencastle, Pennsylvania (section)

===European Settlers===
James Patton, who came to America at age 17 and moved to [[North Carolina]] in 1793, started the settlement of Canogege (spelled "Conegoge" by George P. Donahoo). Patton said in an 1839 letter to his descendants that the place was "settled by a moral and orderly people."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/2019/09/09/visiting-our-past-pioneer-james-patton-made-example-his-life/2198924001/|title=Visiting Our Past: Pioneer James Patton made an example of his life|last=Neufeld|first=Rob|work=[[Asheville Citizen-Times]]|date=September 9, 2019}}</ref>

Greencastle was founded in 1783 by John Allison from the Barkdoll House. The town was named after [[Greencastle, County Antrim]], [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{cite book|last=M'Cauley|first=I. H.|title=Historical Sketch of Franklin County, Pennsylvania|url=https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00mcau|year=1878|publisher=Patriot|page=[https://archive.org/details/historicalsketch00mcau/page/209 209]}}</ref> It was originally composed of 246 lots. By 1790 there were about 60 houses in Greencastle, homes to approximately 400 people. The town of Greencastle had grown by the mid-nineteenth century to 1,125 residents.