1778 Bethel Township

Tax Assessment ~ Part 2

 

This image includes the second page of the original 1778 tax assessment return for Bethel Township, within Bedford County, showing Residents "Stockwell" through "Weston" on the left side and Single Freemen "Weston" through "Mitchel" on the right side.

 

Note: This image was scanned from a photocopy of the original 1778 tax assessment for Bethel Township, within Bedford County. The originals of the tax assessment returns were stored, for many years, in Vault #1 in the basement of the Bedford County Court House. The webmaster of this site was given permission by the officials of the Bedford County Court system to photocopy the original returns in the 1980s. A year or two after the original returns were photocopied, a pipe burst in the vault in which the returns were stored, causing water damage to many records, and the original tax assessment returns were subsequently transferred to the Pioneer Historical Society of Bedford County for storage.

   The following is a transcription of the names of the Residents which appear on the 1778 Bethel Township, Bedford County tax assessment return, as shown in the image above. It is as accurate as possible. It should be noted that certain of the names are written as surname, then given name, separated by a comma; certain of the names are written as given, then surname. The reason for this is not kown. This return is not included in the published Pennsylvania Archives (1897 Edition, Third Series, Volume XXII). In fact, no returns are included in the published Pennsylvania Archives for the year 1778.

Stockwell, Willson
James (illegible)
Wylie, Conrood
Philip Gilliland
(illegible), Peter
Jacob Manes
(illegible), Henry
George Endslow
Hoylig, Nilson
Widow Stilwells
Henry Sowsly
James Graham
(illegible)
James McCormick
George Walker
(illegible), Longstreth
Michel Singledicker
Powell George
Thomas Morton
(illegible) Ounger
(illegible) Ounger
(illegible) Reynolds
(illegible)
(illegible) Smith
(illegible)
(illegible) Morton
(illegible) Graham
(illegible) Smith
Jacob Rusk Sen
John Rusk
Peter Rusk
James Curry
(illegible)
Jacob Hart
William Breathat
Thomas Weston

   The following is a transcription of the names of the Single Freemen which appear on the 1778 Bethel Township, Bedford County tax assessment return, as shown in the image above. It is as accurate as possible. It should be noted that certain of the names are written as surname, then given name, separated by a comma; certain of the names are written as given, then surname. The reason for this is not kown. This return is not included in the published Pennsylvania Archives (1897 Edition, Third Series, Volume XXII). In fact, no returns are included in the published Pennsylvania Archives for the year 1778.

William Weston
Capt. James Waxford
Alexander Hamm
Robort Gray
Joseph Waxford
John Coombs
Jess Coombs
Lucas Sliker
Obidiah Melott
Thomas Mitchel