| This image includes the sixth page of the original 1781 tax assessment return for Bedford Township, within Bedford County, showing the names of Non-Residents "Adams" through "Earnest" and Single Freemen "Croil" through "Fraser". |
| Note: This image was scanned from a photocopy of the original 1781 tax assessment for Bedford 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 Non-Residents which appear on the 1781 Bedford Township, Bedford County tax assessment return, as shown in the image above. It is as accurate as possible. The 1781 tax assessment returns were not included in the published Pennsylvania Archives (1897 Edition, Third Series, Volume XXII ). Note: The title of "Uncultivated Lands continued" was crossed out, but the names do not belong to any previous list of "Residents".
| Elijah Adams John Porter James Gordon Anthony Blackburn William Holliday on Clear field Creek Ditto by Location Dot on fifthers Run Adam Earnest (crossed out) |
The following is a transcription of the names of the Single Freemen which appear on the 1781 Bedford Township, Bedford County tax assessment return, as shown in the image above. It is as accurate as possible. The 1781 tax assessment returns were not included in the published Pennsylvania Archives (1897 Edition, Third Series, Volume XXII ).
| John Croil Adam Croil Frederick Dibert George Koffman Jacob Burget Daniel Croil Charle Croil John Riddle Michael Bowser Jacob Smith John Dunlap Ludwick Swopeland William Cowan William Clark Thomas Blair Joh- -------- Isaac Loan Thomas McGaughey Felix Mc-elon William Beaty Benjamin Fraser |
