| This image includes the third page of the original 1774 tax assessment return for Ayr Township, within Bedford County, showing the Freemen's names. Unfortunately, when it was photocopied, a portion of the image was obliterated. |
| Note: This image was scanned from a photocopy of the original 1774 tax assessment for Ayr 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 Freemen which appear on the 1774 Ayr Township, Bedford County tax assessment return, as shown in the image above. It is as accurate as possible. Certain names are followed by a name in brackets { }. These are included in order to show how the names are spelled in the published Pennsylvania Archives (1897 Edition, Third Series, Volume XXII, Pages 57-59). Apparently, the compilers of the published Pennsylvania Archives decided that the names should be spelled the way they thought proper, rather than how the tax assessors and/or collectors actually spelled them.
| James (illegible) (crossed out) John David Robert Gibson (crossed out) Nethanel Homer {Nathaniel Hammell} Wiliam Lemon Joseph Willson {Joseph Wilson} James Rankin Abdnego (illegible) (crossed out) Jacob Rearsner {Jacob Castnor} (illegible crossed out) James McKin--- {James McKinley} William Alex---- {William Alexander} William Moo--- {William Morrow} John Henderso- {John Anderson} Henery Case {Henry Case} Gustavis Bello- {Gustavus Bellow} (illegible) John (crossed out) Alexander Query {Alexander Querry} John McClelland {John McClalland} |
The following is a transcription of the names of the owners of uncultivated land i.e. Non-Residents which appear on the 1774 Ayr Township, Bedford County tax assessment return within the listings of Residents and then are crossed out and noted as uncultivated. It is as accurate as possible. Certain names are followed by a name in brackets { }. These are included in order to show how the names are spelled in the published Pennsylvania Archives (1897 Edition, Third Series, Volume XXII, Pages 57-59). Apparently, the compilers of the published Pennsylvania Archives decided that the names should be spelled the way they thought proper, rather than how the tax assessors and/or collectors actually spelled them.
| (illegible) John (crossed out) {John McCanna} Smith, William (crossed out) |
