| This image includes the top portion of the fourth page of the original 1774 tax assessment return for Bedford Township, within Bedford County, showing the (Single) Freemen's names and a continuation of Non-Residents' names under the heading of "Uncultivated Lands". |
| Note: This image was scanned from a photocopy of the original 1774 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 (Single) Freemen which appear on the 1774 Bedford 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 59-63). 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 Beatey {James Beaty} John Kellor {John Keller} Adam Croyl {Adam Croyle} John Croyl {John Croyle} (illegible, crossed out) Jacob Fether {Jacob Feather} (illegible, crossed out) James Hues {James Hughs} Wm. Ellot {William Eliot} James Millekn {James Millikin} (illegible, crossed out) (illegible, crossed out) Thos. Kenton {Thomas Kenton} (illegible, crossed out) Thos Smith Esqr {Thomas Smith, Esq'r} Thos Minsey {Thomas Menzies} Wm Maxel {William Mexwell} (illegible, crossed out) Petter Tittes {Peter Titus} (illegible, crossed out) Robt Steward {Robert Stewart} Wm Gollovor {William Gallover} Alexander Willson (illegible) {John Colvin} (illegible) {Nicholas Shuffler} John Slay {John Schley} (illegible) {Samuel Wallis} |
The following is a transcription of the names of the Non-Residents which appear on the 1774 Bedford 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 59-63). 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.
| John Morres Esqr {John Morris, Esq'r} James Hunter Saml. Wallase {Samuel Wallace} Capt. Saml. Finley {Cap't Samuel Finly} Robt. Erwen {Robert Erwin} Ruben Hynds {Reubin Hains} Capt. Robt. Callender {Cap't Robert Callander} |
