| This image includes the bottom portion of the third page of the original 1774 tax assessment return for Brothers Valley Township, within Bedford County, showing the (Single) Freemen's names "Casper" to "Hicks". In the bottom portion of this image appear the names of two owners of uncultivated land i.e. Non-Residents. |
| Note: This image was scanned from a photocopy of the original 1774 tax assessment for Brothers Valley 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 Brothers Valley 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 77-79). 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.
| Casper Reedick {Casper Geedick} John (illegible) {John Hiter} Matthias Judah {Mathias Judah} William Lee Adam Mong Hugh Robison {Hugh Robeson} Phredrick Messorle {Frederick Meshorel} Phillip Mosora {Philip Moura} Henrey Shidler {Henry Sheder} Casper Shrok George Shomaker {George Shoemaker} John Shaver Christian Winger Samuel Wright Edward Hicks |
The following is a transcription of the names of the owners of uncultivated land i.e. Non-Residents which appear on the 1774 Brothers Valley 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 77-79). 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.
| Samuel Wallace Ditto John Wilkey Frances Cample {Francis Campbell} Ditto Ditto Ephream Blain {Ephraim Blain} Doctr Smith & Co {Doctor Smith & Company} Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto Ditto |
