| The first page of the original 1776 tax assessment return for Bethel Township, within Bedford County, showing the names of Residents is missing. This image includes the names of the Residents, albeit in no alphabetical order, and not including the various categories of acreage and possessions. |
| Note: This image was scanned from a photocopy of the original 1776 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 1776 Bethel 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 144-148). 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.
Please Note: The listing of names of the Residents of Bethel Township shown above in the original document is not in alphabetical order; therefore, the transcription below is not in alphabetical order. The names, as given in the published Pennsylvania Archives, are in alphabetical order.
| Layton, Saml {Laton, Samuel} Layton, William {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Ash, Henry {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Ash, Adim {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Bishop, George Wiphey, John {Wippey, John} Smith, Adim Junr {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Staford, Thomas {Stafford, Tho's} Sougler, Henry {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Hendershot, Jacob {Hendershit, Jacob} Homler, Widow {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} (illegible), John {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Coyl, Christian {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Coyl, Isaih {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} (illegible), John {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Welsh, William {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Wilkins, William {Wilkens, William} Wilkins, Robt {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} (illegible), John {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Mortin, William {Matton, William} Wright, (illegible) {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Ernst, John {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Rush, Jacob {Rush, Jacob J'r} Russell, David {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Campbell, Robert {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} McKiney, Joseph {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} McKiney, John {McKenney, Jn'o} McKiney, James {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Milburn, John {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Money, Jacob {Mooney, Jacob} McKiney, Robt {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Smith, Adim Snr {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Smith, Adim {Smith, Adam} Rush, John Smith, Peter {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Horse, George Sligar, Laurence Man, Andrew Youger, Peter {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Yeats, William {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Rush, Jacob Senior {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Graham, Moses {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Gray, Robt {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Turner, William {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Coul, Abraham {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Hill, John {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Hollinshead, James {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Walker, George {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Morten, Thomas {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Rush, Peter (illegible) Saml {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Brethed, William {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} (illegible), William {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Smith, Manuel {Smith, Emanuel} Smith, Zechariah {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} Latin, Obediah {Laton, Obediah} Latin, (illegible) {not included in the Pennsylvania Archives} |
The following listing of names are the remaining ones recorded in the published Pennsylvania Archives, which are not included in the original papers associated with Bethel Township, Bedford County 1776. It is possible that certain of the names in this listing are the ones which are difficult to decipher in the image above.
| Albright, George Abbot, Benjamin Ainhaint, John Bruin, Henry Bush, Christopher Brathed, John Brown, Jacob Brown, David Bend, John Combe, Edw Combe, Joseph Combe, John Caine, William Clavinger, Abraham Crossen, Thomas John Craymore Covat, Bethual Cares, Abraham Eddy, Gavin Enslow, George Fitzpatrick, Jn'o French, James Fisher, John Graves, Sam'l Gorden, Moses Guthery, John Graham, James Same Gilliland, Philip Same Haulter, And'w Haugh, Henry Hukson, Wm Hoversock, Henry Hoop, George Hill, George Hart, William Same Jenkins, Evan Kinsley, Anthony Linn, Isaac Same Linn, Levi Linn, Addis Lancaster, John Longstreath, Martin Longstreath, Bertholomew Lantz, Christoph Lee, John Lutes, Adam Laton, Asher Lamb, Conrad McCormick, James Mason, John McKain, Jacob Mellott, John Melton, Renhard Melton, John Miller, George Mooney, Barnet Malott, Theodorus Mower, George Mower, John Matton, Edw Newberry, Tho's Nowels, Isiah Oquilian, Dan'l Powel, John Powel, Joseph Pittman Rich'd Peek, George Pillman, Rich'd Rush, Henry Reddick, John Rannels, John Reed, Moses Rush, Henry, J'r Rannels, Francis Sittwell, Elias, Esq'r Sittwell, Obediah Sipes, Henry Shock, Jacob Shingletaker, Jacob Sipes, Charles Shingletaker, Geo Salts, Frederick Shaver, John Smith, John Smith, Emanuel (2) Truax, Jacob Truax, Benjamin Truax, Stilwell Tedeheafer, Christopher Truax, Philip Truac, John Truax, Sam'l Same Wilks, Robert Warford, Henry Warford, Elizabeth Williams, Thomas Walls, Conrad Wilkins, John Walker, John Walkman, Young, Henry Yake, Henry |
