1780 Turkeyfoot Township

Tax Assessment ~ Part 5

 

This image includes the top of the third page of the original 1780 tax assessment return for Turkeyfoot Township, within Bedford County, showing the names of Residents "Skinner" to "Young" and the names of Single Freemen "Smith" to "Abrams". The notation at the head of this return states that the residents named include those residing in both Turkeyfoot and Milford Townships. Milford Township was formed out of Turkeyfoot in the year 1780.

 

Note: This image was scanned from a photocopy of the original 1780 tax assessment for Turkeyfoot 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 1780 Turkeyfoot Township, Bedford County tax assessment return, as shown in the image above. It is as accurate as possible. The 1780 tax assessment returns were not included in the published Pennsylvania Archives (1897 Edition, Third Series, Volume XXII ).

Nathl Skinner
George Shaver
Reuben Skinner
John Skinner
Saml Skinner
James Spencer
John Shoof
George -------
Konrad -------
Fredric Vandrew
David Werk
James W------
Michael Walter
Fredric Wimer
John Wimer
John White
James Walker
Thomas Whit---
Lodovic Young

   The following is a transcription of the names of the Single Freemen which appear on the 1780 Turkeyfoot Township, Bedford County tax assessment return, as shown in the image above. It is as accurate as possible. The 1780 tax assessment returns were not included in the published Pennsylvania Archives (1897 Edition, Third Series, Volume XXII ).

John Smith
John Allerton Junr
George Cook Junr
James Mitchel
John Greathouse
James Conner
James Porter
Peter Grese
Jos. Elexander
William Antibus
Abrams Henry