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TAX ASSESSMENTS
 1775 Tax Assessment
- Taken from the original assessment records, this is the 1775 tax
assessment
for
Quemahoning Township, which was then a part of Bedford
County. This is an interesting return because it indicates total acres
and
a
breakdown
of
cultivated
and uncultivated land. I have included the assessor's notes because
they
describe
the
location
of uncultivated lands relative to neighbors and landmarks.
- 1776 Tax Assessment
List
- Quemahoning Township was created in 1775 from part of
Brothersvalley
Township and part of Turkeyfoot Township. At that time, these
townships were still in Bedford County, but they were that part of
Bedford
County
west of the Allegheny Mountains which would eventually become
Somerset
County.
This is a
listing
of
persons
taxed for the year 1776.
- 1779 Tax Assessment List
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- 1783 Supply Tax List
- In 1783, an act was passed for a Federal
Supply
Tax
to
provide
relief
to
U.S.
citizens
who had become creditors through
loans
of
money
or
other
public
supplies.
The
list
for
Quemahoning Township was recorded
by
assessor
Daniel
Stoy
for
what
was
then
Bedford
County.
- 1788 Tax Assessment
List
- This listing is taken from the original assessor's report. For
Residents
and
Single
Freeman,
it indicates acres of land owned and whether it was
warranted,
patented,
or
deeded
property.
In
addition to Land and Horse rates assessed and assessment
amounts,
horses
and
cattle
owned
are
given. For Non-residents, I have listed only names and
acreage
owned.
Due
to
space
constraints, fractions of amounts were dropped. Also
due to space constraints, occupations and owners of stills,
mills,
and
tanyards
are
given
in
a
small
table below.
- Bedford County, ss
To Martin Sooter Collector of Quemahoning Township this
present
Year
-
1788. You are hereby required forthwith to inform
the
Parties
mentioned
in
this
Duplicate, of the respective Sums wherewith they are
charged,
and
to
acquaint
them,
that
the
Day
of Appeal is on the twenty third Day of
April
next,
at
Ten
o'Clock on the forenoon at at the House
of
James
Black
in
Said
Township
and where the Party cannot be found, you are to leave Notice
in
Writing
with
some
of
the
Family
or
at the last Place of said Party's Abode, the Sum he or she is
assessed;
and
also
of
the
Day
of
Appeal, at which Day you are to return this Duplicate to us,
with
the
Names
of
such
Person
or
Persons, and of such Estates as shall be concealed or
omitted
in
this
Duplicate,
under
Penalty
of
Fifty Pounds, as the Law directs. Given under our Hands,
this
eleventh
Day
of
March 1788
Thomas Crossen
William Ward, Commissioners.
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| David
Wright
as
Township
Assessor |
Days |
|---|
| Riding to take the
Return | 16 |
| Notifying the
Assistants | 1 |
| Taking the Return to
Bedford | 3 |
| Laying the
Tax | 6 |
| Taking down the
Assessment | 3 |
| Attending the
Appeal | 1 |
| George Kimmel
Assistant | 10 |
| Richard Brown
Assistant | 10 |
| | __ |
| | 50 |
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| Bedford
County:
David
Wright |
Paid |
|---|
To Riding to assess the Township
16
Days
at
7.6/Day |
£
6.0.0 |
To swarning in the Assessors
1 Day at
7.6/Day |
£
0.7.6 |
To laying the Tax
6 Day at
7.6/Day |
£
2.5.0 |
| George Kimmel |
Paid |
|---|
To going to Abraham Cables
to be
Qualified
One
Day
at
7/6/Day |
£
0.7.6 |
March 8th 1788
To laying the
Tax
6 Days at
7.6/Day |
£
2.5.0 |
| Richard Brown Junior |
Paid |
|---|
To laying the Tax
6 Days at
7.6/Day |
£ 2.5.0 |
To going to Bedford
with the
Return | . |
Name | Property
or
Occupation |
| BLACK
James | Tanyard |
| GLESSNER | Sawmill |
| HEIPLE Christian | Still |
| HIGHBARGER
Adam | Weaver |
| KIMMEL Philip | 2
Stills |
| LAYMAN
Benedick | Gristmill |
| LEVISTON
Christian | Still |
| MOWRA
Michael | Still |
- Note: James Black was the sole person in the 1788
Assessment
with
1
Negro
and
1
Servant with 2.5 years of servitude.
- 1788
Back
Tax
List
- Names and acreage for 1788 Back Taxes due for the years
1779-1787.
(If
you
have
an
ancestor for
whom you wish to know the year and amount of back tax,
email me for the
information.)
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