TAXLIST: Pitt Township Rates, 1773 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by David Zimmerman on May 12, 2007, 5:58 pm Copyright 2007. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/bedford/ ____________________________________________________________ Pitt Township Rates - 1773 To Mr William Elliott Bedford County ss To Mr William Elliott Collector of Pitt Township You are hereby required under the penalties contain- ed in the several Acts of the General Assembly of the Province to demand of the several persons in this your assessed the several Sums to their names respectively annexed in ready money or Bills of Credit You shall likewise give notice thro your Township either personally or in writing left at their respective houses that a Court of Appeal will be held at the house of John Nicholls in Mount Pleasant on the Twenty Seventh day of March next ----------- that if any person or persons shall think him or them selves agrieved or over rated in this Your Duplicate they may there be heard You shall also on the said day of Appeal return to us the names of such persons and value of such estates in your Township not assessed in this Duplicate omitted concealed undervalued given under our hand and Seal the Tenth day of February Anno Domini 1773 -------- John Stephenson J (?) Piper Comr. Names Bousman, Jacob Royle, James Butler, Richard Reed, James Butler, Richard Ramage, Willm Do William Royans, James Cavet, John Rollester, Peter Cavet, James Robeson, Andrew Cunningham, Willm Myers, Eleazer Croghan, George Esq. Sample, Robert Christy, William Sampson, John Campbell, John Sly, George Coll(onel): Bird Smith, Devereuse Elliot, William Sample, Samuel Erwin, Joseph Spear, Joseph Ferry, Mary Small, John Gibson, Thomas Teigard, William Gibson, Elizabeth Thompson, Wm Esq. Heth, Samuel Rhinehart, Andrew Lyon, Thomas Windmiller, Conrad Lyon, William Windbiddle, Conrad McShinny, Robert * Whitesell, Philip McCallister, John Myers, James Uncultivated Land McDonnal, John John Barr McBride, Thomas Benjamin Tate McGinnis, Chas James Brevaso McCartney, Peter Doctor Smith McLean, Laughlin Devereux Smith Mahay, Enias John Ormsby Martin, William John Thomas McCarnish, Thos Michael Byerly Ormsby, John Samuel Elliot Powell, William Proprietaries Plumer, Jonathon Inmates Freemen George Carr Hugh O Hara William Carr John Thousman Alexander Baggs Alexander Ross Jacob Devilpiss Alexander Steel George Felps Jacob Windmiller Abraham Slover George Croghan Charles Bruce George Carr John Crawford Richard Butler William Owens William Butler Christian Tub William Martin James Rice John Sampson Henry Bites Moses Coe Charles Smith William Edwards Joseph Clossings John Thompson Abraham Powers Davis Cutsloe Jacob Rybold Transcriber's notes: * Original document indicated name of Henry, which was crossed out and McShinny inserted. Additional Comments: Notes: Pitt township was part of Bedford County in 1773. During the period 1773 until 1788, it was part of Westmoreland County. This tax list was transcribed from a photocopy provided by the Darlington Library, University of Pittsburgh. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb