Tax Lists: Road Tax Duplicate, 1918-19: Greenwich Twp, Berks Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Dr. Brendan D. Strasser. bdsckt@enter.net USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ Road Tax Duplicate Greenwich Township, Berks County, Pa. Circa 1918-1919 This Road Tax Duplicate book, recorded by hand in a small leather-bound volume originally bought at the store of J. Geo. Hintz, Stationer, Reading, Pa., was purchased at the Fogelsville Auction Center (Ralph Zettlemoyer, auctioneer) in November 1997. It was part of a Kutz estate from the Kutztown, Pa., area. The record is divided into three sections--Residents, Non-Residents, and Tenants--each listed alphabetically on the left-hand side of the page. On the right-hand side of the page, which I have not reproduced here, is the valuation of each individual's property and the tax amount due. The tax seems to have been a consistent 0.008 percent of valuation. I will gladly provide this information; please inquire by e-mail. The tax collectors for Greenwich Township during this time, William M. Wagaman (May - September 1918) and/or William P. Kutz (May - December 1919), used a system of symbols, including "#," "X," and "Paid," to indicate the status of each person's tax payment, and totaled each page at the bottom. Below is a copy of the tax rolls. The handwriting is generally clear; I have placed a question mark directly after any element (surname, first name, or middle initial) of which I am uncertain. In the front of the book, preceding the entries, is the following tally: Amount of Duplicate Residents 3881.55 1136.41 Tenants 285.38 Total $5303.34 (crossed out, replaced by $5356.45) Interestingly, it seems that the total collected tax came to more than that recorded in this volume's entries. Furthermore, the receipt totals in the rear of the book indicate that Harvey J. Kunkel, Treasurer, received a total of $5,026.37, still a third total, from Kutz and Wagaman for 1918. Beyond this tally are the tax rolls, as follow. Dr. Brendan D. Strasser 23 November 1997 ---------- Residents Arndt, Robert H. Arndt, Charles Adam, Alfred Altenderfer, Harvey P. Arndt, Daniel Adam, Peter G. Adam, Henry G. Adam, Frank G. Adam, Ephraim Altenderfer, Jonas T. Arndt, Jonas Arndt, Daniel Baver, Elias F. Bailey, Samuel Baver, William J. Behler, Lewis Est. Berger, Samuel [Saniel?] Baver, Alfred Baver, Wilson Balthaser, John F. Berk, Cyrus Buck, Geo. E. Est. Baver, John B. Bailey, Daniel W. Bethel Zion's Church Bausher, Amanda S. (Mrs. Wm.) Bennecoff, William Est. Brunner, Rosabella Buck, Alvin F. Christ, Chester D. Dietrich, Chas. L. Dietrich, Alfred Est. Dietrich, John D. Dietrich, Irwin E. Dietrich, Edgar S. Dietrich, Augustus Dietrich, Chas. E. Dietrich, Mary S. (Mrs. Wilson) Dreibelbis, P. K. Dr. Dreibelbis, Harry M. Dietrich, James H. Est. Dietrich, Thomas A. Derr, Henry L. Dunkel's Church Dietrich, Perry D. Dietrich, Anson W. Emove?, William H. Frey, John Est. c/o John S. Miller Frey, John J. Frey, John M. Fister, Peter D. Frey, William Fister, David D. Fister, Anson A. Fister, Mary Ann (Mrs. Jacob) Folk, William Frauenfelder, Daniel J. Greenawalt, Wm. W. F. George, Willoughby D. Grim, William A. Grim, Charles L. Grim, Charles F. George, Jona. B. Gruber, Joel S. Gruber, Adam S. Greenawald, Alice (Mrs. Jona.) Grim, Jona. H. George, Alfred B. Grim, Martin Greenawalt, Henry Gehringer, Amandus Gansinger, Percival Grim, Sylvester A. George, Mantana (Mrs. Chas.) George, Elmer B. George, Oscar G. & Walter J. Gressly, Esther (Mrs. Oscar) Herber, Wellington S. Henry, Ellen J. E. Henry, Matilda Heckman, Elias Herman, Lucy Herring, Jesse A. L. Heffner, Samuel S. Hummel, James & Levi Herring, William V.? Herring, Addison L. Heinly, Enoch J. Heffner, Jarius? S. Heinly, Emma (Mrs. James S.) Hobbler, John J. Paid? H. P. Krui--? Heffner, George Ihrie?, John A. Kamp, Lizzie A. Kerchner, Mahlon L. Krick, Aaron Est. Kunkel, A. D. Kohler, John D. Kline, Samuel Kline, Seth Kutz, Isaac U. Kershner, Emma Kerchner, William G. Krick, Elias Kroninger, Elmer T. Kunkel, Harvey J. [written over "Harry"] Kramer, Frank D. Kohler, John M. Kutz, Geo. M. Kohler, Peter A. Kutz, William P. Kistler, Richard E. Kayser, William G. Kunkel, Lewis W. Kroninger, Arthur F. Kistler, Herbert C. Krum, Wilson P. Leiby, Willoughby Lutz, Mahlon Leiby, Richard Leiby, Charles S. Leibensperger, Frank D. Levan, Clayton F. Leiby, Charles A. Levan, Benj. J. Lesher, Aug. A. Loeb, Ezra Est. Lesher, Frank W. Lenhart, Wm. H. Merkel, Mahlon T. Miller, Oscar E. Miller, Owen Meitzler, Llewellyn D. Merkle, Daniel Miller, Albert Matthias, Zacharias Miller, Solomon T. Merkel, Oscar D. Mengel, Calvin S. Miller, John S. Est. (Anna c/o John S. Est.) Moyer, William L. Miller, Samuel J. Miller, Elias S. Merkel, Wilson W. Matthias, Jacob K. Mohn, Samuel H. Muthardt?, Oscar Roth, Mary A. Rothermel, Charles P. Reimert, Milton D. Reinhart, Washington B. Riegel, William Roth, Jeremiah F. Snyder, Phaon Stump, Walter A. Seip, Noah B. Stoudt, Bartoletto E. Stump, Henry K. Spohn, William O. Stein, George S. Schlenker, Elmer M. Stump, Fred. A. Stump, Clarence G. Stiller, Peter J. Seip, George M. Smith, Alexander Schlier, William Seidel, John Seidel, Samuel J. Schlenker, Peter W. J. Sunday, William D. Schlenker, Harvey E. Smith, Harvey M. Smith, Jona. B. Schlenker, Jona. B. Schlenker, Chas. M. Schlenker, Stephen Schlenker, Annie (Mrs. Chester) Sittler, Charlotte Schucker, Morris Stein, Henry Est. Seip, Luther I. Stump, Robert C. Tyson, Joseph Wink, John A. Wessner, Tilghman Wiltrout, Frank E. Wittenspender Bros. Wentzel, Abraham Wessner, Penrose Wink, Edwin T. Weida, Geo. W. Wagaman, Wm. M. Young, Nora (Mrs. George) Zettelmoyer, William Zettelmoyer, George A. Zettelmoyer, William Non Residents Brobst, George Baver, Samuel Berk, Willoughby Dietrich, Jacob H. Dietrich, Wilson D. Deisher, Henry K. Dunkelberger, N. Z. Dr. Dietrich, Joel D. Daly, John J. Dietrich, Susanna Dumm, Harry J. Fink, Alfred & William Frauenfelder, Adam W. Fegely, Henry Est. Fenstermacher, John D. Est. Globe Milling Red. Co. (J. T.? Fochs?) Gonser, John Grim, Emma & Annie Greenawalt, Joshua Guldin, Mahlon Hartman, Ottis Heffner, Joel S. Henry, Joseph Hepner, Joseph S. Hottenstein, Austin C. L. Dr. Herman, Geo. C. Hoch, George Hottenstein, Edward Hottenstein, Chas. A. Dr. Hein, Oliver Hein, Lovina (Mrs. Oliver) Heffner, Robert W. Heffner, Robert & Mary Iaeger, William Est. Kutz, Sarah (Mrs. Albert) Kramer, Thomas Kershner, William Kutz, Wm. S. Est. c/o Wilson B. Kutz, David D. Kroninger, Noah Kohler, William F. Kroninger, Howard & Bortz, John Kroninger, Howard P. Lenhart, Solomon H. Est. Lenhart, Wilson I. Levan, Dan. K. Est. Levan, William B. Levan, Jacob B. Leibensperger, Daniel A. Levan, Alvin Mosser, Elias Mohn, Samuel Jr. Miller, Joel W. Miller, John Est. Marx & Co. Merkel, Catharine W. Neumoyer, Isaac Ruff, Geo. W. Rhode, Cyrus J. Rhode, John W. Rabenhold, Walter M. Rhode, C. J. & John W. Rhode, John W. Sterner & Bro. Sell, Oscar O.? Smith, Sam. M. Seidel, William F. Snyder, Amandus Smith, Sarah (Mrs. Sam) Siegfried, Jacob Est. Siegfried, Edwin H. Schaeffer, James Schuylkill & Lehigh Co. / Chas. E. Dilkes Jr. Tax Agent Seidel, Stephen Schwoyer, John A. Spang, Jacob K. Mrs. Smith, David W. In the name Mrs. Emma E.? Fritch, 831 Huffert St., Fountain Hill, P. Stein, Isaac B. Seip, John B. Sunday, Joel D. Stettler, Ambrose A. Smith, Samuel B. Mrs. Treichler, James Wisser, Andrew Wink, Geo. F. Yoder, Martha A. Mrs. Zimmerman, Nathan Tenants Adam, Charles W. Adam, Herbert E. Altenderfer, John Adam, Solomon W. Arndt, Victor J. Arndt, Milton H. Arndt, Raymond B. Angstadt, Geo. W. Bausher, Daniel Baver, Leon T. Berger, Morris E. Berger, Francis I. Bieber, Calvin S. Baver, Anson S. Baver, Percy A. Burkert, Elias Buck, George R. Baver, Edward R. Bausher, William A. Bailey, Charles H. Brunner, Stanley A. Dr. Brunner, William N. Bailey, Thomas Bieber, Harry F. Buss, Clinton Behler, Geo. C. Christ, Jacob F. Christman, William A. Dry, Charles G. Dietrich, John E. Dunkel, Charles Dietrich, Mahlon J. Dietrich, Elmer C. DeLong, George A. Dietrich, Edward C. Dries, Arvin L. Dietrich, Calvin J. Dunkel, George W. Derr, Ulysses F. Dietrich, Calvin A. Fenstermacher, Charles Folk, Charles A. Freed, Henry M. Fister, Harvey D. Fister, Charles E. Fisher, Charles S. George, Calvin J. Guldner, Phaon A. Gruber, Samuel G. Greenawald, Jona. E. Grim, Cleveland M. Gansinger, Charles F. Galmeyer?, John F. [Galsinger?] George, Vincent R. George, Howard A. George, Benneville D. Greenawald, Herbert G. Gruber, Harry A. Gruber, Morgan Gruber, Edwin T. Gressly, Oscar George, Charles H. Gruber, Victor G. Heffner, Lewis Heffner, Kirby W. Hobbler, John J. Heberly, Sylvanus F. Hummel, Calvin J. Heinly, James E.? Heinly, George S. Heffner, Aaron J. Herber, George E. Herber, Wilson C. Heinly, James S. Hartman, Monroe Heckman, Raymen Heckman, Morris R. Heckman, Charles E. Johnson, Gilbert Kunkel, Bert G. Kramer, Alfred M. Krick, Samuel Kohler, John F. Kline, Solen E. Kline, Alvin J. Kramer, George R. Kerchner, Edwin E. Kerchner, Gottlieb Kershner, Samuel I. Kershner, Geo. W. Kershner, Harry I.? Kerchner, Harvey T. Kunkel, Benjamin Kutz, Pius Kerchner, Henry G. Kerchner, Frank S. Kroninger, Richard A. Kroninger, George A. Kramer, Milton J.? Kramer, Walter W. Kline, Charles P. Kershner, Phaen C. Kramer, John J. Levan, John W. Leibensperger, Chas. B. Lesher, Ira E. Leibensperger, Cyrus J. Leibensperger, George F. Leibensperger, Oscar J. Levan, Irwin R. Leiby, William M. Leibensperger, George Miller, Victor I. Mengel, Daniel O. Miller, Harvey J. Merkel, Henry C. Merkel, Ralph H. Matthias, Harvey Miller, Harvey R. Merkel, Harvey A. Miller, Herbert F. Miller, Charles E. Nunnemacher, Alvin H. Oboyle, Irwin F. Phillips, Harry F. Peter, Elwood W. Rhode, Willoughby Reidenauer, James H. Reimert, Geo. J. Ramer, John Rabenhold, Henry A. Roth, Mahlon J. Reimert, Eugene Roth, William Rahn, Byron J. Snyder, Howard J. Schlenker, Bartoletto O. Seip, Daniel W. Snyder, Thomas E. Shaner, George Schlier, George A. Snyder, William E. Sunday, Preston R. Sunday, John D. Schlenker, Chas. A. Schlenker, Robert V. Schlenker, James S. Seip, Titus S. Schucker, Oscar M. Schucker, William F. Schucker, Geo. F. Seidel, Jacob K. Schappell, Milton Sunday, Walter R. Sterner, Sarah Mrs. Sproesser, Alvin W. Richmond Twp. Strasser, Daniel Stump, Milton E. Stump, Anson S. Snyder, James A. Seidel, Robert H. Slegel, Percy L. Schlenker, Floyd C. Snyder, Richard P. Schlenker, Chester H. Shaller, George Tyson, Chester D. Tyson, Austin Wink, Victor C. Wessner, Edward Wentzel, Charles Wiltrout, Elmer J. Wagaman, John M. Weida, George C. Wolfinger, Chas. A. Wisser, Frank R. Wisser, Herbert F. Weida, Max J. Wessner, Jona. W. Wolfinger, Jeremiah Wagaman, Frank W. Wolfinger, Harvey E.? Young, George W. Zettelmoyer, Harvey Zettelmoyer, Joel Zettelmoyer, Lewis Zettelmoyer, Irwin Zettelmoyer, David Zettelmoyer, Fred ---------- [written receipts in rear of book] Grimville, Pa. May 30-- 1918 Received of William M. Wagaman, Tax Collector of Greenwich Township, the sum of One Thousand Two Hundred and thirty Dollars and sixty-eight cents. ($1230.68) as part payment on Road Tax Duplicate for 1918. [signed] Harvey J. Kunkel Treasurer ---------- Krumsville, Pa. July 6-- 1918 Received of William M. Wagaman, Tax Collector of Greenwich Township, the sum of Two Thousand eight hundred thirty-two and eighty-seven one hundredth Dollars as payment on Road Tax Duplicate for 1918. ($2832.87/100) [signed] Harvey J. Kunkel Treasurer ---------- Grimville, Pa. Sept. 7-- 1918 Received of William M. Wagaman, Collector, the sum of ninety-seven Dollars and sixty-six cents as payment on Duplicate for the year 1918, on Road Tax. Treasurer [signed] Harvey J. Kunkel Treas. ---------- Kutztown, Pa. May 28 1919 Received of William P. Kutz coll. from Greenwich Twp. the Sum of Six Hundred Dollars $600.00/100 as part Payment on Road Tax of Duplicate for 1918. [signed] Harvey J. Kunkel Treas. ---------- Kutztown, Pa. Dec. 1 1919 Rec'd. of Wm. P. Kutz coll. from Greenwich Twp. the Sum of Thirteen and 71/100 Do. in full Payment of Road Board Tax of Duplicated for 1918. [signed] Harvey J. Kunkel Treas. ---------- Greenwich, Pa. Dec. 19-- 1919 Received of William P. Kutz Collector the sum of Two Hundred forty-nine and 45/100 Dollars as Tax in full to Duplicate. [signed] Harvey J. Kunkel Treasurer ----------