Taxlists: Middletown Township Mills 1802-1842: Delaware Co, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Leslie Potter. lbp@axs2000.net USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: Printing this file within 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. ____________________________________________________ Middletown Township Mills Recorded in selected Delaware County Real Estate Tax Dockets Year Name of Owner Type of Mill Assesment 1802 Seth Levis & Paper Mill 1500 Edward Lewis) Grist Mill 600 (Media Water works Saw Mill 100 40 A Nathan Sharpless Grist Mill 1000 (William Pennell's mill Saw Mill 200 at Glen Riddle) 15 A Edward Woodward Saw Mill 250 (Ridley Creek at the foot 150A Fox Road) John Worrall Saw Mill 100 (Rocky Run on 250 A I. C. Evans' farm at Forge & Old Forge Road) Nathan Yearsley Grist Mill 150 (Rocky Run - Old 30 A Forge and Yearsley Mill Roads) =============================================== 1805 John Hill Saw Mill 40 (Rocky Run - now 230 A Fair Acres property) Levis & Lewis Paper Mill 1500 (Media Water Works) Grist Mill 500 Saw Mill 150 40 A Abraham & Joseph Pennell Saw Mill 100 (Rocky Run - property 280 A now owned by Wawa Dairy) Nathan Sharpless Grist Mill 1000 (William Pennell's mills Saw Mill 275 at Glen Riddle Road) 15 A Jonathan Tyson 27 A Elijah Tyson Saw Mill 250 (Chester Creek at 250 A Knowlton Road) [Ashmead, H., History of Delaware County at page 620] hiers of Edward Woodward Saw Mill 250 (Ridley Creek at the 145 A foot of Fox Road) Patrick Mulvany 4 A Nathan Yearsley Grist Mill 1000 (Rocky Run at Old 30 A Forge and Yearsleys Mill Road) =============================================== 1814 Joseph Dobson Saw Mill 100 (Knowlton Mill on 8 A Chester Creek at Knowlton Road Levis & Lewis Paper Mill 7000 (Ridley Creek at Grist Mill 3000 Media Water works) Saw Mill 300 40 A Patrick Mulvaney Stone Mill 6000 (Ridley Creek at the Saw Mill 500 foot of Fox Road) 4A Delco Deed Bk L 237 Woodward to Mulvaney [1813] Abraham & Joseph Saw Mill 300 Pennell 260 A (Rocky Run - the property is now owned by Wawa Dairy) Nathan Sharpless Grist Mill 5500 (Willilam Pennell's mills Saw Mill 500 at Glen Riddle & Pennell Roads) 12 A Nathan Yearsley Grist Mill 5000 (Rocky Run at Old Forge 30 A and Yearsley's Mill Rd) =================================================== 1823 John Carter Stone furnace 400 (Knowlton Mills at Frame Copper Mill Chester Creek & House 400 Knowlton Road) 8 A Edward Lewis Stone Grist Mill 1000 (Media Water works Stone & Frame Paper Mill 3000 Ridley Creek) Saw Mill 500 40 A Jesse Grissell Stone Fulling Mill 500 (Gastor Tract) 33 A Henry Moore House Rail Factory 2000 (Old Sable Forge on 18 Acres of land Chester Creek, Lenni area. Later occupied by Richard Smith. [Wallace, A., Rockdale at page 78 and Ashmead, H., History of Delaware County, at pages 621 & 622] Abraham & Joseph Saw Mill 100 Pennell 260 A (Rocky Run on Wawa's property) James Ronaldson Stone Cotton Factory 1500 (Ridley Creek at the Saw Mill 50 foot of Fox Road) Stone building - 3 Stories 1500 4 A Sharples, Hatton & Hastings Stone & Frame Cotton Factory (Chester Creek at Weaver & machine maker Shop 3500 Glen Riddle Road Saw Mill 50 site of Wm Pennell's Mill) 15 A [Wallace, A., Rockdale at page 152] Nathan Yearsley Stone Grist Mill 2000 (Rocky Run at Old 100 A Forge & Yearleys Mill Roads) ============================================== 1829 Jesse Grissell Stone Woollen Mill farmer dectuct ________ (Gastor tract) 33 A Jesse Grissell & Brick house P. Johnson 100 acres of Land (Gastor Tract) James Holden & Frame mill house & 6000 Wm Linn mill seat 12 A Peter & George Stone Mill House 500 Hill 45 A (Chester Creek in the Lenni area) Kershaw, Dean & Stone and frame 6000 Hills manufacturers factory house and (tenants of Edward mill seat Darlington at Knowlton 16 A Mills on Ridley Creek) Edward Lewis Stone Grist Mill 500 (Ridley Creek at Media Frame Paper Mill 4000 Water Works ) Ralph March, Guardain Stone Grist Mill 2000 for Yearsley Estate 100 A (Rocky Run at Old Forge and Yearsley Mill Roads) Abraham Pennell Saw Mill 400 (Rocky Run - on Wawa 260 A property) Enos Painter Frame Clover Mill 300 (Dismal Run - now owned Saw Mill 50 by Tyler Arboretum) 150 A James Ronaldson 1 Stone Manufacturing 6000 (Ridley Creek at the foot 1 Stone Shop 150 Fox Road.) 1 Saw Mill 25 4 A ================================================ 1835 Robert Beatty Blade Mill 1000 (Knowlton Mills 2 Saw Mills 1000 Ridley Creek at 8 A Knowlton Road) [Robert Beatty bought the mill from Edward Darlington in 1832. The mill burned in 1834. In 1835, Beatty sold to Crozer and Crozer built a new mill on that site. Ashmead, H., History of Delaware County, 1886. Anthony Wallace says that he was a tenant only . (See Rockdale at page 232)] George W. Hill Stone store house 250 (Chester Creek from Manufactory 5000 Lenni Rd. to Pennell Stone Weaver Mill 3000 Road.) Stone and Frame machine Shop 150 [Wallace, A., Rockdale Stone drying house 100 at page 91.] frame smith 30 multi family dwellings for 13 families 56 A George W. Hill, Agent Stone Factory 4000 for Hannah Hill 4 double stone houses 400 (Chester Creek from Stone house for 6 families 225 Lenni Road to Pennell 108 A Road.) [Wallace, A., Rockdale at page 91] Edward Lewis Stone and Frame (Ridley Creek at Grist & Paper Mill 2500 Media water works) Saw Mill 150 40 A Abraham Pennell Saw Mill 300 (Rocky Run - now 258 A owned by Wawa) Enos Painter Clover Mill & Saw Mill 300 (Dismal Run - now owned 150 A Tyler Arboretum) James Ronaldson - Stone Factory 3500 Hugh Groves Stone Mill house not used 100 (On Ridley Creek at 2 Stone shops 100 the foot of Fox Road) 3 1/2 A [Ronaldson sell to Hugh Groves in 1835] Richard Smith Stone factory 2000 (Chester Creek in 1 stone block ( 4 families) 200 Lenni. Formerly 1 frame block (2 families) 100 Old Sable Forge owned 1 stone smith shop 50 by Henry Moore 15 A Yearsley Estate & Stone Grist Mill 1500 Nicholas Newlin 100 A (Rocky Run at Old Forge and Yearleys Mill Roads.) ================================================= 1838 John P Crozer Frame Cotton Factory 3000 (Chester Creek at edge tool factory 1000 Knowlton Rd.) stone house for 6 families 300 Mill was washed away lumber house 40 in the 1843 flood. Jesse Grissell Old Stone Mill 25 (Gastor Tract) 53 A Jesse Grissell & Brick house Joseph Dutton 80 A (Gastor Tract) Hugh Groves Stone Cotton Factory 5000 (Ridley Creek at the Stone Dwelling for 5 families 300 foot of Fox Road.) Stone Dwelling for 2 familied 150 Stone & frame Dwelling for 2 families 150 Stone & Frame shop 50 Frame Houses 50 George W. Hill Stone cotton factory 6000 (Chester Creek, from Lenni Stone Cotton Factory 4000 Road to Pennell Road Stone House six families 300 including Wm. Pennell's Stone house for 5 families 250 Mills.) Stone house for 2 families 50 [Wallace, A., Rockdale Frame House for 2 families 100 at page 91] Frame House for 3 families 150 Stone house for 2 families 75 Stone house & dwelling 400 Machine Shop 150 60 A George W. Hill, Agent Stone Cotton factory 5000 for Hannah Hill Stone house for 5 families 400 (Chester Creek from Lenni Stone house for 2 families 150 Road to Pennell Road) Stone house for 2 families 150 [Wallace, A., Rockdale at Stone house for 2 families 150 page 91 & 100] Stone house for 2 families 150 Stone house for 6 families 300 frame smith shop & stable 100 108 A Joseph Heacock turning mill 50 95 A Edward Lewis Stone & Frame Grist & 3600 (Ridley Creek at Paper Mill Media Water works) Sawmill 400 100 A Abraham & Saw Mill 400 Joseph Pennell 130 A (Rocky Run - property now owned by Wawa.) Enos Painter Clover & Saw Mill 1000 (Dismal Run - property now owned by Tyler 150 A Arboretum) Humphrey Yearsley Stone Grist Mill 2000 (Rocky Run at Old Forge 100 A Yearsley's Mill Road.) =============================================== 1842 John P. Crozer Stone Factory 7000 (Chester Creek at frame weaver mill 1000 Knowlton Road) house 100 house for 6 families 240 8 A Jesse Grissell Blade Mill 300 (Gastor Tract) 58 A Jesse Grissell & Brick House William Baker Stone & frame barn (Gastor Tract) Stone Springhouse 75 A George W. Hill Stone Factory 4000 Agent for Hannah Stone drying house 50 Hill & Samuel Riddle Stone Size house 50 (Chester Creek at Stone house for 2 families 125 Pennell Road) Stone house for 2 families 125 Stone house for 2 families 125 Stone house for 5 families 350 Log house 25 frame house 15 60 A George Hill, agent Stone tenement for 8 Families 240 Hannah Hill & Stone tenement for 1 family 50 Daniel Lamott Stone tenement for 6 Families 180 (Chester Creek at frame smith shop 10 Parkmount Rd) 14 A Edward Lewis Stone Grist & Paper Mill 3000 (Ridley Creek at 100 A Balitmore Pike) Eli D. Peirce & Son NR Stone Factory 7500 Stone Weave Mill 5000 Stone House for 6 families 260 Stone House for 5 families 225 frame house & Kitchen 100 Stone drying house 80 Frame Machine shop 100 frame Smith Shop 20 frame office 70 15 A Enos & Minshall Painter Clover & Saw Mill 800 (Dismal Run - property now 150 A owned by Tyler Arboretum) Joseph Pennell Saw Mill 200 (Rocky Run - Wawa now 120 A owns the property) James Ronaldson Stone Factory 4000 (Ridley Creek at the foot Stone Tenement 125 Fox Road. It was sold to Stone Tenement 100 Bancroft. Bancroft sold to Frame Tenement 100 Fox. Mill Burned in 1870) Frame Tenement 50 [Ashmeand, H., History of 3 1/2 A Delaware County.]