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HTML Table of Contents may be found at http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/northampton/davistoc.htm _______________________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA. ††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† 275 SUPPLEMENT A list of the members, of a company of volunteers from Northampton county, who fought in the battles of Long Island, and Fort Wayne by Captain Rundio, and in which GENERAL ROBERT BROWN Was then a First Lieutenant, has been received too late for insertion in its appropriate place. There are also some other interesting papers in relation to the company; for all of which we are indebted to the courtesy of Hon. Charles Brodhead, of Bethlehem. They are here reproduced, together with Mr. Brodhead's letter of transmittal and explanation: BETHLEHEM Pa., March 26th, 1877 I have finally succeeded in finding the old roll of Captain Rundio's Company of Flying Camp, which was in the American army at Long Island, as a part of the proportion of Northampton county. The papers are the property of Mrs. William Brown, late of Bethlehem, who is a daughter-in-law of General Robert Brown, who was First Lieutenant in the company, his commission bearing date September 10th, 1776, 1 also copy two other papers, which I think have never, heretofore, been published. A LIST OF CAPTAIN RUNDIO'S COMPANY Robert McFerren William Young Philip Curwin Jacob Holser Samuel Jones Samuel McFadden Adam Sly Daniel Murray John Handelong Samuel Been Pharo McGee Conrad Waltman Jacob C.- (illegible) Michael - (illegible) George Marsh Melchoir - (illegible) John Hunter George Beeclign Jacob Warner John France Jacob Hance Jacob Nyhart Michael Longbrich John Galloway Isaac Shimer John McGee Robert Miller James Grim Benjamin Swartwood Patrick White Peter Zink Conrad Becker John Boyd John Dell John Christian Jacob Moritz John Diffenderfer Ned Lafferty Michael Clase Ludovick Moser Jacob Strole Peter Longberich William Weals A list of those that died in their imprisonment in New York, 1776: December, 1776 John Christian, December 25th Jacob Moritz, 28th John Differderfer, 29th Benjamin Swartwood, 3d of January Ned Lafferty, 4th do. John Dull, 4th do. Pharo McGee, 9th do. Jacob Warner, 9th, do. John Handelong, 11th, do Isaac Shimer, 14th do. (Signed) JOHN MCDOAWL, Ensign, 3Oth, Endorsed: A list of Captain Rundio's Company, by Andrew Boyd. In too same frame is inserted Lieutenant Browns parole, given to the British General, Clinton. It appears to have been given on shipboard. (Literatim et verbatim) We wose names are hereunder written do pledge our faith & Honour to Genl Clinton that, wee will depart from ye house wee are plaised in by the Commisary of Prisoners; nor go beyond the Bounds Prescribed by him, and farther that wee will not do or say anything Contrary, to, the Interest of his Majesty or his Government. ROBERT BROWN On Board of ye Ship Judith, Decem'r 10, 1777, And Yet another interesting paper: November 15th, 1776. General Howe sent a flag demanding surrender of Fort Washington, or all to be put to the sword-an answer to be returned in two hours. Colonel McGaw, commanding on the Island, having called the Field Officers together, a Council was held, and it was unanimously agreed to return for answer that we were determined a hold the Fort to the last, extremity, and to rely on General Howe's usual clemency in being put to the sword. November l6th. An attack having began early in the morning, continued until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, whom the Hessians, being in possession of the hill on the north, the British, Scotch, and Hessians on the east and south, General Howe sent a second flag, with the following summons. The Commander-in-Chief demands an immediate and categorical answer to his second summons of Fort Washington. The garrison must immediately surrender prisoners of war, and give up all their arms, ammunitions, and stores, of every kind, and send two Field Officers to these quarters, as hostages. In so doing, the General is pleased to allow the garrison to keep possession of their baggage, and the officers, to have their swords. Agreed to: J. PATTERSON, Adjutant General; ROBERT MCGAW, Colonel Of the Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion, Commanding at Fort Washington. SOUTH BETHLEHEM It is proper to say here, that, since the printing of the history of South Bethlehem has been finished, we have ascertained that the first survey of South Bethlehem, made for the purpose of locating and naming streets, was made by an engineer in the employ of Hon. Charles Brodhead; and thus it is to him that the credit is due of being the originator and founder of the town. AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF THE COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1850 Cash value of Farms, $2,535,975 Cash Value of Farming Implements and Machinery 82,267 Value of Live Stock, 200,462 Value of Animal Slaughtered 42,180 Value of Orchard Products 3,532 Value of Produced of Market Gardens 1,200 __________ __________ Number of Acres of Land Improved, 30,059 Number of Acres of Land Unimproved (in Farms) 7,123 Number of Horses, 1,639 Mules 4 Milch Cows 2,021 Working Oxen ----- Other Cattle 1,379 Sheep 1,501 Swine 5,483 Number of Bushels of Wheat 105,147 Number of Bushels of Rye 70,596 Number of Bushels of Indian Corn 136,668 Number of Bushels of Oats 46,930 Number of Bushels of Peas and Beans ------- Number of Bushels of Irish Potatoes 47,330 Number of Bushels of Sweet Potatoes ------ Number of Bushels of Barley 660 Number of Bushels of Buckwheat 1,194 Number of Bushels of Clover Seed 353 Number of Bushels of Other Grass Seed 22 Number of Bushels of Flaxseed 256 Number of Pounds of Tobacco ----- Number of Pounds of Wool 2,756 Number of Pounds of Butter 205,100 Number of Pounds of Cheese 739 Number of Pounds of Flax 3,439 Number of Pounds of Silk Cocoons ------- Number of Gallons of Wine ------- Number of Tons of Hay 7,126 AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF THE COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1870 Cash value of Farms, $20,991,169 Cash Value of Farming Implements and Machinery 736,390 Value of Live Stock, 1,900,042 Value of Animal Slaughtered 435,294 Value of Orchard Products 17,141 Value of Produce of Market Gardens 22,849 __________ __________ Number of Acres of Land Improved, 170,062 Number of Acres of Land Unimproved, (in Farms) 1,149 Number of Horses 7,999 Mules 100 Milch Cows 10,840 Working Oxen 13 Other Cattle 4,047 Sheep 5,562 Swine 17,017 Number of Bushels of Wheat 473,295 Number of Bushels of Rye 122,584 Number of Bushels of Indian Corn 707,494 Number of Bushels of Oats 539,067 Number of Bushels of Peas and Beans 218 Number of Bushels of Irish Potatoes 232,038 Number of Bushels of Sweet Potatoes 103 Number of Bushels of Barley 4,123 Number of Bushels of Buckwheat 23,838 Number of Bushels of Clover Seed 4,262 Number of Bushels of Other Grass Seed 110 Number of Bushels of Flaxseed 80 Number of Pounds of Tobacco 50 Number of Pounds of Wool 14,271 Number of Pounds of Butter 843,541 Number of Pounds of Cheese ------- Number of Pounds of Flax 322 Number of Pounds of Silk Cocoons ------- Number of Gallons of Wine, 3,134 Number of Tons of Hay 36,240 These figures are worthy of examination by all who are interested in the prosperity and advancement of that noblest of all professions, agriculture. They show that in the space of twenty years, the farmers of Northampton county increased their improved acres nearly six-fold; and, in the same time, decreased their unimproved lands in a still greater ratio; and (which is still more clearly indicative of the spirit of progress), that the value of their farming implements and machinery was about nine times as much at the end, as it had been at the commencement, of that period, and, also, that they kept, five times as many, each, of horses and milch cows. An increase of four hundred per cent is shown, in their production of hay, wheat, corn, barley, and even of that most useful of all esculents-the Irish potatoes-notwithstanding the savages of the hostile army of bugs and beetles. In some of the other products of the farm, the increase was much greater; that of clover-seed being eleven hundred per cent oats, nearly twelve hundred; buckwheat, more than nineteen hundred per cent The farmers wives, too, had labored assiduously in the dairy, and as a result, their production of butter, in the year 1876, was 638,441 pounds in excess of the quantity made in the county in 1850; besides which, the price had also been greatly enhanced. And, when all these facts are noted, it is not strange to find, as we do, bN reference to the statistics, that in the period of those two decades, the cost value of the farms of Northampton county, increased from $2,500,000, to nearly $21,000,000; an advance of more than eight hundred per cent. The raising of flax seems to have nearly ceased; and as for silk culture which was prosecuted here to some extent by the enterprising and persevering Moravians, a hundred and thirty years ago, it is now extinct; no cocoons being produced in the county. 276 The increased in the value of orchard products was nearly four-fold, and the raising of fruit and planting of orchards is receiving great and increasing attention in several of the townships. The culture of the vine too has been commenced on a moderate scale in some portions of the county, and a total yearly production of more than 3,000 gallons of native wine is here shown. These figures are very small when compared with those of some other Counties, but there is no reason why Northampton should not, her proportion to her area, produce as many grapes and as much wine as old Berks. Her soil and location are as well adapted to the cultivation of the grape, anti she has among her people, thousands who are either natives, or the sons of natives, of the vine-covered hills and slopes of old Germany. In the matter of stock-raising, the showing, by the figures, is gratifying. From a livestock valuation of about $200,000, in 1850, it had grown to more than 1,900,000, in 1870, This, to be sure, will hardly bear the mention of a comparison with the statistics of some of the other counties, as Lancaster, Chester, York, or Montgomery but yet, as an exhibit of increase from earlier years, it is very encouraging. The first account which is found, of blooded cattle being seen in Northampton county, was about 1812 or 1813; when a drover passed through Easton with a number of young cattle of a new and strange breed "as they were then considered, but which is now everywhere known as the famous Durham. He stopped on the Square, near the old Court House, but the large price which he placed upon his animals-far beyond any which lead ever been heard of at that time-effectually prevented him from making any sales, and he continued his journey westward, with his herd undiminished; the Eastonians prudently confiding their interest in Durham cattle to the cheap indulgence of admiration. At the present time, there are a few persons fit the county who own valuable thoroughbred cattle-the most noticeable among these being the herd of Messrs. McKeen & Hulick, of Easton and a creditable display is made at the Agricultural Exhibitions at Easton and Nazareth; but the farmers of Northampton county are in general inclined to continue the methods which their fathers practiced in cattle raising; and not to incur the expense which attaches to the luxury of breeding fine blooded stock. COUNTY OFFICERS OF NORTHAMPTON (FROM ITS ERECTION TO THE PRESENT TIME) JUSTICES (Under the Proprietary and Colonial Governments 1752 to 1776). 1752 Thomas Craig Hugh Wilson Timothy Horsefield James Martin Louis Klotz Thomas Armstrong Conrad Hess Charles Swaine William Craig Daniel Broadhead Aaron Depui John Van Ettan 1753 Peter Trexler John Everet John Atkins 1755 Allen Depui 1756 William Parsons 1758 William Plumstead 1761 Jacob Arndt (June 1) Henry Geiger Robert Lyle 1762 John Moore 1764 James Allen 1765 Christopher Waggoner John Jenning 1766 George Taylor Henry Kochler Jas. Gaston Charles Stewart 1769 Charles Stewart 1770 John Van Campen Garrett Broadhead 1773 Robert Levers 1774 Peter Kachline Lewis Nicola Jacob Lerch John Wetzel James Morray Felix Lynn Isaac Lerch 1775 John Oakley Nicholas Depui (Under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania-1777 to 1877) 1777 John Arndt (June 1) Thomas Silllman Benjamin Depui Samuel Res William McNair Louis Stecker Frederick Leinbach Peter Moyer Matthias Brobst Jacob Horner Jacob Morey (Sept.) James Vanaken Peter Moyer 1778 Nicholas Depui 1787 Peter Kachline 1788 Christopher Wagener William Henry 1789 Jacob Abel 1790 William Jackson John Shaw William Wills Ezekiel Schoonover 1791 Jacob Rush President Judge Peter Rhoads William Henry David Wagener John Mulhallon Associate Judge 1796 Robert Traill, successor to David Wagener 1799 John Cooper, successor to Robert Traill 1802 Daniel Wagener, successor to J. Mulhallon 1806 John Spayd (successor to Jacob Rush), President Judge Peter Rhoades Daniel Wagener John Cooper William Henry, Associate Judges 1809 Robert Porter (successor to John Spayd), President Judge Peter Rhoades John Cooper Daniel Wagener William Henry Associate Judges 1812 Robert Porter, President Judge Daniel Wagener John Cooper, Associate Judges. (Changed from four to two Associates) 1831 Garrick Mallery (successor to Robert Porter), President Judge Daniel Wagener John Cooper, Associate Judges 1836 John Banks (successor to Garrick Mallery), President Judge Daniel Wagener John Cooper, Associate Judges 1839 Saamel Yohe (successor to John Cooper, Associate Judge 1839 George Hess, Jr., (successor to Daniel Wagener), Associate Judge 1844 James Kennedy (successor to Samuel Yohe), Associate Judge 1847 J. Pringle Jones (successor to John Banks), President Judge George Hess, Jr. James Kennedy, Associate Judges 1849 John H. Keller (successor to James Kennedy), Associate Judge 1850 Jacob Weygult (successor to George Hess, Jr.,) Associate Judge. 1851 Isaac C. Wikoff successor to Jacob Weygandt), Associate Judge 1852 Washington McCartney successor to J. Pringle Jones), President Judge William L, Sebring James Kennedy, Associate Judges 1856 H. D. Maxwell (successor to Washington McCartney), President Judge; William L. Sebring James Kennedy, Associate Judges 1856 George W. Stein (successor to W. L. Sebring), Associate Judge 1858 John K. Findley (successor to H. D. Maxwell), President Judge George W. Stein James Kennedy, Associate Judges 1862 H. D. Maxwell (successor to John K. Findley), President Judge; Joseph Laubach R. N. Merrill, Associate Judges 1863 John W. Maynard (successor to H. D. Maxwell), President Judge Joseph Laubach R. N. Merrill, Associate Judges 1868 J. Pringle Jones (successor to John W. Maynard), President Judge Joseph Laubach R. A. Merrill, Associate Judges 1869 A. Brower Longaker (successor to J. Pringle Jones), President Judge Joseph Laubach R. A. Merrill, Associate Judges 1871 Josiah Cole (successor to R. N. Merrill), Associate Judge 1874 W. S. Kirkpatrick, (successor to A. Brower Longaker) President Judge Joseph Laubach Josiah Cole, Associate Judges 1875 O. H. Myers, (successor to W. S. Kirkpatrick), President Judge Joseph Laubach Josiah Cole, Associate Judges 1876 O. H. Myers, President Judge 1877 O. H. Myers, President Judge RECORDERS 1752-58 William Parsons 1758-61 Charles Swaine 1761-77 Lewis Gordon 1777-1800 John Arndt 1800-03 John Ross 1803-09 Abraham Horn 1809-21 N. Michler 1821-25 George W. Deshler 1825-34 Thomas J. Rogers 1830-36 Christian J. Hutter 1836-39 John A, Brobst 1839-43 D. W. Davis 1843-52 P. F. B. Schmid 1853-54 Abraham Berlin 1854-60 George Schlabach 1860-63 Jeremiah, Schott 1866-72 G. Ziegenfus 1866-72 George H. Young 1872-77 J. H. Odenwelder (still in office) 1 Dockets changed from King George III., in the sixteenth year of his reign to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 1776. Last Court held under the King, June 1777. First Court held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 1777. 277 DEPUTY REGISTERS' GENERAL 1752-57 William Parsons 1758-60 Charles Swine 1760-77 Lewis Gordon 1777-1800 John Arndt 1800-09 John Ross 1811-21 Nathaniel Michler 1821-24 Thomas Pomp 1824-35 Thomas Rodger 1835-36 George Hess Jr. 1836-39 Joseph Weaver 1839-42 Michael Meyer 1842-45 John Johnson 1845-48 Phillip H. Mattes 1848-54 Samuel Siegfried 1854-60 Thomas W. Lynn 1860-66 John Stoltzer 1866-72 Reuben P. Micke 1872-77 S. H. A. Siegfried (still in office) SHERIFFS 1752 William Craig 1756 C. Rinker 1762 Peter Kichline 1770 Peter Kichline 1773 John Penn 1775 Henry Fullert 1778 Jonas Hartzell 1781 Jonas Hartzell 1783 Robert Traill 1784 Peter Elder 1787 George Graff 1790 Jonas Hartzell 1793 John Craig 1796 Henry Spering 1799 Nicholas Kern 1802 Abraham Rinker 1805 Henry Jarrett 1808 Frederick King 1811 Peter Hay 1814 William White 1817 Daniel Raub 1820 M. M'Michael 1823 John Carey 1826 Jacob Kern 1829 Jacob Hartz 1832 Daniel Raub 1835 C. Heckman 1838 Hiram Yard 1841 Peter Steckel 1844 Samuel Adams 1847 Joseph Hillman 1850 John Bachman 1853 Jacob Cone 1856 Daniel Riegel 1859 Th. Heckman 1862 Adam Hower 1865 P. F. Stier 1868 G. W. Walton 1871 E. Werkheiser 1874 Birge Pierson (still holds the office January 1877) COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. At the first election in the county, in 1752, Robert Gregg, Benjamin Shoemaker, and Peter Trexler, were chosen Commissioners, but after these we do not discover any regular record of the persons chosen to the office until the year 1800, although we find reference to the election of Christian Rinker, in 1753 Lewis Klotz, in 1754 Herman Snyder, 1767, as well as of George Taylor, Col. Kichline, and others, having filled the office, but without fixing the dates of their service. The list of Commissioners serving in Northampton county, from A. D. 1800 to the present time, is as follows: 1800 John Smith 1801 Christian Butz, Easton 1802 Stephen Krumrine 1803 Godfrey Knauss 1804 Geo. W. Raub 1805 David Sailor (appointed) Ezeck Howell John Hutchinson 1806 John Keiper 1807 John Green 1808 Peter Meddagh 1809 Philip Sellers 1810 David Wagener 1811 Wm. White, Easton 1812 Nicholas Kern 1813 John Leidy 1814 Valentine Weaver 1815 Samuel Rees 1816 Thos. Cawley 1817 Jacob Chouse 1818 James Shaffer 1819 Peter Steckel 1820 Michael Opp, Easton 1821 David Heller 1822 Geo. P. Dreisbach, Plainfield 1823 Wm. Ricker, Easton 1824 Henry Edinger, Hamilton 1825Philip Lynn, Saucon 1826 John Worman, Easton 1827 Philip Lessig, Ross. 1827 F. Germantown, Plainfield., Easton. 1828 Wm. White, Easton 1829 Wm. Whitehead 1830 F. J. Smith. Bethel 1831 Philip Correll, Bethlehem 1832 Peter Nungessor, Easton 1833 J. D. Bowman, Towamensing 1834 John Flick, Lower Mt. Bethel 1835 Melchoir Horn, Easton. 1836 Jacob Brotzman, Williams 1837 Jacob Lerch, Forks 1838 Jonas Lerch, Easton 1838 John Lerch 1839 Jacob Wagener 1840 John Lentz, Mauch Chunk 1841 Jos. Santee, Bethlehem (1 yr) Gen. Strub, Easton (3 yrs) 1842 Jacob Cople, Bushkill 1843 Anthony Transue, Bethlehem 1844 John Lesher, Easton 1845 Jacob Solt, Lehigh 1846 Hearv Metz, Plainfield 1847 Joseph Stever, Saucon 1848 Christian Young, Moore 1849 George Lerch, Forks 1850 T. Dornblazer, L'r Nazareth 1851 Wm. Reagle, Upper Mt. Bethel 1852 John Scotian, Saucon 1853 H. S. Messinger, Forks 1854 Jacob J. Deemer, Williams 1855 Simon Buss, Lower Nazareth 1856 Daniel Kleckner, Moore 1857 Joseph Edleman, Forks 1858 Samuel Saeger, Lehigh David Hillegas, Saucon 1859 Jacob Houck, L. Mt. Bethel 1860 P. Kleppinger, U. Nazareth 1861 Daniel Beidelman, Williams 1862 Charles Hess, Bethlehem 1863 Jacob Bauer, Plainfield 1864 Chas. Kostenbader, Bushkill 1865 Chas. Kern, Upper Nazareth 1866 Simon Buss, Lower Nazareth 1869 S. McCammon, L. Mt. 1870 A. D. Shinier, Hanover. 1871 Anderson Calvin, Williams 1872 J. G. P. Kessler, Plainfield 1874 Elected for three years: Gen. W. Henry, Lehigh Aaron Bachman, L. Saucon Wm. R. Yeager, L. Saucon PROTHONOTARIERY AND CLERKS OF QUARTER SESSIONS, OYER AND TERMINER. OYER AND TERMINER 1758 to 1760 Charles Swaine 1760 to 1777 Lewis Gordon 1777 to 1788 Robert Levers 1788 to 1795 Wm. Craig 1799 to 1800 ------ 1800 to 1821 W. Sperring 1821 to 1824 C. Meixsell 1824 to 1833 J. R. Lattimore 1833 to 1836 Azariah Pryer 1836 to 1838 S. Moore 1838 to 1845 Wm. Hackett 1845 to 1849 T. R. Sitgreaves 1849 to 1852 P. H. Johnson 1855 to 1859 John F. Bachman 1859 to 1868 Theodore Robinson 1868 to 1874 Martin Frey 1874 to 1877 A. J. Snyder TREASURERS 1782 to 1783 Conrad Ihrie 1783 to 1795 J. Arndt 1795 to 1801 John Herster 1801 to 1805 Christian Bixler 1805 to 1808 Jacob Opp 1808 to 1811 Esech Howell 1811 to 1813 Christian Butz 1813 to 1816 Jacob Weygandt 1816 to 1819 Samuel Sitgrreaves 1819 to 1822 John Carey, Jr. 1822 to 1825 Jacob Shouse 1825 to 1828 Michael Opp 1828 Peter Shnyder 1829 to 1832 Peter Pump 1834 Joseph Shnyder 1835 Joseph M. Porter 1836 to 1839 Andrew H. Reeder 1839 to 1842 Jeff K. Heckman 1842 to 1844 Peter Young 1844 to 1846 Edward J. Snipe 1846 to 1848 Daniel W. Butz 1848 to 1850 Samuel Yohe 1850 to 1852 John Davis 1852 to 1854 Peter F. Eilenberger 1854 to 1856 Jos. Young 1856 to 1858 R. N. Merrill 1858 to 1860 J. Cole 1860 to 1862 Daniel Seigfried 1862 to 1864 George Leith 1864 to 1866 F.R. Borheck 1866 to 1868 J. J. Unangst 1868 to 1870 D. Berlin 1870 to 1872 L. F. Beckel 1872 to 1874 Cornelius Bruner 1874 to 1876 Owen Reich 1876 to 1879 Charles Kleckner COUNTY OFFICIAL REGISTER (1877.) President Judge, Oliver H. Myers Prothonotary, James J. Cope. Prothonotary Deputy, Samuel S. Yohe Clerk of the Orphans Court, Theodore O. Frederick Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, Andrew J. Snyder District Attorney, John C. Merrill Court Crier, Martin Frey Representative in Congress, 1877, Samuel Bridges State Senator, Dr. David Engleman, Easton Assembly Robert E. James, Easton Dr. Amos J. Harris, Hellertown Hiram B. Fish, Bath Sheriff, Birge Pearson Sheriff Deputy, Reuben H. Schlabach Register of Wills, S. H. A. Siegfried Recorder of Deeds, John H. Odenwelder Recorder of Deeds Deputy, John L. Clifton Treasurer, Charles Kleckner Coroner, Samuel Brunner Surveyor, Thomas R. Weber Auditors Herman Van Billiard, Freemansburg Paul Bachschmidt, Nazareth John Horner, East Allen Jury Commissioners John Kern D. G. Brown ____________________________________________________________________ 1. In the office of Prothonatary was separated from that of Clerk Of Quarter Sessions. 278 County Commissioners George W. Heiney, Lehigh Aaron Bachman, Lower Saucon William R. Yeager Commissioners' Clerk, Oliver L. Fehr Solicitor, W. W. Schuyler COUNTY PRISON Inspectors: Colonel W. H. Hotter, President, Easton William McMiller, Upper Mount Bethel Frederick R. Borhek, Bethlehem Richard W. Russell Thomas Rinek, Secretary, Easton Warden: Theodore Whitesell Matron: Mrs. Amelia Whitesell Deputy Warden Daniel Reed Physician: Dr. Amos Seip COUNTY ALMSHOUSE Directors of the Poor: Richard Knecht, Palmer Peter Uhler, Forks, and Andrew L. Keller, Bushkill Solicitor and Treasurer: Elisha Allis Steward: Herman Schmidt U. S. REVENUE OFFICE Deputy Collector Max. Gress, Easton Stamp Agent: F. A. Stitzer, Easton Gaugers: A. Reeder Muller, Easton J. L. C. Miller, Bethlehem. JUSTICES OF THE PEACE Allen: H. Beil Stemton: George Boyer, Bangor George M. Heil and Isaac Buzzard, Bath John Mellhaney and W. M Bercaw, Bethlehem Bethlehem 1st Ward; B. F Neisser Bethlehem 2d Ward Samuel Brunner Bethlehem 3d Ward Aaron W. Lynn Bethlehem Township: George W. Walton, Butztown Peter Warner, Easton Post Office Bushkill: Paul Hall Bushkill Centre: Charles Kostenbader Chapman: Richard Chapman East Allen: George Spenglor Richard Freyman Easton, 1st Ward Wilson H. Hildebrand Easton 2d Ward Samuel Moore Easton 3d Ward Abraham Kind Easton 4th Ward Aaron Zerfass Easton 5th Ward John Evans Easton 6th Ward John A. Transue G. V. Wallace Easton 7th Ward George L. Transue Fremansburg Peter A. Fritchman James J. Edmunds Forks Vacant Glendon: J. N. Bachman Hellertown Thomas R, Weber Jacob Nickum Hanover Vacant Lehigh A. W. Lerch J. M. Hower Lower Mount Bethel R. N. Merrill J. W. Hutchinson Nazareth J. J. Kreidler E. F. Heil Saucon L. H. Wagner B. H. Reinhold Moore J. H. H. Henricks Charles Ziegenfuss Nazareth Jacob H. Beck C. Musselman Palmer D. Knecht John Bacon Plainfield S. A. Heller R. W. Russell Portland J. Pearson W. L. Bowman South Easton 1st Ward Hugh Brady I. B. McFall 2d Ward T. D. Barrington 3d Ward A. Rogers T. Steiner South Bethlehem 1st Ward G. W. Stein 2d Ward G. Ziegenfuss E. Breuckner 3d Ward F. F. Munson Upper Mount Bethel G. F. Johnson J. J. Bruce Upper Nazareth J. Schmidt Washington J. B. Sherman J. Schimmel Williams J. J. Ealer O. Walter NOTARIES PUBLIC Easton: George Finley Bethlehem: U. J. Wenner F. M. Rauch J. C. Weber Bangor M. H. Jones Bath B. J. Straub Hellertown H. Weisel South Bethlehem M. E. Abbott CONSTABLES Easton lst Ward George Schooley 2d Ward E. Slawson 3d Ward G. H. Younkin 4th Ward W. A. Horn 5th Ward S. Stone 6th Ward H. Shnyder South Easton 1st Ward C. Elkins 2nd Ward O. Laubach 3rd Ward W. Larrison Bethlehem 1st Ward A. Van Buskirk 2nd Ward W. Himmelrich 3rd Ward J. Schitz South Bethlehem 1st Ward E. Cressman 2nd Ward A. Buck 3rd Ward J. Haney Bangor L. Merrill Bath G. Siegfried Chapman E. Wright. Freemansburg N. Moser Glendon I. Smith Hellertown H. Muschlitz Nazareth R. Kemerer Portland E. Frutchey Allen S. Nungesser Bethlehem S. B. Fogel Bushkill: T. Snyder East Allen J. Nolf Forks N. Schug Hanover R. O. Ritter Lehigh: S. Best Lower Mount Bethel C. Kline Lower Nazareth K. E. Nagle Lower Saucon A. T. Lerch Moore B. W. O. Yoch Palmer T. Kichline Plainfield T. Lehr Upper Mount Bethel B. Strunk Upper Nazareth L. Heller Washington S. G. Gruver Williams Peter Moser JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF PENNSYLVANIA. The First District comprises Philadelphia county Second District comprises Lancaster county Third District comprises Northampton county Fourth District comprises Tioga, Potter, McKean, Cameron counties Fifth District comprises Allegheny county Sixth District comprises Erie county Seventh District comprises Bucks county Eighth District comprises Northumberland county Ninth District comprises Cumberland county Tenth District comprises Westmoreland county Eleventh District comprises Luzerne county Twelfth District comprises Dauphin and Lebanon counties Thirteenth District comprises Bradford county Fourteenth District comprises Fayette and Green counties Fifteenth District comprises Chester county Sixteenth District comprises Bedford and Somerset counties Seventeenth District comprises Butler and Lawrence counties Eighteenth District comprises Clarion and Jefferson counties 279 The Nineteenth District comprises York county The Twentieth District Comprises Union, Snyder, and Mifflin counties The Twenty-first District comprises Schuylkill county The Twenty-second District comprises Wayne and Pike counties The Twenty-third District comprises Berks county The Twenty-fourth District comprises Huntingdon, Blair, and Cambria counties The Twenty-fifth District comprises Centre, Clearfield, and Clinton counties The Twenty-sixth District comprises Columbia and Montour counties The Twenty-seventh District comprises Washington county The Twenty-eighth District comprises Venango county The Twenty-ninth District comprises Lycoming county The Thirtieth District comprises Crawford county The Thirty-first District comprises Lehigh county The Thirty-second District comprises Delaware county The Thirty-third District comprises Armstrong county The Thirty-fourth District comprises Susquehanna county The Thirty-fifth District comprises Mercer county The Thirty-sixth District comprises Beaver county The Thirty-seventh District comprises Warren, Forrest and Elk counties The Thirty-eighth District comprises Montgomery county The Thirty-ninth District comprises Franklin and Fulton counties The Fortieth District comprises Indiana county The Forty-first District comprises Juniata and Perry counties The Forty-second District comprises Adams county The Forty-third District comprises Carbon and Monroe counties The Forty-fourth District comprises Wyoming and Sullivan counties CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF PENNSYLVANIA The First District comprises the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh, Twelfth, and Sixteenth Wards, of Philadelphia Second District: First, Second, Seventh, and Twenty-sixth Wards, of Philadelphia Third District: Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Twentieth Wards, and all that portion of the Seventeenth Ward, west of Second street Fourth District: Fifteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh, and Twenty-ninth Wards, of Philadelphia Fifth District: Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fifth Wards, and the Seventeenth Ward, east of Second street, Philadelphia Sixth District: Chester and Delaware counties. Seventh District: Lancaster county Eighth District: Berks, and that portion of Montgomery, east northwest of Norristown, Whitpain, Gwynedd, and Montgomery townships Ninth District: Bucks and Northampton, and balance of Montgomery Tenth District: Lehigh, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne Eleventh District: Schuylkill, Columbia, and Montour Twelfth District: Dauphin, Lebanon, and Northumberland Thirteenth District: Luzerne Fourteenth District: Bradford, Susquehanna, Sullivan, and Wyoming Fifteenth District: Tioga, Potter, McKean, Cameron, and Lycoming Sixteenth District: Union, Snyder, Mifflin, Centre, Clearfield and Elk Seventeenth District: Huntingdon, Blair, Cameron, and Somerset Eighteenth District: Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata and Adams Nineteenth District: Westmoreland, Fayette, and Green Twentieth District: Cumberland, York and Perry Twenty-first District: Indiana, Armstrong, Jefferson, and Clarion Twenty-second District: Pittsburg, Birmingham, Ormsby, South Pittsburg, Monongahela, Mont Washington, Temperance, West Pittsburg, Union, Allentown, St. Clair, Veroni, Braddock, and the township of Plum, Wilkinson, Penn, and Porter Twenty-third District: All Allegheny county not included in the above Twenty-fourth District: Washington, Beaver, and Butler Twenty-fifth District: Lawrence, Mercer, and Crawford Twenty-sixth District: Erie, Venango, Warren, and Forest SENATORIAL DISTRICTS OF PENNSYLVANIA. The First District comprises the First, Second, and Twenty-sixth Wards Philadelphia. The Second District comprises the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh Wards, Philadelphia The Third District comprises the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and Twentieth Wards, Philadelphia The Fourth District comprises the Twenty-first, Twenty-second, Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-seventh Wards, Philadelphia The Fifth District comprises the Fifteenth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, Wards, Philadelphia The Sixth District comprises the Seventh, Eighth, and Kinth Wards, Philadelphia The Seventh District comprises the Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Wards, Philadelphia The Eighth District comprises the Nineteenth, Twenty-third, and Twenty-fifth Wards, Philadelphia. The Ninth District comprises Delaware county The Tenth District comprises Bucks The Eleventh Districts comprises Berks The Twelfth District comprises Montgomery The Thirteenth District comprises the City of Lancaster and the following, boroughs and townships in the county of Lancaster, viz: Boroughs, of Washingtons and Strasburg townships of Manor Lancaster Conestoga Pequea Martic Providence Drumore Fulton Little Britain W. Lampeter Strasburg Coleraine Eden Bart Salisburg Sanisbury Paradise Leacock East Lampeter The Fourteenth District comprises all Lancaster county not included in the Thirteenth District The Fifteenth District comprises Dauphin county The Sixteenth District comprises Lehigh The Seventeenth District comprises Lebanon The Eighteenth District comprises Northampton The Nineteenth District comprises Chester The Twentieth District comprises the cities of Scranton and Carbondale, and the following wards, boroughs and townships, in the county of Luzerne Borough of Goldsboro Pleasant Valley Blakely Dunmore Jermyn townships of Blakely Carbondale Fell Jefferson Roaring Brook Bear Creek Buck Covington Jenkins Lackawanna Madison Pittston Plains Spring Brook The Twenty-first District comprise all of Luzerne county not included in the Twentieth District The Twenty-second District, comprises the counties of Monroe Carbon Pike The Twenty-third District comprise, the counties of Bradford and Wyoming The Twenty-fourth District comprises the counties of Lycoming Montour Sullivan Columbia The Twenty-fifth District comprises the counties of Tiovq, Potter, and M'Kean The Twenty-sixth District comprise the counties of Susquehanna Wayne The Twenty-seventh District comprise counties, of Union Snyder Northumberland The Twenty-eighth District comprises counties of York The Twenty-ninth District comprises the Borough of Pottsville and the following boroughs and townships in Schuylkill counties viz: Boroughs Pine Grove Tremont Minersville Schuylkill Haven Port Carbon Palo Alto St. Clair Mount Carbon Cressona Auburn Yorkville Landville township of Pine Grove Tremont Porter Frailey Reiley Branch Washington, Wayne North Manheim South Manheim Norweigen East Norwegian New Castle The Thirtieth District comprises. all Schuylkill county, not included in Twenty-ninth District The Thirty-first District comprises the counties of Perry Mifflin Juniata The Thirty-second District, comprise the counties of Cumberland and Adams The Thirty-third District comprises the counties of Franklin and Huntingdon The Thirty-fourth District comprises the counties of Clinton, Clearfield, and Centre The Thirty-fifth District comprises the counties of Blair and Cambria The Thirty-sixth District comprises the counties of Somerset, Beford and Fulton The Thirty-seventh District comprises the counties of Indiana and Jefferson 280 The Thirty-eighth District, comprises the counties of Cameron, Elk, Clarion and Forest The Thirty-ninth District comprises the county of Westmoreland The Fortieth District comprises the counties of Fayette and Green The Forty-first District comprises the counties of Butler and Armstrong The Forty-second District comprises the city of Allegheny, boroughs of Bellevue and Sewickley, and the townships of Reserve, Killbuck, and Ohio, in the county of Allegheny The Forty-third District comprises, the First to the Fifteenth Wards inclusive, and the Twenty-third Ward of the City of Pittsburg The Forty-fourth District comprises the Sixteenth to the Twenty-second Wards inclusive, and the Thirty-seventh Ward of the City of Pittsburgh. The boroughs and townships of Allegheny county, between the rivers Monongahela and Allegheny, and all those boroughs and townships north and west of the Allegheny River, and north of the Ohio River, not included in the Forty-second District The Forty-fifth District comprises the Twenty-fourth to the Thirty-sixth Wards inclusive, ofthe City of Pittsburgh, and the townships and boroughs of Allegheny county, lying south and west of the Monongahela and Ohio rivers The Forty-sixth District comprises the counties of Beaver and Washington The Forty-seventh District comprises the counties of Lawrence and Mercer The Forty-eighth District comprises the counties of Warren and Venango The Forty-ninth District comprises the county of Erie The fiftieth District comprises the county of Crawford. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 1682 Sub-division of Pennsylvania into the original counties of Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks 1710 About first settlement at Minsink by Hollanders 1725 Commencement of "Redemptioner" system 1728 Planting of Craigs Settlement, near the present town of Weaversville 1730 Alexander Hunter settled, with thirty Scotch-Irish families, in what was afterwards Mount Bethel 1730 Bethlehem township settled. 1732 First road laid out in county, from Goshenhopper to Jere. Trexlers 1735 Lands south of Lehigh River thrown open to settlements by the Proprietaries. 1737 The famous "Indian Walk" performed 1737 Road opened from Nazareth to Nicholas Depuis 1739 Ferry across Delaware River, at Easton, established by David Martin. 1739 George Whitefield, the missionary first came to America 1740 The "Whitefield House" commenced at Nazareth 1740 Moravians first arrived from Georgia, in charge of Rev. Peter Boehler 1741 Count Zinzendorff first came to the valley of the Lehigh 1741 Settlement commenced at Bethlehem 1742 First Sea congregation arrived it Bethlehem 1742 First bell put up in Bethlehem 1742 Old burial-ground at Bethlehem laid out 1742 Private postal service commenced-(Bethlehem) 1742 Hellertown first settled 1742 Saucon township erected 1743 First grist-mill started at Bethlehem 1744 Count Zinzendorff left America 1743 Second Sea congregation arrived at Bethlehem 1743 First ferry started at Bethlehem 1743 Lower Saucon township erected 1744 Brainerd settled at Martins Creek 1745 Road laid out from Martins Ferry (Easton) to Bethlehem 1745 Crown Inn built, South Bethlehem 1746 Gnadenhutten, a missionary station established in Bethlehem, " First town clock in Bethlehem " Bethlehem township erected " Friedenthal mill erected " Friedenshutten, a missionary station erected 1747 Tschoop, a Mohician chief, died " Allen township erected 1748 Girls Boarding School opened-(Bethlehem) 1749 Easton laid out by Wm. Parsons and Nicholas Scull 1750 Williams township erected " Tadeuskund, a war chief of the Delawares, baptized as "Gideon." 1752 Northampton county erected " First court held in Northampton county " First election held in Northampton county " First tavern opened in Easton 1753 Northampton county jail completed " First graveyard laid out in Nazareth 1754 First water-works at Bethlehem " Forks township erected 1755 Indian War, commenced by the massacre of the missionaries, at Gnadenhutten, now Weissport " Benjamin Franklin arrived at Bethlehem, to take command of the troops acting against the Indians " First school house erected in Easton 1756 Date of first records of Lower Saucon Church " First Indian Council held at Easton 1757 Second Indian Council held at Easton 1758 General treaty of peace made with the Indians at Easton " Sun Inn built (Bethlehem) " Nazareth Hall completed 1760 Zinzendorff died at Hutberg, in Saxony " First tannery at Easton, by D. Beringer 1761 Tatemy, the chief of the Delaware Indiana, died 1762 First bridge across the Bushkill (Hamilton street, Easton) " Captain Jacob Arndt removed to Forks, from Bucks county " "Economy" abrogated at Bethlehem " First fire-engine-Perseverance-used at Bethlehem, said to have been the first fire-engine in America " Plainfield township erected 1763 Re-opening of the Indian War, by the massacre of Stenton's people, and others " Tadeuskund burned to death, in his cabin at Wyoming " First stage from Philadelphia to Bethlehem, started by George Klein 1764 Indian raid on farms near Fort Penn 1765 Moore township erected " Lehigh township erected 1766 First court house completed at Easton, and first court held 1770 Colonel Siegfried settled in Allen township 1774 Large addition built to the jail 1775 Flour-mill on Bushkill, built by Frederick Wagoner 1776 Northampton troops of riflemen marched to join Washingtons "Flying Camp," near New York. " General Hospital of the army removed to Bethlehem " Lee's division of the army (under General Sullivan) camped where South Bethlehem now stands " Hays' company, and others, marched to reinforce General Washington, and arrived in time to join in the battle at Trenton, N. J. " Old Union Church built, Easton 1777 First Methodist preaching in county, by Captain Webb, an English prisoner " General Gates and staff arrived at Bethlehem, on way to Saratoga " General Hospital again established at Bethlehem. (Sick and wounded from battle of Brandywine) " Depot at munitions of war established at Bethlehem, and first train arrived " Baron De Kalb arrived in Bethlehem, to lay out fortifications " General Washington issued orders for a forced contribution of blanket, and other clothing, in Northampton " Lafayette arrived at Bethlehem, for treatment of his wounds, received at the battle of Brandywine " Governor George Wolf born 1778 Battle and massacre of settlers at Wyoming by Indians and tories " The French Minister Plenipotentiary came to Bethlehem 1779 Sullivan's army returned from Indian campaign to Easton, " Martha Washington visited Easton and Bethlehem " Sullivans army marched front Easton against the Indians on the Upper Susquehanna 1780 The Gilbert family captured by Indians on Mahoning Creek " Slavery abolished in Pennsylvania 1781 Revolt of the Pennsylvania line at Morristown. 1782 General George Washington visited Bethlehem 1783 Dr. Matthew McHenry died 1784 Old tannery built by Simon Dreisbach in Allen township 281 1785 Settlement of Weissport commenced by Colonel Jacob Weiss " Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies opened at Bethlehem 1786 Great flood at Weissport 1787 Upper and Lower Mount Bethel townships erected 1788 Colonel Pickering captured by Pennamites, at Wilkesbarre 1789 Ed. Marshall, the champion of the "Indian walk" died 1789 Borough of Easton incorporated 1790 Anthracite coal discovered by Philip Ginther 1792 Oil-mill on Bushkill, built by Judge Wagener " First post office at Bethlehem " Streets of Bethlehem lighted with lamps 1793 First printing office in Easton, by Jacob Weygandt " First post office in Easton 1794 Captain Arndts Company marched to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion " Union Academy built at Easton " First bridge across, Lehigh River (Bethlehem) 1796 First stage route to Easton, opened by Frederick Nicholas 1797 First fire company in Easton 1798 First bridge across the Lehigh (Easton), built by Abraham Horn " Hanover township erected 1799 Fries rescued prisoners, at Bethlehem " Fries sentenced to death for treason 1800 Northampton Correspondent started by Colonel Rutter 1803 Easton said Wilkesbarre Turnpike incorporated 1806 First ark load of coal sent to market by river, by W. Turnbull, Esq. " Delaware Bridge (Easton) opened for travel 1807 Upper and Lower Nazareth townships erected 1808 Death of Rev David Zeisberger, a missionary 1811 Public library, at Easton, established " Chain Bridge across the Lehigh, at Easton, built by George Law " First grist-mill, at Freemansburg, built by George Butz 1812 Slate quarry opened in Bushkill township " Hellertown incorporated 1813 Old William's Township Church erected " Bushkill township erected " Bolton Gun Works erected (Bushkill township) 1814 Northampton troops marched for Camp Dupont " Easton Bank established " First coal shipped by Miner & Hillhouse 1816 First bridge across Lehigh River at Freemansburg 1817 First water-works at Easton 1821 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company incorporated 1823 General Robert Brown died 1824 Fulling and dyeing mill built at Shimersville 1825 First foundry of Lehigh Valley started at Bethlehem, by C. F. Becker 1826 Arndt and Messenger Church erected 1828 Easton borough re-incorporated " Siegfried's Bridge, across the Lehigh, erected 1829 Lehigh Canal opened 1831 Delaware Division Canal opened 1832 Morris Canal completed " College exercises opened at Midler Rouge, South Easton " General Thomas Craig died 1833 South Easton laid out 1834 Lafayette College dedicated 1839 First blast-furnace in South Easton 1840 South Easton incorporated " Saucon foundry started by Daniel Weidknecht. 1841 Great flood in Delaware and Lehigh rivers 1843 First Glendon furnace built by George. Jackson, Jr. 1845 Bethlehem Water Company incorporated. " East, Allen township erected 1847 First newspaper published in Bethlehem 1848 Ordinance passed for lighting the streets of Easton " First telegraph to Easton 1849 Easton cemetery incorporated 1850 First slate quarries worked by William Chapman 1851 Second jail completed " First gas-light in Easton 1852 First steamboat arrived at Easton 1852 New Jersey Central Railroad completed and first train run to Phillipsburg, New Jersey 1854 Belvidere Delaware Railroad opened to Phillipsburg " South Bethlehem laid out by Ron, Charles Broadhead " The Agricultural Fair Grounds laid out at Nazareth 1855 Northampton County Agricultural Society held Fair near Easton " First train on Lehigh Valley R. R., run from South Easton to Allentown 1856 Bath was incorporated " Freemansburg incorporated " North Pennsylvania Railroad completed through Hellertown 1857 Palmer township erected 1859 First Sabbath-school established at South Bethlehem 1860 Explosion of steamer Alfred Thomas, on the Delaware, at Easton " Bethlehem Iron Works established 1861 Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad incorporated as Bethlehem Railroad Company " War of Rebellion opened. Northampton troops mustered into service " New Court House completed, and first Court held November l8th 1862 Lee's first invasion. Northampton militia enrolled " 153d Regiment left Camp Curtin for field, and returned July 256, 1863 " Great flood in Delaware and Lehigh rivers 1863 Lee's second invasion; emergency men and militia, called out " Nazareth was incorporated 1864 Chapman Slate Company incorporated 1865 Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad opened " South Bethlehem incorporated " Chapman incorporated 1866 Lehigh University founded by Hon. Asa Packer " Fountain Hill Water Works, established, South Bethlehem " Saucon Iron Company established 1867 Glendon incorporated " Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad opened 1869 North Pennsylvania Iron Company chartered " Coleraine Iron Company organized 1871 New Prison completed " Washington township erected 1873 Freemansburg, first "blown in." 1876 Portland incorporated ERRATA. [NOTE: The following Errata have been corrected in this on-line version, when preceeded by a - .] -On page 17, first column, eighteenth line from foot, omit the word has after the word Thebes -In foot-note, second column, page 17, for Saqa read Sagas -Page 19, second column, thirty-third line from top, for shipwrecked read shipwreck -Page 19, second column, thirtieth line from foot, for to read by -Page 20, first column, twenty-third line from top, for Tlwrvald read Thorvard Page 43, in last line of foot-note to first column, for Williams read Earks [footnote not in this version.] -Page 59, second column, twenty-seventh line from foot, for Rev. Mr. Rosebury read Rev. Mr. Rosbrugh. -Page 94, first column, twenty-third line from top, for dray read gray -page 95, first column, ninth line from foot, for Sixty-first read Fifty-first -Page 131, first column, nineteenth line from foot, for Captain Lucious Q. Stout read Captain Lucius Q. Stout Page 172, second column, twenty-sixth line from top, for Detweiler read Detwiller [can not locate this entry.] -Page 227, second column, thirty-fifth line from top, for 1814 read 1816 -Page 230, second column, eleventh and fourteenth lines from top, for Knicke read Kricke. -Page 231, second column, second line from top, for March & Kreider read Mauch & Kreidler -page 231, second column, fifth line from top, for Reilman read Reihiman. -Page 231, second column, eighth line from foot, for T. O. Stem read Rev. T. O. Stem. -Page 234, first column, fortieth line from top, for Zieners, read Zeiners -Page 237, first column, fourth line from foot, for Schlerfer read Schleifer -Page headed "Supplementary " should be "275" instead of "257" Doubtless other errors exist in the work, but when such are discovered, we beg that the reader will recollect that compositors and proof-readers are but human and fallible, and so excuse them. 282 CHART TRIENNIAL ASSESSMENT OF NORTHAMPTON, FOR THE YEAR 1876. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF | E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES. D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF | | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS. | | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | | ___________________________________|_______|___________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_____________|________________|______________|_____________|____________________|________________|_____________|_______ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 | Allen 643 $35,700 $1,225,981 $40,100 $16,850 ...... $70,900 325 $27,783 429 $12,870 ...... 158 $8,560 1 6 4 $1,362,844 $1,438,744 Bangor 284 3,400 369,634 12,230 ...... ...... 68,400 62 4,205 34 790 $ 225 35 1,520 2 2 2 444,824 460,454 Bath 223 35,000 350,045 27,300 1,900 2,050 59,750 60 4,580 22 650 ...... 60 4,475 5 17 16 423,450 486,750 Bethlehem, 1st Ward 364 52,000 840,100 63,100 3,000 6,200 132,300 51 6,350 9 320 1,100 29 4,699 10 5 ... 994,060 1,109,160 Bethlehem, 2d Ward 553 40,000 1,448,760 207,100 ...... 6,300 140,900 59 6,560 15 300 200 44 ...... 46 ... ... 1,607,860 1,854,960 Bethlehem, 3d Ward 457 24,000 574,425 18,575 1,800 500 102,625 37 3,080 19 390 ...... 10 850 1 3 3 683,670 723,245 Bethlehem, Township 684 13,000 2,303,111 149,413 37,233 600 99,615 663 62,600 826 29,100 ...... 304 22,665 1 14 18 2,554,924 2,717,337 Bushkill 558 22,175 874,665 28,160 9,945 ...... 61,375 367 23,800 504 15,380 50 123 6,140 ... 2 ... 991,355 1,041,690 Chapman 122 3,200 170,300 1,600 2,230 100 27,500 18 1,580 13 310 ...... 8 670 ... 3 6 202,690 207,490 ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF | E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES. D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF | | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS. | | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | | ___________________________________|_______|___________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_____________|________________|______________|_____________|____________________|________________|_____________|_______ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 | East Allen 344 20,000 1,328,965 19,250 12,910 1,350 42,625 381 34,071 496 14,110 ...... 156 9,967 5 6 9 1,443,988 1,483,238 Easton, 1st Ward 581 188,000 1,803,000 63,987 6,125 11,950 160,900 103 9,900 3 100 ...... 30 2,760 45 32 22 1,994,725 2,246,722 Easton, 2d Ward 373 314,000 1,130,900 112,706 41,393 30,050 104,080 85 9,150 6 280 ...... 41 6,425 39 45 12 1,321,278 1,747,984 Easton, 3d Ward 337 377,800 566,325 42,100 22,600 2,175 79,410 78 8,500 10 250 ...... 12 1,075 7 5 8 680,335 1,100,235 Easton, 4th Ward 375 65,000 1,271,650 97,900 7,000 25,900 111,400 77 9,575 10 325 400 71 8,900 35 41 12 1,435,150 1,598,050 Easton, 5th Ward 473 33,500 848,000 86,737 800 6,600 113,810 40 4,330 4 180 ...... 18 2,055 18 5 5 975,775 1,096,012 Easton, 6th Ward 821 272,500 1,053,300 36,850 ...... 3,200 152,540 56 4,100 9 435 ...... 15 1,125 6 29 46 1,214,700 1,524,050 Easton, 7th Ward 505 31,500 844,670 29,700 340 500 83,530 18 1,570 8 225 ...... 7 350 2 6 8 931,185 992,385 F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF | E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES. D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF | | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS. | | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | | ___________________________________|_______|___________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_____________|________________|______________|_____________|____________________|________________|_____________|_______ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 | Forks 412 19,000 1,308,767 80,832 8,900 1,495 46,225 385 34,705 427 14,845 ...... 184 11,525 ... 8 28 1,426,462 1,526,294 Greemansburg 212 16,500 173,667 16,375 4,750 575 29,000 67 2,750 6 190 ...... 21 1,430 1 8 12 212,362 245,237 Glendon 236 2,500 818,458 7,915 1,080 ...... 40,450 96 10,690 30 1,460 ...... 24 1,810 5 6 14 873,948 884,363 Hanover 158 2,400 563,125 24,100 7,600 ...... 13,600 195 15,015 242 7,260 ...... 74 2,922 1 12 2 609,522 636,022 Hellertown 190 13,000 262,550 23,750 2,800 2,100 41,400 64 4,360 23 650 ...... 51 3,715 2 8 12 317,575 354,325 Lehigh 860 46,600 1,433,072 16,400 7,200 ...... 114,000 546 41,665 672 20,160 ...... 239 13,340 ... 2 5 1,629,437 1,692,437 Lower Mt. Bethel 543 21,700 1,309,581 75,935 15,425 605 56,200 468 35,800 553 17,875 ...... 215 12,130 ... 3 4 1,447,616 1,545,251 Lower Saucon 442 612,800 3,062,402 119,001 48,318 5,600 174,200 729 57,495 870 31,830 ...... 287 17,517 5 11 23 3,397,362 4,129,163 F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF | E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES. D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF | | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS. | | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | | ___________________________________|_______|___________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_____________|________________|______________|_____________|____________________|________________|_____________|_______ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 | Lower Nazareth 320 10,000 1,403,550 68,876 13,935 600 35,650 395 35,329 447 14,091 ...... 146 7,745 5 6 7 1,510,900 1,589,776 Moore 872 27,610 1,303,899 32,125 12,915 ...... 102,700 531 40,197 904 26,140 ...... 240 13,375 ... 1 ... 1,499,226 1,558,961 Nazareth 307 31,000 588,343 118,709 26,298 3,500 68,610 95 8,850 48 1,735 360 62 3,500 6 15 19 701,196 850,905 Palmer 532 7,200 1,497,402 44,900 14,230 400 85,125 413 35,775 450 13,695 1,600 153 10,485 ... 22 13 1,668,712 1,710,812 Plainfield 654 18,900 1,142,726 80,025 17,300 ...... 90,800 458 33,390 582 17,460 ...... 160 10,760 ... ... 1 1,312,436 1,411,361 Portland 177 9,200 245,955 2,000 130 2,400 37,100 41 2,920 12 340 ...... 20 1,415 3 8 12 290,260 301,460 S. Bethlehem, 1st Ward 349 37,000 1,102,450 ...... ...... 3,200 136,490 58 5,065 6 255 ...... 31 3,655 9 9 15 1,251,115 1,288,116 S. Bethlehem, 2d Ward 567 16,500 663,600 5,000 ...... ...... 82,050 60 4,122 16 420 ...... 17 919 1 3 ... 751,111 772,611 S. Bethlehem, 3d Ward 242 8,000 1,581,650 ...... ...... ...... 25,600 ... ...... 10 250 ...... ... ...... ... ... ... 1,607,500 1,615,500 F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF | E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES. D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF | | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS. | | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | | ___________________________________|_______|___________|____________|__________|_________|_________|_____________|________________|______________|_____________|____________________|________________|_____________|_______ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 | S. Easton, 1st Ward 378 5,000 363,713 ...... ...... ...... 56,200 32 2,575 22 770 ...... 2 150 ... 1 5 423,408 428,408 S. Easton, 2d Ward 575 28,000 810,156 9,300 ...... ...... 114,520 50 4,785 21 710 300 16 1,200 ... 7 1 831,671 968,971 S. Easton, 3d Ward 197 8,000 286,670 ...... ...... ...... 33,400 13 1,140 8 410 ...... ... ...... ... 1 ... 321,620 329,630 Upper Mount Bethel 1,050 47,000 1,783,976 74,835 4,300 ...... 141,000 741 60,650 1,001 30,960 30 286 15,225 ... ... ... 2,036,141 2,157,976 Upper Nazareth 174 66,300 691,734 50,420 8,350 ...... 24,200 187 13,820 266 8,170 ...... 101 5,025 1 2 1 751,299 868,019 Washington 450 10,700 823,416 30,354 5,843 ...... 86,560 373 27,370 486 13,825 ...... 152 8,380 ... ... 1 965,394 1,006,448 Williams 748 24,000 1,410,129 61,551 13,785 ...... 91,100 528 40,895 588 21,325 ...... 199 12,125 2 9 24 1,589,359 1,671,910 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 19,342 $2,616,685 $41,634,862 $1,979,211 $377,285 $117,950 $3,337,840 9,003 $741,037 10,103 $320,841 $4,260 3,081 $214,475 264 363 387 $46,778,555 $51,374,451 _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Rate of taxation two-tenths of one per cent. On the assessment of the previous year, it was less, being only .0015 or three-twentieths of one per cent. _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________