Philadelphia County PA Archives Taxlists .....Effective Supply Tax, High Street Ward, City Of Philadelphia 1779 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 February 26, 2010, 9:17 pm Tax Paid in Pounds Sterling (£) Amount of Tax William Guiry, d., 10 Abra. Bickley's est'e, 778 James Caruthers, d., 2 Joseph Robins, d., 2 John Litellier 12 James Delaplain, d., 12 Samuel Fisher, d., 118 Joseph Fisher, est'e, p.h'd, 6 Joseph Baker, d., 170 John Baker, est'e, p.h'd. d., 4 Joseph Claypoole, 57 John Swift's est'e, 47 Joshua Cresson, d., 130 Matthias Stimmel, 5 John Young, p.h'd, William Hall, 20 Rebecca Grace's est'e, 90 John Elliott, Jun'r, d 5 John Elliott's. Sen'r, est'e, 3 Tho's Mackaness's est'e, 86 William Ball, 375 John Lynn, d., 220 John Young, Jun'r, 10 Mary Hall, 18 Joseph Lynn, p.h'd, d., Thomas Jacobs, p.h'd, d., David Hall, p.h'd Joseph Leacock, p.h'd, Benj'n Miller, 2 William Richards, 6 Elizabeth Miller, Vantite's estate, 24 Curtis Clay, d., 6 John Lowe's est'e, 60 John Ackroyd, d., 22 John Smith, d., 50 David Coleman, 8 Israel Jacobs, 36 Joseph Budd, d., 4 Jane Waite's est'e, 56 John Marshall, d., 45 Joseph Wood, 9 Thomas Francis, 27 Elizabeth Lawrence, 23 Isaac Parrish, d., 36 Thomas Fitzgerald, 5 Joseph Sermon, d., 31 David Lapsley, est'e, p.h'd, d., 6 Thomas Paschall, d., 44 _____ Nismett, p.h'd, _____ Vallian, p.h'd, Stephen Collins, d., 20 Wm. Barren's est'e, 90 William Wilson, d., 27 Caleb Attmore, d., 27 John Head, d., 308 James Hunter, 66 Rich'd Miller's est'e, 21 William Whitebread, d., 37 William Wells, d., 25 Thomas Cummings, d., 5 Samuel Starr, d., 6 Lewis Taylor, d 5 Peter Henderson, d., 30 Nathan Cook, d., 21 John Young, 26 William Craig, d., 68 John Labateaux, 30 Samuel Baker, d., 42 _____ Cumming, p.h'd, Mary Eddy, 2 Robert Barnhill, 5 Abraham Dubois, 30 Mary Barber, Thomas Waters's est'e, 11 William Hollingshead, 5 Eliza. Shoemaker's est'e, 50 Amos Wickersham, 15 Richard Charlton, d., 1 Sarah Cheesman, 16 Moses Mordecai, d., 10 William Cooper, d., 25 Jacob Rush, 10 Frederick Heiler, d., 15 John Coburn, 69 Ann Warner, 260 Solomon Morache, 25 Ephraim Bonham, 58 Jos. Beaks's est'e, 56 John Floyd, d., 2 Mary Robotham, 3 Michael Gets, 3 Robert McGee, 4 William Bell, d., 50 Michael Clark, 10 Tho's England's est'e, 24 Sebastian Rink, 2 Jas. Rickey's est'e, 8 William Lippencut, d., 22 Restore Lippencut's est'e, 54 John Strumbeck, 2 Valentine Beck, 3 Rich'd Blackham's est'e, 8 Stephen Stapler, d., 31 Davenport Marrott, d., 3 Peter W. Gaudelet, 10 Benjamin Towne, 10 John Bartholomew, est'e, p.h'd, 6 Everard Bolton, d., 10 Sarah Bolton's est'e, 10 Mary Harrison, 300 John Foulk, p.h'd, d., Walter Goodman, 248 John Drinker, d., 63 Bethia Sonmon, 80 Elizabeth Shewell, 15 Benjamin Horner, d., 22 Joseph Gavin 26 John Gavin, 1 Jacob Bristol, d., 4 Rich'd Blackham's est'e 29 Widow Hull 5 Ann Gibbs, 100 Thomas Wishart, estate, p.h'd, d., 36 William Wishart, d., 118 John Priest, d., 10 John Jackson, 35 Dorcas Montgomery, 70 Thomas Ireland, d., 3 J. Hazelhurst's est'e, 11 George Dowig, 72 William Haverstick, p.h'd, Jacob Frank 7 Jacob Dice, 3 Isaac Minshall's est'e 12 Enoch Morgan, 1 Joseph Holmes, 3 John Sauerwalt, 1 Peter Grenion, 2 Peter Stringer, d., 1 William Cox, d., 1 Jeremiah Fisher, 6 George Shaw, 2 Penelope Haley's est'e 18 John Alexander, 1 Tsaac Davis, d., 1 John Brower 2 Samuel Hugg, p.h'd, d., Thomas Cannon, d., 2 Patrick Vaugh, d., 2 John Dorvill, d., 2 Joseph Clark, 3 Andrew Beck, 3 Thomas Gaugh, 2 John North, 10 John Mclntire, p.h'd, d., James Dexter, 2 Jonathan Willis, d., 12 Joseph Masters, d., 2 Joseph Wilson, d., 4 Geo. Northrop's est'e 7 Aber Lewis, 1 Andrew Overdorff, 1 Thomas Allen, 2 Christian Willis, d., 1 James Durant, 6 Thomas Lawrence, 4 Elizabeth Huston, 300 Jonathan Shoemaker, Geo. Shoemaker's est'e, 6 Additional Comments: A Tax of Five Shillings in the Pound and Thirty Shillings p. Head (besides their Estates) laid on the Estates of the Inhabitants and on single Men of the City and County of Philadelphia in pursuance of a Supplement to the Act, entitled "An Act for emitting the Sum of Two hundred thousand pounds in Bills of Credit, for the defence of this State, and providing a fund for sinking the same by a Tax on all Estates, real and Personal, and on all Taxables within the same," passed in the Year of our Lord, one thousand, seven hundred and seventy seven. Assessed the 26th Day of May, 1779, JACOB LAUGHLIN, ROBERT CURRY, CHRISTIAN SNYDER, WILLIAM RUSH, GEORGE SCHLOSSER, PRESLEY BLACKISTONE, Assessors. [Note.—The "d" denotes "double tax."] Extracted from: Pennsylvania Archives Third Series Printed under direction of DAVID MARTIN, Secretary of the Commonwealth Edited by WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D VOL. XIV HARRISBURG: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer 1897 PROVINCIAL PAPERS: PROPRIETARY, SUPPLY, AND STATE TAX LISTS OF THE City and County of Philadelphia FOR THE YEARS 1769, 1774 and 1779 EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY EGLE, M. D WM. STANLEY RAY, STATE PRINTER OF PENNSYLVANIA 1897 PROPRIETARY TAX, County of Philadelphia 1769 Vol. XIV-3d Series This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/pafiles/ File size: 9.6 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/taxlist/highstreetwardest1779.txt