Philadelphia County PA Archives Taxlists .....Effective Supply Tax, Lower Delaware 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, 9:35 pm Tax Paid in Pounds Sterling (£) Amount of Tax William Allen, gent'n, d., 800 Joseph West, d., 6 Robert Aitken, 25 James Reynolds, d., 130 Benj'n January, 3 Benj'n Towne, 2 John Duffield, 75 Nathaniel Allen, 10 James Curtain, d., 10 John Cox, 2 Israel Meyers, 7 Philip Wilson, d 15 Jacob Rabsom, 18 Chr.'st'r Martatus, 18 Jacob Rutter, d., 2 John Ord, 12 Dennis Dunn's est'e, 15 John Smallman, 3 William Morrison, p.h'd, d John Morrison, p.h'd, d., William Webb, 4 Joseph Graisburry, 35 Jacob Benninghoff, 30 William Woodhouse, 10 Anth'y Wayne's est'e 20 David Copeland, 2 Marg't Cummings, 48 Joseph Gui, d 2 William Murris, 2 . Nathan Bush, est'e, p.h'd 6 John Wood, 110 Joseph Beaks's est'e, 55 Benjamin Condy, 12 John Gill's est'e, 29 Keane, merch't, 10 Nichols, merch't 10 Peter Dick, 60 William Tanner, 2 Samuel Curry, 18 John Beck, 15 Henry Priegel, , 1 Joshua Wallace's est'e, 20 Alexander McKim, d., 75 Eleazor Lyon, 5 Benjamin Rush, 75 Charles Stow, d., 2 Peter Simmonson, d., 2 Bryan O'Harra, d., 30 Law'e Howard's est'e, 12 Robert Crumbie, 2 James Mease, Th's Cha's Williams' est'e, 30 Robert Muffat, 2 Francis Sinner, 5 Archibald Gardner, d., 1 Samuel Stewart, 2 Timothy Carrol, d., 32 John Fisher's est'e, 18 Charles White, est'e, p.h'd, 22 Hugh McClenaghan, 4 Andrew Boyd, 2 James Scott, d., 2 Daniel Dick, p.h'd, Philip Dick, 18 Frederick Dick, p.h'd, Peter Kraft, 53 Dennis McCliver, Giles Knight's est'e, 13 Andrew Nixon, 2 Chamless Allen, 10 Joseph King, estate, p.h'd, d., 81 Joshua Allen, 6 Francis Nelson, 2 Joseph Pritchard, d., 134 Matthew McClue, d., 5 Benj'n Davis, Jun'r, 10 Blath'e Jones, 90 Pelatiah Webster, d., 85 Edward Oxley, 18 Henry Steel's est'e, 5 Philip Mitman, 2 Mathias Landenberger, 45 Jacob Cullock's est'e, 7 Joseph Coleman, d., 20 Samuel Scotten, d 2 William McDowell, 2 Jacob Kline, 5 R. Carpenter's est'e, 34 Jacob Grafe, 4 Peter Worrell's est'e, 18 James Mitchell, 5 William Forbes, d., 10 Samuel Meredith, 25 Reese Meredith's est'e, d., 462 John Imlay, 20 Matthew Irvin, 50 Thomas Pryor 80 Norton Pryor, p.h'd, Letitia Pryor, 150 Samuel Massey, 90 Edward Patterson, p.h'd, Redmund Byrne, 5 Thomas Harper 3 Jane Mease's est'e, 30 William Harper, 40 Blair McClennaghan, 300 Widow Montgomery's est'e, 180 John Brown, p.h'd, Buckridge Sims, d., 190 Henry Marks, 10 John White, est'e, p.h'd, 14 James Caldwell, 30 Roberts, grocer, 4 Thomas Marrott, p.h'd, Robert Turner, 4 William Anderson, 1 Capt'n Dougherty, 7 John Campbell, 20 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: 7.4 Kb This file is located at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/philadelphia/taxlist/lowerdelawarewardest1779.txt