AREA HISTORY:  Bottstown in 1783, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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BOTTSTOWN IN 1783 – Page 521

A census of Bottstown was taken in the year 1783 by the township assessor.  
There were then 151 inhabitants.  The names of the property holders were Peter 
Lint, joiner, Michael Wise, Gotlieb Reicherd who owned four horses, Jeremiah 
Shriack, Gabriel Derr, John Ernst, hatter; Matthias Detter, innkeeper; Andrew 
Wyer, Peter Engelmor, Martin Hap, John Haller, Henry Cunningham, Frederick Horn, 
baker; widow Hoke, John Detter, saddler; John Kortz, tobacconist; Robert Bailey, 
gunsmith; Alexander Brown, hosier; Frederick Rothrock, saddler, Andrew Sneider, 
Robert Lewis, Jacob Bott, son of the founder of the town owned eleven acres of 
land, one horse, one cow and six sheep and had a family of eight persons; Philip 
Rothrock, Philip Hoffman, Martin Bauer, George Fink, Nicholas Reisinger, 
Frederick Roemer, Frederick Eichelberger and Mathias Ament.  The entire property 
valuation was £2,554 in Pennsylvania currency.