AREA HISTORY:  1783, Dover Township, 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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DOVER IN 1783 – Page 677

In 1783 the village of Dover contained a population of 81; of this number 44 
were males, and 37 females.  Jacob Joner owned twenty-five lots and a house on 
the square.  Various trades were represented.  Nicholas Joner and Henry Matthews 
were cordwainers, and made boots and shoes for the surrounding populace.  George 
Marik owned a house and six lots.  John Gross, Samuel Wilt and Jacob Bigler were 
weavers, and with the old style tread machines, manufactured the cloth for the 
wearing apparel of themselves and neighbors.

John Swan, a good-natured Irishman, was the village blacksmith.  While 
diligently working at his trade, he related many stories of his war history to 
the little boys and girls who frequently gathered around him.  John Urban was a 
locksmith.  Joseph Spangler and Barnhart Rudy, inn keepers; Martin Reisinger, 
tailor; Peter Trien, tanner, John Cook, Thomas Metzler, Michael Gross, James 
Montgomery, John Stewart, Conrad Miller, Abraham Fisher and George Stouch, each 
owned houses and lived in Dover.  Daniel May was justice of the peace.