AREA HISTORY: Fawn Township, 1783, York County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Kathy Francis Copyright 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/york/ _______________________________________________ History of York County, Pennsylvania. John Gibson, Historical Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886. _______________________________________________ FAWN TOWNSHIP IN 1783 – Page 757 In 1783 the population of this township, including Peach Bottom was 783. There were 39 slaves, 118 dwelling houses, 89 barns, 8 mills and 18,100 acres of land taken up. The following is a complete list of the names of the taxable inhabitants for the year 1783, together with the number of acres owned by each and valuation in pounds sterling: Francis Armstrong, 50 acres £12 James Alexander, 40 acres, 2 mills 222 Isaac Alexander, 201 acres 115 Thomas Allen, 125 acres 100 Robert Adair, 50 acres 26 William Adams, 100 acres 51 John Alexander, 30 acres 18 Stephen Allaway, 20 acres 14 Allen Anderson, 100 acres 57 William Anderson, 69 acres 176 Humphrey Andrew 14 John Bullock, 40 acres 10 Eliezer Brown, 100 acres 112 James Buchanan, 200 acres 114 Samuel Buchanan, 310 acres 138 Moses Bennington 16 Thomas Brannen, 100 acres 68 Thomas Brannen, Jr., 100 acres 60 Thomas Brown, 152 acres 102 William Boyd, 2 horses 9 Samuel Black, 50 acres 52 Nathaniel Baldwin, 100 acres 52 Jonathan Burgess 18 Jeremiah Barnet, 59 acres 20 Alex Cooper, 600 acres, 2 slaves 317 Thomas Cooper, 600 acres, 4 slaves 554 Nicholas Cooper, 128 acres 229 Matthew Clark, 300 acres 166 Robert Caldwell, 100 acres 101 Samuel Caldwell, 100 acres 75 John Commons, 70 acres 26 James Cord, 120 acres 74 Samuel Cummings, 60 acres 20 Archibald Cooper, 200 acres 93 John Cooper, 120 acres, 1 horse 65 David Cooper, 100 acres 55 Samuel Crow, 200 acres 111 Ann Carson, 274 acres, 1 slave 88 William Colvin, 273 acres 118 Benjamin Cunningham, 350 acres 203 Patrick Clemmons, 83 acres 14 William Cooper, 175 acres 107 Patrick Curly, 50 acres 20 Martin Cortz, 100 acres 74 Peter Cortz, 100 acres 81 Agnew Gilchrist, 139 acres 81 John Campbell 18 John Cox, 80 acres 40 John Daugherty 4 Joseph Dame 2 Robert Dunlap, 150 acres 47 John Day, 140 acres 91 Robert Duncan, 394 acres 238 Patrick Ewing, 60 acres 22 Hugh Edgar, 136 acres 85 Samuel Edgar, 228 acres 178 Alexander Ewing, Jr., 50 acres 26 Alexander Ewing, 75 acres 51 Mary Fulton, 200 acres 118 Elijah Forsythe, 30 acres 7 Adam Fondrew, 100 acres 50 Henry Graham 2 Thomas Gordon 2 James Gordon, 200 acres 93 Jacob Gibson, 150 acres, 1 slave, 1 mill 166 Robert Gordon, 100 acres 47 John Glasgow, 100 acres 50 Robert Gibson, 50 acres 32 John Brown Gordan 16 Robert Gilkerson, 250 acres 87 William Gray, 200 acres 121 John Guist, 200 acres 109 John Hamilton, 100 acres, 1 slave 121 Levay Hopkins, 200 acres 123 Jeremiah Hayton, 80 acres 54 Archibald Harvey, 10 acres 12 John Harbison, 100 acres 40 Josiah Hitchcock, 200 acres 114 Jesse Jarret, 100 acres 50 Ann Jones, 60 acres 41 Benjamin Jones, 107 acres 47 Joseph Johnston, 50 acres 47 Samuel Kincade, 270 acres 116 Joseph Kathcart, 265 acres 171 John Lemmon, 40 acres 4 Henry Long, 100 acres 39 John Livingston, 60 acres 31 John McLean, 50 acres, 2 slaves 75 Edward Moore 2 John Major 13 George Mitchell, 200 acres 95 Thomas Mattson, 20 acres 21 Robert Miller, 100 acres 49 Robert Moonberry, 100 acres 66 James McMullen, 200 acres 107 Edward Manifold, 400 acres 236 George Mitchell, Jr., 250 acres 76 George Mitchell, Sr., 150 acres 79 William Mantle, 150 acres 89 James Milligan, 185 acres 60 John McKitruk, 50 acres 22 William McCleary, 186 acres 109 James McCullough, 160 acres 86 John Mum, 97 acres 36 John McCleland 7 James McCandless, 756 acres, 2 slaves 407 Joseph Mitchell, 150 acres, 1 still 68 Hugh Mcfaddon, 85 acres 37 Israel Morris, 170 acres 110 Thomas Neill, 140 acres 72 John Neill, 140 acres 52 George Nicholl, 300 acres, 1 mill, 1 still 169 William Porter, 340 acres, 1 saw-mill, 3 slaves 507 John Parks, 75 acres 53 William Parker, 178 acres 80 James Parker, 107 acres 71 James Reed, 73 acres 37 Walter Robinson, 157 acres 31 William Robinson, 85 acres 60 Joseph Ross, 200 acres 99 *William Rowan, 245 acres 103 William Reed, 75 acres 42 Andrew Richie, 120 acres 59 John Ralston, 100 acres 61 James Ramsey, 396 acres, 3 slaves, 8 persons 326 John Rowland, 50 acres 32 Alex Ramsey, 100 acres 37 Cunningham Simple, 260 acres, 4 slaves 381 Patrick Sloan 9 John Simple, 1003 acres, 1 still, 4 slaves 565 Thomas Steel, 282 acres 117 Rachael Steel, 160 acres, 1 slave 55 Patrick Scott, 372 acres, 1 slave 172 John Suter, 115 acres 56 John Sharp, 80 acres 37 William Sharp, 80 acres 37 Rev. John Slemmons, 230 acres, 3 slaves 244 James Smith, 93 acres 78 Thomas Smith, 100 acres 50 John Taylor, 115 acres 70 James Threw 7 John Taggert, 50 acres 19 Robert Torbit, 200 acres 112 Alex Turner, 30 acres, 1 grist-mill, 1 saw-mill 287 Alex Threw, 110 acres 49 Nathaniel Wyley, 73 acres 18 Hugh Whiteford, 100 acres 50 John Whitecker, 140 acres 81 John Wilson, 300 acres 209 Richard Webb, 133 acres 96 William Wallace, 140 acres 69 James Webb 14 Joseph Wiley, 294 acres 183 Samuel Wattson, 120 acres 56 James Wiley, 150 acres 89 Isaac Whitelock, 100 acres 50 Joseph Wiley, Sr. 7 James Edgar, 150 acres 114 Samuel West, 100 acres 52 George West, 100 acres 42 SINGLE MEN. Thomas Alexander. Eli Adams. Joshua Brown. William Atchison. Jesse Bathers. Patrick Downey. Alexander Ewing. William Kinard. William Hepson. Samuel Mcfadden. John Howell. Thomas Scott. George Suter. Joseph Scott. Joseph White. Solomon Watson. Henry Todd. John Boyd. *Father of United States Senator Rowan, of Kentucky, who was born in York County.