AREA HISTORY: Hopewell in 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. _______________________________________________ HOPEWELL IN 1783 – Page 748 The following is a complete list of the taxables of Hopewell for the year 1783, together with the amount and valuation of real estate: Valuation John Anderson, 74 acres £91 Robert Anderson, 106 acres 103 Widow Anderson, 150 acres 86 Samuel Adams 8 John Adams 10 Jacob Alt 6 Patrick Burn, 50 acres 33 John Brown, 60 acres 60 John Blasser, 150 acres 125 Abraham Blasser, 100 acres, 2 mills Christian Blindmyer, 100 acres 127 John Beard, 80 acres 33 Barnet Blindmyer, 100 acres 98 William Bell 16 *William Brackenridge 14 Frederick Brose, 30 acres 33 Andrew Brown, 50 acres 41 William Collins, 150 acres 124 James Criswell, 50 acres 108 Casper Climmer, 106 acres 99 Nicholas Dipple, 50 acres William Douglass 14 Samuel Dickson, 150 acres 139 Anthony Duncan, 201 acres 156 Jerry Delong, 150 acres 155 Robert Dickson, 100 acres 113 Mathew Drohrbach 20 William Edgar, 130 acres 121 Christian Ealy, 150 acres 155 William Edie, 200 acres 184 Alexander Allison, 100 acres 75 John Forkner, 17 acres 25 Samuel Fulton 17 Andrew Fulton, 100 acres 183 David Fulton, 100 acres 150 William Farress, 100 acres 88 Andrew Findley, 100 acres 174 Jacob Feaster, 62 acres 57 John Forsythe, 50 acres 68 Widow Godfrys, 25 acres 29 John Garting, 300 acres, 2 slave 276 James Gibson, 150 acres 95 Widow Gibson, 250 acres 137 William Gemmill, 150 acres, 1 slave 250 William Good, 60 acres 53 Johnston Griffith, 126 acres 115 David Driffith, 100 acres 101 John Griffy, Jr., 100 acres 131 David Gamble, 200 acres 213 John Graton, ??? acres, 1 slave 81 Jacob Houshalter, 6? acres 103 Henry Houshalter, ?? acres 81 Robert Hem? 14 James Hutchison, ?? acres 62 James Harper, 156 acres 134 John Herring, 100 acres 70 Stoffel Markle, 100 acres 162 Michael Hively, 100 acres 70 Samuel Harper, 100 acres 134 Lawrence Heindel, 100 acres 119 Boston Hickman, 100 acres 60 Jacob Hiestand, 150 acres 122 Nicholas Heney, 144 acres 91 Rudy Young, 150 acres 257 William Jameson, 160 acres 51 Thomas Jamison, 50 acres 46 Jacob Junt, 100 acres 111 Christian Krug, 50 acres 37 Barnet Kousley, 150 acres 80 James Kerr, 112 acres 137 Joseph Kooper, 80 acres 118 Widow Killwell, 100 acres 64 David Kennedy, 150 acres 144 Henry Kirsomyler, 45 acres 20 Christian Leib, 100 acres 153 Jacob Landmesser, 50 acres 39 Wm. Liggett, Sr., 200 acres 154 Wm. Liggett, Jr., 200 acres 138 Herman Miller, 25 acres, 1 slave 132 Anthony Miller, 50 acres 61 John Miller, 50 acres 46 John Marshall, 100 acres 91 Richard McDonald, Sr., 350 acres 268 Richard McDonald, Jr., 160 acres 84 George McMullen, 100 acres 209 Wiliam McElling 14 Conrad Miller, 50 acres 41 William McClark, 50 acres 80 James McDonald, 156 acres 138 Daniel Miller, 50 acres 52 Benjamin Manifold, 119 acres 102 Thomas McCarrol 12 Joseph Manifold, 322 acres 206 John Manifold, 136 acred 114 James Maffet, 105 acres 89 William Morrow, 80 acres 77 Thomas McKell, 160 acres 127 Alex Moore, 150 acres 118 William McClurg, 100 acres 153 Michael Morrison, 150 acres 128 Conrad Miller, 60 acres 41 John Montgomery, 50 acres 88 William McClevey, 50 acres 67 Hugh McClurg, 66 acres 51 Samuel Martin, 150 acres 153 Samuel Mosser, 60 acres 54 Henry Miller, 50 acres 38 David Manson 41 James McFarland, 200 acres 120 John McCleary, 200 acres 126 Moody Moine, 100 acres 50 Widow McIsaac, 50 acres 61 James McAllister, 50 acres 57 Martin Obermiller, 180 acres 125 William Orr, 200 acres 100 John Pearson, 170 acres 136 Andrew Proudfoot, 200 acres 171 Widow Pain, 60 acres 47 Patrick Purdy, 100 acres 89 David Proudfoot, 55 acres 68 Robert Proudfoot, 160 acres 104 John Quarterman, 30 acres 30 Robert Richey, 50 acres 35 Alexander Ramsey, 135 acres 140 John Richey, Jr., 71 acres 60 John Richey, Sr., 60 acres 73 Adam Reed 29 John Raney, 170 acres 141 Samuel Rosebrough 76 Jacob Saddler, 300 acres 195 James St. Clair, 100 acres 85 William St. Clair, 110 acres 57 Nicholas Streher, 50 acres 42 Jacob Sherer, 100 acres 154 Frederic Saddler, 30 acres 52 Samuel Smith, 150 acres 121 Jacob Shafer, 150 acres 106 John Shafer 12 Abraham Sinnerd 40 James Steel 16 James Smith, Sr., 210 acres, 1 slave209 James Smith, Jr. 16 Francis Siechrists, 200 acres 144 John Shinnard, 30 acres John Sharer, 50 acres Joseph Smith, 200 acres 217 John Smith, 50 acres 52 William Smith, 200 acres, 2 slave 343 Robert Slemmons, 25 acres 24 Jonathan Smith 16 Peter Strayer, 100 acres 77 Philip Taylor, 156 acres 96 Peter Drexler, 60 acres 64 Alexander Thmpson, 150 acres 115 David Waltemeyer, 50 acres 54 Charles Waltemeyer, 100 acres 58 James Wilson, 100 acres 29 David Wiley, 150 acres, 1 slave 268 Henry Wiest, 200 acres 169 James Wilson, 149 acres 109 William Wilson, 150 acres 106 John Wilson, 100 acres 90 Francis Weinmiller, 150 acres 101 Andrew Warrick, 80 acres 106 Thomas Kelly, 100 acres 61 Michael Zeigler, 100 acres 61 Elisha Pew, 25 acres 30 James Patterson, 50 acres 104 Samuel Patterson, 50 acres 80 Nehemiah Armstrong, 35 acres 35 * Father of Hugh Brackenridge, judge of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, who was born in Hopewell.