AREA HISTORY:  Assessment of 1884, West Manchester 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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ASSESSMENT OF 1884 – Page 622

The assessment taken in 1884 gives a valuation of $1,740,000 of real estate and 
$48,880 of personal property.  Number of taxables: 773; horses and mules 473, and 
their valuation $27,325; cows 658, and their valuation $16,450; aggregate amount 
of valuation assessed for county purposes $1,852,000, exceeded only by Spring 
Garden and Manchester.  Martin Miller was the first supervisor of the roads and 
highways of Manchester Township, in 1749; upon his resignation Henry Bott was 
appointed by the court to succeed him.