TAX LIST: 1783, Hellam Township, York County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Abby Bowman Copyright 2004. 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. _______________________________________________ HELLAM TOWNSHIP, Page 605-606 TAXABLES IN 1783 In 1783 there were in Hellam Township 16,037 acres of land not vacant, 101 dwelling houses, 86 barns, 8 mills, 7 slaves, 345 male citizens, and 320 females. The following is a complete list of the taxables for the year named: Anderson & Lowry £ 400 Andrew Alexander 142 Peter Beidler, 200 acres 506 Widow Beidler, 150 acres, 2 stills 533 Jacob Baltzer, 150 acres 456 Adam Bahn, 140 acres, 1 still 658 John Bahn, 20 acres 25 Sebastian Brown, 12 acres 40 Craft Billet, 100 acres 113 Michael Blessing, 150 acres, 1 still 210 John Bauman, 75 acres 140 Jacob Bruckhardt, 100 acres, 1 still 205 Frederick Baker 20 George Clopper (weaver) 44 Samuel Crawford 20 Jacob Comfort (innkeeper), 12 acres 50 Adam Klein, 100 acres 53 Mathias Clopper, 25 acres 65 Michael Crow, 50 acres 553 Alexander Crow, 150 acres, 1 still 548 Henry Cann, 257 acres 669 Abraham Coble, 100 acres 129 George Catz, 196 acres 162 Jacob Kauffman, 270 acres 504 George Dietz, 230 acres 619 Philip Decker, 193 acres 672 Michael Durstein, 75 acres 286 Adam Daron, 75 acres 144 George Dr-ck, 30 acres 119 Joseph Dellinger, 100 acres 134 Gen James Ewing, 150 acres (silverware £7) 908 Henry Fisher, 30 acres 421 Jacob Freese 65 Philip Fritz, 100 acres 249 George Freese, 200 acres 232 John Fox, 51 acres 43 David Freese, 200 acres 424 John Flory, 130 acres 453 Isaac Flory, 130 acres 424 Jacob Flory, weaver, 70 acres 264 Abraham Flory, 68 acres 267 Baltzer Fitz, 150 acres, 2 stills 645 Martin Gardner, 200 acres, 1 still 586 William Gallager 20 Philip Gardner, 250 acres, 1 slave, 2 stills 722 Martin Huber, 190 acres 550 Jacob Heyer 51 John Hall, 98 acres 61 George Heibly, blacksmith 45 Jacob Heibly, 100 acres 164 George Hoyer, 92 acres 150 John Herr, 340 acres 1125 Widow King, 100 acres 57 Christian Kunkel, innkeeper 66 Henry Kindig, 200 acres, 2 stills 390 Godlieb Kunkel, 150 acres 195 Baltzer Kunkle, 150 acres, 1 still 215 Samuel Landis, 10 acres 82 Christian Lehman, 150 acres 246 Valentine Liphart, 180 acres 445 Henry Liphart, 168 acres, 2 stills 632 Jacob Lanius, 150 acres, 1 still 556 Henry Lanius, 150 acres, 1 still 625 Jacob Langenecker, blacksmith 40 Christian Mosser, 80 acres 129 John Mate, 400 acres 334 David Mellinger, 125 acres 460 George Mantel, tanner, 5 acres 275 John Myer 20 Michael Miller, 200 acres 582 John Mate, Jr. 20 Casper Mate, 100 acres 582 Ulrich Neucommer, 70 acres 64 John Neucommer, 130 acres 194 Daniel Neas, 117 acres, 1 slave 372 Christian Neucommer, 80 acres 63 Ulrich Neucommer, Jr., 80 acres 74 Christian Rupp, 100 acres 168 Jost Reib, 10 acres 114 Michael Rudy, 190 acres 479 Philip Rupp 20 John Reist 40 Philip Sultzbach, 184 acres 450 Henry Strickler, 80 acres, 1 grist-mill, 1 saw-mill 603 Jacob Strickler, Jr., 180 acres 644 Christian Stoner, 177 acres, 2 saw-mills 826 John Strickler, 195 acres 483 John Strickler, 180 acres 598 James Smith, Esq., 1,000 acres 600 Henry Strickler, 126 acres 488 Jacob Shultz, blacksmith, 94 acres, 1 slave 615 Daniel Schneitman, 50 acres 66 Adam Swope, 50 acres 42 John Shultz, 200 acres, 1 saw-mill 690 John Shroll, Jr., 150 acres 143 John Sneider, 100 acres 39 Christian Shroll, 50 acres 79 Jacob Statler, 30 acres 40 Jacob Stentz, 180 acres 303 George Shallow, innkeeper, 100 acres 204 George Shallow, Jr. 20 Samuel Speiser 20 Michael Zacharias 20 Philip Thomas, 90 acres 139 Abraham Demuth, 100 acres 129 Jacob Weitzhoffer, 170 acres 672 Wolff Wendel 20 Michael Weiland 20 Samuel Wright, 400 acres 1850 Jacob Witmer 73 John Wright, 500 acres, 2 slaves 2055 William Willis 20 Solomon Williams 78 John Wyland, 99 acres 235 John Steiner, weaver William Holtzinger 20 Simon Holtzinger 20 Widow Morgan, 200 acres 450 Tikabat Stater 20 Solomon Williams 20 James Williams 20 Abraham Bruckhardt, 300 acres 309 SINGLE MEN. Christian Reist, weaver. John Fitz, weaver. Michael Durstein. John Peterman. Joseph Reed. John Ewing. Nicholas Heltzle. John Strickler, Jr. Godleib Rupp. Casper Wolff. Jacob Shultz, blacksmith. Jacob Longenecker, blacksmith. Henry Bainnie, weaver. George Druck. Henry Gelp.