The following were the occupations, other than farming, represented on the tax-list of Stony Creek for the year 1798:
Henry Brant, tavernkeeper
James Black, tanyard
Jacob Glessner, carpenter shop and sawmill
John Groner, millwright, one mill
Jacob Grendle, cordwinder
Conrad Hite, tavernkeeper
Ludwig Koss, cordwainer
David Kimmel, tavern keeper
Jacob Lambert, blacksmith
Joseph Miller, sawmill
William McDermott and Cornelius Martenius, tavernkeepers
Jacob Menges, weaver
Gottlieb Nietz, hatter
Samuel Rhoads, blacksmith
John Statler, tavern
Ludwig Sharer, blacksmith
Jacob Stoner, carpenter
George Shick, weaver
Christian Shank, two sawmills
Frederick Weible, cordwinder
Wm. Wilson, blacksmith
John Yoder, carpenter.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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