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1807 Somerset Borough Taxpayers

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Sep 14, 2015

RESIDENT TAXPAYERS OF SOMERSET BOROUGH – 1807
Addison, Hon. Alexander
Ankeny, Jacob – clockmaker
Ankeny, Peter
Ankeny, Rosina
Armstrong, Jane – widow
Armstrong, John Sr. – mason
Armstrong, Joseph – brewer
Beigle, Frederick – tailor
Benford, Henry – tanner
Beymer, Conrad\’s heirs
Bucher, Isaac – carpenter
Brallier, Emanuel – joiner
Campbell, John – borough assessor
Campbell, William
Carson, James – attorney
Chorpenning, George
Chorpenning, Henry
Clark, Campbell & Shrader
Clark, Griffith – joiner
Clark, James – innkeeper, distiller and postmaster
Crook, John – wagoner
Cugle, Christian – wagonmaker
Drolly, John – barber
Elder, William G. – merchant and physician
Espy, Josiah Esq. – attorney
Faith, Abraham – deputy sheriff
Findley, William
Flick, Adam Sr.
Fletcher, John
Forsythe, Gabriel – merchant
Forsythe, John – merchant
Garretson, Aaron – farmer
Giesey, Rev. Henry
Glessner,Henry – joiner
Glessner, Jacob – joiner
Graft, Jacob – butcher
Griffith, John\’s heirs
Griffith, Rachel – widow
Hays, John – saddler
Heffley, Jacob – weaver
Hipple, Christian – caterer
Hollis, Joseph
Houpt, John – wagonmaker
Houpt, Valentine Sr. – joiner
Houpt, Valentin Jr. – joiner
Hugus, Michael – clockmaker
Husband, Emma
Husband, Harmon\’s heirs
Huston, Peter – joiner
Hyrsh, Andrew – potter
Keller, Henry – carpenter
Kelly, John – schoolmaster
Kennedy, Thomas – sheriff, saddler and innkeeper
Kimmel, Abraham – wagoner
Kimmel, Peter – farmer, also owner of tannery and blacksmith shop
King, John
Koontz, Samuel – blacksmith
Kurtz, John – hatter
Leech, Thomas – tailor
Leeper. Samuel W. – attorney
Lichtenberger, George
Lint, Catharine – baker and widow
Logan, Thomas – laborer
Long, Rev. Frederick William, DD
Lynn, Alexander – blacksmith
Mavis, Henry – shoemaker
McKim, John
Meyers, Jacob – wheelwright
Miller, Abraham – tanner
Miller, Peter
Mong, John – wheelwright
Morrison, Abraham – attorney and prothonotary
Murray, Christopher – tanner
Neff, Frederick – innkeeper
Ogle, Alexander – attorney and assemblyman
Parker, Agnes – widow
Pearson, Robert – jobber
Penrod, Barbary
Philson, Robert
Probst, Elizabeth – widow
Rhodes, Samuel – blacksmith
Ross, William – weaver
Saylor, Jacob – tinner
Schneider, Adam – farmer, also owner of an oilmill
Schneider, Henry – merchant
Schneider, Jacob – farmer
Schneider, Jacob – merchant
Selby, Samuel – attorney
Shaffer, Henry – wagoner
Shaffer, Philip – innkeeper
Shrader, Otho – attorney
Stahl, Leonard
Swartz, Jacob
Tantlinger, John – saddler
Tedrow, Michael – joiner
Ulrick, Rudolph – watchmaker
Webster, John – innkeeper
Weigley, Joseph – attorney
Wells, John Esq. – magistrate
Whysong, John – butcher
Wiemer, John
Will, Conrad – innkeeper
Winters, Elizabeth

SINGLE FREEMEN
Armstrong, William – blacksmith
Barrett, John – saddler
Cambridge, Archy – joiner
Campbell, David – postrider
Cartell, George V. – schoolmaster
Cash, Samuel – stage-driver
Hartzell, George – tanner
Lamberson, Leonard – joiner
Maurer, George – printer (probable publisher of the Somerset Gazette, first newspaper in Somerset Co.)
Murray, Christopher – tanner
Nickle, John – blacksmith
Noble, Moses – stage-driver
Nox, John – shoemaker (probably intended for Knox)
Perky, Daniel – blacksmith
Schneider, Henry – farmer
Schrivener, William Russell
Still, James – shoemaker
Stull, John – blacksmith
Umburn, Henry
Wagoner, Michael – blacksmith
Wall, Samuel – hatter
Ward, Francis – shoemaker

(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)

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