According to the tax list for 1813, the number of acres of cleared land in the township was small, each farm containing from one to ten acres cleared. The following inhabitants had over ten acres cleared:
Samuel Finley, Sr. – 30
Peter Hutzel – 20
Geo. Klingaman – 13
John Klink Sr. – 15
The complete list is as follows:
Jac. Akenberger, Sr.
Douglass Baker (surveyor)
Nicn. Beel
Conrad Beel
Jas. Boyd
Peter Barnt, Sr. (tailor)
Jac. Bidinger
John Dilly
Peter Deal Sr. (Millwright)
Peter Deal Jr. (carpenter)
Wm. De Haven Sr. (carpenter)
Abrm. Fouck
Wm. Finley
Samuel Finley Sr.
Samuel Finley Jr.
Henry Garlits
Jac. Garlits
Jac. Hostetler Jr. (sawmill)
Peter Hostetler
Geo. Hutzel
Peter Hutzel
Mich. Hutzel
Henry Hair
John Ingle (sawmill)
Peter Ingle
Ph. Infield
Adam Keever
Geo. Klingaman
Henry Klingaman
John Klink Sr. (sawmill)
Andrew Klink (weaver
Peter Keever (blacksmith)
Christian Livengood
John Meese (sawmill)
Mich. Moyer
Dav. Miller
Peter Mart
Jac. Moyer
Peter Shumaker
Peter Shults
Christian Shockey Sr. (sawmill)
Val. Shockey
William Shockey (shoemaker)
John Shults
Christian Shockey Jr.
Cornelius Sullivan\’s Heirs
Mich. Warner
Single Freemen:
Jac. & John Akenbarger
Adam Boyd
Jac. Deal
Robt. Finley
Jac. Garlits
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884
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