The following were the taxable inhabitants of Paint township in the year 1837:
Geo. Arres
Jac. Ash
Peter Berkey (justice)
Jac. Blough
Jesse Berkebile
Andrew Berkebile
Henry Berkey
Dan’l Berkey (justice)
Peter Berkey
Abr. Burghard
Dav. Blough
Dan. Berkey (of Peter)
John Foust
John Fyock, Sr.
John Fyock, Jr.
Geo. Frahn
John Fisher
Henry Foust (miller)
Dav. Fyock
Chris. Fry
Jos. Growden
John Giser (carpenter)
John Heltzle
John Huffman
Geo. Heltzle
Dan. Helman
Isaac Holsapbel
Adam Holsapbel
Joseph Johns
Harrison Jones
Fred Kuster
Jac. Kuster
widow Kocher
John Kuntz
Jac. Lint
Geo. Lint
Isaac Lehman
Dav. Livingston (saw and grist mill and carding- machine)
Jac. Livingston
Henry Lehman
Moses Miller
Jac. Messebaugh (saw and grist mill)
Dav. Moyers
Chris. Miller
John Messeny (tailor)
Wm. Moore (saw and grist mill, miller)
Dan. Niessly
Chris. Niessly
John Neuner (cabinetmaker)
Jos. Oaks
Emanuel Penrod
Peter Ripple
Nich. Ripple
John Ripple
Fred. Rininger (fulling and carding mill)
John Roudebush
Andrew Sprowel
Dav. Shaffer, Jr.
Peter Short
Melchoir Seese
Dav. Shaffer, Sr.
John Shaffer
Ph. Seese
Jac. Shaffer
Levi Shaffer
Sam. Stehr
Conrad Seese
John Slaughbaugh
Barbara Seese
Emanuel Seese
Chris. Thomas
John Winch (mason)
Fred. Winch
John Wertz
Adam Wasem
John Wible
Jos. Yoder
John Yont.
Single freemen:
Benj. Miller
Jac. Wertz
Sam. Livingston
John Seese (of Con.)
John Feil
Wm. Kocher.
Total valuation of Paint, etc., 1837, twenty- seven thousand two hundred and forty- one dollars.
(Source: History of Bedford, Somerset & Fulton Counties, PA; 1884)
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