1796 Milford Township Tax List
The following is a copy of the tax-list of Milford township for 1796, and shows the names of the resident taxables of at least one-sixth of Somerset county:<br><center><strong>A – F</strong>…
Upper Turkeyfoot Township
<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Upper Turkeyfoot township was organized in 1848, its territory, up to that date, having been included in the old township of Turkey-Foot. This region was settled early,…
Kingwood Churches
The first church in Kingwood was the Evangelical Lutheran, built in 1852, at a cost of about five hundred dollars. The first pastor was Rev. M.F. Pfähler. The present membership…
Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church
Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal church, situated in the northern part of the township, was erected in 1863, at a cost of one thousand dollars.The first ministers were Revs. Wilkinson and…
Paddytown Methodist Episcopal Church
The first church in Upper Turkey-Foot was a log building, erected by the Methodists, at Paddytown, in 1816. Rev. Jacob Gruber held the first quarterly meeting and preached the first…
1848 Upper Turkeyfoot Township Assessor’s List
The following is the assessor’s list of owners of real property in Upper TurkeyFoot township in the year 1848: <center>A – M — <a href=”articles.php?article_id=318&rowstart=1″><u>N – Z</u></a></center>John AnsellMich. Ansell, Sr.Sam…
Middlecreek Evangelical Lutheran Church
Middle Creek Evangelical Lutheran church was organized by Rev. William Uhl in 1850. Prior to the organization there had been preaching in the Putman schoolhouse for five or six years.…
Middlecreek Township
<center><strong>HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP</strong></center>Organized in 1853, Middlecreek Township contains 19,318 acres or about 30 square miles, and was formed out of the western part of Milford Township. It was named…
1854 Middlecreek Voters
The following is a copy of the official list of voters of Middle Creek township in 1854, one year after the organization of the township:<center>A – K — <a href=”articles.php?article_id=311&rowstart=1″><u>L…
1776 Brothersvalley Township Taxables
Taxables of Brothersvalley Township for 1776:<center><strong>A – K</strong> — <a href=”articles.php?article_id=308&rowstart=1″><u>L – Z</u></a></center>Ambrosia, FrederickAldfather, FrederickBagly, MichaelBaker, PhilipBerkly, JacobBerkley, LudwickBough, ChristianBougher, PeterBowman, StophelBoyers, PhilipCable, AbrahamCable, JacobCafer, JacobCiblee, JacobCook, AdamCooper, MichaelCountryman, GeorgeDelabaugh,…