Tax Assessment Returns 1768
(Brothers, Colerain, Cumberland and Dublin Townships)
Brothers Valley Township (This is a list of illegal settlers in the vicinity of Turkey-Foot, made by the commissioners sent to expel them. This land had not yet been purchased from the Indians.)
Henry ABRAHAMS
John COOPER
Ezekiel DEWITT
Henry ENSLOW
John ENSLOW
Ezekiel HICKMAN
Benjamin JENNINGS
Benkamin PURSLEY
James SPENCER
Colerain Township (the western side of Fulton Co. and eastern half of Bedford Co.)
John ALLISON
George ARMSTRONG
John ARMSTRONG
James ASKEW (1 Horse)
Richard BROWN (2 horses and 2 cows)
Baynton Wharton & Co.
Charles COX
Thomas CROYLE (2 horses and 4 cows)
James CUNNINGHAM
James DAYLY
Gasper DEVABOUGH
Joseph DODDERIDGE (2 horses and 2 cows)
James ELLIOT (1 servant, 2 horses and 4 cows)
Hugh FERGUSON (2 horses and 1 cow)
James FOALY
William FRADRIGALL (1 horse and 1 cow)
John FRAZIER
John FRIEND (2 horses and 2 cows)
John FRIEND, Sr. (2 horses and 2 cows and 1 sheep)
Joseph GREENWALT (2 horses and 3 cows)
William HENERY
John HOOF (1 horse and 1 cow)
Michael HOOF (1 horse and 1 cow)
Thomas JOHNSTON
Lindsay Ireland & McCormick
John LITTLE
William LIVERS (2 horses and 2 cows)
Thomas LYON (2 horses and 2 cows)
William McILLWAIN
Robert McKINNY
Chrisley MILLER (2 horses and 2 cows)
Oliver MILLER (2 horses and 4 cows)
Charles MOOR
Robert MOOR (1 negro, 2 horses, 2 cows, 3 sheep)
Samuel MOOR
Joseph MORRISON (2 horses and 2 cows)
James NEWALL
George NIXON (1 horse and 1 cow)
John ORMSBY
William PARKER (2 horses and 2 cows)
Garret PENDERGRASS, Jr. (2 horses and 1 cow)
Garret PENDERGRASS, Sr. (2 horses and 2 cows)
John PERRIN (1 horse and 2 cows)
Perry Urie & Ireland
James PIPER
John PIPER
Henry RHODES (1 saw mill, 3 horses and 4 cows)
Jacob RHODES (1 horse)
James SPURGEON, Jr. (1 horse and 1 cow)
James SPURGEON, Sr. (4 horses and 2 cows)
William SPURGEON (1 horse and 2 cows)
Thomas URIE (2 horses and 2 cows)
Samuel WALLACE
Edwar WARD
Michael WATSON
James WELLS (1 horse)
Richard WELLS (1 horse)
George WOODS
Thomas WOODS (2 horses)
Anthony WORLEY (2 horses and 2 cows)
Ezekial WORLEY (4 horses and 4 cows)
Single Freemen:
(Jos.) ASKEW
Philip DODDERIDGE
Joseph FRIEND
Edward HENDERSON
Liege HOOF
John JOHNSTON
William (LIVA)
Paul MARTIN
Charles MOOR
Jno. REYNOR
Gabriel RHOADS
Jacob RHOADS
Peter SHOVER
Luke SWINEY
Richard WELLS
Brice WORLEY
Cumberland Valley: (southwest corner of Bedford County)
Edward ANDERSON (2 horses and 2 coes)
Edward ASKINS (3 horses and 2 cows)
Major Thomas BARNSLEY
Lemuel BARRET (4 horses and 4 cows)
Thomas BASSET
John BORROWS (1 servant, 3 horses and 5 cows)
Charles CESSNEY (2 horses and 2 cows)
John CESNEY, Jr. (2 horses and 1 cow)
John CESNEY, Sr.
Jonathan CESNEY (2 horses)
Joseph CESNEY (1 horse)
Thomas COLTER (3 horses and 2 cows)
William CONNEL (1 horse)
Yates Conwell, Cox & Co.
Thomas DAVIS (3 horses and 2 cows)
Lewis DAVISON (1 negro, 3 horses, 5 cows and 9 sheep)
Daniel DUNCAN
Samuel FINLAY
John FRAZIER
Thomas HILLING (2 horses and 2 cows)
John HENTHORN, Jr.
John HENTHORN, Sr. (5 horses and 5 cows)
David JENNINGS
Thomas JONES
William JOSEPH
Matthew KERR (2 horses and 1 cow)
Little & Tea
Charles MARTIN (1 negro, 4 horses and 3 cows)
Adam McCARTNEY (3 horses, 5 cows and 9 sheep)
John MONTGOMERY
John ORMSBY
Israel PEMBERTON
William PETERS
Jess PIGMAN (2 horses and 2 cows)
John POLLOCK
Stephan ROBBINET (2 horses and 2 cows)
John SLATER (2 horses and 2 cows)
Captain William THOMPSON
Captain William TRENT
Joseph TUMBLETON, Jr. (1 horse and 1 cow)
Samuel Wallace & Co.
John WATSON (4 horses2 cows and 3 sheep)
George WOODS
Single Freemen:
John BAKER
Jonathan CESNEY
Joseph CESNEY
Joseph CONWELL
WIlliam DAVISON
James HINTHORN
John HINTHORN, Jr.
Joseph TUMBLETON, Jr.
Thomas WILKINS
Dublin Township: (encompassed the eastern 1/3 of Huntingdon and the northeast corner of Fulton County)
James BARCLAY
BAynton Wharton & Co.
Charles BOYLE (2 horses and 2 cows)
William BROWN (1 horse and 1 cow)
John BURD (1 servant, 2 horses and 5 cows)
Thomas Calvert & Rev. Steel
Francis CAMPLE (10 cows)
Samuel CARLETON (10 cows)
James CLUGADGE (3 horses and 2 cows)
James DAYLY (2 horses and 1 cow)
Joshua DEVENPORT
Benjamin ELLIOT (1 horse and 1 cow)
James ELLIOT
Robert ELLIOT
George HARBRIDGE (1 horse)
Robert HARVEY
Geroge HENERY
Henry HOLT (1 cow)
James HUNTER
John LUKENS
Andrew McCORMICK (1 horse and 2 cows)
John OWENS, Jr. (1 horse and 1 cow)
David OWINS (1 horse and 1 cow)
Elias PETIT (1 horse and 1 cow)
John RAMSEY (1 horse, 1 cow and 5 sheep)
Robert RAMSEY (1 horse and 1 cow)
William RAMSEY (1 horse)
Rev. Dr William SMITH
Andrew STEEL
George SWAGHART (2 horses and 1 cow)
Captain William THOMPSON
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