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Amity Township Formation Petition 1744 Reaffirming 1719 To the honorable Justices of ye Peace at ye Court of Quarter Sessions held at Philada. March ye 3d 1744, the petition of ye Inhabitants of Amity humbley sheweth that about twenty fives years since the inhabitants of that 10,000 acres of land lyings up Schuylkill, called ye … Read more
Early History of Tilden Township Source: The History of Berks County, Pennsylvania by F.W. Balthaser (1925), pages 250-251: Tilden Township was taken from Upper Bern in 1887 and organized as a separate district. It was named after Samuel J. TILDEN, the unsuccessful candidate for president in 1876. It lies just south of the Blue Mountains … Read more
Strausstown John Strauss, who had a large farm in the vicinity of what is now Strausstown, laid out the town in 1840. As he owned most of the land upon which the town grew, it was named after him. Three parties owned the land that is now the site of Strausstown: John Strauss, John Batteiger … Read more
Old Street Names The street names in the left column came from the Directory of Reading, 1806. The street names were changed August 6, 1833. Old Street Names Old Name New Name King Street 3rd Street Queen Street 4th Street Callowhill Street 5th Street Prince Street 6th Street Duke Street 7th Street Earl Street 8th … Read more
Old Place Names and Their Locations The following list is just a small collection of old place names and their locations. If you know of a place that is hard to locate, please submit it to Nancy. Old Place Names and Their Locations Place Name Location Allemangel Albany Twp. Allendale Heights Located in Perry Twp. … Read more
Jefferson Township Source: The History of Berks County, Pennsylvania by F.W. Balthaser (1925), pages 221-223: The first settlement in this township was made in 1731 by John SERVY in the Mill Creek Valley. In 1736, Andreas AULENPACK took up three hundred acres of land in the same valley. This farm was sold to Philip HIMMELBERGER … Read more
Ninety-Third Regiment [Transcriber’s note: On alternating pages of the source, the header included names of campaigns or battles, instead of the title of the book. I used these to create subheadings in the following text, and I added one or two additional headings to identify the campaigns or battles.] On the 12th of September, 1861, … Read more
Ninety-Third Regiment Field and Staff Officers <!– Field and Staff Officers of the Ninety-Third Regiment –> Name Rank Date of Muster into Service Term (Years) Remarks James M. M’Carter Col. Oct. 28, ’61 3 Wd. at Fair Oaks, Va., May 31,’62–disch. Nov. 29, 1862-re-mus. Apr. 1, 1863–res. Aug. 21,’63. John M. Mark do. Oct. 12, … Read more
Ninety-Third Regiment Company B, Recruited in Berks County Men Recruited into the Ninety-Third Regiment, Company B from Berks Co. Name Rank Date of Muster into Service Term (Years) Remarks John E. Arthur Capt. Oct. 12, ’61 3 Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, Sept. 1, 1862. John Fritz do. Sept. 18,’61 3 Pr. fr. Sgt. to Capt., … Read more
Soldier’s Memorial – Company H, 151st Regiment, P.V. Mustered into the United States service, November 1st 1862 at Harrisburg, Pa. Company Officers Captain William K. Boltz, taken prisoner at Gettysburg July 1, 1863 1st Lieut., James L. Reber 2d Lieut, Albert Yost, wounded a Gettysburg, July 1, 1863 Sergeants 1st George W. Heilig, wounded at … Read more