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2,176
1,935
1,929
Bern, Upper
1,342
2,017
2,117
2,906
1,747
2,027
2,008
2,179
989
904
Bernville
817
924
1,294
1,482
1,458
1,871
2,159
457 2,285
· 2,329
2,139
1,931
Birdsboro
690
1,099
1,436
1,709
Brecknock
338
495
536
866
935
876
844
813
923
949
946
Caernarvon
541
723
829
862
813
977
953
927
951
942
959
Centre
1,216
1,346
1,392
1,529
1,627
1,418
1,313
Centreport
671
792
1,046
1,229
1,124
1,102
1,359
1,660
1,150
1,352
1,395
Cumru
1,413
2,017
2,462
2,688
2,939
3,853
2,182
2,573
3,064
3,927
5,772
District
753
805
509
562
583
842
786
724
798
715
651
Douglass
450
660
709
839
1,133
1,018
1,120
1,072
1,151
1,143
1,029
Earl
489
794
934
990
1,158
1,047
1,143
1,022
1,141
927
909
Exeter
802
1,194
1,381
1,455
1,911
2,074
2,308
2,239
? 169
2,308
2,503
Fleetwood
Greenwich
1,004
1,104
1,337
1,407
1,629
1,842
2,041
2,151
1,988
1,651
1,470
Hamburg
1,035
1,334
1,590
2,010
2,127
2,315
Heidelberg
1,569
2,802
3,605
4.124
3,539
805
1,013
1,193
1,281
1,440
1,611
Heidelberg, Lower
2,144
2,398
2,480
2,862
2,876
3,896
Hereford
923
1,140
1,431
1,709
1,235
1,244
1,372
1,260
1,406
1,357
1,202
Kutztown
203
693
640
915
945
1,198
1,595
1,328
Lenhartsville
863
998
1,371
1,695
1,836
1,868
2,217
2,910
3,426
3,007
2,507
Maiden-creek
770
918
1,192
1,350
1,749
1,284
1,531
1,615
1,714
1,775
1,639
Marion
929
1,630
1,847
2,108
1,897
1,740
2,093
2,531
2,843
2,264
2,407
Oley
968
1,284
1,410
1,469
1,877
1,799
2,056
1,986
2,175
2,098
2,115
Penn
1,320
1,526
1,680
1,527
1,575
1,583
Pike
645
752
790
883
1,178
925
921
882
806
Richmond
731
971
1,135
1,379
1,997
2,056
2,575
2,874
2,226
1,916
1,727
Robeson
1,232
1,807
2,065
1,966
2,016
2,404
2,461
2,458
2,322
2,483
2,475
Rockland
848
1,026
1,130
1,342
1,649
1,369
1,707
1,451
1,527
1,423
1,240
Ruscombmanor
375
932
1,057
1,256
1,189
1,235
1,566
1,408
1,466
1,313
1,202
Spring
Tilden
Topton
Tulpehocken
2,119
2,294
3,238
3,200
2,941
1,803
1,956
2,013
2,092
1,972
1,764
Union
669
766
921
1,046
1,272
1,665
1,968
2,165
1,540
1,317
1,230
Washington
1,210
1,154
1,600
1,609
1,924
2,173
1.737
Windsor
993
1,358
1,950
2,298
2,882
1,115
1,450
1,211
830
686
694
Womelsdorf
370
849
947
1,076
1,031
1,097
1,141
1,136
28,169
37,864
46,275 53,152
64,569
77,129
93,818 106.701
122,597
137,327
159,615
2,386
3,462
4,332
5,856
8,410
15,743
Alsace
890
1,275
1,640
1,942
2,498
2,697
Amity
817
1,090
1,279
1,384
1,664
1,566
1,596
1,646
405
365
344
Bethel
1,705
2,261
2,264
Boyertown
802
878
978
Heidelberg, North
844
956
979
950
854
736
Jefferson
152
144
Longswamp
1,530
1,628
1,837
1,392
1,269
1,162
Muhlenberg
Ontelaunee
1,045
1,398
1,339
1,265
1,129
1,142
1,476
1,444
1,515
1,530
1,282
1,164
Perry
2,004
2,253
2,340
2,544
4,064
1,082
1,003
Tulpehocken, Upper
1,456
1,581
1,983
1,125
1,196
1,274
1,194
1,006
Maxatawny
1,676
1,547
1,913
2,069
2,069
1,122
1,113
1,072
969
840
133
141
Colebrookdale
1900
Reading
1,316
826
Alsace, Lower
1,157
In 1790, Reading had a population of 2,235; and the whole county of Berks had 30,179.
515
500
542
329
148
HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
TAXABLES
PROPERTY VALUATION
Townships
1885
1908
Townships
1885
1908
Albany
378
491
Albany
$ 734,446
$ 588,783
Alsace
397
237
Alsaca
505,199
255,106
Alsace, Lower
334
Alsace, Lower
966,646
800,859
Bern
513
826
Bern
1,264,862
1,069,740-
Bern, Upper
548
325
Bern, Upper
1,228,166
428,530
Bethel
617
784
Bethel
1,203,383
850,969.
Brecknock
235
296
Brecknock
421,363
377,478
Caernarvon
275
304
Caernarvon
522,558
420,756
Centre
359
439
Centre
875,349
712,020
Colebrookdale
.337
520
Colebrookdale
709,090
605,959
Cumru
770
1,318
Cumru
1,415,878
2,050,003
District
187
252
District
283,442
201,697
Douglass
312
402
Douglass
453,411
393,941
Earl
294
439
Earl
293,252
231,982
Exeter
637
935
Greenwich
954,967
662,910
Heidelberg
309
584
Heidelberg, Lower
1,484,363
1,943,379
Heidelberg, Lower
737
1,185
Heidelberg, North
564,021
456,821
Heidelberg, North
220
235
Hereford
749,171
547,265.
Hereford
348
400
Jefferson
592,774
480,254
Jefferson
268
296
Longswamp
1,111,986
905,015
Maiden-creek
499
629
Marion
1,124,984
878,772
Marion
446
416
Maxatawny
1,776,988
1,703,407
Maxatawny
673
984
Muhlenberg
1,237,837
1,420,410
Muhlenberg
504
1,206
Oley
1,676,734
1,376,277
Oley
605
695
Penn
844,340
612,804
Penn
389
383
Pike
329,935
221,527
Pike
260
267
951,427
916,109
Robeson
630
738
Ruscombmanor
419,727
354,455
Rockland
399
419
Spring
1,698,004
1,646,661
Spring
688
1,070
Tulpehocken
1,104,424
922,470
Tilden
346
Tulpehocken, Upper
602,707
452,270
Tulpehocken, Upper
348
399
Union
383
516
Washington
545
572
Windsor
180
269
Total
18,231
24,069
Boroughs
1885
1908
Bechtelsville
77
Bernville
123
151
Birdsboro
499
885
Fleetwood
295,233
609,514
Boyertown
345
761
Kutztown
430,833
793,175
Fleetwood
242
497
Mohnton
338,910
Hamburg
569
912
Mt. Penn
Kutztown
382
658
Shillington
Lenhartsville
55
Topton
139,357
347,250
Mohnton.
495
West Leesport.
Mt. Penn
277
West Reading
658,725
Shillington
434
Womelsdorf
402,532
552,439
Topton
123
297
Wyomissing
774,809
West Leesport.
189
Total.
$ 3,501,596
$ 8.429,515
Womelsdorf
322
608
Wyomissing.
626
Total.
2,648
7,568
City of Reading.
13,279
35,414
Total of' Berks County
34,158
67,051
City of Reading.
$ 23,780,222
$ 50,488,000
Total of County.
. . . $ 64,586,792
$ 92,295,720
Exempted property for churches, etc., in 1908: City, $7,845,650; Boroughs, $652,036; Townships, $2,183,810; Total, $10,681,496.
"Included in Cumru.
607,060
Windsor
472,828
401,944
Total
$ 37,304,974
$ 33,378,205
Boroughs
1885
1908
Bechtelsville
$
$ 137,485
Bernville
146,380
135,310
Birdsboro
764,033
1,246,204
Boyertown
648,780
1,188,444
Centreport
45,600
48,910
Hamburg
628,848
951,950
Centreport
43
48
Lenhartsville
65,410
Perry
441
560
Richmond
1,223,167
1,051,788
Richmond
509
596
Rockland
518,315
395,921
Ruscombmanor
348
503
Tilden
488,083
Tulpehocken
530
573
Union
607,398
461,695
Longswamp
839
916
Maiden-creek
Ontelaunee
866,987
669,473
Ontelaunee
335
392
Perry
901,259
801,258
Greenwich
475
486
Exeter
1,432,830
1,476,449
Heidelberg
1,181,743
1,162,487
Amity
464
532
Amity
390,803
154,275
West Reading.
598
Washington
941,451
426,705
*
Robeson
1,057,563
982,615
CENSUS
149
MONEY AT INTEREST
District
Number
Townships
1885
1908
Albany, 1st Precinct
168
Albany
$ 195,126
$ 153,493
Albany, 2d Precinct
149-317
Alsace
135,954
63,532
Alsace
207
Alsace,
Lower
255,436
Alsace, Lower
201
Amity
215,582
152,697
Amity
384
Bern
208,261
101,844
Bern, 1st Precinct
173
Bern, Upper
166,722
135,395
Bern, 2d Precinct.
115
Bethel
249,926
127,446
Bern, 3d Precinct
125-413
Brecknock
68,011
60,060
Bern, Upper ..
Caernarvon
60,842
33,023
Bethel, 1st Precinct
263
Centre
104,682
66,876
Bethel, 2d Precinct
67
Colebrookdale
109,821
95,171
Bethel, 3d Precinct
93
Cumru
234,944
269,164
Bethel, 4th Precinct
85-508
District
41,323
16,170
Bechtelsville Bernville
Earl
65,920
80,203
Birdsboro, East Ward
464
Exeter
189,329
275,325
Birdsboro, West Ward
267
Greenwich
132,729
119,358
Boyertown
592
Heidelberg
123,774
164,258
Brecknock,
1st Precinct
111
Heidelberg, Lower
289,014
395,834
Brecknock,
2d Precinct.
126-237
Heidelberg, North
52,521
30,665
Caernarvon
229
Hereford
189,923
125,284
Centre
340
Jefferson
76,572
57,401
Centreport
32
Longswamp
239,340
89,462
Colebrookdale
394 389
Marion
241,445
128,505
Cumru, 2d Precinct
195
Maxatawny
502,410
532,012
Cumru, 3d Precinct
Muhlenberg
216,996
295,385
Cumru, 4th Precinct
Oley
657,240
642,818
Cumru, 5th Precinct
Ontelaunee
140,139
143,544
District
Penn
159,666
132,092
Douglass, 1st Precinct
Perry
111,039
166,011
Douglass, 2d Precinct
Pike
54,243
60,691
Earl, 1st Precinct
Richmond
175,014
177,200
Earl, 2d Precinct
Robeson
117,688
141,432
Exeter, 1st Precinct
Rockland
80,062
79,763
Ruscombmanor
111,257
48,900
364
Spring
274,738
320,317
137
Tilden
59,400
Greenwich, 2d Precinct
219-356 337
Tulpehocken
190,019
114,077
Hamburg, North Ward
338
Union
136,493
105,121
447
Washington
255,949
151,128
Windsor
76,003
41,650
Total
$ 7,064,920
$ 6,404,993
Boroughs
Bechtelsville
$
$ 17,576
Bernville
116,127
62,227
Birdsboro
403,874
278,154
Boyertown
242,678
398,048
.Centreport
21,610
47,226
Longswamp, 3d Precinct
125-623
Fleetwood
203,492
254,440
Maiden-creek
482
Kutztown
240,775
464,073
Lenhartsville
1,520
Mohnton.
124,490
Mt. Penn.
62,937
Maxatawny, 3d Precinct Mohnton
405
Topton
77,008
86,001
Mount Penn
200 445
West Leesport.
102,127
Muhlenberg. 2d Precinct
395-840
West Reading.
45,725
Womelsdorf
182,420
258,990
Wyomissing
55,841
Total
$ 1,676,891
$ 2,573,861
'City of Reading
5,049,482
13,434,847
Pike
191
Richmond
433
Robeson, 1st Precinct
189
Robeson, 2d Precinct
338
Robeson, 3d Precinct
137-664
Rockland 304
Ruscombmanor
322
Shillington
367
169-261 498 196-694
Tulpehocken, Upper
123,508
48,950
Heidelberg
Heidelberg, North
Heidelberg, Lower, 1st Precinct
Heidelberg, 2d Precinct
Heidelberg, 3d Precinct
112-932
Hereford
295
Jefferson
217
Kutztown
486 46 242
Longswamp, 1st Precinct
Longswamp, 2d Precinct
256
Hamburg
188,917
314,486
Marion
Maxatawny, 1st Precinct
Maxatawny, 2d Precinct
322-722
Shillington
Muhlenberg, 1st Precinct
Oley, 1st Precinct
305
Oley, 2d Precinct
234-539
Ontelaunee
295
Penn, 1st Precinct
150
Penn, 2d Precinct
156-306 427
Perry
Total of Berks County $ 13,791,303
$ 22,412,701
REGISTERED VOTERS-1908
The registered voters of the county in September, 1908, numbered 23,012. The number in the sev- eral districts was reported as follows :
Fleetwood
Greenwich, 1st Precinct
Hamburg, South Ward
174 600 220
Lenhartsville
121-286 92
Maiden-creek
159,683
112,420
Cumru, 1st Precinct
119
Douglass
31,012
34,480
111
199
166 118
204-1,072 156 165
Exeter, 2d Precinct
304 184 216
150
HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Districts
Number
Districts
Rep.
Dem.
Jefferson
22
142
Spring, 2d Precinct
452
Kutztown
122
245
Spring, 3d Precinct
257-765
Lenhartsville
9
31
Tilden, 1st Precinct
124
Longswamp, 1st Precinct
60
97
Tilden, 2d Precinct
157-281
Longswamp, 2d Precinct
98
92
Longswamp, 3d Precinct
30
69
Tulpehocken, 1st Precinct
216
Maiden-creek
107
225
Tulpehocken, 2d Precinct
180-396
Marion
50
162
Tulpehocken, Upper
287
Maxatawny, 1st Precinct
30
100
Union, 1st Precinct
304
Maxatawny, 2d Precinct
40
122
Union, 2d Precinct
79-383
Maxatawny, 3d Precinct
89
145
Windsor
157
Mohnton
168
87
Washington, 1st Precinct
215
Muhlenberg, 1st Precinct
78
184
Washington, 2d Precinct
211-426
Muhlenberg, 2d Precinct
57
175
West Leesport
136
Mt. Penn
56
82
West Reading
483
Oley. 1st Precinct
86
145
Womelsdorf
375
Oley, 2d Precinct
40
153
Wyomissing
205
Ontelaunee
96
110
Pike
14
112
Total number registered
23,012
Penn, 1st Precinct
14
92
Total registered February
22,542
Increase
469
Richmond
39
227
Robeson, 1st Precinct
85
39
Robeson, 2d Precinct
106
14.0
Robeson, 3d Precinct
24
72
Rockland
28
172
Ruscombmanor
58
119
Spring, 1st Precinct
3
24
Albany, 1st Precinct
27
75
20
87
Alsace
31
58
Shillington
162
113
Alsace, Lower
57
104
Tilden, 1st Precinct
79
130
Amity
144
178
Tilden, 2d Precinct
39
77
Bern, 1st Precinct
18
103
Topton
79
107
Bern, 2d Precinct
19
49
Tulpehocken, 1st Precinct
35
171
Bern, 3d Precinct
30
52
Tulpehocken, 2d Precinct
17
120
Bethel, 1st Precinct
44
138
Tulpehocken, Upper
30
177
Bethel, 2d Precinct
12
35
Union, 1st Precinct
159
94
Bethel, 3d Precinct
19
29
Union, 2d Precinct
40
25
Bethel, 4th Precinct
12
43
Washington, 1st Precinct
34
99
Brecknock, 1st Precinct
8
72
Washington, 2d Precinct
50
90
Brecknock, 2d Precinct
15
58
Boyertown
149
Bechtelsville
28
62
Bernville
47
39
Birdsboro, West Ward
158
30
Birdsboro, East Ward
312
59
Caernarvon
133
52
5,651
10,123
Centreport
7
22
Centre
51
171
Colebrookdale
65
168
Cumru, 1st Precinct
116
70
Cumru, 2d Precinct
47
55
Cumru, 3d Precinct
26
85
Cumru, 4th Precinct
52
30
The plurality of Roosevelt then in Read-
ing, however, was
3,369
District
24
91
Douglass, 1st Precinct
52
57
Douglass, 2d Precinct
10
78
Earl, 1st Precinct
9
55
Earl, 2d Precinct
17
92
Exeter, 1st Precinct
110
227
Exeter, 2d Precinct
59
74
For
1904 $ 51,893.72
$ 67,243.84
Salaries-Judges
·12,072.50
17,639.79
Charities-Hospitals and Asylums for Insane
34,835.97
154,989.33
-Hospitals
68,916.48
25,000.00
-Homes
5,037.44
3,000.00
Heidelberg, L., 2d Precinct
21
113
-Normal
10,023.82
27,742.14
Heidelberg, L .. 3d Precinct
42
42
Heidelberg, North
22
99
Hereford
52
129
$337,776.13
$502,008.18
Districts
Taft Rep.
Dem.
Spring, 2d Precinct
117
216
Spring, 3d Precinct
34
104
Bern, Upper
56
105
West Leesport
39
73
West Reading
128
191
Windsor
12
116
Womelsdorf
142
154
Wyomissing
72
66
Total county
Total city
7,825
6,959
13,476
17,082
Bryan's plurality in Berks
3,606
Parker's plurality over Roosevelt in the whole county in 1904 was ...
786
Cumru, 5th Precinct
69
: 46
Fleetwood
108
180
Greenwich, 1st Precinct
12
94
Greenwich, 2d Precinct
15
114
Hamburg, North Ward
115
131
Hamburg, South Ward
107
145
Heidelberg
'134
192
Heidelberg, L., 1st Precinct
120
261
Schools-Common
152,996.20
204,143.08
-Superintendent's Salary ..
2,000.00
2,250.00
Perry
65
233
Penn, 2d Precinct
11
102
Topton
219
Taft Byran
Spring, 1st Precinct
56
STATE APPROPRIATIONS TO COUNTY
Received by County from State
1908
Personal Property
248
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE, NOV. 3, 1908
Byran
Albany, 2d Precinct
CENSUS
151
Received by State from County
From
1904
1908
From
1904
1908
Personal Property Tax
$ 69,191.62 $ 89,658.45
Brewers
$
8,407.50
$ 9,900.00
Loans, Municipal
3,307.76
2,448.66
Distillers'
2,984.75
1,544.00
Writs, Wills, etc
4,270.16
4,499.49
Bottlers'
.
Loans, County
441.94
Billiards
1,016.50
1,563.80
Collateral Inheritance
8,396.08
20,927.72
Brokers'
432.53
318.25
Miscellaneous
175.00
175.00
Auctioneers'
Peddlers'
Retail Mercantile
15,500.84
17,835.90
Theatre, etc.
313.50
Wholesale Mercantile
2,771.35
3,097.58
Eating House
429.40
167.41
Retail Liquor
15,397.37
15,720.75
Wholesale Liquor
10,397.50
11,838.00
$144,461.61 $181,854.20
BANKING IN BERKS COUNTY-JANUARY, 1909
Banks and Trust Companies City
. Resources
Surplus and Profits
Deposits
Loans, Discounts and Investments
Farmers National Bank
$ 3,229,115.40
796,064.03
1,341,400.57
1,988,143.13
National Union Bank
2,498,800.55
97,265.60
693,378.81
925,577.35
Second National Bank.
1,898,652.05
248,943.90
1,356,917.35
1,266,321.33
Keystone National Bank
975,472.37
331,351.99
851,487.62
1,137,377.08
Schuylkill Valley Bank.
684,536.53
172,746.00
411,790.53
523,849.17
Neversink Bank
210,378.07
22,493.84
113,809.23
171,976.36
Pennsylvania Trust Co
4,011,463.81
527,223.80
2,829,072.37
3,529,859.17
Reading Trust Co
1,872,748.59
335,209.33
1,015,327.06
1,586,734.59
Colonial Trust Co ..
1,144,979.01
197,404.91
697,574.10
1,067,782.57
Berks County Trust Co
1,380,930.55
147,145.49
952,915.93
1,167,374.81
Commercial Trust Co ..
346,281.63
16,381.86
204,899.77
308,119.48
Total, City County
$23,126,743.58
$ 4,484,118.21
$13,387,694.02
$18,061,395.71
Hamburg Savings Bank.
642,710.49
87,300.07
495,231.83
534,214.66
National Bank of Boyertown.
1,118,378.03
196,713.11
690,852.31
896,646.18
Farmers Nat. Bank, Boyertown
267,005.91
4,738.98
162,766.93
184,938.90
First Nat. Bank of Birdsboro.
358,896.33
81,852.21
177,844.12
257,362.86
Kutztown National Bank.
448,262.27
86,186.63
250,404.36
339,361.33
Womelsdorf Union Bank.
405,984.70
35,158.82
316.597.79
341,883.21
Wernersville National Bank.
273,578.68
13,254.14
185,180.88
212,170.09
National Bank of Topton
137,484.46
3,875.27
83,149.54
82,356.65
First Nat. Bank of Oley ..
141,277.42
3,159,97
84,317.45
98,541.25
First Nat. Bank of Bernville
122,462.21
2,972.96
82,059.25
93,728.69
First Nat. Bank of Fleetwood
143,675.47
3,295.52
90,480.15
92,118.06
Mohnton National Bank
137,701.78
1,269.63
91,432.15
98,120.01
First Nat. Bank of Hamburg.
129,817.78
1,508.95
78,308.83
89,318.33
Total, County
$ 4,327,235.53
$ 521,286.26
$ 2,788,625.59
$ 3,320,760.22
Total, City and County
$27,453,979.11
$ 5,005,404.47
$16,176,319.61
$21,382,155.93
$ 856,275.02
$ 1,528,327.78
$ 2,382,219.44
First National Bank.
1,491,663.67
541,966.46
785,220.04
1,369,116.37
Penn National Bank
1,800,880.90
193,645.98
605,572.86
636,944.86
Reading National Bank
1,580,840.45
1,469.75
1,717.25
Licenses
152
HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA LAND AND LIVE STOCK-1908
DISTRICTS
acres
Timberland
ucres
Number and value
of horses and
> Number and value
of meat cattle over 4 years
Albany
14,267
10,771
465
$ 15,095
619
$ 12,440
Alsace, Lower
1,110
1,670
102
5,630
119
2,300
Alsace
4,745
2,207
243
11,480
322
6,450
Amity
11,143
158
461
26,425
840
21,000
Bern
12,459
142
582
25,500
785
19,179
Bern, Upper
7,183
4,453
327
23,970
428
10,825
Bethel
16,419
7,757
652
45,272
936
23,833
Brecknock
8,831
1,652
338
20,805
414
8,000
Bernville
Birdsboro, East Ward
Birdsboro, West Ward
336
36
58
4,850
21
600
Centre
12,427
639
508
23,270
785
16,605
Caernarvon
6,689
849
248
11,275
704
6,650
Cumru
12,838
1,815
772
37,220
820
21,030
Colebrookdale
5,063
292
284
18,060
497
12,594
Douglass
6,794
723
291
15,835
493
9,875
District
5,838
729
181
8,690
347
5,399
Earl
4,599
3,571
217
10,834
414
8,300
Exeter
15,139
1,519
91
7,335
22
480
Greenwich
15,636
2,545
592
28,295
878
18,349
Hamburg, South Ward
112
92
6.580
14
400
Heidelberg, North
8,658
1,577
359
23,475
369
10,205
Heidelberg, Lower
16,925
877
865
70,070
1,112
28,260
Hereford
8,552
1,351
375
25,732
627
16,470
Jefferson
10,009
386
375
25,260
559
15,354
Kutztown
104
7,055
15
320
Lenhartsville
95
14
27
2,165
10
265
Longswamp
10,226
4,063
452
22,905
618
15,620
Maiden-creek
8,274
255
372
18,225
537
13,480
Marion
9,152
171
452
22,650
643
16,075
Maxatawny
18,856
273
742
51,615
1,078
24,756
Mohnton
118
103
4,875
4
100
Muhlenberg
5,548
679
360
16,375
393
9,825
Mt. Penn
48
45
2,550
8
160
Oley
15,233
154
715
40,000
1,300
32,730
Ontelaunee
5,372
64
274
23,920
377
10,260
Pike
4,576
3,518
243
9,791
490
11,063
Penn
11,228
698
493
30,165
617
15,425
Perry
11,239
368
445
17,990
821
14,440
Richmond
13,029
642
554
34,379
957
23,031
Robeson
13,002
7,597
647
37,196
787
14.510
Rockland
7.621
2,459
335
13,900
620
12,115
Ruscombmanor
5,587
3,170
266
11,122
410
10,420
Spring
11,947
1,339
754
34,670
857
17.160
Tilden
8,005
269
313
21,940
526
13,125
Topton
56
2,890
15
350
Tulpehocken
14,288
583
593
45,135
818
21,800
Tulpehocken, Upper
9,166
3,466
438
24,030
481
12.400
Union
7,234
6,187
351
15,260
892
10,530
Washington
7,455
1,140
366
20,590
617
15,885
West Leesport
116
31
1,200
12
250
West Reading
138
8,075
26
520
Windsor
8,017
6,125
271
13,065
481
12,025
Womelsdorf
255
71
7,042
18
640
Wyomissing
49
2,425
50
1,250
Total
418,753
88,953
28,493
$1,142,044
28,493
$654,613
Total for City
2,266
150,010
. 32
1,200
Total for County
30,759
$1,292,054
28,525
$655,813
.
723
40,436
1,291
35,085
Fleetwood
Hamburg, North Ward
2,620
22
440
320
19,695
498
11,835
Heidelberg
7,294
60
3,715
29
860
55
4,120
5
115
69
3,900
23
575
Centreport
16
1,095
5
150
Boyertown
171
12,305
17
425
Bechtelsville
Cleared land
-
mules over 4
years
58
VIEW OF READING FROM THE WEST
CHAPTER X-READING
TOWN, 1748 TO 1783
GRANT TO PENN .- The English came to own the territory comprising Pennsylvania by conquest from the Dutch in 1664; and King Charles II. in 1681 granted the province to William Penn in satisfac- tion of a debt due to his deceased father, Admiral Penn, for meritorious services. Notwithstanding this grant, William Penn recognized the claim of the Indians to the land, and therefore obtained their
TOWN LAID OUT .- During the fall of 1748, release. He died in 1718, possessed of this section, Penn's two sons, Thomas and Richard, caused a
and devised it to his children.
'FIRST PATENTS .- In the general desire to dispose of lands in this section, the Penns directed surveys to be made and patents issued, which will appear by the following statement :
N 70 E
191 PS.
120
S 20 E
220
I
RIVER
364
6
172
40
100
207
80
100
134
S 20 E
174
2
N 70 E
310
06
28
+
96
96
220
PATENTS
1. Richard Hockley, tract for 1,150 acres; survey, Feb. 19, 1733.
2. Thomas Lawrence, tract for 300 acres; survey, March 19, 1733; patent, Oct. 27, 1733.
3. Thomas Lawrence, tract for 1372 acres; survey, April 22, 1738; patent, Feb. 16, 1739.
4. Samuel Finney, tract for 150 acres; survey, Feb. 19, 1733.
5. Proprietary land, tract for 126 acres ; survey, July 3, 1741.
6. Part of tract 1; on which lots were laid out, afterward called "Hockley Out-lots."
The tract for 1,150 acres adjoined the river and extended from a line now occupied by Hockley and Woodward streets to a line beyond the Charles Evans cemetery, known for many years as Hiester's Lane.
Some years after these patents had been issued, about 1740, while efforts were being made to erect a county (Berks), the Penns conceived the idea of laying out a town at this point, but finding that the
land had been sold, they endeavored to re-purchase it. Lawrence, however, declined to re-sell his two tracts. Their agent then investigated the matter, and on Sept. 28, 1743, addressed a letter to them in reference to the proposed "Town of Reading." This is the first mention of a town at this place. In 1745, lots were laid out on part 6, and this ac- tion induced Lawrence to re-convey his tracts.
town to be laid out by Nicholas Scull, their sur- veyor-general, on the land adjoining the Schuylkill (Lawrence tract), at the "Ford," in the road that extended from the Tulpehocken settlements to Phil- adelphia. It was named Reading, after the county- town in Berkshire, England. The town-plan com- prised 520 lots, and 204 out-lots, numbered con- secutively.
The lots between the river and King (Third) street were laid out in 1776. The double line through these lots, on the accompanying plan, indi- cates the canal which extended through that part of the town from 1822 to 1834. At that time there was not a town, not even a village, in all the sur- rounding territory for many miles. The nearest town was Lebanon, twenty-eight miles to the west, which had been laid out in 1740; and the next was Lancaster, thirty-three miles to the southwest, which had been laid out in 1728.
LOTS SOLD .- Penn's sons then appointed Conrad Weiser, Francis Parvin and William Hartley as commissioners, to sell the lots; and on June 15, 1749, they sold a large number of them. In 1751, 1752, 1753 and 1754, patents were issued for 241 lots, and if the conditions of sale were complied with, there were in the town, by the year 1755, at least two hundred dwellings and one thousand in- habitants.
FIRST PATENTEES .- The following statement shows the years in which the buildings were prob- ably erected, and to whom and for which lots pat- ents were issued. It is possible that buildings were erected in, and even before, 1751, and the patents taken up afterward.
For the year 1751
Lot Patentee
2. Conrad Weiser (justice) 34. Conrad Weiser
11. Daniel Steinmetz (mer- chant of Philadelphia) inn-keeper)
29. Isaac Levan (Exeter, yeo- man)
114. Isaac Levan 120. Conrad Weiser
For the year 1752
3. Conrad Weiser
4. Conrad Bower (shop and inn-keeper)
5. Martin Gring
6. Michael Reis (Tulpehocken, yeoman)
7. Moses Starr (Maiden-creek, yeoman)
Lot Patentee
106. Adam Witman (shop and
8. John Epler (Bern, yeo- man)
12. [ Daniel Steinmetz [ Jacob Morgan (inn-keep- er)
13. Jacob Morgan
120
FORD
268
00
SCA
154
HISTORY OF BERKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
Lot Patentee
14. Peter Haws (inn-keeper)
24. David Evans (Cumrn, yeo- man) . 25. Michael Schmell (Heidel- berg, yeoman) 26. Benjamin Parvin (Maiden- creek, yeoman ) 27. William Reeser (cordwain- er)
28. Christopher Stump (Lan- caster county, yeoman) 30. William Parsons (Easton) 33. Tobias Waggoner (clerk) 35. George Albert (yeoman) 36. George Yoh (yeoman)
39. Isaac Weidner (Alsace, yeo- man) Weidner (Alsace, 40. Peter
yeoman)
41. Peter Ruth (Cumru, yeo- man)
42. Simon Scherker
(yeo-
45. Christopher Gottschalk
46. Jacob Kissinger (yeoman) 48. Jacob Kern (Cumru, gent.) 49. Henry Wolf (Cumru, cord- wainer )
51. George Daum (cordwain- er)
54. John Schneider (yeoman) 55. Peter Schneider blacksmith)
(Exeter,
61. Conrad Bower
62. Reinhard Waldtz
64. Philip Weiser
66. William Erman (yeoman) 69. Benjamin Lightfoot (shop- keeper)
70. William Parsons
71. William Parsons
72. Conrad Weiser
74. Abraham Brosius (tailor)
75. Jacob Bollinger
76. Michael Graul (Alsace, yeo- man)
77. Wm. Hottenstein (potter) 79. John Weber.
81. Philip J. Moyer (baker) 82. Andrew Wolf (Cumru, yeo- man )
85. Nich, Kennell (beer-brew- er)
87. George Sheirer
89. Christopher Witman (cord- wainer )
90. Christopher Witman
91. Michael Zuster (saddler) 92. George Douglass (saddler) 95. Fred'k Marsteller
Lot Patentee
96. Henry Melchior Muhlen-
berg (minister)
97. Henry Souter
98. Samuel Brackman
99. Peter Knorr
100. Benjamin Pearson (joiner) 105. Adam S. Kuhn (Lancaster, esquire)
299. Philip Jacob Moyer
328. Jacob Morgan
339. Jacob Leibrock (baker)
355. Michael Ludwig (Amity)
379. Conrad Bower
382. Conrad Bower
Lot. Patentee
383. Nicholas Retschew 386. George Yoh (potter)
389. Abraham Smith
390. Conrad Bower
391. Philip Erpf (Lancaster
298. Fred'k Weiser (Heidelberg, yeoman ) county)
400. Adam Reifell (Alsace, cor- tas.)
401. Geo. Francis Winter 404. Francis Morgan (yeoman)
405. Jacob Erpf 443. Philip Reaser
For the year 1753
Lot Patentee Lot
Patentee
9. George Douglass
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