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Groff's Mill, located on Conestoga Creek, in the northern part of the township, was originally built in the early part of the present century by Michael Hlaverstick. It was a stone structure, forty by fifty feet in size, and contained four run of French burrs. The mill was subsequently sold to George Christ, who in 1832 sold it to Abraham Snavely. Snavely sold it in 1862 to Dr. Musser, of Lancaster, who sold it in 1872 to Gabriel Smith, and it was again sold in 1874 to Daniel G. Groff. In October, 1876, the mill was destroyed by fire, and at once replaced by a frame structure upon the site of the old one, with, however. only three runs of stones. It is still owned and operated by Mr. Groff as a merchant- and grist-mill. .
Baumgardner's Mill .- This mill is on Pequea Creek, about eight miles from Lancaster. It was built about 1800 by Jacob Smith. It was a stone mill, with one water-wheel, one ron of rock-stones and one of burrs. It remained the property of Mr. Smith and his heirs till 1836, when it was purchased . by Abraham Mylin, who erected an addition to the building and put in another water-wheel. He owned and conducted the mill till 1857, when he sold it to Benjamin Harnish. In 1868 it was sold to Jacob B. Good, and two years later to Thomas Baumgardner, the present owner. Mr. Baumgardner repaired the mill and put in new machinery. It is both a mer- chant and custom mill, and has four runs of burr- stones.
Burnt Mill .- In 1814, Isaac Heiney bnilt a brick mill abont a mile below the one now owned and ron by Thomas Baumgardner. It had four runs of stones, and did a large business. It became the property of the Lancaster Bank, and in 1830 it was purchased by John Keeports, who owned it till 1842, when it was purchased by Joseph Good, and by him sold in 1849 to Henry Eshleman, who soon afterwards conveyed it to John K. and Jacob Good. They owned it till 1860, when it was sold to Jacob B. Good, and it was owned by him till it was burned, some twelve years since. The property is now owned by Thomas Baumgardner.
Iron-Mine .- In 1816 an iron-mine was opened on land owned by John Bean, in the eastern part of Pe- quea township. The ore was taken to the Conewingo Furnace, but the mine was worked only a short time. It then remained idle till abont 1845, when it was reopened by Christian Geiger, and was worked by him till operations were suspended about five years later. Work was again resumed by a Mr. Knotwell, who was succeeded by John P., John, and Michael Grove. They continued to work it, with the exception of about a year, during which it was sub-leased to Jacob and Henry Bushong, of. Reading, till its abandonment in the fall of 1882.
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the mine was idle. The ore taken from this mine was smelted in Lancaster and at various other fur- naces in this State. It is of the variety called hema- tite, and ie of a good quality.
The land where the mine is located has been owned successively By John Bean, Samuel Stover, Samuel Charles, and the present owner, Eli K. Mylin.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
WILLIAM' G. MELLINGER.
Benjamin M., the grandfather of William G. Mel- linger, was of German parentage, and resided near Safe Harbor, in Manor township. Ile married Annie Eshleman, and had children,-John E., Jacob E., Ilenry, Benjamin, Martin, David, and a daughter Elizabeth. Mr. Mellinger spent his life in the town-
W. G. Mellinger
ship of Manor, where his death occurred. His son, Jacob E., was born Oct. 7, 1811, in the same town- ship where, with the exception of a brief interval, he was a resident. IIe began his business career as a farmer, later engaged in milling pursuits, and subse- quently resumed his agricultural labors. He was married about the year 1834 to Miss Elizabeth Graeff, of Manor township, born in 1816, and whose father, Matthias Graeff, still survives in his ninetieth year. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Mellinger are Abram G., William G., Matthias G. (deceased ), Albert G. (deceased), Franklin G., Benjamin G., Ephraim G.,
During all this time there were intervals in which and daughters, Maria ( Mrs. Abram Neff), Elizabeth
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(deceased), Annie ( Mrs. Charles Deitrich). Mr. and ' neighboring school, and later the Millersville Normal Mrs. Mellinger still reside in Manor township. Their School. The tilling of the lands, embraced in his father's estate, oceupied his time until twenty-three son, William G., was born Sept. 12, 1840, at the pa- ternal home, where his boyhood was passed. His | years of age, after which he engaged in the burning educational opportunities were confined to instruction of lime in Manor township, where he remained three years. Il& then removed to Baumgardner's Station, in Pequea township, and became a partner with his brother, William G., in the coal and humber busi- ness, the firm being William G. Mellinger & Brother. Their business venture has been a successful one, a large and increasing trade having rewarded their efforts. Mr. Mellinger is a Republican, but not an active worker in the political field. IIe is a con- tributor to the support of all religious denominations, though of Mennonite predilections. at the neighboring school, and later attendance at the graded school in Millersville. He then engaged in farm labor, and at twenty-eight years of age married Miss Elizabeth H., daughter of George Kreider, of Pequen,township. Their children are Elizabeth (de- ceased ), Jacob K., Catherine K., Annie K., Susan K., Henry K., Benjamin K., and Amos K. Mr. Mellin- ger, in 1874, removed to West Willow, in Pequea township, and devoted himself to farming pursuits. At a later period he embarked with his brother in the coal and lumber business, which still engages his Benjamin G. Mellinger was on the 27th of January, 1876, married to Miss Annie F., daughter of Chris- tian Charles, of Manor township. Their children are Albert C., Annie C., Fannie C., and Lizzie C. attention. In politics he is an ardent Republican, but seldom devotes his energies to the political con- fiets of the day. He was honored by election for the third term as school director of his township. His early religious training was in harmony with the creed of the Mennonite faith. JOHN SENER.
BENJAMIN G. MELLINGER.
The subject of this biography is a grandson of the late Benjamin M. and a son of Jacob E. Mellinger,
Bany Akrellingen
now living in Manor township .. He was born Jan. 23, 1853, in the above township, and spent his youth upon the farm, during which time he attended the
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The aneestor of the Sener family came from Ger- many about the middle of the eighteenth century and settled in Lancaster County, where several gen- erations have succeeded him, and where his descend- ants have been characterized by industry, thrift, in- tegrity, and as good citizens. The family was early identified with the Lutheran Church at Lancaster, and many of its members are still connected with that religious denomination.
Jacob, grandfather of John Sener, and son of the progenitor, was a mechanic, and owned a small farm in Manor township, where he died in his forty-first year. His wife, Magdalene Neff, who died in her eighty-sixth year, bore him children,-Godlieb; Jacob, drafted in the war of 1812; John, Christian, Frederick, Bar- bara, wife of John Wagner; Mary, wife of Jacob Bletz ; Elizabeth, wife of John Netl'; Anna, wife of John Rupley ; Susan, wife of Henry Shepard; and Catherine, wife of Benjamin Lawrence. Of these children, Godlieb (formerly spelled Gottlieb) suc- ceeded to the homestead property in Manor township, was a farmer during his active business life, a plain and unostentatious man, and a Mennonite in religious faith. He died in June, 1865, in his eighty-first year. 1Iis wife, Elizabeth, a daughter of Jacob Eberly and Barbara Funk, of East Hempfield, who died in 1860, aged seventy-four years, bore him children,-Mary, wife of Amos B. Shuman, of Manor township ; Eliz- abeth, deceased, wife of Christian Lintner, of Lan- caster township; Jacob, deceased, was a farmer in East Hempfield ; Anna, wife of Benjamin Herr, of West Lampeter; John, subject of this sketch ; God- lieb, a merchant in Washington borough ; Harriet, Kate, wife of Benjamin Getz, of Mountville ; Martha, and Frederick, of Lancaster.
John Sener, son of Godlieb and Elizabeth Sener, was born on the homestead in Manor township, Aug.
John Desses
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22, 1813. He received a practical education in boy- hood, and remained at home until he was twenty-nine years of age. In 1842 he engaged with others in deal- ing in eattle, and continued this business for twenty- five years in connection with farming. He purchased stock, mostly in the State of Illinois, and disposed of them in Lancaster and Chester Counties, Pa. En 1843, Mr. Sener purchased some two hundred and three acres of land in Pequea township, his homestead since, and added by purchase in 1855 some thirty-five acres more, upon which he erected his present brick house in 1856, and barns and other buildings the following year, the latter of which were subsequently destroyed by fire, and since replaced by the present ones, Out- side of general farming, Mr. Sener has grown annu-
eight years. Ile has led a quiet business life, avoided political strife, and never sought the emoluments of
rity in all the relations of life, his general intelligence in agriculture, and good sound sense in all that makes a worthy citizen are recognized by all who know him. Ile married, Oct. 25, 1849, Elizabeth, daughter of Jacob and Mary ( Barr) Kreider, of Fulton township. Their surviving children are Celia, Milton K., Ella, Harriet, and Katie Sener.
CHAPTER LXXIL.
PROVIDENCE TOWNSILIP.I
Geography and Topography .- Providence town- ship constituted a part of Martic township until 1853, when it was legally organized into a separate town- ship. Its boundaries are Pequea and Strasburg town- ships on the north, Strasburg and Eden townships on the east, Drumore township on the south, and Martie township on the west. Big Beaver Creek separates this from Strasburg township on the north- east, emptying into Pequea Creek, which latter forms the boundary between the township and Pequea on the northwest. These streams together with Fur- nace Run, which rises at Butler's Spring, about centrally in the township, flowing in a northerly direction, also emptying into Pequea Creek, are its principal sources of water supply and drainage, also furnishing motive-power for grist. and woolen-mills.
The surface generally is rolling, amounting in dif- ferent parts to quite prominent hills, which are, how- ever, interspersed with plots of comparatively level land.
The soil is well adapted to farming, especially in the eastern, middle, and northwestern portions, where limestone abounds. In the western part, mostly
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barren, many acres have been covered with a good growth of hickory, oak, and chestnut timber, but its acreage of timber land is gradually disappearing, and the land is now being used for agricultural purposes.
Iron Ore .. In the southeastern part of the town- ship a valuable deposit of iron ore has been discov- ered. Different mines in the town-hip have been operated by Peacock & Thomas, Brook & Co., Mo- nocacy Company, and C. Geiger, when all are in full operation, giving employment to about one hundred men.
One mine, known as the Molar Bank, furnished the ore for a furnace in the central part of the town- ship before the Revolutionary war. It was thought the deposit was exhausted, and the mine was aban- ally large quantities of tobacco for the past twenty- | doned, lying almost waste for many years. Within,
perhaps, the last twenty years, the property changed hands for a small consideration, finally getting into thoroughly explore the old mine land, which resulted in unearthing many thousands of tons of rich ore.
Population .- Providence contained 1766 inhab- itants in 1860, 1906 in 1870, and 2134 in 1880.
Old Tax List .- The following lists of tax and re- turn duplicates were copied from papers marked Martie township, and belong to that portion of Martie which now constitutes Providence township. These lists were separated by the assistance of Simon Groff, a native of the township, who is still living, in the ninety-sixth year of his age, and are believed to be as nearly correct as it is possible to make them.
THE PROVINCIAL TAX OF MARTIC (NOW PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP,, 1757.
£ s. d.
James Dencati ... 0 10
0 5
Patrick Duncan
0 90
Jacob Beams.
1 10
0
Arsbell Bredy .. 0 4
Christian Gruft
1
8
Thomas Smith ... 2 15
0
Michael Gralt .. $ 10 0 John Graft 1 7
Ulrich Yourty
0 18
Jacob Brant ..... 0 15 0
Jarob Gralt ..
3 15 0
Julin Garvin 0 7
Michael Shank
1º12
Matthew Cuningham 0 12
0
Vely Evetly ...
1 10
George Sutter. 0
Jacob Hoover, Sr
1
0
Edward Gilbert 0
9
3
Thomas Nelson ..
11 10
Samuel Meats -
0 10
Samuel Luckley
@ 10 11 Alexander Scout
0
Robert Luckey
0 10
Hugh Reynolds.
0
6
George Coop.
0
4
John Duncan 1
0
John Fnuk
0 Robert Duncan
6
Francis Taylor.
7
Hugh Giny 10
Henry Stufer.
11
7
Ibury Bleecher. 0 14
William Falk
1
Michael Bleecher. 1
John Hannaw.
0)
7
John Stofer
I
Jacob Winter. 0 17
William Hoover
3
Jacob Hover
Jacob Bear . 16
William White ..
4
Jobn Giratt, Jr
1
6
Martin Funk ..
0 32
John Winter.
G
Thomas White.
1
1)
Henry Hare. 2
5
0
Saunel Workman.
0
Frederic shouler
10
Hugh Workman
0 Jacob Brubaker
1
Hugh Blear.
0 10
Francis Taylor.
1 10
Saminel Miare.
Henry Houver.
1
George Johnson
Alexamler McAlestor 0
David Mi Bride
11 10
John Powell.
Julin Rantsey
Samuel Willson
Freemen.
t s. r. .
£ 8. i.
Andrew Mahaffey
1 0 0 | Hans Adams ..
10 0
I'atrick Brubaker .. 1 0 0
SAMUEL IRWIN, Collector.
=
Henry Lines
1
7
0
Joseph Blear ..
7
Willinin Divell
Christian Mmphey
3
=
5
Jacob Loughman.
0 10
Jolin Lowman
Adam humous 0 14
Robert Fultun.
James Luckey .
0 10 3
Brice Miller ...
official place. His sociability, frankness, and integ- ' the hands of men who had the means and energy to
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MARTIC RETURN, 1777.
£ .. d.
Miller, Simon ... 0
Sharp, Heury. 11
2 0
Newcomer, i'brist.'s laund 11
3
=
Stoneroad, Ludwig ... ..
0
7 9
Ashleman, Martin ....
Kenhiek, Henry (1 mill, £40) 265
Bletcher, Henty ......
Kemlick, Adam's land
Beam, Jacob. .
..
Brubaker, Jacob.
Lutz, Peter
1.404, Christian 100
Camble, Patrick.
150
Mehanty, Andrew 155
Mums, Jacob ....
Miller, Peter Istill, $19)
Millet, Anigal (still, £8).
100
Conghenaner, Jos.
Ehot. Samnel.
200
MeCall, Matthew
96
Everly, Which.
150 Rres, Jacob
Thomas Mackey
Julin Sims 060
Andrew Blear.
0
= Patrick McFalls. 6 0
Jacob Wintel .
John Smith .. 0
G
Adam Gochenauer G
=
Aaron SleFawn ..
0 I'redetick Hebble U 6 0
John Ble.il
6
MARTIC TOWNSHIP RETURN, 1802. (Collectors, Joseph Kochebaur and John Kendig.)
Ashleman, Martin, Sr., 1 house.
140
Ashleman, Mutin, Jr , ad. Gratt, I house. 150
Ashleman, Sammel (oue distillery, one grist-milli, L. Hoover, 2
100
Brubaker, Jacob istithi, 1 butise.
45
Blecher, Jacob Joiner, I house.
3
Bowman, leury, I house .
140
Blake, John (weaver), sd. Miller, 1 house.
145
Butcher, Martin (lan), & houst. 33
Breneman, Jacob and Henty flamlt, 1 house
168
Brunt, George ( Weave1 ) ....
Bott, Foolin, MAnon 10
Cuningham, Thomas (carpenter), I house,
114
('nningham, Robert, sd. Stoner, I house
Coughanum, Christian, 1 house
Conglamour, Joseph, 1 house 130
Cunkel, John, I house. 100
Coughmoms, Adam, 1 house.
Crumwell, John. ...
Dove, George, 1 huller.
Thet, Samuel, sd Seenight, I honse 140
Everly, John, 1 house
Eckman, Henry nunkeeper , I house
Evetly, Hemy, I hate. 100
100
Evers, James, sol Mich, 1 haltse 1.30
Fingrock, Michael carpenter
Ginft, John, Little, I house.
150
Graft, Joseph, 1 house.
150
Graft, John swamp , 2 balises
150
Chrider A Bissler 210
Graft, Henry (smitin)
145
Iloober, Peter, 1 house
60 20
Heans, Michael ....
20 TO
Heat, Christian (umullet ).
1.30
Huit. Valentine, 1 hollse ..
15
Hess, Bruge runkeeper,, 1 luilise
120
Hoa, Matthias iwagon-mahel , 2 holier's 100
Houben, JJuhu, Little & Son, 1 Iunie , 100
Hoober, Martin, I house. ..
lustater's land. 40
143
Hetts, James, ad, Graft Swamp
3
Brubaker, Jacob .. 3
3
Horiah, Matthias 3 =
Bleaches, Hemy. 1
Eluniver, J.wob's whlow .. .. # 11 C. Bare, Saintel ... 0
Bare, Jolin's land ... 17
However, John (little) .... 0
5
Caldwell, John. .. Fait, Isaac's estate 3
Caldwell, Hugh, St. 3
Hoover, John, Jr. =
Hair, Christian's land 1
Cunningham, Thothis. 3
Cunningham, Jobn. 3
Hair, Alaan's land
IAnes, Widow, I holist
8
Coghenower, Joseph 11
7
9
Houver, Christ, & Peter's
Lives, Christian, bd. Here.
Lines, John .
3 Miller, John, sd. Here .
Ehat, Samuel ... 11
2
9
Hoover. Jacob chemp)
Musser, Christian, Lind.
41
Cherly, Pirich. :. 1
3
Kendrick, Adam's land 3 Miller, Philip (millwright) . =
Ebrily, Hemy
1) Kendrick, Abtam's land ... 0
Miller, Andrew, and Wides punkeeper, one saw-mill, 2 houses.
212
lakmab, Henry. 0
Kuhn, Frede ne ... 0
Miller, Peter, 2 hours ..
Freverly, Christi
Kuhn, Conind
Miller, Prundry, land, I honse .
11 Miller, Andrew, 1 house .....
1,5
Millet, Martin, 2 houses
11 1 Moler, Jacob, I hunat, 3
Myers, Frederick, sd Shapp, 1 house. 100
Gartner, Peter ...
Miller, Peter.
Mowser, Balser (wenveri, 1 house -15
Hair, Chiist, (Conestaga) .. 0
Miller, Rudy's land
MeFalls, Henry (collier)
0 9 , Musser. Jacob's land 3 M. Fan, Aaron (couper).
75
Hair, Jacob.
£ 8. il
Aslıleman, Martin ... 0 12
Hart, Johu.
Bule, Martin. ...
0 Hess, George 0 1
15
Hear, Alnaham, laml
5
Kendig, John, 1 house ..
Bouvet, Chirst Br .. 3 Kendig, Adan, Land 100
50
hinck, Frederick; 1 house
Kleper, Michael, land
3 hemlig, Tobias, sd. Ioober
Lutes, Peter, 1 house.
4
Coghenower, Chestiuni .... Chunkle, John. ...
Han, Chist Er =
0
Fail & Letcher. 2 11
Kuhn, Cornelius, 3
Gratf, John clittle) 14
Khoe, Peter .....
y lane, Christian 0
Graff, John [swamp) .... 0
Graff, Joseph 3 Lutz. Peter ..
Rush, Henry's land .. ... 4
luab, Widow's land .... 0
= Prigar, Jacob. . 0
9
Reese, W. my ... 0)
9 Winter, Josiah. 7
Rrese, Peter.
9 Winter, Benjamin. . .. 3 G
Shanck, Jubu
4
Winter, David. ...
> Stophier, John
Smith, John. 11
Stunts, Imdwig .. 6
0 Yordy, Widow DI 6
Shanck, Juhu. 0 17 =
Fremen.
£ s. il.
£ a. d.
Fight, Preter 30
Resh, Henry, land
100
Giaft, John. 1.50
stopher, Hemy
100
Graft, John
Sinth, John
Shenk, Michael tstill, €20) 150
Iless, George 12 mills, $170 : 2 negroes, £70) 10
Stoute, Ludwig
Stonroad, Tholilas. 1.30
H.ut, Jolını ..
2 0 5Stopher, l'eter ..
Huover, Jacob, hemp
Swiper. Bastian.
£55) .... 200 A Stopber, Jubil (atill). ... 230
Houver, Jacob ...
Shanck, Inhh ... Thomas, John (still).
Hair, Isaac 200
Norah, Matthias 100
Winter, Samuel
Huber, John B. C. 141
White, William
Iluber, Jacob ...
Winter, Stophel (still, £12) .. 115
Hebble, Comad
Winter, Jo-ial: ...
Infinun, Henry
Yunidy, Ulrich (still, L13 .......
Heble, Frederick 100
l'reemen.
Michael Everly
Jacub Brubaker 23
lloury Everly ..
Hugh Caldwell
Warrant and Duplicate for 1791 .- The following appears on the back of an appeal duplicate :
" Lancaster, ss.
" To WILLIAM SNODGRASS, Collector of Martick Township.
" You being appointed collector of the within Taxes are hereby re- quired to demand of the Persons within mentioned the several Smas wherewith they stand charged, but if any think themselves aggrieved with what they are hereby iated acquaint them that the Day of Appeal is on the 2 %) Day of July Dest at the Court-House in the Borough of Lancaster, but it you cannot meet with Persons, of whom demand is to be made, leave notice in writing with some of the Family, or at the Place of their last Abode, sigitying the Day of Appeal, at which Tune you are to attend with this Duphrate, and the Names of such Persons in your District as you find omitted hetein. Fail not at your Peril. Dated the eighth Day of June, A b. 1791.
" ROBERT CAMPBELL,
" ADAM RIIHART, " Commissioners.
"N. B .- You will receive pay for your trouble in making an exact return of the alterations which may have happened in yom Township and of the P'reemen omitted, &e."
MARTICK TOWNSHIP APPEAL DUPLICATE, 1791, COUNTY TAX.
Hart, Benjamin itanner), I house
b. 2. Humber, Jacob, Si . 1 house .. ..
95
Hooher, WHlow, 1 house,
Kuhn, Frederick weavers, 1 holist
Callwell, Hugh, J ... 3
0 17
1
6 Speck, Ad.um ...
11
Kretch, Samuel
funkle, Hemy.
Caldwell. Hugh (I servant, KG)
May, Philip ..
funkle, John .. 1:144
Cunningham, Matthew ( I ser- vant, £12).
Caldwell, Jobb (I suivant, ils) 200
Murphy, Chustian (still, EX) ... Myris, Joseph .. .
Good, Peter
Resh, l'eter .
Graft, Jacob (still, £10). 150 Sterr, Robert ... 200
Jamies Blear 6
# 12
Winter, Samuel. 0 G
9 Winter, Christopher. 0 12 0
Arres
Acres.
Acres.
Everly, Abraham, 1 house
Hear, Alnaham, 4 houses
Hoober, Martin joiner ., 1 honse
Hear, Ilenry, # houses. ..
Ihr, John wne tunyard, the saw -till att boring-mill), 2 houses
Acres.
Blecher, Michael (tail) ), 1 house.
Hair, Widow 120
PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP.
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Астеч.
Newswinger, Jacob (weaver), sd. 40, 1 house.
80
News, Sebastien, sd. Asbleman, 2 houses ..
200
Newcomber's estate 100
Hees, Peter, 1 house ...
Rush, Henry (land)
Hinchart, Michael (Jand) ..
12
Rine & Kendig .. 70
Rees, Henry, ad. Graff, 1 house 250
Rees, Andrew, sd. Winters
...
Jinaler, Jacob Smith, sil. Hear
...
Shank, Christian, Sr., I house
200
Stofer, John (| distillery ), 1 house,
Shank, Michnel (I distillers ), 1 house
50
Shopson, John, sd. Bowman, I house.
Shap, Hepry (land), 1 honse ...
Spizer, Conrad .
Trenger, Jacob (weaver), I house
50
Thomas, John, heirs ..
Winters, Christopher (1 fulling-mill), 3 houses 423
Whitmore, Jacob, Jr .
IC
Wanger, Widow ..
Whitmore, Abraham.
Fivenen.
William Wide.
Daniel Hear. Julin Sweney.
John Winters.
Jacob Winters.
John Heckman
William MeFan.
Jolın Beat.
Robert McFan.
Fellex Campbell.
David Me Fan.
Anthony Campbell.
Saminel Lines.
Michel Martin.
JAMES CLARK, Assessor.
Pioneer Documents .- The following is a copy of the affidavits of the assessor and assistant assessors of the above return :
" February the 234, 1803, personally came before mne, the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace for the county of Lancaster, James Chuk, assessor of Matiek township, and did take the oath required by an act of the General Assembly of the State of Pennsylvania, passed the 11tb day of April, A.D. 1799, for Hissessois to take before they enter on duties of their office. " JUIN READ."
" Lancuster County, 88.
"Personally appeared before me, the subscriber, one of the justices of the peace for said county, Juhu Gruft, one of the assistant assessots for the township of Mutick, who being duly affirmed saith that he will dil- igently, faithfully, and impartially perforin the several duties of his office, agreeable to the act of Assembly passed in the year 1799, according to the best of luis knowledge. "JOHN GRAFT.
"Sworn and subscribed before me this 11th day of March, 1803. " EDWARD BRIEN."
"Lancaster County, &s.
" Personally appeared before Edward Brien, one of the justices of the peace for said county, Abraham Miller, one of the assisstant assessor's for the township of Martick, in said conuty, who bring July qualified saith that he will diligently, faithfully, nud impartially perform the sov- eral duties of his office agreeable to the act of Assembly passed in the year 1799, according to the best of his knowledge.
"AHDARNY MILLER.
" Sworn and subscribed before mie this 12th day of March, 1803. "EIWARD BRIEN."
TAXABLES FOR 1507 (INCLUDING PROVIDENCE TOWNSHIP').
Brown, Jucob (man of color ). Blair, John ( weaver). Bowman, Hony. Brubaker, Jacob (blacksmith).
Coil, Henry (collier). Campbell, Richard (cordwainer). Cumningham, Robert.
Cunningham, Thomas (cooper). Genning, William (merchant). Lotte, Samuel, Kshleman, Martin. Eckman, Hemy.
Eshleman, Martin, Jr.
Everly, Henry. Everly, Abraham. Everby, John. Finefrock, Michael (joiner). Graft, Jolin (little). Gruft, Michael.
Gruft, -Joseph.
Newswanger, Jacob (weaver).
Graft, John (swamp).
Pompey, Smith ( man of color). Resler, Jucob.
Reese, Audiow.
leese, Henry, Jr. Sides, George.
Stear, Michael (wagoner). Spabrooks, Bemny (collier).
Seabrooks, Win, (wood-chopper).
lless, John (laborer).
Herr, Emanuel.
Iless, George.
Huber, Alahun.
Huber, John (weaver).
Shank, John. Shank, Michael.
Shanp, Henry. Stowfer, David.
String, Samuel (failor).
Summers, Samuel.
lluber, John (little). Herr, Hemy (innkeeper).
Huber, John.
Huber, John, Jr.
Stonerode, Adamı.
Huber, Martiu.
Tiuger, Jacob (wenver).
Hummel, John ( weaver).
Wallace, Jolm (tailor).
Huber, Widow.
Wilson, Tempest (innkeeper).
Huber, Martin (joiner).
White, Williamn.
Johnston, John (hafter).
Watson, Benjamin.
Kepperly, Jacob (mason).
Winters, Christopher.
Kepperly, Frederick.
Krug, Frederick (tailor).
Kendnek, Widow.
Kuhn, Frederick i weaver).
Kendrick, Jacob ( mason).
Miller, Philip.
Michael Whitestick.
Miller, Martin.
Met'oncb, Robert (tailor). .
MeCall, Charles (man of culos)
John Conghenour.
McMullen, Stewart.
David MeFan (mason).
McFan. William.
Robert Mei'an. Hemy Conghenour ( weaver).
Moore, Adamı. McFalls, Henry (collier).
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