Proprietary Return, Carnarvon Township, 1767

Name Acres Horses Cattle Sheep Tax
Boice, William (farmer) 200 5 3 5 12
Beeler, Mark (farmer) 100 2 2 5 6
Broadsword, Mathias (farmer) 100 2 2 3 2
Cofman, Jacob (miller, 2 g. & s. m.'s) 12 2 4   14
Elliot, John (farmer) 125 2 2 5 9
Fair, John (weaver) 100 2 2 4 2
Finfrock, Michael (farmer) 100 1 2   2
Flower, Samuel (comp'y) 300       30
Gabriel, John (constable) 200 3 2 2 7
Goheen, John (smith) 164 2 2   8
Holy, John (farmer) 160 2 2 6 4
Herper, Thomas   1 1   1
Hudson, John (farmer) 340   1   5
Hofman, Jacob (farmer) 60 2 2 1 2
Jones, John (inn keeper) 180 4 2 4 13
Jones, David (farmer) 100 4 4 4 7
Jones, Jonathan (farmer) 200 4 4 10 12
Light, John (farmer) 150 8 4 15 23
Long, Christian (farmer) 140 2 2 4 5
Long, Adam (farmer) 100 1 1   2
Lefler, Dietrich (sow gelder) 100 1 1 3 2
Minsear, John   1     1
Morgan, Jacob (esquire) 300 15 4 86 28
Morgan, Thomas (farmer) 250 10 4   7
Magache, Manus (labourer)   1     1
Reesor, George (farmer) 200 2 3 4 18
Robinson, William (farmer) 97 5 1 7 6
Robinson, John (farmer) 96     1 2
Richardson, Joseph         4
Ratew, Aaron (farmer) 249 6 2 6 8
Reese, Willilam (fuller, f.m.) 30 2 1   7
Sulevan, Darby     1   1
Shea, Cornelius   1     1
Talbot, Benjamin (farmer) 50 1 2 4 4
Talbot, Joseph (farmer)          
Wells, William (blacksmith) 60 2 1 1 4
Wells, James (farmer) 160 2 1 1 6
Wear, Hugh (blacksmith)   1 1   2
Wilson, George (farmer)     2   1
Gordon, John (labourer)   1     1
Dumbar, John   1     1
Allen, Oliver         1
Scott, Thomas         1
Raysor, George         1


Single Freemen

Name Shillings
Martin, David 15
Gordon, Patrick 15
Sullevan, James 15
Sterling, Robert 15
Starling, Roger 15
Hudson, John 15
Morgan, Thomas 15
Robeson, John 15


Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume 18. "Proprietary and State Tax Lists of the County of Berks for the years 1767, 1768, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784, 1785," edited by William Henry Egle, Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1898, pp. 23-25.

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