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HISTORY
OF
NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA.
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SUPPLEMENT
A list of the members, of a company of volunteers from Northampton county,
who fought in the battles of Long Island, and Fort Wayne by Captain Rundio,
and in which
GENERAL ROBERT BROWN
Was then a First Lieutenant, has been received too late for insertion in
its appropriate place. There are also some other interesting papers in
relation to the company; for all of which we are indebted to the courtesy
of Hon. Charles Brodhead, of Bethlehem. They are here reproduced, together
with Mr. Brodhead's letter of transmittal and explanation:
BETHLEHEM Pa., March 26th, 1877
I have finally succeeded in finding the old roll of Captain Rundio's
Company of Flying Camp, which was in the American army at Long Island, as a
part of the proportion of Northampton county. The papers are the property
of Mrs. William Brown, late of Bethlehem, who is a daughter-in-law of
General Robert Brown, who was First Lieutenant in the company, his
commission bearing date September 10th, 1776, 1 also copy
two other papers, which I think have never, heretofore, been published.
A LIST OF CAPTAIN RUNDIO'S COMPANY
Robert McFerren
William Young
Philip Curwin
Jacob Holser
Samuel Jones
Samuel McFadden
Adam Sly
Daniel Murray
John Handelong
Samuel Been
Pharo McGee
Conrad Waltman
Jacob C.- (illegible)
Michael - (illegible)
George Marsh
Melchoir - (illegible)
John Hunter
George Beeclign
Jacob Warner
John France
Jacob Hance
Jacob Nyhart
Michael Longbrich
John Galloway
Isaac Shimer
John McGee
Robert Miller
James Grim
Benjamin Swartwood
Patrick White
Peter Zink
Conrad Becker
John Boyd
John Dell
John Christian
Jacob Moritz
John Diffenderfer
Ned Lafferty
Michael Clase
Ludovick Moser
Jacob Strole
Peter Longberich
William Weals
A list of those that died in their imprisonment in New York, 1776:
December, 1776
John Christian, December 25th
Jacob Moritz, 28th
John Differderfer, 29th
Benjamin Swartwood, 3d of January
Ned Lafferty, 4th do.
John Dull, 4th do.
Pharo McGee, 9th do.
Jacob Warner, 9th, do.
John Handelong, 11th, do
Isaac Shimer, 14th do.
(Signed) JOHN MCDOAWL, Ensign, 3Oth,
Endorsed: A list of Captain Rundio's Company, by Andrew Boyd.
In too same frame is inserted Lieutenant Browns parole, given to the
British General, Clinton. It appears to have been given on shipboard.
(Literatim et verbatim)
We wose names are hereunder written do pledge our faith & Honour to Genl
Clinton that, wee will depart from ye house wee are plaised in by the
Commisary of Prisoners; nor go beyond the Bounds Prescribed by him, and
farther that wee will not do or say anything Contrary, to, the Interest of
his Majesty or his Government.
ROBERT BROWN
On Board of ye Ship Judith, Decem'r 10, 1777,
And Yet another interesting paper:
November 15th, 1776. General Howe sent a flag demanding surrender of Fort
Washington, or all to be put to the sword-an answer to be returned in two
hours. Colonel McGaw, commanding on the Island, having called the Field
Officers together, a Council was held, and it was unanimously agreed to
return for answer that we were determined a hold the Fort to the last,
extremity, and to rely on General Howe's usual clemency in being put to
the sword.
November l6th. An attack having began early in the morning, continued
until about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, whom the Hessians, being in
possession of the hill on the north, the British, Scotch, and Hessians on
the east and south, General Howe sent a second flag, with the following
summons.
The Commander-in-Chief demands an immediate and categorical answer to his
second summons of Fort Washington. The garrison must immediately surrender
prisoners of war, and give up all their arms, ammunitions, and stores, of
every kind, and send two Field Officers to these quarters, as hostages. In
so doing, the General is pleased to allow the garrison to keep possession
of their baggage, and the officers, to have their swords.
Agreed to: J. PATTERSON, Adjutant General; ROBERT MCGAW, Colonel Of the
Fifth Pennsylvania Battalion, Commanding at Fort Washington.
SOUTH BETHLEHEM
It is proper to say here, that, since the printing of the history of South
Bethlehem has been finished, we have ascertained that the first survey of
South Bethlehem, made for the purpose of locating and naming streets, was
made by an engineer in the employ of Hon. Charles Brodhead; and thus it
is to him that the credit is due of being the originator and founder of the town.
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
OF THE COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1850
Cash value of Farms, $2,535,975
Cash Value of Farming Implements and Machinery 82,267
Value of Live Stock, 200,462
Value of Animal Slaughtered 42,180
Value of Orchard Products 3,532
Value of Produced of Market Gardens 1,200
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Number of Acres of Land Improved, 30,059
Number of Acres of Land Unimproved (in Farms) 7,123
Number of Horses, 1,639
Mules 4
Milch Cows 2,021
Working Oxen -----
Other Cattle 1,379
Sheep 1,501
Swine 5,483
Number of Bushels of Wheat 105,147
Number of Bushels of Rye 70,596
Number of Bushels of Indian Corn 136,668
Number of Bushels of Oats 46,930
Number of Bushels of Peas and Beans -------
Number of Bushels of Irish Potatoes 47,330
Number of Bushels of Sweet Potatoes ------
Number of Bushels of Barley 660
Number of Bushels of Buckwheat 1,194
Number of Bushels of Clover Seed 353
Number of Bushels of Other Grass Seed 22
Number of Bushels of Flaxseed 256
Number of Pounds of Tobacco -----
Number of Pounds of Wool 2,756
Number of Pounds of Butter 205,100
Number of Pounds of Cheese 739
Number of Pounds of Flax 3,439
Number of Pounds of Silk Cocoons -------
Number of Gallons of Wine -------
Number of Tons of Hay 7,126
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
OF THE COUNTY FOR THE YEAR 1870
Cash value of Farms, $20,991,169
Cash Value of Farming Implements and Machinery 736,390
Value of Live Stock, 1,900,042
Value of Animal Slaughtered 435,294
Value of Orchard Products 17,141
Value of Produce of Market Gardens 22,849
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Number of Acres of Land Improved, 170,062
Number of Acres of Land Unimproved, (in Farms) 1,149
Number of Horses 7,999
Mules 100
Milch Cows 10,840
Working Oxen 13
Other Cattle 4,047
Sheep 5,562
Swine 17,017
Number of Bushels of Wheat 473,295
Number of Bushels of Rye 122,584
Number of Bushels of Indian Corn 707,494
Number of Bushels of Oats 539,067
Number of Bushels of Peas and Beans 218
Number of Bushels of Irish Potatoes 232,038
Number of Bushels of Sweet Potatoes 103
Number of Bushels of Barley 4,123
Number of Bushels of Buckwheat 23,838
Number of Bushels of Clover Seed 4,262
Number of Bushels of Other Grass Seed 110
Number of Bushels of Flaxseed 80
Number of Pounds of Tobacco 50
Number of Pounds of Wool 14,271
Number of Pounds of Butter 843,541
Number of Pounds of Cheese -------
Number of Pounds of Flax 322
Number of Pounds of Silk Cocoons -------
Number of Gallons of Wine, 3,134
Number of Tons of Hay 36,240
These figures are worthy of examination by all who are interested in the
prosperity and advancement of that noblest of all professions, agriculture.
They show that in the space of twenty years, the farmers of Northampton
county increased their improved acres nearly six-fold; and, in the same
time, decreased their unimproved lands in a still greater ratio; and (which
is still more clearly indicative of the spirit of progress), that the value
of their farming implements and machinery was about nine times as much at
the end, as it had been at the commencement, of that period, and, also,
that they kept, five times as many, each, of horses and milch cows.
An increase of four hundred per cent is shown, in their production of
hay, wheat, corn, barley, and even of that most useful of all esculents-the
Irish potatoes-notwithstanding the savages of the hostile army of bugs and beetles.
In some of the other products of the farm, the increase was much greater;
that of clover-seed being eleven hundred per cent
oats, nearly twelve hundred;
buckwheat, more than nineteen hundred per cent
The farmers wives, too, had labored assiduously in the dairy, and as a
result, their production of butter, in the year 1876, was 638,441 pounds in
excess of the quantity made in the county in 1850; besides which, the price
had also been greatly enhanced.
And, when all these facts are noted, it is not strange to find, as we do,
bN reference to the statistics, that in the period of those two decades,
the cost value of the farms of Northampton county, increased from
$2,500,000, to nearly $21,000,000; an advance of more than eight hundred per cent.
The raising of flax seems to have nearly ceased; and as for silk culture
which was prosecuted here to some extent by the enterprising and
persevering Moravians, a hundred and thirty years ago, it is now extinct;
no cocoons being produced in the county.
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The increased in the value of orchard products was nearly four-fold, and
the raising of fruit and planting of orchards is receiving great and
increasing attention in several of the townships. The culture of the vine
too has been commenced on a moderate scale in some portions of the county,
and a total yearly production of more than 3,000 gallons of native wine is
here shown. These figures are very small when compared with those of some
other Counties, but there is no reason why Northampton should not, her
proportion to her area, produce as many grapes and as much wine as old Berks.
Her soil and location are as well adapted to the cultivation of the grape,
anti she has among her people, thousands who are either natives, or the
sons of natives, of the vine-covered hills and slopes of old Germany.
In the matter of stock-raising, the showing, by the figures, is gratifying.
From a livestock valuation of about $200,000, in 1850, it had grown to
more than 1,900,000, in 1870, This, to be sure, will hardly bear the
mention of a comparison with the statistics of some of the other counties,
as Lancaster, Chester, York, or Montgomery but yet, as an exhibit of
increase from earlier years, it is very encouraging.
The first account which is found, of blooded cattle being seen in
Northampton county, was about 1812 or 1813; when a drover passed through
Easton with a number of young cattle of a new and strange breed "as they
were then considered, but which is now everywhere known as the famous
Durham. He stopped on the Square, near the old Court House, but the large
price which he placed upon his animals-far beyond any which lead ever been
heard of at that time-effectually prevented him from making any sales, and
he continued his journey westward, with his herd undiminished; the
Eastonians prudently confiding their interest in Durham cattle to the cheap
indulgence of admiration.
At the present time, there are a few persons fit the county who own
valuable thoroughbred cattle-the most noticeable among these being the herd
of Messrs. McKeen & Hulick, of Easton and a creditable display is made at
the Agricultural Exhibitions at Easton and Nazareth; but the farmers of
Northampton county are in general inclined to continue the methods which
their fathers practiced in cattle raising; and not to incur the expense
which attaches to the luxury of breeding fine blooded stock.
COUNTY OFFICERS OF NORTHAMPTON
(FROM ITS ERECTION TO THE PRESENT TIME)
JUSTICES
(Under the Proprietary and Colonial Governments 1752 to 1776).
1752
Thomas Craig
Hugh Wilson
Timothy Horsefield
James Martin
Louis Klotz
Thomas Armstrong
Conrad Hess
Charles Swaine
William Craig
Daniel Broadhead
Aaron Depui
John Van Ettan
1753
Peter Trexler
John Everet
John Atkins
1755
Allen Depui
1756
William Parsons
1758
William Plumstead
1761
Jacob Arndt (June 1)
Henry Geiger
Robert Lyle
1762
John Moore
1764
James Allen
1765
Christopher Waggoner
John Jenning
1766
George Taylor
Henry Kochler
Jas. Gaston
Charles Stewart
1769
Charles Stewart
1770
John Van Campen
Garrett Broadhead
1773
Robert Levers
1774
Peter Kachline
Lewis Nicola
Jacob Lerch
John Wetzel
James Morray
Felix Lynn
Isaac Lerch
1775
John Oakley
Nicholas Depui
(Under the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania-1777 to 1877)
1777
John Arndt (June 1)
Thomas Silllman
Benjamin Depui
Samuel Res
William McNair
Louis Stecker
Frederick Leinbach
Peter Moyer
Matthias Brobst
Jacob Horner
Jacob Morey (Sept.)
James Vanaken
Peter Moyer
1778
Nicholas Depui
1787
Peter Kachline
1788
Christopher Wagener
William Henry
1789
Jacob Abel
1790
William Jackson
John Shaw
William Wills
Ezekiel Schoonover
1791
Jacob Rush President Judge
Peter Rhoads
William Henry
David Wagener
John Mulhallon Associate Judge
1796
Robert Traill, successor to David Wagener
1799
John Cooper, successor to Robert Traill
1802
Daniel Wagener, successor to J. Mulhallon
1806
John Spayd (successor to Jacob Rush), President Judge
Peter Rhoades
Daniel Wagener
John Cooper
William Henry, Associate Judges
1809
Robert Porter (successor to John Spayd), President Judge
Peter Rhoades
John Cooper
Daniel Wagener
William Henry Associate Judges
1812
Robert Porter, President Judge
Daniel Wagener
John Cooper, Associate Judges. (Changed from four to two Associates)
1831
Garrick Mallery (successor to Robert Porter), President Judge
Daniel Wagener
John Cooper, Associate Judges
1836
John Banks (successor to Garrick Mallery), President Judge
Daniel Wagener
John Cooper, Associate Judges
1839
Saamel Yohe (successor to John Cooper, Associate Judge
1839
George Hess, Jr., (successor to Daniel Wagener), Associate Judge
1844
James Kennedy (successor to Samuel Yohe), Associate Judge
1847
J. Pringle Jones (successor to John Banks), President Judge
George Hess, Jr.
James Kennedy, Associate Judges
1849
John H. Keller (successor to James Kennedy), Associate Judge
1850
Jacob Weygult (successor to George Hess, Jr.,) Associate Judge.
1851
Isaac C. Wikoff successor to Jacob Weygandt), Associate Judge
1852
Washington McCartney successor to J. Pringle Jones), President Judge
William L, Sebring
James Kennedy, Associate Judges
1856
H. D. Maxwell (successor to Washington McCartney), President Judge;
William L. Sebring
James Kennedy, Associate Judges
1856
George W. Stein (successor to W. L. Sebring), Associate Judge
1858
John K. Findley (successor to H. D. Maxwell), President Judge
George W. Stein
James Kennedy, Associate Judges
1862
H. D. Maxwell (successor to John K. Findley), President Judge;
Joseph Laubach
R. N. Merrill, Associate Judges
1863
John W. Maynard (successor to H. D. Maxwell), President Judge
Joseph Laubach
R. N. Merrill, Associate Judges
1868
J. Pringle Jones (successor to John W. Maynard), President Judge
Joseph Laubach
R. A. Merrill, Associate Judges
1869
A. Brower Longaker (successor to J. Pringle Jones), President Judge
Joseph Laubach
R. A. Merrill, Associate Judges
1871
Josiah Cole (successor to R. N. Merrill), Associate Judge
1874
W. S. Kirkpatrick, (successor to A. Brower Longaker) President Judge
Joseph Laubach
Josiah Cole, Associate Judges
1875
O. H. Myers, (successor to W. S. Kirkpatrick), President Judge
Joseph Laubach
Josiah Cole, Associate Judges
1876
O. H. Myers, President Judge
1877
O. H. Myers, President Judge
RECORDERS
1752-58 William Parsons
1758-61 Charles Swaine
1761-77 Lewis Gordon
1777-1800 John Arndt
1800-03 John Ross
1803-09 Abraham Horn
1809-21 N. Michler
1821-25 George W. Deshler
1825-34 Thomas J. Rogers
1830-36 Christian J. Hutter
1836-39 John A, Brobst
1839-43 D. W. Davis
1843-52 P. F. B. Schmid
1853-54 Abraham Berlin
1854-60 George Schlabach
1860-63 Jeremiah, Schott
1866-72 G. Ziegenfus
1866-72 George H. Young
1872-77 J. H. Odenwelder (still in office)
1 Dockets changed from King George III., in the sixteenth year of his reign
to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 1776. Last Court held under the
King, June 1777. First Court held by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, June 1777.
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DEPUTY REGISTERS' GENERAL
1752-57 William Parsons
1758-60 Charles Swine
1760-77 Lewis Gordon
1777-1800 John Arndt
1800-09 John Ross
1811-21 Nathaniel Michler
1821-24 Thomas Pomp
1824-35 Thomas Rodger
1835-36 George Hess Jr.
1836-39 Joseph Weaver
1839-42 Michael Meyer
1842-45 John Johnson
1845-48 Phillip H. Mattes
1848-54 Samuel Siegfried
1854-60 Thomas W. Lynn
1860-66 John Stoltzer
1866-72 Reuben P. Micke
1872-77 S. H. A. Siegfried (still in office)
SHERIFFS
1752 William Craig
1756 C. Rinker
1762 Peter Kichline
1770 Peter Kichline
1773 John Penn
1775 Henry Fullert
1778 Jonas Hartzell
1781 Jonas Hartzell
1783 Robert Traill
1784 Peter Elder
1787 George Graff
1790 Jonas Hartzell
1793 John Craig
1796 Henry Spering
1799 Nicholas Kern
1802 Abraham Rinker
1805 Henry Jarrett
1808 Frederick King
1811 Peter Hay
1814 William White
1817 Daniel Raub
1820 M. M'Michael
1823 John Carey
1826 Jacob Kern
1829 Jacob Hartz
1832 Daniel Raub
1835 C. Heckman
1838 Hiram Yard
1841 Peter Steckel
1844 Samuel Adams
1847 Joseph Hillman
1850 John Bachman
1853 Jacob Cone
1856 Daniel Riegel
1859 Th. Heckman
1862 Adam Hower
1865 P. F. Stier
1868 G. W. Walton
1871 E. Werkheiser
1874 Birge Pierson (still holds the office January 1877)
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
At the first election in the county, in 1752, Robert Gregg, Benjamin
Shoemaker, and Peter Trexler, were chosen Commissioners, but after these we
do not discover any regular record of the persons chosen to the office
until the year 1800, although we find reference to the election of
Christian Rinker, in 1753
Lewis Klotz, in 1754
Herman Snyder, 1767, as well as of George Taylor, Col. Kichline, and
others, having filled the office, but without fixing the dates of their service.
The list of Commissioners serving in Northampton county, from A. D. 1800
to the present time, is as follows:
1800 John Smith
1801 Christian Butz, Easton
1802 Stephen Krumrine
1803 Godfrey Knauss
1804 Geo. W. Raub
1805 David Sailor (appointed)
Ezeck Howell
John Hutchinson
1806 John Keiper
1807 John Green
1808 Peter Meddagh
1809 Philip Sellers
1810 David Wagener
1811 Wm. White, Easton
1812 Nicholas Kern
1813 John Leidy
1814 Valentine Weaver
1815 Samuel Rees
1816 Thos. Cawley
1817 Jacob Chouse
1818 James Shaffer
1819 Peter Steckel
1820 Michael Opp, Easton
1821 David Heller
1822 Geo. P. Dreisbach, Plainfield
1823 Wm. Ricker, Easton
1824 Henry Edinger, Hamilton
1825Philip Lynn, Saucon
1826 John Worman, Easton
1827 Philip Lessig, Ross.
1827 F. Germantown, Plainfield., Easton.
1828 Wm. White, Easton
1829 Wm. Whitehead
1830 F. J. Smith. Bethel
1831 Philip Correll, Bethlehem
1832 Peter Nungessor, Easton
1833 J. D. Bowman, Towamensing
1834 John Flick, Lower Mt. Bethel
1835 Melchoir Horn, Easton.
1836 Jacob Brotzman, Williams
1837 Jacob Lerch, Forks
1838 Jonas Lerch, Easton
1838 John Lerch
1839 Jacob Wagener
1840 John Lentz, Mauch Chunk
1841 Jos. Santee, Bethlehem (1 yr)
Gen. Strub, Easton (3 yrs)
1842 Jacob Cople, Bushkill
1843 Anthony Transue, Bethlehem
1844 John Lesher, Easton
1845 Jacob Solt, Lehigh
1846 Hearv Metz, Plainfield
1847 Joseph Stever, Saucon
1848 Christian Young, Moore
1849 George Lerch, Forks
1850 T. Dornblazer, L'r Nazareth
1851 Wm. Reagle, Upper Mt. Bethel
1852 John Scotian, Saucon
1853 H. S. Messinger, Forks
1854 Jacob J. Deemer, Williams
1855 Simon Buss, Lower Nazareth
1856 Daniel Kleckner, Moore
1857 Joseph Edleman, Forks
1858 Samuel Saeger, Lehigh
David Hillegas, Saucon
1859 Jacob Houck, L. Mt. Bethel
1860 P. Kleppinger, U. Nazareth
1861 Daniel Beidelman, Williams
1862 Charles Hess, Bethlehem
1863 Jacob Bauer, Plainfield
1864 Chas. Kostenbader, Bushkill
1865 Chas. Kern, Upper Nazareth
1866 Simon Buss, Lower Nazareth
1869 S. McCammon, L. Mt.
1870 A. D. Shinier, Hanover.
1871 Anderson Calvin, Williams
1872 J. G. P. Kessler, Plainfield
1874 Elected for three years:
Gen. W. Henry, Lehigh
Aaron Bachman, L. Saucon
Wm. R. Yeager, L. Saucon
PROTHONOTARIERY AND CLERKS OF QUARTER SESSIONS, OYER AND TERMINER.
OYER AND TERMINER
1758 to 1760 Charles Swaine
1760 to 1777 Lewis Gordon
1777 to 1788 Robert Levers
1788 to 1795 Wm. Craig
1799 to 1800 ------
1800 to 1821 W. Sperring
1821 to 1824 C. Meixsell
1824 to 1833 J. R. Lattimore
1833 to 1836 Azariah Pryer
1836 to 1838 S. Moore
1838 to 1845 Wm. Hackett
1845 to 1849 T. R. Sitgreaves
1849 to 1852 P. H. Johnson
1855 to 1859 John F. Bachman
1859 to 1868 Theodore Robinson
1868 to 1874 Martin Frey
1874 to 1877 A. J. Snyder
TREASURERS
1782 to 1783 Conrad Ihrie
1783 to 1795 J. Arndt
1795 to 1801 John Herster
1801 to 1805 Christian Bixler
1805 to 1808 Jacob Opp
1808 to 1811 Esech Howell
1811 to 1813 Christian Butz
1813 to 1816 Jacob Weygandt
1816 to 1819 Samuel Sitgrreaves
1819 to 1822 John Carey, Jr.
1822 to 1825 Jacob Shouse
1825 to 1828 Michael Opp
1828 Peter Shnyder
1829 to 1832 Peter Pump
1834 Joseph Shnyder
1835 Joseph M. Porter
1836 to 1839 Andrew H. Reeder
1839 to 1842 Jeff K. Heckman
1842 to 1844 Peter Young
1844 to 1846 Edward J. Snipe
1846 to 1848 Daniel W. Butz
1848 to 1850 Samuel Yohe
1850 to 1852 John Davis
1852 to 1854 Peter F. Eilenberger
1854 to 1856 Jos. Young
1856 to 1858 R. N. Merrill
1858 to 1860 J. Cole
1860 to 1862 Daniel Seigfried
1862 to 1864 George Leith
1864 to 1866 F.R. Borheck
1866 to 1868 J. J. Unangst
1868 to 1870 D. Berlin
1870 to 1872 L. F. Beckel
1872 to 1874 Cornelius Bruner
1874 to 1876 Owen Reich
1876 to 1879 Charles Kleckner
COUNTY OFFICIAL REGISTER (1877.)
President Judge, Oliver H. Myers
Prothonotary, James J. Cope.
Prothonotary Deputy, Samuel S. Yohe
Clerk of the Orphans Court, Theodore O. Frederick
Clerk of the Quarter Sessions, Andrew J. Snyder
District Attorney, John C. Merrill
Court Crier, Martin Frey
Representative in Congress, 1877, Samuel Bridges
State Senator, Dr. David Engleman, Easton
Assembly
Robert E. James, Easton
Dr. Amos J. Harris, Hellertown
Hiram B. Fish, Bath
Sheriff, Birge Pearson
Sheriff Deputy, Reuben H. Schlabach
Register of Wills, S. H. A. Siegfried
Recorder of Deeds, John H. Odenwelder
Recorder of Deeds Deputy, John L. Clifton
Treasurer, Charles Kleckner
Coroner, Samuel Brunner
Surveyor, Thomas R. Weber
Auditors Herman Van Billiard, Freemansburg
Paul Bachschmidt, Nazareth
John Horner, East Allen
Jury Commissioners
John Kern
D. G. Brown
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1. In the office of Prothonatary was separated from that of Clerk Of
Quarter Sessions.
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County Commissioners
George W. Heiney, Lehigh
Aaron Bachman, Lower Saucon
William R. Yeager
Commissioners' Clerk, Oliver L. Fehr
Solicitor, W. W. Schuyler
COUNTY PRISON
Inspectors: Colonel W. H. Hotter, President, Easton
William McMiller, Upper Mount Bethel
Frederick R. Borhek, Bethlehem
Richard W. Russell
Thomas Rinek, Secretary, Easton
Warden: Theodore Whitesell
Matron: Mrs. Amelia Whitesell
Deputy Warden Daniel Reed
Physician: Dr. Amos Seip
COUNTY ALMSHOUSE
Directors of the Poor: Richard Knecht, Palmer
Peter Uhler, Forks, and Andrew L. Keller, Bushkill
Solicitor and Treasurer: Elisha Allis
Steward: Herman Schmidt
U. S. REVENUE OFFICE
Deputy Collector Max. Gress, Easton
Stamp Agent: F. A. Stitzer, Easton
Gaugers: A. Reeder Muller, Easton
J. L. C. Miller, Bethlehem.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE
Allen: H. Beil
Stemton: George Boyer, Bangor
George M. Heil and Isaac Buzzard, Bath
John Mellhaney and W. M Bercaw, Bethlehem
Bethlehem 1st Ward; B. F Neisser
Bethlehem 2d Ward Samuel Brunner
Bethlehem 3d Ward Aaron W. Lynn
Bethlehem Township:
George W. Walton, Butztown
Peter Warner, Easton Post Office
Bushkill: Paul Hall
Bushkill Centre: Charles Kostenbader
Chapman: Richard Chapman
East Allen:
George Spenglor
Richard Freyman
Easton, 1st Ward Wilson H. Hildebrand
Easton 2d Ward Samuel Moore
Easton 3d Ward Abraham Kind
Easton 4th Ward Aaron Zerfass
Easton 5th Ward John Evans
Easton 6th Ward John A. Transue
G. V. Wallace
Easton 7th Ward George L. Transue
Fremansburg
Peter A. Fritchman
James J. Edmunds
Forks Vacant
Glendon: J. N. Bachman
Hellertown
Thomas R, Weber
Jacob Nickum
Hanover Vacant
Lehigh
A. W. Lerch
J. M. Hower
Lower Mount Bethel
R. N. Merrill
J. W. Hutchinson
Nazareth
J. J. Kreidler
E. F. Heil
Saucon
L. H. Wagner
B. H. Reinhold
Moore
J. H. H. Henricks
Charles Ziegenfuss
Nazareth
Jacob H. Beck
C. Musselman
Palmer
D. Knecht
John Bacon
Plainfield
S. A. Heller
R. W. Russell
Portland
J. Pearson
W. L. Bowman
South Easton
1st Ward
Hugh Brady
I. B. McFall
2d Ward
T. D. Barrington
3d Ward
A. Rogers
T. Steiner
South Bethlehem
1st Ward
G. W. Stein
2d Ward
G. Ziegenfuss
E. Breuckner
3d Ward
F. F. Munson
Upper Mount Bethel
G. F. Johnson
J. J. Bruce
Upper Nazareth
J. Schmidt
Washington
J. B. Sherman
J. Schimmel
Williams
J. J. Ealer
O. Walter
NOTARIES PUBLIC
Easton: George Finley
Bethlehem:
U. J. Wenner
F. M. Rauch
J. C. Weber
Bangor
M. H. Jones
Bath
B. J. Straub
Hellertown
H. Weisel
South Bethlehem
M. E. Abbott
CONSTABLES
Easton
lst Ward George Schooley
2d Ward E. Slawson
3d Ward G. H. Younkin
4th Ward W. A. Horn
5th Ward S. Stone
6th Ward H. Shnyder
South Easton
1st Ward C. Elkins
2nd Ward O. Laubach
3rd Ward W. Larrison
Bethlehem
1st Ward A. Van Buskirk
2nd Ward W. Himmelrich
3rd Ward J. Schitz
South Bethlehem
1st Ward E. Cressman
2nd Ward A. Buck
3rd Ward J. Haney
Bangor
L. Merrill
Bath
G. Siegfried
Chapman
E. Wright.
Freemansburg
N. Moser
Glendon
I. Smith
Hellertown
H. Muschlitz
Nazareth
R. Kemerer
Portland
E. Frutchey
Allen
S. Nungesser
Bethlehem
S. B. Fogel
Bushkill:
T. Snyder
East Allen
J. Nolf
Forks
N. Schug
Hanover
R. O. Ritter
Lehigh:
S. Best
Lower Mount Bethel
C. Kline
Lower Nazareth
K. E. Nagle
Lower Saucon
A. T. Lerch
Moore
B. W. O. Yoch
Palmer
T. Kichline
Plainfield
T. Lehr
Upper Mount Bethel
B. Strunk
Upper Nazareth
L. Heller
Washington
S. G. Gruver
Williams
Peter Moser
JUDICIAL DISTRICTS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The First District comprises Philadelphia county
Second District comprises Lancaster county
Third District comprises Northampton county
Fourth District comprises Tioga, Potter, McKean, Cameron counties
Fifth District comprises Allegheny county
Sixth District comprises Erie county
Seventh District comprises Bucks county
Eighth District comprises Northumberland county
Ninth District comprises Cumberland county
Tenth District comprises Westmoreland county
Eleventh District comprises Luzerne county
Twelfth District comprises Dauphin and Lebanon counties
Thirteenth District comprises Bradford county
Fourteenth District comprises Fayette and Green counties
Fifteenth District comprises Chester county
Sixteenth District comprises Bedford and Somerset counties
Seventeenth District comprises Butler and Lawrence counties
Eighteenth District comprises Clarion and Jefferson counties
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The Nineteenth District comprises York county
The Twentieth District Comprises Union, Snyder, and Mifflin counties
The Twenty-first District comprises Schuylkill county
The Twenty-second District comprises Wayne and Pike counties
The Twenty-third District comprises Berks county
The Twenty-fourth District comprises Huntingdon, Blair, and Cambria counties
The Twenty-fifth District comprises Centre, Clearfield, and Clinton counties
The Twenty-sixth District comprises Columbia and Montour counties
The Twenty-seventh District comprises Washington county
The Twenty-eighth District comprises Venango county
The Twenty-ninth District comprises Lycoming county
The Thirtieth District comprises Crawford county
The Thirty-first District comprises Lehigh county
The Thirty-second District comprises Delaware county
The Thirty-third District comprises Armstrong county
The Thirty-fourth District comprises Susquehanna county
The Thirty-fifth District comprises Mercer county
The Thirty-sixth District comprises Beaver county
The Thirty-seventh District comprises Warren, Forrest and Elk counties
The Thirty-eighth District comprises Montgomery county
The Thirty-ninth District comprises Franklin and Fulton counties
The Fortieth District comprises Indiana county
The Forty-first District comprises Juniata and Perry counties
The Forty-second District comprises Adams county
The Forty-third District comprises Carbon and Monroe counties
The Forty-fourth District comprises Wyoming and Sullivan counties
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS OF PENNSYLVANIA
The First District comprises the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eleventh,
Twelfth, and Sixteenth Wards, of Philadelphia
Second District: First, Second, Seventh, and Twenty-sixth Wards, of Philadelphia
Third District: Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, and Twentieth
Wards, and all that portion of the Seventeenth Ward, west of Second street
Fourth District: Fifteenth, Twenty-first, Twenty-fourth, Twenty-seventh,
and Twenty-ninth Wards, of Philadelphia
Fifth District: Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-second, Twenty-third, and
Twenty-fifth Wards, and the Seventeenth Ward, east of Second street, Philadelphia
Sixth District: Chester and Delaware counties.
Seventh District: Lancaster county
Eighth District: Berks, and that portion of Montgomery, east northwest of
Norristown, Whitpain, Gwynedd, and Montgomery townships
Ninth District: Bucks and Northampton, and balance of Montgomery
Tenth District: Lehigh, Carbon, Monroe, Pike, and Wayne
Eleventh District: Schuylkill, Columbia, and Montour
Twelfth District: Dauphin, Lebanon, and Northumberland
Thirteenth District: Luzerne
Fourteenth District: Bradford, Susquehanna, Sullivan, and Wyoming
Fifteenth District: Tioga, Potter, McKean, Cameron, and Lycoming
Sixteenth District: Union, Snyder, Mifflin, Centre, Clearfield and Elk
Seventeenth District: Huntingdon, Blair, Cameron, and Somerset
Eighteenth District: Bedford, Franklin, Fulton, Juniata and Adams
Nineteenth District: Westmoreland, Fayette, and Green
Twentieth District: Cumberland, York and Perry
Twenty-first District: Indiana, Armstrong, Jefferson, and Clarion
Twenty-second District: Pittsburg, Birmingham, Ormsby, South Pittsburg,
Monongahela, Mont Washington, Temperance, West Pittsburg, Union, Allentown,
St. Clair, Veroni, Braddock, and the township of Plum, Wilkinson, Penn, and Porter
Twenty-third District: All Allegheny county not included in the above
Twenty-fourth District: Washington, Beaver, and Butler
Twenty-fifth District: Lawrence, Mercer, and Crawford
Twenty-sixth District: Erie, Venango, Warren, and Forest
SENATORIAL DISTRICTS OF PENNSYLVANIA.
The First District comprises the First, Second, and Twenty-sixth Wards Philadelphia.
The Second District comprises the Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eleventh
Wards, Philadelphia
The Third District comprises the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Eighteenth, and
Twentieth Wards, Philadelphia
The Fourth District comprises the Twenty-first, Twenty-second,
Twenty-fourth, and Twenty-seventh Wards, Philadelphia
The Fifth District comprises the Fifteenth, Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth,
Wards, Philadelphia
The Sixth District comprises the Seventh, Eighth, and Kinth Wards, Philadelphia
The Seventh District comprises the Tenth, Twelfth, Thirteenth, and
Fourteenth Wards, Philadelphia
The Eighth District comprises the Nineteenth, Twenty-third, and
Twenty-fifth Wards, Philadelphia.
The Ninth District comprises Delaware county
The Tenth District comprises Bucks
The Eleventh Districts comprises Berks
The Twelfth District comprises Montgomery
The Thirteenth District comprises the City of Lancaster and the following,
boroughs and townships in the county of Lancaster, viz:
Boroughs, of Washingtons and Strasburg
townships of
Manor
Lancaster
Conestoga
Pequea
Martic
Providence
Drumore
Fulton
Little Britain
W. Lampeter
Strasburg
Coleraine
Eden
Bart
Salisburg
Sanisbury
Paradise
Leacock
East Lampeter
The Fourteenth District comprises all Lancaster county not included in the
Thirteenth District
The Fifteenth District comprises Dauphin county
The Sixteenth District comprises Lehigh
The Seventeenth District comprises Lebanon
The Eighteenth District comprises Northampton
The Nineteenth District comprises Chester
The Twentieth District comprises the cities of Scranton and Carbondale, and
the following wards, boroughs and townships, in the county of Luzerne
Borough of
Goldsboro
Pleasant Valley
Blakely
Dunmore
Jermyn
townships of
Blakely
Carbondale
Fell Jefferson
Roaring Brook
Bear Creek
Buck
Covington
Jenkins
Lackawanna
Madison
Pittston
Plains
Spring Brook
The Twenty-first District comprise all of Luzerne county not included in
the Twentieth District
The Twenty-second District, comprises the counties of
Monroe
Carbon
Pike
The Twenty-third District comprise, the counties of Bradford and Wyoming
The Twenty-fourth District comprises the counties of
Lycoming
Montour
Sullivan
Columbia
The Twenty-fifth District comprises the counties of Tiovq, Potter, and
M'Kean
The Twenty-sixth District comprise the counties of
Susquehanna
Wayne
The Twenty-seventh District comprise counties, of
Union
Snyder
Northumberland
The Twenty-eighth District comprises counties of York
The Twenty-ninth District comprises the Borough of Pottsville and the
following boroughs and townships in Schuylkill counties viz:
Boroughs
Pine Grove
Tremont
Minersville
Schuylkill Haven
Port Carbon
Palo Alto
St. Clair
Mount Carbon
Cressona
Auburn
Yorkville
Landville
township of
Pine Grove
Tremont
Porter
Frailey
Reiley Branch
Washington, Wayne
North Manheim
South Manheim
Norweigen
East Norwegian
New Castle
The Thirtieth District comprises. all Schuylkill county, not included in
Twenty-ninth District
The Thirty-first District comprises the counties of Perry
Mifflin
Juniata
The Thirty-second District, comprise the counties of Cumberland and Adams
The Thirty-third District comprises the counties of Franklin and Huntingdon
The Thirty-fourth District comprises the counties of Clinton, Clearfield, and Centre
The Thirty-fifth District comprises the counties of Blair and Cambria
The Thirty-sixth District comprises the counties of
Somerset, Beford and Fulton
The Thirty-seventh District comprises the counties of Indiana and Jefferson
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The Thirty-eighth District, comprises the counties of Cameron, Elk,
Clarion and Forest
The Thirty-ninth District comprises the county of Westmoreland
The Fortieth District comprises the counties of Fayette and Green
The Forty-first District comprises the counties of Butler and Armstrong
The Forty-second District comprises the city of Allegheny, boroughs of
Bellevue and Sewickley, and the townships of Reserve, Killbuck, and Ohio,
in the county of Allegheny
The Forty-third District comprises, the First to the Fifteenth Wards
inclusive, and the Twenty-third Ward of the City of Pittsburg
The Forty-fourth District comprises the Sixteenth to the Twenty-second
Wards inclusive, and the Thirty-seventh Ward of the City of Pittsburgh.
The boroughs and townships of Allegheny county, between the rivers
Monongahela and Allegheny, and all those boroughs and townships north and
west of the Allegheny River, and north of the Ohio River, not included in
the Forty-second District
The Forty-fifth District comprises the Twenty-fourth to the Thirty-sixth
Wards inclusive, ofthe City of Pittsburgh, and the townships and boroughs
of Allegheny county, lying south and west of the Monongahela and Ohio rivers
The Forty-sixth District comprises the counties of Beaver and Washington
The Forty-seventh District comprises the counties of Lawrence and Mercer
The Forty-eighth District comprises the counties of Warren and Venango
The Forty-ninth District comprises the county of Erie
The fiftieth District comprises the county of Crawford.
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE
1682 Sub-division of Pennsylvania into the original counties of
Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks
1710 About first settlement at Minsink by Hollanders
1725 Commencement of "Redemptioner" system
1728 Planting of Craigs Settlement, near the present town of Weaversville
1730 Alexander Hunter settled, with thirty Scotch-Irish families, in what
was afterwards Mount Bethel
1730 Bethlehem township settled.
1732 First road laid out in county, from Goshenhopper to Jere. Trexlers
1735 Lands south of Lehigh River thrown open to settlements by the Proprietaries.
1737 The famous "Indian Walk" performed
1737 Road opened from Nazareth to Nicholas Depuis
1739 Ferry across Delaware River, at Easton, established by David Martin.
1739 George Whitefield, the missionary first came to America
1740 The "Whitefield House" commenced at Nazareth
1740 Moravians first arrived from Georgia, in charge of Rev. Peter Boehler
1741 Count Zinzendorff first came to the valley of the Lehigh
1741 Settlement commenced at Bethlehem
1742 First Sea congregation arrived it Bethlehem
1742 First bell put up in Bethlehem
1742 Old burial-ground at Bethlehem laid out
1742 Private postal service commenced-(Bethlehem)
1742 Hellertown first settled
1742 Saucon township erected
1743 First grist-mill started at Bethlehem
1744 Count Zinzendorff left America
1743 Second Sea congregation arrived at Bethlehem
1743 First ferry started at Bethlehem
1743 Lower Saucon township erected
1744 Brainerd settled at Martins Creek
1745 Road laid out from Martins Ferry (Easton) to Bethlehem
1745 Crown Inn built, South Bethlehem
1746 Gnadenhutten, a missionary station established in Bethlehem,
" First town clock in Bethlehem
" Bethlehem township erected
" Friedenthal mill erected
" Friedenshutten, a missionary station erected
1747 Tschoop, a Mohician chief, died
" Allen township erected
1748 Girls Boarding School opened-(Bethlehem)
1749 Easton laid out by Wm. Parsons and Nicholas Scull
1750 Williams township erected
" Tadeuskund, a war chief of the Delawares, baptized as "Gideon."
1752 Northampton county erected
" First court held in Northampton county
" First election held in Northampton county
" First tavern opened in Easton
1753 Northampton county jail completed
" First graveyard laid out in Nazareth
1754 First water-works at Bethlehem
" Forks township erected
1755 Indian War, commenced by the massacre of the missionaries, at
Gnadenhutten, now Weissport
" Benjamin Franklin arrived at Bethlehem, to take command of the troops
acting against the Indians
" First school house erected in Easton
1756 Date of first records of Lower Saucon Church
" First Indian Council held at Easton
1757 Second Indian Council held at Easton
1758 General treaty of peace made with the Indians at Easton
" Sun Inn built (Bethlehem)
" Nazareth Hall completed
1760 Zinzendorff died at Hutberg, in Saxony
" First tannery at Easton, by D. Beringer
1761 Tatemy, the chief of the Delaware Indiana, died
1762 First bridge across the Bushkill (Hamilton street, Easton)
" Captain Jacob Arndt removed to Forks, from Bucks county
" "Economy" abrogated at Bethlehem
" First fire-engine-Perseverance-used at Bethlehem, said to have been the
first fire-engine in America
" Plainfield township erected
1763 Re-opening of the Indian War, by the massacre of Stenton's people, and others
" Tadeuskund burned to death, in his cabin at Wyoming
" First stage from Philadelphia to Bethlehem, started by George Klein
1764 Indian raid on farms near Fort Penn
1765 Moore township erected
" Lehigh township erected
1766 First court house completed at Easton, and first court held
1770 Colonel Siegfried settled in Allen township
1774 Large addition built to the jail
1775 Flour-mill on Bushkill, built by Frederick Wagoner
1776 Northampton troops of riflemen marched to join Washingtons "Flying
Camp," near New York.
" General Hospital of the army removed to Bethlehem
" Lee's division of the army (under General Sullivan) camped where South
Bethlehem now stands
" Hays' company, and others, marched to reinforce General Washington, and
arrived in time to join in the battle at Trenton, N. J.
" Old Union Church built, Easton
1777 First Methodist preaching in county, by Captain Webb, an English prisoner
" General Gates and staff arrived at Bethlehem, on way to Saratoga
" General Hospital again established at Bethlehem. (Sick and wounded from
battle of Brandywine)
" Depot at munitions of war established at Bethlehem, and first train arrived
" Baron De Kalb arrived in Bethlehem, to lay out fortifications
" General Washington issued orders for a forced contribution of blanket,
and other clothing, in Northampton
" Lafayette arrived at Bethlehem, for treatment of his wounds, received at
the battle of Brandywine
" Governor George Wolf born
1778 Battle and massacre of settlers at Wyoming by Indians and tories
" The French Minister Plenipotentiary came to Bethlehem
1779 Sullivan's army returned from Indian campaign to Easton,
" Martha Washington visited Easton and Bethlehem
" Sullivans army marched front Easton against the Indians on the Upper Susquehanna
1780 The Gilbert family captured by Indians on Mahoning Creek
" Slavery abolished in Pennsylvania
1781 Revolt of the Pennsylvania line at Morristown.
1782 General George Washington visited Bethlehem
1783 Dr. Matthew McHenry died
1784 Old tannery built by Simon Dreisbach in Allen township
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1785 Settlement of Weissport commenced by Colonel Jacob Weiss
" Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies opened at Bethlehem
1786 Great flood at Weissport
1787 Upper and Lower Mount Bethel townships erected
1788 Colonel Pickering captured by Pennamites, at Wilkesbarre
1789 Ed. Marshall, the champion of the "Indian walk" died
1789 Borough of Easton incorporated
1790 Anthracite coal discovered by Philip Ginther
1792 Oil-mill on Bushkill, built by Judge Wagener
" First post office at Bethlehem
" Streets of Bethlehem lighted with lamps
1793 First printing office in Easton, by Jacob Weygandt
" First post office in Easton
1794 Captain Arndts Company marched to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion
" Union Academy built at Easton
" First bridge across, Lehigh River (Bethlehem)
1796 First stage route to Easton, opened by Frederick Nicholas
1797 First fire company in Easton
1798 First bridge across the Lehigh (Easton), built by Abraham Horn
" Hanover township erected
1799 Fries rescued prisoners, at Bethlehem
" Fries sentenced to death for treason
1800 Northampton Correspondent started by Colonel Rutter
1803 Easton said Wilkesbarre Turnpike incorporated
1806 First ark load of coal sent to market by river, by W. Turnbull, Esq.
" Delaware Bridge (Easton) opened for travel
1807 Upper and Lower Nazareth townships erected
1808 Death of Rev David Zeisberger, a missionary
1811 Public library, at Easton, established
" Chain Bridge across the Lehigh, at Easton, built by George Law
" First grist-mill, at Freemansburg, built by George Butz
1812 Slate quarry opened in Bushkill township
" Hellertown incorporated
1813 Old William's Township Church erected
" Bushkill township erected
" Bolton Gun Works erected (Bushkill township)
1814 Northampton troops marched for Camp Dupont
" Easton Bank established
" First coal shipped by Miner & Hillhouse
1816 First bridge across Lehigh River at Freemansburg
1817 First water-works at Easton
1821 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company incorporated
1823 General Robert Brown died
1824 Fulling and dyeing mill built at Shimersville
1825 First foundry of Lehigh Valley started at Bethlehem, by C. F. Becker
1826 Arndt and Messenger Church erected
1828 Easton borough re-incorporated
" Siegfried's Bridge, across the Lehigh, erected
1829 Lehigh Canal opened
1831 Delaware Division Canal opened
1832 Morris Canal completed
" College exercises opened at Midler Rouge, South Easton
" General Thomas Craig died
1833 South Easton laid out
1834 Lafayette College dedicated
1839 First blast-furnace in South Easton
1840 South Easton incorporated
" Saucon foundry started by Daniel Weidknecht.
1841 Great flood in Delaware and Lehigh rivers
1843 First Glendon furnace built by George. Jackson, Jr.
1845 Bethlehem Water Company incorporated.
" East, Allen township erected
1847 First newspaper published in Bethlehem
1848 Ordinance passed for lighting the streets of Easton
" First telegraph to Easton
1849 Easton cemetery incorporated
1850 First slate quarries worked by William Chapman
1851 Second jail completed
" First gas-light in Easton
1852 First steamboat arrived at Easton
1852 New Jersey Central Railroad completed and first train run to Phillipsburg, New Jersey
1854 Belvidere Delaware Railroad opened to Phillipsburg
" South Bethlehem laid out by Ron, Charles Broadhead
" The Agricultural Fair Grounds laid out at Nazareth
1855 Northampton County Agricultural Society held Fair near Easton
" First train on Lehigh Valley R. R., run from South Easton to Allentown
1856 Bath was incorporated
" Freemansburg incorporated
" North Pennsylvania Railroad completed through Hellertown
1857 Palmer township erected
1859 First Sabbath-school established at South Bethlehem
1860 Explosion of steamer Alfred Thomas, on the Delaware, at Easton
" Bethlehem Iron Works established
1861 Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad incorporated as Bethlehem Railroad Company
" War of Rebellion opened. Northampton troops mustered into service
" New Court House completed, and first Court held November l8th
1862 Lee's first invasion. Northampton militia enrolled
" 153d Regiment left Camp Curtin for field, and returned July 256, 1863
" Great flood in Delaware and Lehigh rivers
1863 Lee's second invasion; emergency men and militia, called out
" Nazareth was incorporated
1864 Chapman Slate Company incorporated
1865 Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad opened
" South Bethlehem incorporated
" Chapman incorporated
1866 Lehigh University founded by Hon. Asa Packer
" Fountain Hill Water Works, established, South Bethlehem
" Saucon Iron Company established
1867 Glendon incorporated
" Lehigh and Lackawanna Railroad opened
1869 North Pennsylvania Iron Company chartered
" Coleraine Iron Company organized
1871 New Prison completed
" Washington township erected
1873 Freemansburg, first "blown in."
1876 Portland incorporated
ERRATA.
[NOTE: The following Errata have been corrected in this on-line version,
when preceeded by a - .]
-On page 17, first column, eighteenth line from foot, omit the word has
after the word Thebes
-In foot-note, second column, page 17, for Saqa read Sagas
-Page 19, second column, thirty-third line from top, for shipwrecked read shipwreck
-Page 19, second column, thirtieth line from foot, for to read by
-Page 20, first column, twenty-third line from top, for Tlwrvald read Thorvard
Page 43, in last line of foot-note to first column, for Williams read Earks
[footnote not in this version.]
-Page 59, second column, twenty-seventh line from foot, for Rev. Mr. Rosebury
read Rev. Mr. Rosbrugh.
-Page 94, first column, twenty-third line from top, for dray read gray
-page 95, first column, ninth line from foot, for Sixty-first read Fifty-first
-Page 131, first column, nineteenth line from foot, for Captain Lucious Q.
Stout read Captain Lucius Q. Stout
Page 172, second column, twenty-sixth line from top, for Detweiler read Detwiller
[can not locate this entry.]
-Page 227, second column, thirty-fifth line from top, for 1814 read 1816
-Page 230, second column, eleventh and fourteenth lines from top, for Knicke
read Kricke.
-Page 231, second column, second line from top, for March & Kreider read
Mauch & Kreidler
-page 231, second column, fifth line from top, for Reilman read Reihiman.
-Page 231, second column, eighth line from foot, for T. O. Stem read Rev. T. O. Stem.
-Page 234, first column, fortieth line from top, for Zieners, read Zeiners
-Page 237, first column, fourth line from foot, for Schlerfer read Schleifer
-Page headed "Supplementary " should be "275" instead of "257"
Doubtless other errors exist in the work, but when such are discovered, we
beg that the reader will recollect that compositors and proof-readers are
but human and fallible, and so excuse them.
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CHART
TRIENNIAL ASSESSMENT OF NORTHAMPTON, FOR THE YEAR 1876.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE
C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF
| E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE
B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL
A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF
| | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS.
| | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | |
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N |
WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 |
Allen 643 $35,700 $1,225,981 $40,100 $16,850 ...... $70,900 325 $27,783 429 $12,870 ...... 158 $8,560 1 6 4 $1,362,844 $1,438,744
Bangor 284 3,400 369,634 12,230 ...... ...... 68,400 62 4,205 34 790 $ 225 35 1,520 2 2 2 444,824 460,454
Bath 223 35,000 350,045 27,300 1,900 2,050 59,750 60 4,580 22 650 ...... 60 4,475 5 17 16 423,450 486,750
Bethlehem, 1st Ward 364 52,000 840,100 63,100 3,000 6,200 132,300 51 6,350 9 320 1,100 29 4,699 10 5 ... 994,060 1,109,160
Bethlehem, 2d Ward 553 40,000 1,448,760 207,100 ...... 6,300 140,900 59 6,560 15 300 200 44 ...... 46 ... ... 1,607,860 1,854,960
Bethlehem, 3d Ward 457 24,000 574,425 18,575 1,800 500 102,625 37 3,080 19 390 ...... 10 850 1 3 3 683,670 723,245
Bethlehem, Township 684 13,000 2,303,111 149,413 37,233 600 99,615 663 62,600 826 29,100 ...... 304 22,665 1 14 18 2,554,924 2,717,337
Bushkill 558 22,175 874,665 28,160 9,945 ...... 61,375 367 23,800 504 15,380 50 123 6,140 ... 2 ... 991,355 1,041,690
Chapman 122 3,200 170,300 1,600 2,230 100 27,500 18 1,580 13 310 ...... 8 670 ... 3 6 202,690 207,490
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE
C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF
| E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE
B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL
A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF
| | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS.
| | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | |
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N |
WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 |
East Allen 344 20,000 1,328,965 19,250 12,910 1,350 42,625 381 34,071 496 14,110 ...... 156 9,967 5 6 9 1,443,988 1,483,238
Easton, 1st Ward 581 188,000 1,803,000 63,987 6,125 11,950 160,900 103 9,900 3 100 ...... 30 2,760 45 32 22 1,994,725 2,246,722
Easton, 2d Ward 373 314,000 1,130,900 112,706 41,393 30,050 104,080 85 9,150 6 280 ...... 41 6,425 39 45 12 1,321,278 1,747,984
Easton, 3d Ward 337 377,800 566,325 42,100 22,600 2,175 79,410 78 8,500 10 250 ...... 12 1,075 7 5 8 680,335 1,100,235
Easton, 4th Ward 375 65,000 1,271,650 97,900 7,000 25,900 111,400 77 9,575 10 325 400 71 8,900 35 41 12 1,435,150 1,598,050
Easton, 5th Ward 473 33,500 848,000 86,737 800 6,600 113,810 40 4,330 4 180 ...... 18 2,055 18 5 5 975,775 1,096,012
Easton, 6th Ward 821 272,500 1,053,300 36,850 ...... 3,200 152,540 56 4,100 9 435 ...... 15 1,125 6 29 46 1,214,700 1,524,050
Easton, 7th Ward 505 31,500 844,670 29,700 340 500 83,530 18 1,570 8 225 ...... 7 350 2 6 8 931,185 992,385
F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE
C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF
| E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE
B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL
A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF
| | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS.
| | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | |
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N |
WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 |
Forks 412 19,000 1,308,767 80,832 8,900 1,495 46,225 385 34,705 427 14,845 ...... 184 11,525 ... 8 28 1,426,462 1,526,294
Greemansburg 212 16,500 173,667 16,375 4,750 575 29,000 67 2,750 6 190 ...... 21 1,430 1 8 12 212,362 245,237
Glendon 236 2,500 818,458 7,915 1,080 ...... 40,450 96 10,690 30 1,460 ...... 24 1,810 5 6 14 873,948 884,363
Hanover 158 2,400 563,125 24,100 7,600 ...... 13,600 195 15,015 242 7,260 ...... 74 2,922 1 12 2 609,522 636,022
Hellertown 190 13,000 262,550 23,750 2,800 2,100 41,400 64 4,360 23 650 ...... 51 3,715 2 8 12 317,575 354,325
Lehigh 860 46,600 1,433,072 16,400 7,200 ...... 114,000 546 41,665 672 20,160 ...... 239 13,340 ... 2 5 1,629,437 1,692,437
Lower Mt. Bethel 543 21,700 1,309,581 75,935 15,425 605 56,200 468 35,800 553 17,875 ...... 215 12,130 ... 3 4 1,447,616 1,545,251
Lower Saucon 442 612,800 3,062,402 119,001 48,318 5,600 174,200 729 57,495 870 31,830 ...... 287 17,517 5 11 23 3,397,362 4,129,163
F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE
C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF
| E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE
B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL
A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF
| | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS.
| | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | |
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N |
WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 |
Lower Nazareth 320 10,000 1,403,550 68,876 13,935 600 35,650 395 35,329 447 14,091 ...... 146 7,745 5 6 7 1,510,900 1,589,776
Moore 872 27,610 1,303,899 32,125 12,915 ...... 102,700 531 40,197 904 26,140 ...... 240 13,375 ... 1 ... 1,499,226 1,558,961
Nazareth 307 31,000 588,343 118,709 26,298 3,500 68,610 95 8,850 48 1,735 360 62 3,500 6 15 19 701,196 850,905
Palmer 532 7,200 1,497,402 44,900 14,230 400 85,125 413 35,775 450 13,695 1,600 153 10,485 ... 22 13 1,668,712 1,710,812
Plainfield 654 18,900 1,142,726 80,025 17,300 ...... 90,800 458 33,390 582 17,460 ...... 160 10,760 ... ... 1 1,312,436 1,411,361
Portland 177 9,200 245,955 2,000 130 2,400 37,100 41 2,920 12 340 ...... 20 1,415 3 8 12 290,260 301,460
S. Bethlehem, 1st Ward 349 37,000 1,102,450 ...... ...... 3,200 136,490 58 5,065 6 255 ...... 31 3,655 9 9 15 1,251,115 1,288,116
S. Bethlehem, 2d Ward 567 16,500 663,600 5,000 ...... ...... 82,050 60 4,122 16 420 ...... 17 919 1 3 ... 751,111 772,611
S. Bethlehem, 3d Ward 242 8,000 1,581,650 ...... ...... ...... 25,600 ... ...... 10 250 ...... ... ...... ... ... ... 1,607,500 1,615,500
F - VALUE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE G - VALUATION OF SALARIES, I - NUMBER & K - NUMBER AND VALUE
C - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE TAXABLE _____________________ INCLUDING GOLD AND SILVER PLATE_ EMOLUMENTS OF OFFICE, VALUE OF OF ALL PLEASURE M - AGGREGATE VALUE OF
| E - MONEY AT INTEREST, | POSTS OF PROFITS, TRADES, COWS & CARRIAGES AND PROPERTY TAXABLE
B - VALUE OF REAL ESTATE EXEMPT __________ | COMMON NOTES ETC., | OCCUPATIONS & PROFESSIONS. MEAT CATTLE BUGGIES. FOR COUNTY PURPOSES.
D - MONEY AT INTEREST, JUDGEMENTS, ___ TAXABLE FOR | | H - NUMBER AND OVER FOUR J - VALUE | | N - TOTAL
A - NUMBER OF TAXABLES ___________ | MORTGAGES, ETC. ONLY | STATE AND COUNTY. | | VALUE OF HORSES, YEARS. OF CABS, | L - NUMBER OF | AMOUNT OF
| | TAXABLE FOR STATE | | | | GELDINGS & MULES | STAGES, ETC. | WATCHES. | ASSESSMENTS.
| | | | | | | OVER FOUR YEARS. | | | | | |
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| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N |
WARDS, BOROUGHS AND TOWNSHIPS | NO. | VALUE | NO. | VALUE | | NO. | VALUE | NO.1 | NO.2 | NO.3 |
S. Easton, 1st Ward 378 5,000 363,713 ...... ...... ...... 56,200 32 2,575 22 770 ...... 2 150 ... 1 5 423,408 428,408
S. Easton, 2d Ward 575 28,000 810,156 9,300 ...... ...... 114,520 50 4,785 21 710 300 16 1,200 ... 7 1 831,671 968,971
S. Easton, 3d Ward 197 8,000 286,670 ...... ...... ...... 33,400 13 1,140 8 410 ...... ... ...... ... 1 ... 321,620 329,630
Upper Mount Bethel 1,050 47,000 1,783,976 74,835 4,300 ...... 141,000 741 60,650 1,001 30,960 30 286 15,225 ... ... ... 2,036,141 2,157,976
Upper Nazareth 174 66,300 691,734 50,420 8,350 ...... 24,200 187 13,820 266 8,170 ...... 101 5,025 1 2 1 751,299 868,019
Washington 450 10,700 823,416 30,354 5,843 ...... 86,560 373 27,370 486 13,825 ...... 152 8,380 ... ... 1 965,394 1,006,448
Williams 748 24,000 1,410,129 61,551 13,785 ...... 91,100 528 40,895 588 21,325 ...... 199 12,125 2 9 24 1,589,359 1,671,910
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19,342 $2,616,685 $41,634,862 $1,979,211 $377,285 $117,950 $3,337,840 9,003 $741,037 10,103 $320,841 $4,260 3,081 $214,475 264 363 387 $46,778,555 $51,374,451
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Rate of taxation two-tenths of one per cent. On the assessment of the previous year, it was less, being only .0015 or three-twentieths of one per cent.
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