Guide to the Bedford County Township Tax Receipts, 1763-1838 DAR.1937.40

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Title: Bedford County township tax receipts, 1763-1838
Subject: Sanders, Benjamine, Fraser, John, Fiscus, Garret, Williams, Allison, Stuart, Mores, Graham, James, McDowell, Edward, Burd, John, Elliott, William, McKee, David, Markley, John, Bishop, Jonathan, Taxation--Pennsylvania--Bedford County, Tax collection--Pennsylvania--Bedford County
Description: This collection contains tax receipts from thirteen townships in Bedford County, Pennsylvania dating between 1763 and 1838. The majority of the records are from 1773. Each tax receipt lists tax payers, along with the amount paid to the township. There are authorization papers stating that tax collectors had been appointed and were entitled to collect taxes from citizens. Many of the receipts still bear some of the original wax seal left on them. The writing on most is illegible but the names of the township are written clearly and prominently on the front cover. Also included in the collection are various receipts and land surveys from Bedford County. The following appear as tax collectors: Benjamine Sanders, John Fraser, Garret Fiscus, Allison Williams, Mores Stuart, James Graham, Edward McDowell, John Burd, William Elliot, David McKee, John Markley, and Jonathan Bishop., Bedford County Township Tax Receipts, 1763-1838, DAR 1937:41, Darlington Memorial Library, University of Pittsburgh., Gift to the Darlington Memorial Library, 1937., Finding aid Available in repository and on Internet; Folder level control; http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-dar193740
Contributor: Bedford County (Pa.), University of Pittsburgh (depositor)
Date: 1763-1838
Type: Collection, Ledgers (account books), Land surveys., Receipts (financial records)
Identifier: pitt:US-PPiU-dar193740, oclc: ocn302424993, oclc: 302424993, pitt: US-PPiU-dar193740
Language: eng
Relation: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?type=simple;c=ascead;view=text;subview=outline;didno=US-PPiU-dar193740, pdcp_noharvest
Coverage: Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Pennsylvania, Bedford County, Bedford County (Pa.), Air (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Armstrong (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Baree (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Brothers Valley (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Colraine (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Cumberland (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Dublin (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Fairfield (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Hempfield (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Mount Pleasant (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Pitt (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Rossstraver (Bedford County, Pa. : Township), Springhill (Bedford County, Pa. : Township)
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