Repository: ULS Archives & Special Collections
Title: Bedford County Township Tax Receipts
Creator: Bedford County (Pa.)
Collection Number: DAR.1937.40
Extent: 0.42 Linear Feet (1 box)
Date: 1763-1838
Abstract: This collection contains tax receipts from various townships in Bedford County, Pennsylvania from 1763 to 1838. Most of the records are from 1773 and each tax receipt includes a list of names of taxpayers along with the amount paid to the township. Digital reproductions of this collection are available online.
Language: English .
Author: Nicole Mader.
Publisher: ULS Archives & Special Collections
Address: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Archives & Special Collections
Website: library.pitt.edu/archives-special-collections
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Existence and Location of Copies

Digital reproductions of this collection are available online.

Scope and Content Notes

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.

Access Restrictions

No restrictions.

Acquisition Information

Gift to the Darlington Memorial Library in 1937.

Preferred Citation

Bedford County Township Tax Receipts, 1763-1838, DAR.1937.41, Darlington Collection, Archives & Special Collections, University of Pittsburgh Library System

Previous Citation

Bedford County Township Tax Receipts, 1763-1838, DAR.1937.41, Darlington Collection, Special Collections Department, University of Pittsburgh

Processing Information

This collection was processed by Nicole Mader in May 2008.

Copyright

No copyright restrictions.

Custodial History

This collection was located in the Darlington Memorial Library in the University's Cathedral of Learning until 2007 when it was moved to the ULS Archives Service Center for processing, storage, preservation and service. However, it remains in the custodianship of the ULS Special Collections Department.