compiled and published by the South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc.
Place of Publication
York, PA
Publisher
The Society,
Date of Publication
1979.
Physical Description
2 v. ; 28 cm.
Series
Special publication / South Central Pennsylvania Genealogical Society, Inc. ; no. 5-6
Contents
v. 1. Being the inhabitants of those townships which, in 1978, formed York County, Pennsylvania -- v. 2. Being the inhabitants of those townships which, in 1978, formed Adams County, Pennsylvania.
Transcript tax of the fourteenth, eighteenth pence rate for the County of Chester, Pennsylvania, 1771 : transcribed and rearranged alphabetically from The Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume XI
Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being constable's returns for Newberry Township, 1765 (county tax), Paradise Township, 1769, York Township, 1769, with appendix and surname index
Oaths of allegiance, Allegiance Book #1, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1777 : copy of oaths of allegiance taken before justices of Bucks County, Pennsylvania as recorded in the above named book in the office of the Register of Wills at Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Over 10,000 estate inventories, dating from 1682 to 1850, were examined to produce this record of possessions in an early rural county. The author provides lists of possessions broken down by type and by decade. For instance, the section on CLOTHING is broken down into 71 separate items, e.g. Pantalets, Pantaloons, Pants, Pelisse, Petticoat, Pocket, Pocket-book, Purse, Robe, Safe guard, Scarf, Shawl, Shift, etc. Within the tables for each item, the author may break down the item by color or type. For instance, in the CLOTHING>Apron table, there is a breakdown which includes the following: green, flowered muslin, green grazet silk, blue, blue holland, checked, white, leather, etc. The breakdown of possessions by decades can provide a general idea of when certain possessions were popular in Chester County. For instance, in the section TEXTILES> Velvet, velvet doesn't begin to appear until 1740 and becomes more popular from 1780-1810; but it becomes less popular in the period from 1820-1849. Each section begins with a dictionary with definitions of the separate items; for example a "safe guard" is "a sort of Dust-Gown, or Riding Garment, worn by Women; also a coloured Stuff Apron; also a swathing Bond for Children". Overall, this book is a unique compilation of local government records being used to understand patterns of ownership of household items.
Surviving early records of York County, Pennsylvania : more precisely being collector's warrents for County Tax of 1762 (for 1763), Hellam Township (Duplicate), County Tax of 1767 (for 1768), Cumberland (Duplicate) and Newberry (Fragment) Townships (both appealed), Provincial Tax of 1767 (for 1768), Germany, Hamiltonban, and Newberry Townships (Duplicates, all appealed) with appendix and surname index
a county by 1789 and a thriving area of the commonwealth by 1800. Tax lists 1767-1789; Federal census 1790; Federal direct tax 1798. Compiled and written by John Martin Stroup and Raymond Martin Bell.
