"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-1757, 1759, 1769-1773, 1775-1783, 1785, 1787-1793, 1797-1803, 1806-1810, 1812, 1815-1826, 1828-1829, 1833-1843, 1845, 1855. Many of the later records (dataing from 1823 and after) appear to have sustained water damage."
"This microfilm reproduces original document in the custody of the Lancaster County Historical Society [LancasterHistory.Org]."
"The tax records fro this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1773, 1775-1783, 1785-1790, 1792-1793, 1796-1803, 1805, 1807-1825, 1827-1828, 1831, Undated. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document." [This last note may be important for the "Undated" section of tax records].
"This microfilm reproduces original document in the custody of the Lancaster County Historical Society [LancasterHistory.Org]."
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750, 1754, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775-1783, 1785-1794, 1797, 1799-1803, 1805-1811, 1813-1822, 1824, 1834."
"The date [sic] tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750-1751, 1754, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1770, 1772-1773, 1775-1783, 1785-1793, 1799-1803, 1805-1823, 1825-1832, 1834, 1836, 1838-1839, 1841-1846. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township."
"The dated tax records here reproduced for this township, prior to its division in 1838 into East Cocalico, West Cocalico, and Ephrata townships, cover the following years: 1751, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1789, 1791-1793, 1796-1803, 1805-[1808]"
Cocalico taxes for 1809-1838 continue on the next microfilm reel, #5.
Microfilm. Cocalico, 838 frames; East Cocalico, 107 frames; West Cocalico, 133 frames. Labeled as "Pos. 5".
Series
Lancaster County Pa. Tax Records, 1748-1855.
Notes
"The dated tax records here reproduced for this township, prior to its division in 1838 into East Cocalico, West Cocalico, and Ephrata townships, cover the following years: 1808-1814, 1816-1822, 1824-1827, 1830, 1832-1836, 1838. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township.
The records for East and West Cocalico follow the records for Cocalico.
The dated tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1788, 1790-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1814, 1817-1822, 1824-1827, 1829-1833, 1835, 1837, 1839-1846. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township."
"The dated tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750-1751, 1756-1759, 1769-1771, 1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1790, 1792-1793, 1800-1803, 1806-1809, 1811-18[16]."
"The dated tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 18[16]-1822, 1824. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records. A few of the latter may have been written after the division of Donegal Township into East and West Donegal townships in 1838."
"The dated tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1756-1757, 1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1794, 1796-1803, 1805-1808, 1810, 1812-1823, 1828, 1830-1831. These records are followed on the microfilm by a group of undated tax records for this township."
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750-1751, 1754, 1756-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1793, 1797, 1799-1803, 1805-1808, 1811-18[12]...On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for [Earl] township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 18[13]-1822, 1826, 1834-1835, 1841. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for [Elizabeth] township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1757-1759, 1763, 1769-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785, 1787-1789, 1792-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1814, 1816-1822, 1825. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
Supply taxes were levied to help pay debts from the Revolutionary War, while the 18-penny tax included both a poll tax on freemen and property taxes assessed to back issuances of paper money.
Reel #422: Supply Tax for Dauphin County (1785-1789), Fayette County (1785-1789), Franklin County (1785-1789), and Huntingdon County (1788, 1789).
Reel #422 also includes Lancaster County's "15th of the 18 Pence Tax" for 1772.
Reel #423: Lancaster County tax lists, including the following:
"The tax records here reproduced for this township [including Columbia], prior to its division in 1818 into East Hempfield and West Hempfield townships, cover the following years: 1751, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1775-81, 1783, 1785-90, 1792-93, 1796-1803, 1805-07, 1809-11, 1813-1818, Undated. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1751, 1754, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-1773, 1776-1783, 1785-1790, 1792-1793, 1796-1803, 1805-1808, 1810-17, 1821, undated. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"Lancaster Township: The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1750-51, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1776-77, 1779-83, 1785-92, 1797-1803, 1805-08, 1810-19, 1821-23, 1825, 1828. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document. Tax records for Lancaster Borough and City appear on this and subsequent rolls of the microfilm."
"Lancaster Borough: The tax records here reproduced for this borough, prior to its incorporation as a city on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 1750-51, 1754, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1775, 1777-83, 1785-93, 1797-1803, 1805-17. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
Tax records for Lancaster City 1819-1836 appear on microfilm #17 of this series; Lancaster City 1837-1840, on reel 18.
"The tax records here reproduced for this borough, prior to its incorporation as a city on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 1750-51, 1754, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-73, 1775, 1777-83, 1785-93, 1797-1803, 1805-17. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records here reproduced for this borough, prior to its incorporation as a city on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 18[13]-1817.On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records here reproduced for this city, following its incorporation as such on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 1819-1825, 1829-18[36]. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records here reproduced for this city [Lancaster], following its incorporation as such on March 20, 1818, cover the following years: 1837-1840. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for this township [Leacock] which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1757-59, 1770, 1775-1783 [?], 1785-93, 1796-1803, 1805-22, 1825, Undated (apparently after 1825). On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."
"The tax records for this township which are here reproduced cover the following years: 1754, 1756-59, 1763, 1769-77, 1779-83, 1785-89, 1791-93, 1797-1803, 1805-25, 1827, 1831, 1835, 1837-46, Undated. The later records (dating from 1827 and after) appear to have sustained water damage. On this microfilm, a circle in the upper left-hand corner of a frame indicates the beginning of a new document."