Thirty-six tax lists including assessments, returns, Provincial tax lists and county tax lists provide a unique and unusual glimpse into life in the Lebanon Twp. during 1750-1783. Lebanon Twp. was part of Lancaster Co., Pa., at this time. Over 7,000 names are indexed from these lists. [from the publisher]
U.S. Direct Tax of 1798: Tax Lists for the state of Pennsylvania Second Direct Tax Division (Lancaster, Chester, and Delaware Counties) Volumes 116-174: First and Second Assessment Districts (Lancaster County)
This microfilm reproduces volumes 116-174 of the direct tax. Each volume is preceded by the volume number. The following townships are represented in the following volume numbers:
Columbia (in Hempfield twp): 173
Conestoga: 116-118, 168, 169, 172, 173
Donegal: 120-122, 168-173
Elizabethtown (in Donegal twp): 171
Elizabeth: 124-125, 168-170
Hempfield: 127-128, 168, 169, 171-173
Lampeter: 131, 132, 134, 168-173
Lancaster Borough, NE Ward: 135, 168-170, 173
Lancaster Borough, NW Ward: 138, 168-170, 173
Lancaster Borough, SE Ward: 141, 168-170, 171, 173
Lancaster Borough, SW Ward: 144-147, 168-170, 173
Lancaster: 148, 168, 169
Leacock: 172
Manheim: 151-152, 168, 169, 171-173
Manor: 155, 168, 169, 171-173
Maytown (in Donegal twp): 172, 173
Mount Joy: 168-170, 173
Rapho: 160, 161, 168, 169, 171-173
Warwick: 164-165, 168, 169, 171-173
"Volume 122...contains only a slave list which is on the inside of the back cover."
The 1798 Tax lists the following information: Name of occupant, name of owner, dimensions or area of building, materials of which the building is built, number of stories, number of windows, number of lights, and outhouses.
