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.
"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 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 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 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."
"This microfilm is an addendum to the Lancaster County Tax Records project of 1971 and 1977. The records on this film were donated to the Lancaster County Historical Society in January 1981. They had been kept in the basement of Conestoga View Hospital which was used by the Lancaster County government as a storage facility for records. The tax records were water damaged and subsequently discarded at an unknown point in time. A private citizen discoverd and salvaged the items from a trash heap, and donated them to the Historical Society. The items show extensive damaged [sic] by water, mold, and vermin. Most pages are frayed and sections unreadable."
Bart Twp. 1833-37, 1841, 1843-45.
Brecknock Twp. 1833
Caernarvon Twp. 1844
Cocalico Twp. 1823, 1829
Conestoga Twp. 1827, 1831
Manheim Twp. 1822-23 (Includes List of Poor Children)
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 tax records for this township [Caernarvon] which are here reporduced cover the following years: 1754, 1756-1759, 1769-1770, 1772-1773, 1775, 1777-1783, 1785-1793, 1797-1798, 1800-1803, 1805-1816, 1818-1822, 1824-1828, 1830-1832, 1834, 1836, 1839-1841, 1845."
There is one entry for "Elizabeth Township" in the 1780 PDF file. The entry for Elizabeth Township can be found starting on the 22nd page of the 1780 PDF file.
