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[Marta Burns]
In the year 1798 George Henry Kepple was the assessor, and was instructed
to assess every freeman not following any occupation or calling, one
dollar and fifty cents each; mechanic or tradesman, thirty three cents
each; broker, banker, lawyer or physician, one dollar and fifty cents
each; each tavernkeeper, shopkeeper or persons retailing goods, wares, or
merchandise, eighty three cents each; persons, professions or occupations
not beforementioned, one dollar and thirty three cents; persons holding
slaves under forty five years of age, one dollar each. He was also
instructed to return all transfers of real estate made since the return
of 1796. The following is the list of occupations given:
Retailers of goods and storekeepers:
David Acheson, Gabriel Blakeney, Alexander Cunningham, John De Lille,
James Langley, James McCluney, Hugh Wilson, Matthew Ritchie, William
Arbuckle, Robert Hazlett, Daniel Moore, Samuel Clarke, Alexander Reed,
John Ritchie, Henry Purviance and Hugh Wylie.
Physicians:
Absalom Baird, John Culbertson, and J Julius Le Moyne
Tradesmen: John Bollen, John Choleric (Colerick), Elias Crawford, James
Chambers, Patrick Coveney, John Dehuff, Joseph Day, John Horderharder
(Harter), Isaac Jones, Robert Anderson, Daniel Kehr, Willilam Kehr,
Michael McFall, William Aikens, Alexander Little, Jacob Lockman, John
Leard, Daniel Leach, William Marshall, David Morris, Daniel Moody,
William McCammant, James McGowen, Alexander Miller, Joseph McMootrey,
James Reed, James Simms, Joseph Seaman, Jacob Shaffer, William Sherrard,
Thomas Townsend, James Dougherty, David Updegraff, Henry Tarr, R Curry,
John Wilson, Hugh Workman, Samuel Woods, John Morrow, Samuel Arbuckle,
Robert Hamilton, Peter Wagner, John McCammant, Isaiah Steen, Thomas
Thompson, Daniel Thompson, Thomas Wells, J Johnstone, Andrew McClure
Tavern Keepers:
John Scott, Thomas Officer, Michael Dolin, Joseph Huston, Thomas Jenny,
Philip Milchsach, John Purviance, Samuel Shannon, Charles Valentine,
Charles Fox, David Morris, William Frazer
Baker: Peter Sires
Butchers: John Sellers, J Clark
Attorneys:
George Henry Keppele/Kepple, John Simonson, Parker Campbell, James
Allison, Joseph Pentecost
Schoolmasters: William Porter, William Little
No occupation given:
Alexander Addison, William Meetkirke, David Redick, John Watt, David
Hoge, Thomas Stokely, Hugh Means, William Hoge, John Hoge
Tailors:
Archibald Carr (Kerr), James Dougherty, James Dunlap, William Lytle,
William McCammant, Patrick Moore
Blacksmiths:
Matthew Collins, Robert Hamilton, John Laird, William Marshall, Joseph
Seaman, William Wilson, William Ward
Gunsmith: John Dehuff
Clock and watchmakers:
John De Lille, Thomas Wells, Thomas Hutchinson (The latter manufactured
the tall Dutch clock, many of which are still in existence.)
Wheelmaker: William Erskine
Stocking weaver: John Harter
Cabinet makers:
Archibald Homes, Alexander Lytle, John Wilson, Stephen Way
Turner: Christian Keiffer
Mason: John Keady
Clerks:
Isaac Kerr, Thomas Fletcher, John McCluney, Thomas Thompson
Nailor: Abraham Latimore
Windsor chair makers: Isaiah Steen, John Loge
Weavers:
John Martin, James Reed, James Simms
Coopers: Edward Nelson, Joseph Huston
Saddlers: Alexander Peoples, James Smithers
Coppersmiths: Archibald Thompson, David Updegraff, James Wilson
James McGowen was a reedmaker; Peter Wagner, a baker; Robert Mulligan, a
brickmaker; Joshua McCroskey and Henry Tarr, potters.
History of Washington County, Pennsylvania: with biographical sketches
of many of its pioneers and prominent men / edited by Boyd Crumrine.
Illustrated. Philadelphia: L.H. Everts and Co., 1882. P492
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