Proprietary Return, Brecknock Township, 1767

Name Acres Horses Cattle Sheep Tax
Balzly's Widow 200 2 4    
Bealer, Bernhard (farmer) 150 2 3 4  
Boemer, Adam (farmer) 150 2 3 4  
Barr, Henry (farmer) 178 3 5 8  
Brendle, Henry (taylor) 50 2 2    
Frey, Jacob (farmer) 150 2 2 2  
Frankhouser, Michael (farmer) 70 2 2 5  
Geman, Christian (wheelwright) 100 2 2 2  
Hornberger, Charles (farmer) 100 2 2 3  
Hemig, Hans (weaver) 110 2 2 3  
Helsung, George (weaver) 150 2 1    
Komler, Hans (joiner) 40 1 2    
Kiefer, Daniel (weaver) 81 2 3 3  
Krick, Adam (farmer) 100 1 2    
Koch, Casper (farmer) 100 1 1    
Komer, Daniel (farmer) 200 1 3 3  
Ley, John (farmer) 50 2 2 4  
Marshal, Frantz (farmer) 150   2    
Minder, Martin (farmer) 96 1 2    
Moser, Hans (farmer) 90   5    
Miller, Henry (farmer)          
Miller, Jacob (shoemaker) 50 1 1 2  
Neidig, Adam (farmer) 120 2 5 6  
Peiffer, Emanuel (farmer) 50 1 1    
Pennebaker, John (g.& s.m. farmer) 200 4 5 2  
Seamer, Jeremiah (farmer) 200 3 4 8  
Segner, John Thomas (blacksmith) 50 2 1    
Schlauch, Michael (farmer) 50 2 1    
Scharp, Thomas (farmer) 50 1 3 2  
Jontz, Nicholas (farmer) 130 2 6    
Wanger, Joseph (farmer) 10   3    
Wirt, Jacob (farmer) 100 1 3    
Jost, Leopold (farmer) 174 3 6 6  
Heminger, Frederick (farmer)          
Gige, Adam (farmer)          


Single Freemen

Name Shillings
Hemich, Hans 15
Seamer, Henry 15
Sweitzer, Fredrick 15
Neidig, Solomon 15
Brendle, Henry 15
Komler, Jacob 15


Source: Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume 18. "Proprietary and State Tax Lists of the County of Berks for the years 1767, 1768, 1779, 1780, 1781, 1784, 1785," edited by William Henry Egle, Harrisburg: Wm. Stanley Ray, State Printer of Pennsylvania, 1898, pp. 25-26.

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