Lancaster County, Summary, 1726 Tax Assessment

Contents 1 Documentation 2 Data

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Documentation

See:

Eschleman's Original paper

Eschleman's Lists for Early Lancaster County for discussion.

Index to Eschleman's Tax Assessment Lists for Lancaster County

Eschleman's Tax Assessments for Pequea Township, Lancaster County, 1720-1726

Population Volatility in Pequea Township, 1721-1726

Population Volatility in Conestoga Township, pre-1718-1826

Data

INHABITANTS OF LANCASTER COUNTY IN 1726.

Conestoga Taxables 259

Conestoga (Freeman) Taxables 22

Conestoga Head-rates Taxables 9

(194)

Donegal Taxables . . 60

Donegal Freeman Taxables 3

Pequea Taxables ... 31

384x6-2304 people.

The total tax of Conestoga was 12,124 pence, being three pence in a pound valuation, making a valuation of 4,041 pounds. This shews an average worth of each of the 259 tax- ables to be 15 and 6-10 pounds. Done- gal and Pequea averaged about the same.

Copied from the originals by

H. FRANK ESHLEMAN, 1916.

The tax levied this year was three pence per pound of valuation.