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Source:
History of Franklin County, Pennsylvania
ILLUSTRATED
Publ.
Chicago:
Warner, Beers & Co.,
1887
CHAPTER XXIII
FRANKLIN, 1784.*
page 596
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This small township embraced only the
town plat of Chambersburg and seven
tracts of land adjacent thereto,
containing about 1,150 acres. The
borough was erected in 1803. The
growth of the borough continued and
eventually took in all of the territory
of Franklin Township. Thus the
eventually took in all of the territory
of Franklin Township. Thus the
township became extinct. This
occurred about 1837 - at least the name
of the township appears upon the court
records up to that date when all further
mention of it ceases. The account,
therefore, of early settlers of the
township appears in the history of
Chambersburg, Chapter XIX.
LIST OF TAXABLES - 1786.
The list of taxables, 1786,
in Franklin Township, which
then embodied a portion of
the town of Chambersburg and
some other tracts of land
adjoining, was:
Joseph Allison.
George Albert.
John Alexander.
Owen Aston.
Walter Beaty.
Fred'k Bainor.
Moses Barnet.
John Baxter.
John Brown.
John Boggs.
Rob't Boyd.
John Burns Black.
Moses Blackburn.
Hugh Bigham.
John Clark.
Philip Crist.
John Colhoon.
Patrick Campbell.
Edw'd Crawford, Esq.
Ruhamah Colhoon.
George Chambers.
W. Chambers.
Benj. Chambers.
Joseph Chambers.
Wm. Camlon
Wm. Cowen.
John Caldwell. |
Ludwick Crauft.
Dr. George Clingan.
James Chambers.
John Crouse.
Wm. Davis.
Alex. Duncan.
George Dewalt.
John Dixon.
Peter Eaby.
Rev. Christ'r Favour.
Edward Fitzgerald.
Thomas Fergison.
Hugh Gibbs.
George Grisinger.
Samuel Galbreath.
Henry Greenwalt.
John Jack.
Christian Kingrey.
Phillip Knopp.
john Kirkpatrick.
John Kerr.
Henry Loutzahiser.
Michael Lightner.
Henry Molwich.
Archibald McAfee.
Daniel McClintock.
John Martin. |
John McConkey.
Wm. Morrow.
Michael McNulty.
Thos. Murry.
Daniel McGregor.
Thos. McClelon.
Thos. McKeen.
John Noel.
Christian Oyster.
S. Purvines.
John Plumer.
Wm. Richison.
John Raynolds, Esq.
John Reed.
Stephen Rigler.
Archibald Reed.
Wm. Stinson.
Robert Shields.
Michael Sissler.
George Shellitoe.
David Shots.
Daniel Smith.
Sam'l Snodgress.
Jacob Sigler.
Moses Swan. |
Matthias Sitler.
Wm. Shannon.
Thos. Shannon.
Wm. Smith.
Nich. Snider.
Benj. Swain.
John Scott.
John Shutts.
Zachariah Sugars.
Jacob Shotts.
Peter Shields.
George Siglar.
Dr. Abraham Senseny.
Alex. Stuart.
James Stuart.
Elizabeth Thompson.
Michael Trout.
Wm. Thorn.
Jer. Tolbert
(Talbott).
Conrad Waggoner.
Christian Wimer.
Wm. Wallace.
John Watts.
James Welch.
George Wills.
Conrad Washinborger. |
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FREEMEN |
Fred'k Bettinger.
Fred'k Benart.
Patrick Campble.
Sam'l Colhoon.
Thos. Clark.
James Corrance.
Michael Carver.
James Colgan.
Edward Cramer.
John Devabough.
Andrew Dunlap, Esq.
John Flatcher.
Rich'd Henderson.
John Hamel |
Wm. Hailey.
George Hood.
Henry Houfman.
Wm. Johnston.
John Johnston.
Wm. Kenneday.
Benjamin Kurtz.
James Lindsay.
John McIntyre.
Hugh McClelon.
James McClelon.
Joseph McClelon.
James McConkey.
Peter Millar. |
James Morrow.
Matthew McCowan.
Martin Moody.
Peter Miller.
Fred'k Pleacher.
James Peoples.
Wm. Richardson.
Stephen Rigler.
James Riddle, Esq.
Fred'k Reed.
James Smith.
Daniel Smith.
Wm. Smith. |
Dr. Alex. Stuart.
Dr. Sam'l Smith.
Robert Snodgress.
Thomas Stevenson.
Jacob Santmire.
Jacob Stillinger.
Filsom Sadler.
John Steel.
Ross Thompson, Esq.
Sam'l Thompson.
George Trout.
Wm. Tennant.
Philip Trout. |
END OF FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP.
* For Borough of
Chambersburg, see page 451. |
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