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TAX LIST
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Westmoreland County

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	MISC.	WESTMORELAND COUNTY
Year		Franklin Twp. Est’d 1785-1788 from Hempfield Twp.	Salem Twp. Est’d 1785-1788 from Hempfield Twp.	Hempfield Twp. Est’d 6 April 1773	Sewickley Twp. Est’d 1835 from Huntingdon Twp.	S. Huntingdon Twp. Est’d Jan. 1790 from Huntingdon Twp.
1769						Huntingdon Twp., Cumberland County Frederick Varner received Application #667 for 300 acres in present-day S Huntingdon Twp., Westmoreland Co.
1786	LIKELY PLUMBCREEK TWP., Armstrong County (see 4^th URL at the end), Westmoreland County at the time William Bitts Jun of Buckingham Twp., Bucks Co., bought from Robert Sample, of the same place, a warrant for 360 Acres plus 6% (abt 381 Acres) situate on Plum Creek. An Isaac Bitts was one of the witnesses. This deed was recorded in 1875. NOT OUR BITTS					Frederick Varner sold to Christopher Hays the Application and his improvements on the Youch River.
1787
1788
1789
1790	William Betts Jun sold to David Histon of Salisbury Twp. "368.25" acres. This deed was recorded in 1875 ***
1791to 1799				Feb 1797 - Frederick Varner patented about 200 acres called "Chester" originally warranted by John Lord/Love Taylor May 1797 - Frederick sold 95 acres of his patent to Conrad Byer
1800	ARMSTRONG COUNTY CREATED			Philip Varner in 1800 census Frederick died before June 1800
1801
1802	ALLEGHENY TWP, Westmoreland (likely present-day Armstrong County (Est’d 1796)) ~William Betts Sr. 417A Unseated land ~William Betts Jr. 378A Unseated land ~Charles Betts 416A Unseated land [see last page for URL of maps]			~Varner Widow	Taxes Missing	Taxes Missing
1803	~Charles Betts Sr. 416A ~William Betts Jr. 378A		Taxes Missing Wm. Bitz & Nick Silvius Jr. bought majority of Ramsey Patent #76	Taxes Missing
1804			Taxes Missing	~Varner Widow, 100A		~Varner Michael 100A Warrant
1805	Now PLUMB CREEK TWP., present-day Armstrong Co. ~Charles Betts Sr. 1 ~ 39 Shillings ~William Betts Jr. 1 ~ 58 Shillings		~Bitts William 1H, 2C ~Varner Philip Miller 2C	~Varner Widow 80A Patent		~Varner Michael 100A Warrant
1806	Taxes Missing	~Betts William zero Horses, zero Cows	~Bitts William (Removed) ~Varner Philip (Miller) 2C [no tax noted but showed 1805's taxes]	~Varner Widow ~Warner Philip Miller (this info on Philip from Mabel's records) ~Warner John SM		~Varner Michael 100A Warrant
1807	Taxes Missing	Taxes Missing Wm. Bitz "of Franklin Twp."	Taxes Missing Wm. Bitz "of Franklin Twp." sold his share of Salem Twp. part-nership land to Nick Silvius Jr (Ramsey Patent #76)	Taxes Missing
1808	Taxes Missing	~Beats William Farmer. Under Title of Land "warrant", 100A, 1H, 1C		no Varner no Bitts		~Varner Michael 100A Patent (no Varner on patent list for this township)
1809	Taxes Missing	~Beats William in a different handwriting written in later "or Waker" then "Warrant" 100A	~Bitz William Under Acres column 45 crossed out, under Land column "Imp" [Improvements? Others showed "Wart" for warrant and "Locat" for locating land before it was surveyed]	no Varner no Bitts
1810	Taxes Missing	~"Beats William or Walke John" [John Walke] "Warrant", 100A, 1H, 1C	~Bitz William Under Land: "Im" 40A, also noted "___ with Leighman land" Could find no Leighman by Soundex in 1810 Census Index	no Varner no Bitts
1811	Taxes Missing	No Bitts/Beats or Varner	~Bitts William 9 cents tax	no Varner no Bitts
1812	Taxes Missing	No Bitts/Beats or Varner	~Bitts William No title to land, 2H 1C (tiny tax book bound into the larger ones)	~Varner Widow 99A 1H ~Varner Andrew S M no Bitts
1813	Taxes Missing	No Bitts/Beats or Varner	~Bitts William (Weaver) 2H 1C ~Varner Abraham 2H 1C	~Varner Widow 99A 1H ~Varner Andrew S M no Bitts
1814	Taxes Missing	No Bitts/Beats or Varner	~Bittz William (Weaver) 1C 1 barn ~Varner Abraham 2H 2C	~Varner Widow 99A 1C ~Varner Andrew SM Shoemaker no Bitts
1815	Taxes Missing	No Bitts/Beats or Varner	~Bittz William (Weaver) 1C ~Varner Abraham 2H 2C Shows 1814 totals but nothing for 1815 and "gone" written under 1814 column but I believe it meant for 1815	~Varner Widow 99A 1H ~Varner Andrew Shoemaker no Bitts
1816	Taxes Missing	[not searched beyond 1816]	~Bittz William (Weaver) 1C	~Varner Widow 99A 1H ~Andrew Varner Shoemaker
1817	Taxes Missing			~Varner Widow 99A 1H
1818	Taxes Missing			~Varner Widow 99A ~Varner John SM 4A 1C
1819	Taxes Missing			~Varner Widow 99A ~Varner John SM 4A ~Varner Daniel SM
1820	WASHINGTON TWP., Westmoreland Co. Ephraim Varner in 1820 census ALLEGHENY COUNTY Varner, Henry, Adam, Jacob, James & John families in 1820 census		~Varner Abraham written in "10 Acres of land"	~Varner Widow 99A Widow Varner in 1820 census ~Varner John (married) 4A ~Varner Daniel SM		Michael Varner in 1820 Census (Males: 1 @ 45&Over; Females: 1 Under 10, 2 10-16, 2 16-26, 1 45&Over, Agric)
1821			~Varner Abraham written in "10 Acres of land"	~Varner Widow 99A ~Varner John 4A ~Varner Daniel SM "now married"
1822			~Varner Abraham "10 Acres of land" [complete entry X'd over then the following] "gone Patrick Kerney owns the land"	~Varner Widow 99A ~Varner John 4A 1C ~Varner Daniel "set down his property Mcallison"
1823			No Bittz No Varner	~Warner Widow 99A ~Warner John 5A 1C Potter ~Warner Daniel 11A 1C
1824			No Bittz No Varner	~Varner Widow ~Warner John Potter 5A 1C ~Warner Daniel 11A 1C ~Varner Solomon 1C (not with others on list)
1825			No Bittz No Varner	~Varner Widow Widow Margaret Varner died before Nov 1825 ~Warner John Potter 5A 1C ~Warner Daniel 11A 1C ~Varner Solomon 1C (crossed out in tax record)
1826			No Bittz No Varner	No Widow Varner ~Varner John Potter 1H 2C ~Varner Daniel 10A 2C No Solomon
1827			No Bittz No Varner	~Varner John Potter 4A 1H 1C ~Varner Daniel 10A (10A crossed out) 2C 40A
1828			No Bittz No Varner	~Varner John Potter 4A 1H 1C ~Varner Daniel 2C 40A
1829			No Bittz No Varner	~Varner John Potter 4A 1H 1C ~Varner Daniel Trade 40A 2C
1830	ALLEGHENY TWP., Westmoreland County Henry Varner in 1830 census	WASHINGTON TWP., Westmoreland County John Varner in 1830 census	No Bittz No Varner Rebecca Varner in 1830 census Robert Varner in 1830 census	~Varner John Potter 4A 1H 1C ~Varner Daniel Trade 40A 2C Gge & Mary Sechrist sold the rest of Frederick Varner’s patent of 96 acres John Varner in 1830 census Daniel Varner in 1830 census		NORTH HUNTINGDON TWP. Solomon Varner in 1830 census
1831				~Varner John Potter 2H 2C "see D. Shrader for land" John Varner bought 70 acres from Jane Daugherty ~Varner Daniel Trade 40A 2C
1832				~Shrader David Shoemaker 4A Daniel Varner bought 70-75 acres from Rumhaugh [sold in 1837 to Shoemaker]
1833				No Varner ~Warner John 78A
1834				~Varner John Salt Boiler 1H 1C Varner John sold his 70/78 Acres to J. Heldinger Daniel Varner & Barbara sold his 70 acres to Shoemaker [originally from Rumbaugh]	~Varner Daniel 1H 2C
1835				~Shrader David "see George Waggoner 4A" Could the 4A that first, John rented, then David Shrader seemed to take over, be a part of George Waggoner’s patent #259?	~Varner Daniel, 1H 2C ~Varner Solomon, 1C
1836	BUFFALO TWP., Armstrong County William Bitts patented land in Buffalo Twp. adjoining the Allegheny River (sold Dec. 1837)			~John Varner (crossed out) Salt Boiler 1H 1C Daniel bought 78A from Brush--all but 58 perches in Hempfield (58 in Sewickley) [eventually sold to Nichols in 1837] ~Warner Daniel Laborer 1H 2C	~Varner Daniel "Hempfield" [written in] 1H 2C ~Varner Solomon, 1C
1837	BUFFALO TWP., Armstrong County 29 May - Wm. Bitts Warranted & Patented land 28 June - Wm. Bitts & wife & John D. Bitts & wife bought 73A 15.5 perches (sold same year in Dec.)			No John Varner ~Werner Daniel Laborer 1H 1C	~Varner Solomon, 1C ~Daniel Varner & Barbara sold 40 perches to Sewickley School District
1838	BUFFALO TWP. TAX Wm. Bitts sold 100A & 20 Perches to John D. Bitts for $600			No John or Daniel	~Varner Daniel, 75A, 2H 2C ~Varner Solomon 1C, Labourer
1839				No John or Daniel
1840	FREEPORT, Armstrong County John Varner in 1840 census CLARION TWP. (Present-day Clarion County as of 1839) William Varner in 1840 census TOBY TWP. (Present-day Clarion County) David Verner in 1840 census James Verner in 1840 census Verner, Thomas in 1840 census			No John or Daniel	Daniel Varner in 1840 Census (Males: 1 Under 5, 1 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 40-50, Females: 2 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 30-40, 1 60-70) Solomon Varner in 1840 Census (Males: 1 Under 5, 1 40-50, Females: 1 Under 5, 2 5-10, 1 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 30-40)	Michael Varner in 1840 Census
1841				No John or Daniel
1842	John Varner appears in the Freeport Bor. Plat map for 1842
1843
1844	BUFFALO TWP., Armstrong County John D. Bitts "of Allegheny Twp., Allegheny Co." sold back to Wm. for $1 ~ of Buffalo Twp. land (moiety) keeping ~
1845
1846
1847	BUFFALO TWP., Armstrong County Wm. Bitts sold 133A to Sloan land in S. Buffalo Twp. S. BUFFALO TWP., Armstrong County John Varner's first Armstrong Co. deed, Freeport Bor., S. Buffalo Twp.
1848
1849
1850	Daniel Varner and others (Thomas, James, & David) appear in the 1850 census for Clarion County				Daniel Varner in 1850 census for Sewickley Twp.
1851					Mary Bits/Bitz (wife of Isaac) bought 4 acres
1852					Mary Bits/Bitz (wife of Isaac) bought 12 acres
1853
1854
1855
1856				Daniel Varner & Barbara sold 78 acres to William Nicholas
1857
1857
1859
1860

A = Acre
H = Horse
C = Cow

SM = single man

Widow Varner = Widow of Frederick Varner. Frederick died in 1800. Widow Varner (Margaret Varner) died before November 1825.
Missing = Tax list is missing

*** I believe the William Bitts Jun of the 1786 deed is the same William in the tax list for Allegheny Twp. Perhaps this William Jun remained on the tax list because Westmoreland County did not know that the land was sold because the deed was not recorded until 1875, nearly 100 years later! Perhaps a deed search of the indices for a David Heston selling the land in both Westmoreland and Armstrong Counties would be the next step if someone wanted to pursue this. I did research the Betts in Bucks County and I placed him with a family there and this William Betts is not our William. He is not related to our Bitts family.

As of April 26, 2012