1814 John Lipe was taxed in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County for 2 horses and 1 cow. [1]
1817 John Leip was taxed in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County for 1 cow. [2]
1819 Jacob Wise Senior purchased land, from the estate of Silvanus Mayberry, on April 3, 1819. The land was adjacent to lands of Jacob Godshall, Abraham Kauffman, and Frederick Brechbill. [3]
1820 John Lipe was taxed for 6 acres, a house, and 1 cow in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County. [4]
1820 John Leeb lived in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 3 (under 10) and 1 (26 thru 44); and females: 1 (under 10), 3 (10 thru 15), and 1 (26 thru 44). [5]
1823 John Lipe was taxed for 1 cow in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County. [6]
1824 Jacob Wise, of South Middleton, granted land to Leonard Wise for Mary Leib's Trust on February 18. "Now this indenture witnesseth that the said Jacob Weise Sen'r for and in consideration of natural love and affection which he bears towards his daughter Mary Leib wife of John Leib and one dollar …". Jacob Wise had purchased the land from Silvanus Mayberry in 1819. [7]
1830 Mary Leib lived in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (under 5), 1 (5 thru 9), 1 (10 thru 14), and 1 (20 thru 29); and females: 1 (20 thru 29) and 1 (50 thru 59). Brother Leonard Wise was listed nearby. [8]
1832-34 John Lipe heirs were listed for the triennial tax in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County. [9]
1838 Mary Lipe widow was listed with a small house in Slabtown for the triennial tax in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County. Christian Lieb was listed. [10]
1840 Mary Leib lived in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in a household with males: 1 (20 thru 29); and females: 1 (20 thru 29) and 1 (40 thru 49). Jacob Wise and Frederick Wise were listed on the same page, as were Godshall and Kaufman families (see adjacent neghbors on the 1818 deed). [11]
1850 Mary Leip, widow, was taxed for a 1 story log house and 6 acres in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County. Christian Leip was listed. [12]
1850 Mary Leib died on April 13 and was buried at Old Graveyard, Churchtown, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Mary Leib was born on August 2, 1787. [13]
1850 John Leib (age 29, born in Pennsylvania) lived in South Middleton Twp, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in a household with Elisabeth Leib (age 29), and Elmira Leib (age 2). The names of neighbors suggest this might be the same tract where Mary Lived in 1840. [14]
A biosketch of son Christian reports [15]:
Christian Leib, retired farmer, P. O. Boiling Springs, was born in South Middleton Township, Cumberland County, Penn., February 4, 1816, son of John and Mary (Wise) Leib, the former born in this county in 1781, a farmer by occupation. Our subject, the eighth born in a family of twelve children, received his education in the subscription school; chose farming as his occupation, and has met with average success, retiring from business and living on his little farm, comprising 38 acres, for which he paid $200 per acre, and on which he has a neat, substantial residence. Christian Leib was married, in 1836, to Nancy, daughter of Jacob Walter. This union was blessed with eight children, three of whom survive: Mary, Christian W. (a farmer) and Charles H. (a merchant). Mr. Leib's son, John, was a soldier in the Union Army, a member of the Two Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company A, and was killed at the battle of Petersburg. Mr. Leib and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, in which he has been steward, class-leader and Sabbath-school superintendent. Politically Mr. Leib is a Republican. He is a descendant of one of the oldest families of Pennsylvania, and he and his wife have the respect and esteem of their many friends.
Research Notes:
We have searched for, but not found, Orphans Court records for John Lieb or probate records for Mary Leib in Cumberland County.
[1] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[2] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[3] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed EE-85, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[4] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[5] United States Federal Census, 1820, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[6] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[7] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Deed TT-190, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[8] United States Federal Census, 1830, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[9] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[10] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[11] United States Federal Census, 1840, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[12] Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, Tax, [FamilySearchImage], [FHLCatalog].
[13] Find A Grave Memorial 68805939, [FindAGrave].
[14] United States Federal Census, 1850, [AncestryImage], [AncestryRecord].
[15] Samuel P. Bates, P. A. Durant, and J. Fraise Richard, History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania, Part I Pennsylvania (Warner, Beers:1886), 555, [GoogleBooks].