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Notes for Peter Wolf

1749 In March, Johan Peter Wolff was baptized to Peter and Maria Agnes Wolf [Wolff]. Catharina and Killian Schmid were sponsors. [1]

Research notes for several different men named Peter Wolf are collected below:

1777 Peter Wolff was a private in Captain Emmanuel Herman's Company in York County. [2]

1779 Peter Wolf, perhaps this one, was taxed in Manchester Twp, York County. [3]

1779 Peter Wolf, esq, perhaps this one or his father, was taxed for 250 acres in Paradise Twp, York County. [4]

1779 Peter Wolf, Esq, perhaps this one, was taxed 10 pounds in Paradise Twp, York County, Pennsylvania as a single man. [5]

1780 Peter Wolf, Esq was taxed for 200 acres in Manchester Twp, York County. [6]

1782 Peter Wolf was taxed 9 pounds 10 shillings for 280 acres in Paradise Twp, York County, Pennsylvania.

1782 Peter Wolf, Esq was taxed for 238 acres in Manchester Twp, York County. [7]

1783 Peter Wolf [Wolff], Esq. was taxed for 293 acres in Manchester Twp, York County. [8] [9]


Footnotes:

[1] York County, Pennsylvania Church Records, 1744-69: Jacob Lischy's Private Pastoral Record abstracts of Henry James Young, The private record of Jacob Lischy, V.D.M., 1743-1769, [AncestryRecords].

[2] George R. Prowell, Continental Congress at York, Pennsylvania and York County in the Revolution (1914), 273, [GoogleBooks].

[3] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 21 (York Taxables) (1897), 17, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[4] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 21 (York Taxables) (1897), 76, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[5] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 21 (York Taxables) (1897), 77, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[6] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 21 (York Taxables) (1897), 188, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[7] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 21 (York Taxables) (1897), 501, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[8] William Henry Egle, Pennsylvania Archives, Third Series, Volume 21 (York Taxables) (1897), 682, [HathiTrust], [InternetArchive].

[9] John Gibson, ed., History of York County Pennsylvania, Part II Biographical Sketches (Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing, 1886), 612, [InternetArchive], [GoogleBooks].