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Montgomery County Pennsylvania, Hatfield Ledger Book 1858~1904.
This great old farm ledger came from New Hanover Township in Montgomery County Pennsylvania. The original owner of the book did not sign his full name (he just put Hatfield at the top of each page) however there is a loose paper from 1878 in the book that belonged to James G Hatfield.
James was not born until 1864 and as the book starts in 1858 I have made the assumption that this book first belonged to his Father or Grandfather. I found the Hatfield family in the 1880 United States Federal Census.
David Hatfield, New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Born about 1807 in Pennsylvania, Head
Sarah Hatfield, New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Born about 1808 in Pennsylvania, Wife
Cyrus H. Hatfield New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Born about 1861 in Pennsylvania, Grandson
James G. Hatfield New Hanover, Montgomery, Pennsylvania. Born about 1864 in Pennsylvania, Grandson
The Hatfield ledger is a great genealogy find for this area of Pennsylvania as it contains a large number of local names starting in 1858. I had a hunt for a few of the names found in this ledger in the 1860 United States Federal Census and found many of them in Montgomery County, Berks County and Bucks County.
The entries for each person in this book are extremely varied. They list things like work done by people for the Hatfields, work done for others by the Hatfields, items bought and sold. There are some birth records, records of money changing hands, and even some poetry.
This book is a fascinating look into the daily lives of our ancestors. Many people are listed a number of times allowing us to form a detailed picture of what they were doing over several years. Many times our ancestors are just names and dates but a book like this one helps to bring their lives into focus.
This ledger book is a one-of-a-kind genealogy resource for finding ancestors in the area in and around Montgomery County Pennsylvania.
I have made a list of the surnames in the book. As is often the case some of the hand writing was hard to read and the spelling was a little inconsistent. I have left the spelling as I found it.
Surname
First Name
year
page#
Bechtel
Joshua
1859
2
Bechtel
Joshua
1859
3
Bickel
Josia
1866
53b
Binder
Smith
Jacob
1860
6b
Bland
E
1859
1
Bliem
Jacob
1859
2
Blum
(Bleem)
Jacob
1859
2
Boyer
Phillip
1866
53b
Breidenbach
Amos
1859
58b
Bremer
Lewis
Paper
Brendlinger
Jacob
1878
14b
Brensinger
William
1857
61b
Bridenbach
Hiram
1859
1
Britenbacks
Amos
1859
1
Bucherd
Johnathen
1858
1
Buchert
H
1878
15b
Buskark
Leshvan
1866
54b
Davertshises
George
1859
1
Davertshises
George
1859
1
Dengler
Charles
1866
52b
Dingler
Charles
1864
54b
Dingler
Charles
1865
3b
Dingler
Charles
1866
3b
Dingler
Charles
1a
Edleman
Abraham
1867
52b
Engle
Solomon
Paper
Fahr
Mr
1859
3
Faringer
Charles
2a
Favinger
Charles
1860
2b
Focht
Elijah
1866
10b
Focht
Elijha
2a
Foret
(Forest)
Jacob
1859
2
Fox
Jacob
1859
1
Fox
Jacob
1859
1
Fox
Jacob
1859
2
Fox
Jacob
1859
2
Fox
Joseph
1859
2
Froanheiser
Caroling
1867
52b
Geiger
Abraham
1859
1
Geiger
John
1859
2
Geist
Henry
1867
52b
Gilbert
Henery
1864
54b
Greisimer
Posival
1866
53b
Gresh
Henry
1860
5b
Gresh
Henry
3a
Guldin
A
1859
3
Guldin
Abraham
1859
3
Hatfield
? D
1866
53b
Hatfield
David
1860
54b
Hatfield
David
1878
14b
Hatfield
David
Paper
Hatfield
James
1878
15b
Hatfield
James
Paper
Hatfield
James G
1878
Paper
Hatfield
Milton
1859
1
Hatfield
Milton
1859
1
Hatfield
Milton
1859
1
Hatfield
Milton
1859
2
Hatfield
Sarah
Paper
Hatfield
William
1859
1
Hatfield
William
1859
1
Hatfield
William
1859
1
Hatfield
William
1859
1
Hatfield
William
1859
2
Hatfield
William
1859
2
Hatfield
William
1859
3
Hatfield
William
1859
3
Herb
Alfred
1868
61b
Herb
William
1869
61b
Hnouse
(Knouse)
James
1866
52b
Hnouse
(Knouse)
James
1866
54b
Honnader
Frederick
1861
54b
Knaws
(Hnaws)
Edward
1866
53b
Krouse
Samuel
1860
3b
Krouse
Samuel
4a
Lackman
Charles
1859
1
Landis
J L
1899
19b
Levengood
Helen
1893
50b
Levengood
Nellie
1895
50b
Levengood
P??in. H
1904
Paper
Levengood
W Y
1893
16b
Levengood
W Y
1893
17b
Liebengood
Isaac
1859
2
Liebengood
Wiliam
1866
53b
Liebengood
William
1865
51b
Liebengood
William
1865
51b
Liebengood
William
1866
53b
Lievngood
Isaac
1859
3
Lievngood
William
1904
Paper
Loose
N L
1859
3
Mauger
Henry
1860
54b
Miller
Henry
1865
51b
Miller
Henry
1867
3b
Miller
Henry
1868
3b
Moyer
Isaac
1859
1
Moyer
Isaac
1859
2
Nuttels
Charley
1870
61b
Reifschneider
Thomas
1859
3
Reigner
Jacob
1864
57b
Reigner
Jacob
1868
58b
Reigner
William
1859
1
Reinerdat
Henry
1859
3
Ritter
William
1864
9b
Ritter
William
7a
Rleim
Franklin
1879
15b
Royce
Mary
Paper
Schmahl
Adam
Paper
Schmith
Deter
1866
57b
Schmith
Deter
1867
58b
Schneider
George
1859
3
Schneider
William
1860
1b
Schneider
William
1865
51b
Schneider
William
1871
11b
Schneider
William
8a
Sheley
Henry
1859
3
Shelly
Henry
1859
1
Smith
Deter
1859
3
Smith
James
Paper
Smith
John
1859
2
Smith
John
1859
3
Taylor
Isaac
1859
3
Vmtsed
Nathan
1866
52b
Walton
Mr
1859
3
Wardman
Michael
Paper
Weise
David
1864
7b
Weise
David
10a
Weise
Frederick
1868
52b
Weise
Johnathan
1866
7b
Weise
Johnathan
10a
Yerger
Abraham
1871
12b
Yerger
Abraham
11a
Yerger
Frederick
1864
8b
Yerger
Frederick
11a
Yerger
Jonas
1860
4b
Yerger
Jonas
1864
54b
Yerger
Jonas
11a
Yerger
Jones
1859
3
Yerges
Jones
1859
2
Yogam
Jonas
1860
54b
A modern map to show the location of New Hanover Township.
I am pleased to announce that I am slowly scanning all of these wonderful Ledger Books. Each book will be published as a downloadable PDF file on AncestorsAtRest website so that genealogists and historians can access them freely. Please be patient as I work towards bringing them all online.
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