Brady Township
Property Owners and Citizens - 1847
In 1847 the property-owners and citizens of the newly-formed township of Brady were as
follows, the figures opposite their names indicating the number of acres of land each one
owned:
- Allison, Robert K. (tan-yard) . . . 37 acres
- Allison, John (tenant)
- Allen, Robert (tenant)
- Brown, William . . . 75 acres
- Buchanan, William (tavern) . . . 67 acres
- Boggs, James (tenant)
- Bard, James (tenant)
- Burns, James (tenant)
- Bailey, Israel (tenant)
- Barton, John (tenant)
- Byler, Joseph . . . 60 acres
- Buchanan, Washington
- Coblantz, Henry . . . 22 acres
- Carroll, John (tenant)
- Calombine, Anthony
- Cramer, John
- Calombine, Abraham
- Cornelius, Samuel D.
- Cottrell, J. F. . . . 8 acres
- Campbell, John A. . . . 233 acres
- Campbell, William
- Daniels, William (tenant)
- Detweiler, David (tenant)
- Diller, Adam
- Detweiler, Jacob . . . 130 acres
- Drake, James (estate) . . . 10 acres
- Dachenbach, William (tenant)
- Ely, Bartlett (smith-shop) . . . 11 acres
- Eshelman, David . . . 68 acres
- Entriken, James, Jr. . . . 25 acres
- Ely, John . . . 67 acres
- Ely, Michael
- Fleming, James (saw-mill) . . . 110 acres
- Fleming, Martin . . . 113 acres
- Foster, David (tenant)
- Fife, Samuel . . . 8 acres
- Fife, James . . . 14 acres
- Garrett, Samuel (shop) . . . 2 acres
- Gilliland, James (tenant)
- Gill, Matthew (tenant)
- Goodfellow, William
- Giles, John
- Hooley, Peter . . . 215 acres
- Huey, William . . . 30 acres
- Haller, Frederick
- Hampson, Samuel
- Hall, William
- Harris, James
- Hawn, Michael, Sr. . . . 40 acres
- Hartzler, Benjamin (tenant)
- Hampson, James (saw-mill) . . . 300 acres
- Harris, Elias . . . 18 acres
- Haller, Philip, Sr. (tenant)
- Hare, William . . . 184 acres
- Irwin, James (on Igo place) . . . 133 acres
- Irwin, James and Co. (lessees of lands belonging to Wilson, Milliken, Duncan, Lightner,
and Warfel - Furnace, Grist-mill and saw-mill)
- Johnston, Henry
- King, Jacob . . . 317 acres
- King, Samuel . . . 86 acres
- King, Solomon . . . 67 acres
- King, John W. (tenant)
- Kelley, James . . . 50 acres
- Lane, James Sr. (grist-, saw-, plaster-, and fulling-mills) . . . 134 acres
- Lanes, James R. (tenant)
- Lautz, Henry (tenant)
- Lowry, Patrick . . . 140 acres
- Laird, George W.
- Landenslager, Daniel (Estate)
- Metz, John K., Esq. . . . 100 acres
- McCarthy, John, Sr. . . . 80 acres
- McCarthy, Charles . . . 56 acres
- Metz, Samuel K. . . ..135 acres
- Miller, Christian (saw-mill) . . . 367 acres
- Milliken, David (grist-, saw-, and fulling-mills) . . . 300 acres
- Matson, Robert A.
- McCoy, Francis A.
- Musser, Jacob . . . 280 acres
- Metz, Jonathan K. . . .61 acres
- McCarthy, John P. (teacher)
- McCracken, James (tenant)
- McDonald, James (chopping-mill, saw-mill ,distillery) . . . 107 acres
- Mateer, Henry (at Roxbury) . . . 1 1/4 acres
- Milliken & Kessler . . . 314 acres
- Morgan, Thomas (tenant)
- Moore, Alexander D. (tenant)
- Miller, Jacob . . . 34 acres
- Metz, John, Dr. (physician)
- Myers, Henry M. (tenant)
- Newman, John . . . 2 1/2 acres
- Orlady, Paul . . . 88 acres
- Platt, Benjamin . . . 2 1/2 acres
- Plowman, Absalom . . . 200 acres
- Palmer, George A. (tenant)
- Parshall, Caleb . . . 100 acres
- Piper, John
- Ross, Richard . . . 2 1/2 acres
- Ross, John, Jr.
- Robinson, Joseph (tenant)
- Ross, John, Sr. (tenant)
- Ross, Chrisitan (tenant)
- Ross, James . . . 90 acres
- Ritter, David
- Ritter, John
- Ross, Thomas
- Reed, Thomas . . . 100 acres
- Rickert, Nathaniel R.
- Rung, William
- Shadle, Hiram (tenant)
- Shadle, Abraham . . . 108 acres
- Stevens, George W.
- Snack, William
- Simpson, James . . . 415 acres
- Snyder, Frederick
- Shingler, Joseph
- Shaup, Henry
- Sanders, Jacob . . . 6 acres
- Steffey, Jonathan . . . 3 acres
- Smiley, John . . . 426 acres
- Sharp, Solomon . . . 109 acres
- Taylor, James E.
- Tate, John S.
- Tell, Thomas (tenant)
- Vandevender, Abraham . . . 212 acres
- Waddle, John (tenant)
- Warfel, George (tenant)
- Woolverton, Isaac (tenant)
- Whitman, Isaac . . . 10 acres
- Watson, John (clerk)
- Wolfkill, Peter
- Walters, Anthony
- Wise, Andrew (tavern) . . . 200 acres
- Weston, John S. (tenant)
- Weaver, William (shop) . . . 14 acres
- Wolfkill, John . . . 195 acres
- Wakefield, Eli . . . 120 acres
- Wiley, John F. . . . 160 acres
- Warfel, Henry
- Yocum, Jesse, Sr. . . . 55 acres
- Yocum, Jesse, Jr.
- Yoder, Benjamin . . . 147 acres
- Yoder, Simeon . . . 61 acres
- Yoder, Daniel (estate) . . . 170 acres
- Yoder, Christian . . . 80 acres
- Yoder, Levi (tenant)
- Zook, David . . . 108 acres
SINGLE FREEMAN
- Boggs, Alexander (clerk)
- Cupples, William
- Cramer, Cyrus
- Fife, John
- Getz, Martin
- Hawn, Michael, Jr.
- Hawn, Daniel
- Hedding, James
- Haller, Francis
- Haller, Philip
- Haller, John
- Humphrey, William H.
- Huey, John
- Huey, James
- Kessler, Peter F. (clerk)
- King, Joseph
- Loudenslager, Peter
- McCarthy, William
- McCarthy, Charles
- Metz, Jacob
- McDonald, John
- Metz, Henry K.
- Metz, Jacob K.
- Mealy, Michael (clerk)
- Miller, William V.
- Miller, Thomas B.
- Miller, Joseph
- Miller, Joseph H.
- McCahan, Thomas
- Newman, William
- Naylor, John
- Naylor, Mercer
- Parshal, Glasgow
- Shudle, Samuel
- Snively, George W.
- Sharp, Jacob
- Warfel, James
- Wherry, John L.
- Yocum, John A.
- Zook, John
In 1880, the population of Brady, including Mill Creek village, was nine hundre and
nine.
