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Pennsylvania USGenWeb Archives

General List of Taxable Inhabitants
For Allegheny County, PA
1794
Introduction
digital images and transcription for the Allegheny County PAGenWeb by
David Zimmerman
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Transcribers Notes:
The listing of male individuals was transcribed from
the Library of Congress microfilm MSS 16.804, which is the
file information on the Western Pennsylvania Whiskey
Rebellion.
This listing was intended to be a master list to ensure
that all male individuals 18 years of age or older signed
the Oath that was required of all males in Allegheny,
Westmoreland, Washington and Fayette Counties on 11
September, 1794. The Oath was to ensure that the individual
would not oppose the levying of taxes on distillable spirits
and stills.
All names were transcribed as originally listed except
given names that were abbreviated were spelled in full, by
the transcriber, if the proper name could be determined.
The abbreviation Jno was interpreted as John. In some
instances the original writer used this abbreviation and in
other cases spelled out the name John.
In general the original writer of the list spelled
surnames phonetically, often causing errors in the correct
surname spelling, e.g., the surname Montgomery is often
spelled Mongumery or Mongumry.
Some effort was made to compare this listing to the US
Federal Census for 1790 and 1800. In many instances a name
could not be located in Allegheny County. However, a similar
name could often be located in another county of
Pennsylvania.
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