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Members of the Welsh community in St. David's, Radnor Township (now in Delaware County, PA) settled in the area that is now Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania in 1718. William Davies, a member of the Welsh community, had hoped to establish a Welsh Barony in William Penn's province. When this was not possible, Davies and other members of the Welsh community sought to establish an exclusively Welsh settlement north and west of St. David's. In 1718, William Davies and other Welshman from St. David's were granted grants to land in the Conestoga Valley that had been previously inhabited by Native Americans. The settlers established themselves in the valley, and named their newly formed township "Caernarvon" after Caernarfon, a shire in Wales.
In 1729, Caernarvon Township became a part of Lancaster County when the county was formed out of Chester County. In 1752, Berks County was formed out of parts of Lancaster, Chester, and Philadelphia counties. The new county line divided Caernarvon Township, resulting in a Caernarvon Township in both Berks and Lancaster counties.
Morgantown, a village within the Township, developed out of land owned by the Morgan family who had moved from Radnor to the area in 1718. The village was named after Colonel Jacob Morgan, who laid out the town around 1770. Around that time, German families came to the area, establishing farms on lands that had been cleared to provide charcoal for the neighboring furnaces and forges. Farming and industry contributed to the growing prosperity of the area.
Morgantown and the surrounding Caernarvon Township grew to support various industries, farms, and local businesses. Grist mills, saw mills, cider mills, distilleries, furniture manufactories, lime kilns, carriage shops, and other industries and farms were established in the area.
The township continued as a mostly agrarian community until the arrival of the Pennsylvania Turnpike in 1950, transforming the area into more of a commercial and industrial center.
Tri-County Heritage Society and Tri-County Heritage Center. 225th Anniversary Celebration of the Founding of the Village of Morgantown, Pennsylvania, 1770-1995: Historical Background of Caernarvon Township and the Village of Morgantown. Morgantown, PA: Tri-County Heritage Center, 1995.
Caernarvon Township. "A Brief History of Caernarvon Township, Berks County." Accessed November 5, 2015. http://www.caernarvon.org/history/history.html.
Caernarvon Township tax records, 1913-1977, consist primarily of various tax reports for Caernarvon Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania and includes township tax reports, school tax reports, delinquent tax reports, and tax collector reports. The collection also includes township treasurer account books, 1916-1919; invoice books, 1913,1919; carbon copies of tax notices and receipts; ledger sheets; payroll records; booklets of taxable property assessments; deposit slips for school, road, county, and light taxes; record books of road, light, water, county, and school taxes; bank statements; checkbooks; tax audits; property transfer records; and financial reports.
A large portion of the materials are from John Snyder, tax collector for Caernarvon Township. A small amount of materials are from William Peck and William Young, who also served as tax collectors for Caernarvon Township.
There is a small amount of material from the Township, including materials from the Berks County Planning Commission relating to the development of Morgantown and materials primarily concerning road work in the Township, 1947-1952.
Summary descriptive information on this collection was compiled in 2014-2016 as part of a project conducted by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania to make better known and more accessible the largely hidden collections of small, primarily volunteer run repositories in the Philadelphia area. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCI-PSAR) was funded by a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
This is a preliminary finding aid. No physical processing, rehousing, reorganizing, or folder listing was accomplished during the HCI-PSAR project.
In some cases, more detailed inventories or finding aids may be available on-site at the repository where this collection is held; please contact Tri-County Heritage Society directly for more information.
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Imefanyika katika: Tri-County Heritage Society [Kujadiliana Netu]P.O. Box 352 - Morgantown, PA, 1954 - Msaada wa kutafuta Ni maelezo ya nyenzo za kumbukumbu zilizowekwa katika Tri-County Heritage Society. Isipokuwa imebainishwa vinginevyo, vifaa vilivyoelezwa hapa chini vinapatikana kimwili katika chumba chao cha kusoma, na havipatikani kwa njia ya dijiti kupitia wavuti. Miongoni mwa watu wa kwanza wa Wales kuishi katika eneo la St. David, Radnor Township (sasa katika Kaunti ya Delaware, Pennsylvania) ni watu wa kwanza wa Wales kuishi katika eneo la Caernarvon Township, Kaunti ya Berks, Pennsylvania. William Davies, mshiriki wa jumuiya ya Wales, alikuwa na matumaini ya kuanzisha Barony ya Wales katika jimbo la William Penn. Wakati hii haikuwezekana, Davies na wanachama wengine wa jamii ya Welsh walitafuta kuanzisha makazi ya Welsh tu kaskazini na magharibi mwa St. David. Mwaka 1718, William Davies na watu wengine wa Wales kutoka St. David's walipewa ardhi katika Bonde la Conestoga, ambalo hapo awali lilikuwa na Wenyeji wa Asili wa Amerika. Wakaaji walijenga wenyewe katika bonde, na jina la township yao mpya iliundwa "Caernarvon" baada ya Caernarfon, shire katika Wales. 1729 - Kaunti ya Caernarvon ikawa sehemu ya Kaunti ya Lancaster wakati kaunti hiyo ilipofanyizwa kutoka Kaunti ya Chester. Kaunti ya Berks ilianzishwa mwaka 1752 kutokana na sehemu za kaunti za Lancaster, Chester na Philadelphia. Mstari mpya wa kaunti uligawanya Kaunti ya Caernarvon, ikisababisha Kaunti ya Caernarvon katika kaunti zote mbili za Berks na Lancaster. Morgantown, kijiji ndani ya Township, maendeleo nje ya ardhi inayomilikiwa na familia Morgan ambao walikuwa wakiongozwa kutoka Radnor kwa eneo hilo katika 1718. Jiji hilo lilipewa jina la Kanali Jacob Morgan, ambaye alianzisha mji huo karibu na 1770. Wakati huo, familia za Wajerumani zilifika katika eneo hilo, na kuanzisha mashamba kwenye mashamba yaliyokuwa yamechimbwa ili kutengeneza makaa ya mawe kwa ajili ya tanuru na viwanda vya kusaga vilivyo karibu. Kilimo na viwanda vilichangia ukuzi wa eneo hilo. Morgantown na Caernarvon Township ya jirani ilikua kusaidia viwanda mbalimbali, mashamba, na biashara za mitaa. Viwanda vya kusaga nafaka, viwanda vya kusaga mbao, viwanda vya kutengeneza mvinyo, viwanda vya kutengeneza vyombo vya harakati, viwanda vya kutengeneza fanicha, viwanda vya kutengeneza chokaa, na viwanda na mashamba mengine vilianzishwa katika eneo hilo. Mji huo uliendelea kuwa jamii ya kilimo hadi kuwasili kwa Pennsylvania Turnpike mnamo 1950, na kugeuza eneo hilo kuwa kituo cha kibiashara na viwanda. Tri-County Heritage Society na Tri-County Heritage Center. Maadhimisho ya miaka 225 ya kuanzishwa kwa kijiji cha Morgantown, Pennsylvania, 1770-1995: Historia ya Caernarvon Township na Kijiji cha Morgantown Morgantown, PA: Kituo cha Urithi cha Tri-County, 1995. Mji wa Caernarvon. "Historia fupi ya Kaunti ya Caernarvon, Kaunti ya Berks". "Kutoka kwa ""Kutoka kwa 5"" ni ""Kutoka kwa 5"" na ""Kutoka kwa 5"" ni ""Kutoka kwa 5"" na ""Kutoka kwa 5"" ni ""Kutoka kwa 5"" na ""Kutoka kwa 5"" ni ""Kutoka kwa 5.""" Taarifa za kodi za Kaunti ya Caernarvon, 1913-1977 ni ripoti za kodi za Kaunti ya Caernarvon, Kaunti ya Berks, Pennsylvania na inajumuisha ripoti za kodi za kaunti, ripoti za kodi za shule, ripoti za kodi za delinquent, na ripoti za mkusanyaji wa kodi. Mkusanyiko pia ni pamoja na township hazina akaunti vitabu, 1916-1919, vitabu vya ankara, 1913,1919, nakala za kaboni za taarifa za kodi na risiti, karatasi za ledger, rekodi za mshahara, vijitabu vya tathmini ya mali ya kodi, risiti za amana kwa shule, barabara, kaunti, na ushuru mwepesi, vitabu vya rekodi za barabara, taa, maji, kaunti, na ushuru wa shule, taarifa za benki, vitabu vya hundi, ukaguzi wa kodi, rekodi za uhamisho wa mali. Sehemu kubwa ya vifaa ni kutoka kwa John Snyder, mkusanya kodi kwa Caernarvon Township. Kiasi kidogo cha vifaa ni kutoka William Peck na William Young, ambao pia alihudumu kama wakusanya kodi kwa Caernarvon Township. "Kuna kiasi kidogo cha vifaa kutoka Township, ikiwa ni pamoja na vifaa kutoka Tume ya Mipango ya Kaunti ya Berks kuhusiana na maendeleo ya Morgantown na vifaa hasa kuhusu kazi ya barabara katika Township, 1947-1952.""" Maelezo ya muhtasari juu ya mkusanyiko huu yaliandaliwa mnamo 2014-2016 kama sehemu ya mradi uliofanywa na Chama cha Kihistoria cha Pennsylvania ili kufanya makusanyo yaliyofichwa zaidi ya makusanyo madogo, ya kujitolea katika eneo la Philadelphia. The Hidden Collections Initiative for Pennsylvania Small Archival Repositories (HCIPSAR) ni mradi wa kuhifadhi kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu za kumbukumbu. Hii ni msaada wa awali wa kupata. Hakuna usindikaji wa kimwili, rehousing, kuandaa upya, au orodha ya folda ilifanywa wakati wa mradi wa HCI-PSAR. Katika baadhi ya kesi, orodha zaidi ya kina au kutafuta misaada inaweza kuwa inapatikana katika tovuti katika hazina ambapo mkusanyiko huu ni uliofanyika; tafadhali wasiliana Tri-County Heritage Society moja kwa moja kwa habari zaidi. 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