The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-09-25

GENEALOGICAL DEPARTMENT.
Data of Historical Interest to the Read.
erS of the Post.

Data of Historical Interest to the Read
erS of the Post.
ORwIG.
=. HENRY, married Elizabeth Har-
ing. They had no children. He was
private soldier in the Revolutionary
War in Col. VIM. Thompson's rifle
men, Capt. Geo. Nagle's company, one
year from June 1875. Afterward he
was an Ensign of the Second Com
pany, 4th Battalion, Berks County
Militia, commissioned May 10, 1850.
He was in the skirmishes about Bos-
ton, and later in the battle of Brandy
wine. Died Dec. Is, 1886.
Records reveal surveys for him as
follows:
400 acres Berks Co Nov. %, 1887,
PAL acres, Berks Co., June rs, l7SS.
20 acres, Berks Co., Oct. 4, 1870.
lbs acres, Berks Co., Feb. 81, l79l.
300 acres, Btrks CO., June II, 1892.
*40O acres, Berks Co., Sept. IS, 1892.
100 acres, Berks Co., Sept. Is, 1892.
400 acres, North'd Co., Nov. Is, 1913.
50 acres, Berks Co., Oct. -, 1892.
SO acres, Berks Co., Feb. ~, l794.
90 acres, Berks Co., April ID, 1894.
400 acres, Huntington Co., Apr 10 1894
srhis land was In partnership with Jesse Har-
nell
The assessment list of Brunswig
, township, Berks county, shows in
q Henry's name the following:
1879, saw MILL 400 acres, | horse, COW.
l7S0, part of saw mill, 100 acres,
horses, > cows.
> 1881, | of saw mill, 100 acres, horses,
2cows.
l7S4, his name appears in Windsore
township, Berks county, as an inn
keeper and had horse, cows and on
ly one person in the family. The rec.
rrds show that he was drawing a pen
?, sion. Here is the record, but the ab
5, breviations the writer does not under
d stand: "Henry Orwig pensioner, p
n 4 ems p. l.. Jan. |, 1888; S0.n
'e 3. GEORGE, married Maria Magda
'e len Gilbert, daughter of Conrad Gil
r bert, born Aug. 10, 1853, died Jan. %
oi ls4l. Served in Capt. James Olds
a Rifle Co. during the Revolutionar,
er War and later was Ensign in the 6tl
II Co. second battalion Berks Go. militia
ie His name appears in list of Penna
TX pensioners followed with these marks
ID "pr p NJ. Feb. ., 1888; 49,"
X About 1912 he moved to Mifllinbure
Il Pa, where he died March >, lS4l.
Z 1873, George Orwig, was assessed i
r. Brunswig township, Berks county
sc with 60 acres, l horses and . cows
A. 1850, with part of II saw mill, 100 acres
Vi horses, COW. l7Sl, with of sa,
VI mill, 100 acres, horses and 2 cows
I'll 1884, 203 acres, horses, cows, 5 pei
~ Sons in the family. 400 acres of Ian
te was surveyed for George Orwig il
II. Huntington county April 10, 1894.
=, Elizabeth Orwig had land surveys
" as follows: In Berks county-l5
" acres, Sept. 49, 1892; l20 acres, Oct. "A
1892. In Huntington county-40
acres, April 10, 1894. Northumberlan,
II county-400 acres, Nov. IS, 1893.
#. Elijah B. Orwig had surveyed 5
N acres in Schuylkill county, Jan. 2s
b. 1913, and 100 acres, June 10, lSlS.
of Hannah Orwig had 400 ACRES survey
ID ed i'm Northumberland county Nov
}. Is, 1888
I'D WINEY.
"A 1850 Ben. G. Eyre, shipwright, Phil
y adelphia city, is assessed with etiec
u tive supply tax for Winey's gt rt.
!, 1873 Eliza Winey is taxed in Read
n, ing, Berks county.
1888 Francis Winey is on the fedora
10 tax list in Philadelphia.
rs 1863 Jacob Winey, Limerick town
ii ship, Philadelphia county, assessed
,e with " acres, horse, . cows; l779
es his name appears on effective suppl.
n tax and state tax lists in same district
le In 17S0 the name is found in Northern
H. Liberties, east part, Philadelphia
or county.
e. 1863, Jacob Winey, of Philadelphia
city, probably a different man from
the above, Is assessed as q merchan
with horse and servant, and in III
m with horse and 2 servants. In III
C. Jacob Uttree is assessed for Jacol
y, Winey's estate on the supply and stat
IN tax lists.
CONTINUED.