A Guide to the PROPERTY OWNERS

of

East Penn TOWNSHIP

IN

CARBON COUNTY

 

 

East Penn Township was one of the earliest settled portions of present day Carbon County.  As early as the 1750s settlers began crossing the Blue Mountain at the western end of the township (near the border with Schuylkill Co.) and establishing homesteads and farms in the valley of the Lizard Creek.  The first settlers were of English speaking people with names like Custer, Rhodes, Tippler, Kocher, Washburn and others.  Following the Revolution most of the English left and families of Pennsylvania German ancestry, following the same route from western Lehigh County, supplanted them.  Today the township remains predominately German.  

           

The first church of what would be Carbon County was established in this township in 1797, the Ben Salem Lutheran & Reformed Church.  Dinkey Memorial Church (also Lutheran & Reformed), built on land donated by Jacob Dinkey was established 1851.  Both congregations are still meeting.  The church-side cemeteries of these churches are among the counties oldest maintained cemeteries.

 

Click here to go to the 1875 Beers’ map of the township

 

OWNER

DISTRICT

NOTES

Andrews, J.

2

 

Andrews, O.

5

 

Andrews, T.

4

 

Appenseller, J.

1

 

Bachman, J.

2

 

Bailey, W.

2

 

Balliet, J.

1

Furnace

Balliet, J.

1

 

Balliet, J.

2

 

Balliet, J.

2

 

Balliet, J. D.

2

 

Balliet, J. D.

2

 

Balliet, J. D.

2

 

Balliet, J. D.

2

 

Beck, J.

2

 

Bilman, S.

5

 

Bittenbender, W.

1

 

Bowman, J

1

 

Bowman, J.

1

 

Bowman, J.

1

 

Bowman, W.D.

1

 

Dauber, I.

3

 

Dauber, I.

6

 

Dengler, I.

1

 

Ebberts, R.

5

 

Ebberts, W.

5

 

Eck, G.

2

 

Eck, M.

2

 

Eck, W.

2

 

Fink, R.

4

 

Frantz, C.

5

 

Frantz, G.

5

 

Frantz, J.

4

 

Frantz, L.

5

 

Freeby, S.

2

 

Fritzinger, C.H.

4

 

Fritzinger, J. & Rex

2

 

Fronheiser, J.

1

 

Fryman, E.

6

 

Gees, P.

2

 

George, E.

2

 

George, E.

1

 

Ginder, A.

2

 

Ginder, I.

2

 

Ginder, L.

2

 

Ginter, I.

6

Residence

Goulder, A.

4

 

Gouldner, L.

1

 

Gresly, W.

3

 

Gumbert, J.

3

 

Haber, W.

4

 

Haberman, P.

5

 

Hains, H.D.

1

 

Haney, T.

4

 

Hanselman, E.

3

 

Harter R.

3

 

Harter, M.

3

 

Heintzelman, J.

4

 

Herter, G.

5

 

Hettler, S.

4

 

Hoffman, N.

1

 

Hoffman, N.

1

 

Holshoe, J.

4

 

Huberman, J.

4

 

Kemmerer, S.

5

 

Kistler, G.

2

 

Knecht, S.

1

 

Kolb, H.

6

 

Kolb, J.

6

 

Kreitz, J.

2

 

Lauer, W.

1

 

Lehigh Valley Railroad

1

Kittatinny Station & office

Lehigh Valley Railroad

1

Bowmans Station

Long, J.D.

3

Cider Mill

Long, J.D.

3

Black smith shop

Long, J.D.

3

 

Louchner, S.

4

 

Lutheran & German Reformed Church

2

Church & Cemetery (Dinkey Memorial Church)

Lutheran & Reformed Church

5

Church & Cemetery (Ben Salem Church)

Mantz, E. K.

2

 

Mantz, F. K.

2

 

Mauer, S.

5

 

Maurer, E.

6

 

Mengel, C.

2

Grist Mill

Moyer, A.

2

 

Neff, R.

5

 

Nimson, C. H.

2

 

Nimson, C. H.

2

 

Noll, A.

1

 

Noll, G.

1

 

Noll, S.

1

 

Nothstein, D.

6

 

Nothstein, J.

6

 

owner not named

1

Brick Yard

owner not named

1

Iron Mine

owner not named

1

Slate Bed

owner not named

2

Iron Mine

owner not named

3

Clover Mill

owner not named

3

S. shop

owner not named

4

Saw mill

owner not named

6

Black smith shop

owner not named

6

Saw mill

owner not named

6

Grist Mill

owner not named

6

Saw Mill

Peter, G.

6

 

Peter, R.

6

 

Peter, R.

6

 

Rainard, D.

2

 

Rehrig, C.

1

 

Rehrig, G.

1

 

Rehrig, G.

3

 

Rehrig, R.

3

 

Rehrig, W.

2

 

Reichert, G.

2

 

Remely, N.

4

 

Rex, D.

4

 

Riegel, J.

4

 

Romig, D.

1

 

Romig, D.

2

 

Ross, W.

1

 

Ruch, E.

3

 

Ruch, J., Jr.

2

 

Ruch, L.

5

 

Ruch, R. T.

6

 

Ruch, S.

3

 

Ruck, J.

3

 

Ruck, J.

3

Cider Distillery

Sanders, C.

5

 

Schleicher, P.

1

 

School No. 1

1

 

School No. 2

2

 

School No. 3

3

 

School No. 4

4

 

School No. 5

5

 

School No. 6

6

 

Schultz, A.

2

 

Schultz, W.

2

 

Seidel, C.

5

 

Semels, Mrs.

5

 

Semmel, N.

6

 

Shappell, J.

2

 

Sheaffer, T.

1

 

Sherry, E.

1

 

Shoch, P.

1

 

Shoemaker, D.

2

 

Smith, E.

3

 

Smith, O. N.

6

 

Steigerwalt, H.

4

Saw mill

Steigerwalt, J.

4

 

Steigerwalt, J.

5

 

Steigerwalt, L.

3

 

Steigerwalt, S & R.

4

 

Steigerwalt, T. W.

6

 

Straub, D. H.

5

 

Vochatzer, R.

1

 

Wall, J.

1

 

Weaver, T.

1

 

Weaver, T.

1

 

Wehr, N.

5

 

Wehr, O.

5

 

Weidow, B.

1

 

Wertman, D.

4

 

Wertman, R.

4

 

 

 

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Transcribed from the original map by

Melissa Feller

 

Research and web page by

Jack Sterling

2002