A Guide to the PROPERTY OWNERS

In the

Township

of

LOWER TOWAMENSING,

CARBON COUNTY, pa.

In

1875

 

 

Property Owners A To L

 

Property Owners M To Z

 

Lower Towamensing Twp. is one of the earliest parts of Carbon Co. to have been settled.  Originally it was a part of Towamensing Twp., which covered nearly all of what would become Carbon on the east side of the Lehigh River.  The Moravian Road, which ran from Easton to Gnadenhuetten (near present day Lehighton), ran through this area and the villages of Millport and Lehigh Gap were born along its way.  This road later became part of the Lehigh & Susquehanna Turnpike, which stretched northward to Berwick.   Nicholas Oplinger was among the first whites to settle here, and in 1756 Benjamin Franklin, at the time a Colonel in the British Army, stayed at Oplinger’s while on his way to Gnadenhuetten.  Other early families were the Baumann (or Bowman), Boyer, Mehrcom, Strohl and Snyder families.  Indian problems plagued the area until after the Revolutionary War, and the area remained sparsely settled for decades following.  The opening of the coal lands to the north brought the Lehigh Canal through in the late 1820s, followed by the railroads a few decades later.  The Aquashicola Valley was suited to farming, and the many streams and creeks that tumbled down from the hills and ridges provided the power for the various kinds of mills.  Ochre and iron ore were discovered, and paint factories became an early industry.  The NJ Zinc Co. established two smelting factories here in the late 1890s and early 1900s, following which the population boomed. 

 

In the 1875 map of the township, it is divided into 10 districts.  Noting the district number on the following table will make it easier to locate the property owner on the map.

 

 

PROPERTY OWNER	DISTRICT	NOTES
Andrews, J.	9
Anthony, J.	1	Sawmill
Arner, J.	3
Balliet, J.	8
Beer, A.	5
Beer, A.	5
Beer, J.	9
Behler, D.	9
Beltz, S. & W.	7
Bethlehem State Co.	9
Biedleman, E.	6
Blose, B.	6
Blose, B.	6
Blose, J.	6
Blose, O.	6
Blose, R.	6
Blose, S.	6
Blose, W.	6
Bock, J.	9
Bock, J.	9	Blacksmith shop
Boyer, A.	2
Boyer, A.	7
Boyer, D.	4	Estate
Boyer, D.	10	Estate
Boyer, D.	3
Boyer, D.	1
Boyer, J.	2
Boyer, W.	2
Brown, S.	10
Christman, A.	1
Christman, L.	1
Christman, R.	1
Christman, S.	1
Correl, B.	1	Blacksmith shop
Correl, B.	1	Blacksmith shop
Costenbader, J.	2
Costenbader, J.	2	Store
Costenbauder, H.	1
Craig	9
Craig, J.	10
Craig, J. & W.	4	Sand quarry
Farber, R.	6
Fellman, H.	8
Fields, S.	4
Formaley, M.	8
Fuss, C.	8
George, C.	9
George, D.	7
George, J.	7
George, N.	7
George, P.	7
George, S.	7
Goodhyle, J.	6
Green, A.	10
Green, B.	9
Green, J.	7
Green, R.	10
Green, S.	1
Harleman, A.	9
Hartzog, F.	6
Hawke, A.	1
Keener, D.	9
Kern, J.	4
Kern, L	4
Kline, G.	4
Kline, L.	5	Hotel
Klinetop, D.	9
Klotz, C.	10
Klotz, J.	1
Klotz, L.	1
Kunkel, G.	2
Kunkle, A.	2
Kunkle, B.	2
Kunkle, J.	10
Kuntzman, P.	2
Lehigh Coal & Nav. Co.	6
Lents, S.	4
Lerch, O.	1
Lerch, O.	1	Grist mill
Lichtenwalter, D.	9
Lichtenwalter, L.	9
Lutheran & Reformed Soc.	4	St. John's Church & cemetery
Lutheran & Reformed Soc.	4	Parsonage

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Transcription, research &

web page

by

Jack Sterling

September 2002