Table 1: Isaac Tyson’s Land Purchases in Lancaster County
Note: in these deeds distances are quoted in perches (p) of length 16.5 feet. Areas are quoted in acres (a) and square perches (p). There are 160 square perches to an acre. In a few cases roods (a quarter of an acre) are also used.
From
Township
Date
Area
Cost
Reference
Merrick and Lydia Embree, Joshua and Elizabeth King, James and Jeremiah King
Little Britain
6/2/1826
8/10 part of 57a
$260
F5-231
Elizabeth Wood, Joseph and Mary Ann Wood, Thomas and Margaret Wood, Hannah R. Wood, Lydia Wood and Jacob Kirk, and John Montgomery
Little Britain
5/16/1831
115.5a + 1/4 113a 41p ('Liverpool')
$3000
R5-255
Samuel Reynolds (mining rights)
Fulton and West Nottingham townships
8/30/1831
Two tracts in Lancaster County next to Octoraro Creek 200a and the horseshoe tract in Chester County also 200a
$100 + $3:50 per ton Chrome ore and 25c per ton Magnesia plus additional complications
T5-146; Tyson contract lease #14
Merrick and Lydia Embree, Joshua and Elizabeth King, James and Jeremiah King
Little Britain
6/2/1826
8/10 part of 57a
$260
D6-146; duplicate of F5-231 ?
William Scott
West Nottingham
7/4/1835
Chrome ore on Pine Grove Farm
$1000
E6-87 Why is this not a Chester County deed?
Ezra Livezey
Little Britain
5/22/1835
1/10 of 57a
$30
F6-437
John and Ruth Wood and Abel Kinsey
Little Britain
5/19/1838
6a 105p out of 113a 41p
$166
M6-51
Taylor Wickersham
Little Britain
10/6/1851
95a
$2200
T7-539; messuage
Taylor Wickersham
Little Britain
3/25/1851
$2200
H7-4; duplicate of T7-539?
Andrew Lowe
Little Britain (incorrect: Fulton)
4/1/1851
71a 3r 22p
$2350
O8-468; messuage Rock Springs (south of road)
Ahai and Mary Ann Reynolds
Fulton
4/1/1858
66a 105a (now part of quarry)
$2800
U8-110. Down to Octoraro Creek
James and Ann Jenkins
Fulton
1/20/1859
77a 50p
$3000
U8-620; messuage Rock Springs (north of road)
Abner Carter
Lancaster County
18 years from 10/27/1860
Raise water from Octararo Creek across Carter's land
$50 per year
Miscellaneous A-273
Table 2: Isaac Tyson’s Land Sales in Lancaster County
To
Township
Date
Area
Cost
Reference
Robert Hill
Little Britain
4/29/1837
94a 113p, part of 113a 41p
$1520
J6-404; sale together with Hannah Tyson, John and Ruth Wood, and Abel Kinsey
John Wood
Little Britain
4/12/1838
12a 16p, part of 113a 41p
$363
L6-263; sale together with Abel Kinsey and Hannah Tyson
Abel Kinsey
Little Britain
4/13/1838
7a 24p, part of 113a 41p
$178 75c
L6-267; sale together with John and Ruth Wood and Hannah Tyson
The Tyson Mining Company
Lancaster County
12/22/1869
All real estate and mining rights in Lancaster County