Schuylkill

Bull Tavern

The deed history for the tract occupied by the Inn can be found at: William Moore tract

Licensees for the Inn

Approved unless noted

  • 1766 Thomas Ives (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1767 Thomas Ives (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1768 Thomas Ives (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1770 Thomas Ives (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1770 Benjamin Coates (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1771 Benjamin Coates (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1772 Benjamin Coates
  • 1773 Benjamin Coates
  • 1774 Benjamin Coates
  • 1/2/1775 Alexander McCalla purchases 60 acres from Benjamin Coates including the inn.
  • 1775 Patrick McFall
  • 1778 Alexander McCalla (Sign of the Bull)
  • 3/17/1779 Ephraim Jones purchases the tract from Alexander McCalla
  • 1782 Alexander McCalla
  • 1783 Alexander McCalla
  • 1784 Alexander McCalla
  • 3/22/1781 Edward Lane purchases the 60 acre tract from Ephraim Jones
  • 1782 Edward Lane (Bull?)
  • 1783 Edward Lane
  • 1784 Edward Lane - bond
  • 1785 Edward Lane - bond
  • 1786 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1787 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1788 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1789 Samuel Lane
  • 1790 Samuel Lane
  • 1791 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1792 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1793 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1794 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1795 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1796 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1797 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1798 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1799 Samuel Lane (Sign of the Bull)
  • 1803 Samuel Lane (Bull)
  • 1805 Samuel Lane (Bull)
  • 1806 Samuel Lane
  • 1807 Samuel Lane (Bull)
  • 1807 Seth John (Bull)
  • 1810 Jesse Roberts
  • 1811 Jesse Roberts
  • 1812 Jesse Roberts
  • 1813 Jesse Roberts
  • 1814 Jesse Roberts
  • 1815 Jesse Roberts
  • 1817 Maurice Stephens
  • 1819 Maurice Stephens
  • 1821 Edward Lane (Bull)
  • 1822 Edward Lane
  • 1823 Edward Lane
  • 1824 Edward Lane (Bull’s Head)
  • 1827 Abigail Stephens
  • 1828 Abigail Stephens
  • 1828 William Dewey (Bull’s Tavern)
  • 1829 William Dewees (Bull’s Tavern)
  • 1835 Jacob Knows
  • 1836 Jacob Knouse
  • 1837 Jesse Rittenhouse
  • 1838 Jesse Rittenhouse
  • 1839 Jesse Rittenhouse
  • 1840 Jesse Rittenhouse
  • 1841 Jesse Rittenhouse
  • 1842 Matthew Ross
  • 1843 Matthew Ross
  • 1844 Sampson Fudge
  • 1845 Sampson Fudge
  • 1846 Michael Harner
  • 1847 Michael Harner
  • 1848 Michael Harner
  • 1850 Sampson Fudge
  • 1851 Sampson Fudge
  • 1852 Sampson Fudge
  • 1853 Sampson Fudge
  • 1854 Sampson Fudge
  • 1855 Sampson Fudge
  • 4/2/1869 John Acker purchases the tract from the executors of the will of Sampson Fudge
  • 1883 John Acker, 60 acres (Breou’s atlas)
  • 1888 John Acker died intestate
  • 1933 Wayne Evans (atlas of Chester County)

References

  1. Chester County Archives