I tried to send this over the weekend. As long as things are working, I'll try again. This is the key and some notes. names will follow. Pequannock Township Tax Ratables May 1778 and (February 1780) Originally from The Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey Whole Number 169 Vol. 45 #1 by Kenn Stryker-Rodda Key: c-horned cattle ex-exempt h-horse(s) hh-householder p-pigs rc-riding chair (single axle carriage) sm-single man who works for hire sm&h- single man who keeps a horse u- acres of unimproved land £-amount out at interest cut-off- my copies are off-center and the right hand columns are sometimes missing data * on 1778 list; not on 1780 (entries on 1780 list); second set of facts in parenthesis refer to changes since 1778; unchanged items not noted (the way it is in the magazine) Numbers without letter(s) are acres of improved land that are taxed My addendum are noted "KR"; all else is from the magazine , and probably Mr. Stryker-Rodda's Fun Fact#1- 51 acres was estimated to be the minimum amount of land to feed a family of 6 ("A Dutch Family in the Middle Colonies" Firth Haring Fabend p. 91) Fun Fact #2-Altho the English traditionally preferred mutton, then beef, pork became the meat of choice in the colonies. Pigs required far less maintenance than cattle.("Everyday Life in Colonial America" Dale Taylor p.79) Pork seemed to preserve better by salting and brine than beef. The invention of refrigerated rail cars would propel beef to the forefront Fun Fact #3- Many animals were allowed to roam free. Brands and marks were recorded in the Pequanock Town Book from 1741, and strays were were routinely posted .(Some Early Records of Morris County, NJ" Stryker-Rodda)An example:"Jan. 15-1747 then came to Hendrick Mouerson a bay mare with a wite streak in her forehead and one wite foot behind and a short doock tale and asmall slit in the toop of each eare coming four years ould I thinck"(ibid p.24) Hendrick's Will of 1786 mentions a variety of animals "in the woods"of his farm. Not -so-fun-fact: Remember , there was a war on, and the army would winter at Morristown 1777 and after Dec.1, 1779-1780 (the coldest winter in the 18th century -"Colonial and Revolutionary Morris County" Theodore Thayer p.227). These are transcriptions of transcriptions, and subject to error; everyone is encouraged to check the original , available thru the LDS.NJ (and Morris County) is lucky, our tax records pretty much survived from 1778 until about 1822.When you consider the 1790-1820 NJ Federal Census did not, these become a valuable substitute.