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Date: various
Sources: Licensees to 1865
1765, 1779, 1781, 1783, 1785, 1786, 787, 1788, 1789, 1791, 1798 taxes
All available for reference at the Chester County Archives
Bear / Black Bear
1785 Thomas Pennington, on Lancaster Road
1786 Thomas Pennington – tavern (tax)
1786 – 1788 John Phillips, formerly kept by Thomas Pennington
1787 - 1789 John Phillips – tavern (tax)
1789 - 1790 Thomas Pennington
1791 Thomas Pennington – tavern (tax)
1791 – 1795 William Himes, formerly kept by Thomas Pennington
1795 Thomas Himes
1796 Hannah Himes
1797 – 1806 John Parker on Lancaster Turnpike Road
1807 – 1809 Hannah Parker, relict of John Parker dec.
1810 – 1811 John Olewine
1815,1816,1818 James Foote
1819 Robert Armstrong
1820 Henry Ham (tax) – no deeds show Ham buying or selling property
1822 Henry Ham
1828 Henry Ham
1829 Randal Evans
1830 Abraham Beidler / Beitler
1831 Abraham Butler
1832 – 1833 Abraham Beidler / Beitler
1834 – 1836 Abraham Lapp
1838 – 1840 John Zuck
1839 John Wampole
1841 – 1843 John Robinson
1844 – 1849 Joseph B. Townsend
1850 George Stiteler
1851 Purchased by Hugh Steen
1851 – 1854 Hugh Steen
Blue Ball
1741 – 1752 Thomas McKean
1773 – 6 Philip Eppright
1781 John Phillips – tavern (tax)
1782 – 1783 John Phillips
1783 John Phillips – tavern keeper / inn holder (tax)
1785 - 1786 Moses Moore – tavern (tax)
1786 – 1792 Moses Moore, rented from Dr Barnard Van Leer
1793 –1795 John Llewelyn, lately occupied by Moses Moore on Lancaster Road
1822 – 1824 Mary Moore
1826 Priscilla Robinson
1829 Priscilla Robinson (Old Blue Bell)
1831 James Cahill
1834 Pricilla Cahill
1842 Pricilla Cahill
Centreville Station
Thomas Beaumont
Drove / Drover
1807 – 1810, 1812 John Rees
1813 – 1814 Hezekiah Jefferies
1816 John Gregory
1817 Martin Wise
1818 – 1819 Laurence Hipple
1821 Maurice Stephens
1822 – 1823 Aaron McFann
1823 John Parkes / Parker
1824 – 1825 Henry Hamm
1827 – 1830 Henry Bell
1831 John Smith
1832 – 1836 Abel Reese
1837 John Reese
Eagle Station / Hotel
1851 – 1857 Mifflin Lewis
1857 – 1861 Eliza Lewis
1862 – 1865 Thomas D. Serrell
Farmer’s & Mechanic’s aka Centerville Hotel
1824 John Workizer (Cross Keys)
1827 William Stephens
1828 John Workizer, innkeeper to John Mitchell (A4-473)
1828 – 1829 John Mitchell
1830 – 1831 Jesse Moore
1832 William Thompson
1833 Samuel Garber
1834 Charles Thompson
1836 – 1837 Charles Thompson
1838 John Lewis
1842 John Henry, innkeeper (U4-469)
1843 John Henry (named in a law making the hotel the Tredyffrin election site)
1844 – 1865 Evans Kendall
Fox Chase – Cedar Hollow
1817 – 1828 John Shriver
1829 George Hawkins
1831 Charles Roland
1832 – 1833 Anthony Morara
1837 William Simpson
General Jackson
1820 William Hughes
1821 – 1824 William Hughes
1825 Henry Bell
1826 – 1827 Jason Davis
1835 – 1836 Randal Evans
1838 – 1841 Randal Evans (Franklin House)
General Paoli
1769 Joshua Evans, quoted in 1770 petition, implies first request
1770 Caleb Jones (petition copied)
1781 Richard Robinson – tavern (tax) Application states that Robinson had kept for the last few years the noted inn, the Paoli.
1783 Richard Robinson – tavern keeper / Inn holder (tax)
1785 - 1789 Richard Robinson – tavern (tax)
1791 Richard Robinson – tavern (tax)
1795 Richard Robinson – tavern (tax)
1798 Richard Robinson – tavern (tax)
1800 – 1805 Richard Robinson
1806 Joshua Evans
1807 Joseph Evans
1808 Joshua Evans
1810 John or Joshua Evans (tax)
1811 - 1846 Joshua Evans
1851 – 1864 John D. Evans
Howell’s Tavern, aka George the Second?, aka George the Third?, aka General Washington
1762 – 1763 Joseph Mitchell
1765 – 1769 David Howell, lately kept by Jonathan Gilbert on Swedesford Road
1770 – 1776 David Howell, same house as Joseph Mitchell formerly kept GIII)
1778 Mary Howell, widow of David Howell
1779 Mary Howell – Inn keeper (tax)
1783 Mary Howell – Inn holder (tax)
1783 Mary Howell, widow of David Howell
1785 John Howell, lately occupied by Isaac Griffith
1785 – 1789 Isaac Griffith (GII)
1785 - 1789 Isaac Griffith – tavern (tax)
1791 John Howell – tavern (tax)
1791 – 1795 Reece Howell, where John Howell lately dwelt (GII)
1798 Rees Howell – tavern (tax)
1801 – 1810 Christian Fritz
1810 John Howell (tax)
1811 – 1814 John Gregory
1815 – 1821 Christian Fritz
1822 – 1823 James McKee
1825 George Davis (Washington Inn)
1827 – 1828 George Davis
1829 – 1832 William Lewis
1834 Abraham Beitler (Washington Inn)
1835 Abraham Butler (Washington Inn)
1836 - 1838 Abraham Beitler (Washington Inn)
1839 – 1840 Charles Thompson (Washington Inn)
1842 – 1846 John Workizer (Washington Inn)
1849 – 1850 Hugh J. Steen
1851 – 1857 George Stiteler
1858 John Walton
1859 – 1861 Davis Mitchell
1861 Reuben Stemple
1862 – 1863 John S. Temple
1864 –1865 John Coates
Spread Eagle (not in Tredyffrin)
1836 – 1850 Mifflin Lewis
Stage (Easttown)
1827 Alexander Finley
Waggon
1836 James Gamble
Unknown
1754 Amos Jones, dwelling house of Joseph Tucker
1765 Benjamin Wetherby Tavern, Inn Keeper (tax)
1766 David Jones
1769 Joshua Evans
1786 John Brown has erected a new building
1800 John Workizer
1808,1810,1811 Jesse Aiken / Akins / Atkins
1810 John Reece
1812, 1813 Samuel Bany / Barry
1816 Randal Evans
1820 Col. Abel Rees
1832 James Temple
1835 William Thompson
1837 Thomas Hampton
1837 Thomas Norris
1837 Henry Simpson
1839 John Tuck
1847 – 1848 Malin Bishop
1847 – 1849 John D. Evans
1839 – 1843 John Henry
1847 – 1848 Joseph Morgan
1849 Elisha Worrall
1851 Colgan & Owens
1851 – 1854 Holland G. Malin (store?)
1854 – 1855 John S. Workizer
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