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The following description, as well as the assessments, was extracted
from Mathews'
History, the Starrucca portion of which was written by J. E.
Farrell: "Starrucca existed as a village or settlement nearly three-quarters of a century before the formation of the present borough, which was established in 1853 from a portion of Scott and Preston townships, and is bounded by the above-named townships, and the township of Thompson, in Susquehanna County. . . . The first assessment was made in 1854. The valuation at that time
was $14,235.75, and the number assessed was fifty persons, as follows: .
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| Name of assessed | dollars |
| BRAU, George | 50.00 |
| BENEDICT, N. W. | 117.00 |
| CHANDLER, Frederick B. | 162.00 |
| CASE, Horace | 50.00 |
| CARR, Erastus | 584.75 |
| CALENDER, Nelson | 50.00 |
| ENGLET, Peter | 20.00 |
| FINCH, Ira | 7.00 |
| GRULE, Charles | 67.50 |
| HARRISON, Josiah | 10.00 |
| HOWELL, William | 42.00 |
| HENDERSON, Lafayette | 101.50 |
| JAYNE, Eliza A. | 118.75 |
| JORDAN, William | 50.00 |
| KING, Robert K. | 324.50 |
| KING, Benjamin | 290.50 |
| LLOYD, Noel | 217.00 |
| LLOYD, Frederick | 83.25 |
| LLOYD, Charles | 42.00 |
| LAHLEY, George | 293.25 |
| MUMFORD, Stephen D. | 60.00 |
| MADDEN, John | 529.50 |
| MUMFORD, James | 1366.25 |
| MUMFORD, Josiah | 661.25 |
| MUMFORD, Oliver | 60.00 |
| OLES, Marlin | 20.00 |
| OSBORN, GERNSEY & Co | 3137.00 |
| OSBORN, LEWIS & Co | 100.00 |
| PECK, Thaddeus | 50.00 |
| PRINDLE, Samuel A. | 262.00 |
| PRINDLE, Mary | 50.00 |
| ROOT, Alva D. | 20.00 |
| SAMPSON, Hiram K. | 124.25 |
| SAMPSON, Henry | 384.00 |
| SAMPSON, James M. | 40.00 |
| SAMPSON, David | 27.00 |
| SAMPSON, Hassadiah | 721.50 |
| SHAW, John P. | 146.00 |
| SAMPSON, John A. | 87.00 |
| SAMPSON, Benjamin | 728.25 |
| SAMPSON, Thomas S. | 32.00 |
| SAMPSON, R. H. | 35.00 |
| SMITH, John H. | 57.00 |
| TWANLEY, Wm. | 14.00 |
| TENANT, Robert | 102.00 |
| WILCOX, Benjamin, 27 acres | 147.25 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Timothy | 148.75 |
| WILLIAMS, H. D. | 125.00 |
| CAMPBELL, Theodore | 7.00 |
| WALLER, C. P. | 435.00 |
| total valuation, 7 mill tax | 14235.75 |
| Hassadiah Sampson, I. D.
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