Bloss is also spelled Blose, Bloß and Bose, Bloz, Blos, Blotz, Blows, Bloce, Blois, Blass, Blaas, Plose.
Carbon County, Pennsylvania was created in 1843 from parts of Northampton and Monroe Counties.
American colonists continued to use British monetary units, namely the pound, shilling and pence for which £1 (orli) equalled 20s and 1s equalled 12d. In 1792 the dollar was established as the basic unit of currency.
Elizabeth and Henry's children included:
Margaret Bloss Straub (1780, married Theodore Straub),
Peter Bloss (1785),
Nicholas Bloss (1787),
Elizabeth Bloss (1789),
Henry Bloss (1789),
Catharina Bloss Mehrkam (May 5, 1791- February 19, 1870, married Jacob Mehrkam),
Daniel Bloss (1795, married Elizabeth Beltz), and
Charles Bloss (1809).
In 1785, his federal tax was ten shillings on 160 acres of land, two horses, and two head of cattle.
The Supreme Executive Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on May 5, 1788, granted Henry 217. 117 acres were in Towamensing township and 100 acres were in Westmoreland county and were taken out in pursuance of a warrant dated January 20, 1786.
On March 19, 1793, he obtained another warrant for fifty acres.
Heidelberg Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania originally included Washington Township and Slatington. It is located on Trout Creek and Jordan Creek.
Pennsylvania is one of the 13 original states and was originally founded in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake.
