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1765 Chester County, Pennsylvania archives

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo19788
Author
Dix, Katharine F.
Date of Publication
1990.
Call Number
974.813 D619
Alternate Title
Seventeen sixty-five Chester County, PA archives
Responsibility
compiled by Katharine F. Dix.
ISBN
1558560610
9781558560611
Author
Dix, Katharine F.
Place of Publication
Apollo, PA
Publisher
Closson Press,
Date of Publication
1990.
Physical Description
105 pages ; 28 cm
Summary
"Taken from the published "Pa. Archives, Third Series," this list includes taxpayer/land owner, page number of the volume in the published "Archives," township where the person was recorded, acres, number of horses, head of cattle, number of sheep, servants/slaves, and tax. Over 5,700 names." [from the publisher]
Subjects
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Chester County (Pa.) - Registers.
Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Genealogy.
Registers.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 D619
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Abstract of wills of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo7935
Author
Martin, Jacob,
Date of Publication
1999]
Call Number
974.813 A164c
Alternate Title
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Chester County, PA abstracts of wills
Abstract of wills and administrations, Chester County, PA
Responsibility
prepared by Jacob Martin ; indexed by Gilbert Cope.
Author
Martin, Jacob,
Place of Publication
[Philadelphia (1305 Locust St., Philadelphia 19107-5405)
Publisher
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania,
Date of Publication
1999]
Physical Description
4 v. ; 28 cm.
Notes
Originally published: Philadelphia : Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, 1900-1901.
Includes indexes.
Contents
v. 1. 1714-1758 -- v. 2. 1858-1777 -- v. 3. 1777-1800 -- 1801-1825.
Subjects
Wills - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Additional Author
Cope, Gilbert,
Additional Corporate Author
Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 A164c
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Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania land records

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo12470
Author
Bryant, Carol.
Date of Publication
1997-<1998 >
Call Number
974.813 B915
Responsibility
Carol Bryant.
Author
Bryant, Carol.
Place of Publication
Westminster, Md. (Rear 63 E. Main St., Westminster 21157)
Publisher
Family Line Publications,
Date of Publication
1997-<1998 >
Physical Description
v. <1-5 > : folded maps ; 22 cm.
Notes
Includes indexes.
LCHS has v. 1.
Contents
v. 1. 1681-1730 -- v. 2. 1729-1745 -- v. 3. 1745-1753 -- v. 4. 1753-1758 -- v. 5. 1758-1765.
Subjects
Land tenure - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Landowners - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Deeds - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 B915
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ADC's street map of Chester County, Pennsylvania

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo17227
Corporate Author
ADC (Firm)
Edition
11th ed.
Date of Publication
c1993.
Call Number
912.74813 C525s Atlas Stand
ISBN
0875300871
9780875300870
Corporate Author
ADC (Firm)
Edition
11th ed.
Place of Publication
Alexandria, VA
Publisher
ADC,
Date of Publication
c1993.
Physical Description
1 atlas (80 p.) : col. maps ; 36 cm.
Notes
Cover title.
Includes index.
Stock no.: 70700.
Subjects
Zip codes - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Maps.
Chester County (Pa.) - Maps.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Reference
Call Number
912.74813 C525s Atlas Stand
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
Object ID
Bridge F0095 I006
Date Range
1893
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
Description
Also Bridge No. 5.
Location: Over [East Branch] of Octoraro Creek.
Document type: Calculations and settlement with Chester County for bridge
System of Arrangement
Records are arranged by township, then chronologically within each township.
Date Range
1893
Year
1893
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0001
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Bridges
Calculations
Colerain Twp.
Creeks
Mills
Octoraro Creek, East Branch
Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County, Pennsylvania
Worth's Bridge
Worth's Mill
Place
Colerain Twp. and Upper Oxford Twp., Chester County
Extent
3 items, 3 pieces
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0095 I006
Box Number
001
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Object ID
Bridge F0530 I010
Date Range
1876
Collection
Bridge Records
Title
Bridge Records
Date Range
1876
Year
1876
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
Archives West
Storage Container
Box 0008
Subcategory
Documentary Artifact
Search Terms
Agreements
Blackburn's Ford
Bonds
Bridges
Chester County, Pennsylvania
Creeks
Fords
Little Britain Twp.
Octoraro Creek
Place
Little Britain Twp. and Chester County
Object Name
Agreement
Language
English
Condition
Fair
Object ID
Bridge F0530 I010
Box Number
008
Additional Notes
Location: At Blackburn's Fording in Little Britain Twp.
Document type: Agreement and bond for bridge construction.
1 item, 1 piece
Access Conditions / Restrictions
Request at Reference Desk; photocopy made by staff member.
Classification
RG 02-00 0324
Description Level
Item
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Along the western Brandywine

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo6012
Author
MacElree, Wilmer W.,
Edition
2d ed.
Date of Publication
1912.
Call Number
974.813 M141b
  1 website  
Responsibility
by Wilmer W. MacElree.
Author
MacElree, Wilmer W.,
Edition
2d ed.
Place of Publication
[West Chester, Pa
Publisher
F. S. Hickman, printer]
Date of Publication
1912.
Physical Description
199 p. front., illus., plates, ports., maps (1 fold.) facsims. 28 cm.
Summary
A 1909 tour of the towns and places near the west branch of the Brandywine Creek, it includes Honey Brook and the railroad that once ran through it, Coatesville, Hibernia, Icedale, West Chester, Chadds Ford, and many other sites in Chester County, northern Maryland, and Delaware.
Subjects
Brandywine, Battle of, 1777.
Chester County (Pa.) - Description and travel.
Brandywine Creek.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
974.813 M141b
Websites
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Author
Van Nest, Magaretta.
Date of Publication
1990?
Call Number
929 V266
Author
Van Nest, Magaretta.
Place of Publication
Carbon typescript
Date of Publication
1990?
Physical Description
14, [11] leaves ; 28 cm.
Notes
"Levi Henry Crouse and Mary Louise Worrest were married marh 7, 1843 at the ages 26 and 18 years in Paradise, Lancaster co [sic] Pa. by Rev., Edward y. Buchanan of the Epsicopal church [sic], a brother of the President James Buchanan. Our parents named their first born -- a boy for that minister, Edward Buchanan."
"Aunt Kate was a teacher for some time at Millersville, Pennsylvania Normal School. The school published a magazine entitles [sic] 'The Page Monthly.' Her intimate frind on the faculty was Rose Budd, who wrote an article for the magazine entitled 'Let me die in Autumn.' It was Clara's last school days that she choose [sic] that poem for her recitation. Her wich was granted when she passed away Sept. 1, 1860."
Subjects
Crouse family.
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Chester County
Agriculture - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Chester County.
Genealogy - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Chester County (Pa.) - History.
Lancaster County (Pa.) - History.
Chester County (Pa.) - Personal recollections.
Lancaster (Pa.) - Personal recollections.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
929 V266
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An account of the early settlement called Israel's Mills and Penningtonville

https://collections.lancasterhistory.org/en/permalink/lhdo10151
Author
Douglass, Hugh.
Call Number
905.748 OAHS
Author
Douglass, Hugh.
Physical Description
unp.
Notes
In: Octorara Area Historical Society, v.3, no.1.
Subjects
Israel, Isaac Grant.
Israel's Mills (Chester County, Pa.)
Penningtonville (Pa.)
Location
Lancaster History Library - Periodical Article
Call Number
905.748 OAHS
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