topic:"Chester County" found 16 records - Research Collections

1765 Chester County, Pennsylvania archives

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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

Abstract of wills of Chester County, Pennsylvania

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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

Abstracts of Chester County, Pennsylvania land records

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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

[A memoir]

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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

Around the boundaries of Chester county, by Wilmer W. MacElree

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Author: MacElree, Wilmer W.,

Date of Publication: 1934.

Call Number: 974.813 M141

Author: MacElree, Wilmer W.,

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Date of Publication: 1934.

Physical Description: 2 p. Î²., 9-600 p. illus., (incl. ports., facsims.) plates, maps (1 fold.) diagr. 23 cm.

Subjects: Chester County (Pa.) - Description and travel.; Chester County (Pa.) - Historic houses, etc.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 M141

Chester county collections

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Date of Publication: [1936-

Call Number: 974.813 C525

Place of Publication: West Chester, Pa

Publisher: Anderson & Darlington

Date of Publication: [1936-

Physical Description: v. illus. (incl. maps, facsims.) 29 cm.

Publication Frequency: Bimonthly (irregular)

Dates of Publication: no. 1- Oct. 1936-

Notes: Mimeographed.; Nos. 1-6 include installments of "Chester county newspapers", by Ethel M. Sauer, and no. 7, "Chester county periodicals", by the same author.; LCHS has vol. 1-16.

Subjects: American newspapers - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Bibliography.; American periodicals - Pennsylvania - Chester County - Bibliography.; Chester County (Pa.) - History - Periodicals.; Chester County (Pa.) - History - Sources.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy - Periodicals.

Additional Author: Sauer, Ethel Marion.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 C525

Early church records of Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Author: Reamy, Martha.

Date of Publication: 1995-<1998>

Call Number: 974.813 R288

Responsibility: Martha Reamy.

Author: Reamy, Martha.

Place of Publication: Westminster, Md. (Rear 63 E. Main St., Westminster 21157)

Publisher: Family Line Publications,

Date of Publication: 1995-<1998>

Physical Description: v. <1-3> : map ; 21 cm.

Notes: Includes index.

Contents: v. 1. Quaker records of Bradford Monthly Meeting (Bradford family records, marriages, etc.).--v. 2 Early church records of Chester County, Pennsylvania, by Charlotte Meldum & Martha Reamy (includes Uwchland monthly meeting; East Vincent Reformed Congregation; Goshen monthly meeting, and New Garden monthly meeting).--v. 3 Early church recrods of Chester County, Pennsylvania (includes map of townships of Chester County, Kennett monthly meeting (abstracted by Gilbert Cope); Londongrove monthly meeting (abstracted by Gilbert Cope); Vestry book of St. John's Church, Pequay (copied by Julius F. Sachse); and Great Valley Baptist Church members.

Subjects: Church records and registers - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Registers of births, etc. - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - Genealogy.

Additional Author: Meldum, Charlotte.; Cope, Gilbert.; Sachse, Julius, F.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.813 R288

Extracts from the early court records of Chester County, Pa

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Author: Wilson, H.

Date of Publication: 1931

EXTRACTS FROM THE EARLY COURT RECORDS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA. By H. WILSON EARLY APPOINTMENTS OF OFFICERS TO SERVE IN WHAT IS NOW LANCASTER COUNTY W ILLIAM PENN, proprietary and governor, made the first appointments of justices for the Province of Pennsylvania. Succeeding governors continued to

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Responsibility: by H. Wilson.

Author: Wilson, H.

Place of Publication: Lancaster, Pa

Publisher: Lancaster County Historical Society,

Date of Publication: 1931

Physical Description: 247-252 p. ; 23 cm.

Series: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society ; v. 35, no. 10

Subjects: Court records - Pennsylvania - Chester County.; Chester County (Pa.) - History.; Lancaster County (Pa.) - History - 18th century.

Contained In: Journal of the Lancaster County Historical Society. Volume 35, number 10 (1931), p. 247-252Lancaster History Library - Journal974.9 L245 v.35

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The history of Dowlin Forge

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Author: Brody, Susannah Wilson.

Date of Publication: 1995.

Call Number: 974.816 B864

Responsibility: by Susannah Wilson Brody.

Author: Brody, Susannah Wilson.

Place of Publication: Chester County, Pa

Publisher: Uwchlan Township Historical Commission,

Date of Publication: 1995.

Physical Description: 140 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Notes: No. 255/1000.; Includes bibliographical references (p. 135) and index.

Summary: In 1785 Samuel Hibberd established the Mary Ann Forge along the Brandywine Creek in Uwchlan Township, Chester County. In 1801 John Dowlin purchased the forge lands from Hibberd's heirs. Operated by several generations of the Dowlin family during much of the nineteenth century, the forge supported a thriving industrial community known as Dowlin Forge. This book includes information on the Hibberd and Dowlin families as well as Dowlin's Grist Mill, Dowlin's Sawmill,and the company store.

Subjects: Mary Ann Forge (Chester County, Pa.) - History.; Uwchlan (Chester County, Pa. : Township) - History.; Dowlin Forge Park (Chester County, Pa.) - History.

Additional Corporate Author: Uwchlan Township Historical Commission.

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 974.816 B864

No crooked death : Coatesville, Pennsylvania, and the lynching of Zachariah Walker

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Author: Downey, Dennis B.,

Date of Publication: c1991.

Call Number: 364.134 D748

Responsibility: Dennis B. Downey and Raymond M. Hyser.

ISBN: 0252017390 (alk. paper)

Author: Downey, Dennis B.,

Place of Publication: Urbana

Publisher: University of Illinois Press,

Date of Publication: c1991.

Physical Description: xv, 174 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Series: Blacks in the New World

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-169) and index.

Summary: An African American steelworker, Zachariah Walker, was burned to death by a mob outside Coatesville, PA, on August 13, 1911. He was accused of killing Edgar Rice, a white security guard and a former borough policeman. Nationwide outrage led to the NAACP's national anti-ynching campaign and inspired Pennsylvania's 1923 anti-lynching law.; Chapter 1- Tells of the events at the time of the lynching; Chapter 2- Talks about the community reaction to the murder, the investigation, and the Grand Jury indictment of 15 men and boys; Chapters 3 & 4- Discusses the 8 months of trials that failed to convict any of those charged; Chapter 5- Discusses the lynching and it's relationship to demographic and social changes taking place in Coatesville and the nation.

Subjects: Walker, Zachariah, - d. 1911.; Lynching - Pennsylvania - Chester County; African Americans; Trials (Murder) - Pennsylvania - Coatesville.; Coatesville (Pa.) - Race relations.

Additional Author: Hyser, Raymond M.,

Location: Lancaster History Library - Book

Call Number: 364.134 D748

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