Fayette County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States  Pennsylvania  Fayette County

County Courthouse
61 East Main St. Uniontown, PA 15401 Phone: (724) 430-1230 Fax: (724) 430-1001

Hours: M - F 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

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History


The county is named after Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834).

Parent County
26 September 1783: Fayette County was created from Westmoreland County.

Boundary Changes
27 January 1750: Cumberland County was created from Lancaster County, including the area of future Fayette County. 9 March 1771: Bedford County was created from Cumberland County, covering much of the southwest portion of the state including future Fayette County. 26 February 1773: Westmoreland County was formed from Bedford County, taking the area of future Fayette County.

Neighboring Counties
Greene | Somerset | Washington | Westmoreland | Garrett County, Maryland | West Virginia counties: Monongalia | Preston

Land

 * There is a limited index for land recordsat the Fayette County website. It appears that the actual records will be available on-line at a future date.
 * Ancestor Tracks has published Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Fayette Countywhich contains the Township Warrantee Maps on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. thus pinpointing the location of the earliest landowners. Each Township Warrantee Map was painstakingly platted by draftsmen from the original warrants, surveys, and patents of the first settlers of the county within its current boundaries.

Local Histories

 * Over 950 fully-searchable books and published works covering much of Pennsylvania have been posted online at Historic Pittsburgh, nosted by the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Library

Maps

 * Images from the 1872 Atlas of the County of Fayette and the State of Pennsylvania, by G.M. Hopkins &amp; Co. have been posted online at the usgenwebarchives

Vital Records

 * Negro &amp; Mulatto Register: Birth Records for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1920 - via Afrigeneas.com
 * Fayette County (Pennsylvania). Prothonotary. Birth Returns for Negroes and Mulattoes, 1788-1826: Includes Certificates of Registry Received from Other Counties 1785, 1803, 1805, 1807-1808 and Miscellaneous Papers 1823, 1830. The library also has these records of varying dates for Adams, Centre, and Lancaster counties.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Fayette County
 * USGenWeb project
 * USGenWeb Archives - Fayette County