Lawrence County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States  Pennsylvania  Lawrence County

History
Named for the USS Lawrence, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry's flagship in the Battle of Lake Erie in the War of 1812.

Parent Counties
20 March 1849: Lawrence County was created from Beaver and Mercer Counties.

Neighboring Counties
Beaver | Butler | Mercer | Ohio counties: Columbiana | Mahoning

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * New Castle

Local Histories

 * 20th century history of New Castle and Lawrence County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens, 1908. Book on line at archives.org, Text version from the USGenWeb Archives.
 * Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens Lawrence County Pennsylvania, 1897. Text Version from the USGenWeb Archives.
 * History of Lawrence County Pennsylvania by S.W. and P.A. Durant, 1877. Text Version from the USGenWeb Archives.
 * History of Lawrence County Pennsylvania, 1887. Text Version from the USGenWeb Archives.

Maps
Atlas of Lawrence County, 1872 shows landowners. From the USGenWeb archives. Warrantee Atlas, 1909 Depreciation, Donation, Settlers lands. From the USGenWeb archives.

Lawrence County Township Maps, 1986. From the USGenWeb archives.

New Castle, PA 1896

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Lawrence County Genealogy - PAGenWeb site. Histories, biographies, cemeteries, obituaries and other information.
 * Lawrence County Links - linkpendium.com