Greene County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
93 East High St. Waynesburg, PA 15370 Phone: (724) 852-5210

History

 * Greene County was claimed by both Virginia and Pennsylvania until the Mason-Dixon Line was finalized in 1763-1767. (source: Wikipedia)




 * Named for General Nathanael Greene, major general in the American Revolutionary War.

Parent County
9 February 1796: Greene County was created from Washington County.

Boundary Changes

 * 27 January 1750: Part of Cumberland County.
 * 9 March 1771: Became part of Bedford County when it was created from Cumberland County.
 * 26 February 1773: Part of Westmoreland County when it was formed from Bedford County.
 * 28 March 1781: Part of Washington County when it was created  from Westmoreland County.

Populated Places
Boroughs: Carmichaels | Clarksville | Greensboro | Jefferson | Rices Landing | Waynesburg

Townships: Aleppo | Center | Cumberland | Dunkard | Franklin | Freeport | Gilmore | Gray | Greene | Jackson | Jefferson | Monongahela | Morgan | Morris | Perry | Richhill | Springhill | Washington | Wayne | Whiteley

Neighboring Counties
Fayette | Washington | West Virginia counties: Marshall | Monongalia | Wetzel

Land

 * Ancestor Tracks has published Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Greene County which contains all of the Township Warrantee Maps on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. thus pinpointing the location of the earliest landowners of the county. 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 1876 Caldwell's Atlas of Greene County have been posted online by Jan Slater

Newspapers

 * Greene County Messenger (Current)
 * Observer-Reporter (Current)
 * Democrat Messenger (1931-1958)
 * Waynesburg Republican (1859-1933)

Societies and Libraries

 * Cornerstone Genealogical Society (Cornerstone Genealogical Society Wiki page)

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Greene County
 * USGenWeb project
 * Family History Library Catalog
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