Potter County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

United States Pennsylvania  Potter County

History
Named for General James Potter, from Pennsylvania in the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Parent County
26 March 1804: Potter County was created from Lycoming County.

Boundary Changes
29 March 1860: Cameron County set off.

Neighboring Counties
Cameron | Clinton | Lycoming | McKean | Tioga | New York counties: Allegany | Steuben

Land
Due to the lack of vital records for Pennsylvania, land records are an important tool in early Pennsylvania research. Land records will list the seller and purchaser of the property and may hide clues to family connections. Land records for Greene County are available from the recorder's office for 1804 to the present.

Some of the records are available on-line. To search and view the records available on-line is free and no password is needed.

Migration
Early migration routes for European settlers to and from included:


 * Catskill Turnpike, trail 1760s; turnpike 1804, from Catskill to Bath, New York with extensions to Buffalo, New York, or Erie, Pennsylvania
 * Forbidden Path, 1767 from Athens, Pennsylvania to Salamanca, New York

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.