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CHAPTER XVI COMPANIES OF THE FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT – MILITIA OF 1863 Company D: Recruiting – Service in the Field – Roll. Company H: Enlistment – Service – Roll. Company I: Recruiting – Familiar Names – Roll of Company. Company K: Where Recruited – Service – Roll of Company. COMPANY D, FIFTY-SEVENTH REGIMENT IN obedience to … Read more
Located in the northwestern part of the State of Pennsylvania, Crawford County was created on March 12, 1800 from part of Allegheny County, and was named for Colonel William Crawford, one of the hearoes of the western frontier who was burned by the Indians at Sandusky, Ohio. The first white men to visit this area … Read more
CHAPTER II The Early Settlement of Delaware County to the Grant of the Province to William Penn [Please note that this chapter is heavely footnoted. The footnotes are indicated by an “*” and “(number*).] The first vessel under the control of white men whose prow ever ruffled the bosom of the great sheet of … Read more
Chapter I Physical Geography and Geology of Delaware County The surface of the county is hilly with very little exception in its western part, but somewhat level in its eastern portion. Its drainage is by several small streams, called creeks, that flow in a southerly direction and empty into the Delaware River. These and … Read more
History of Delaware County, Pennsylvania by Henry Graham Ashmead, Philadelphia: L.H. Everts & Co. 1884 Table of Contents Chapter I – Physical Geography and Geology of Delaware County Chapter II – The Early Settlement of Delaware County to the Grant of the Province of William Penn Chapter III – The Circular Boundary Line between … Read more
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Friends of PA-Roots Newsletter April 2011 PA-Roots – Bringing our Past into the Future================================================================== PA-Roots continues to grow and add data that is free to access. Since our last Newsletter there have been thousands of new pages of data published. Some of the key highlights include: – Over 9,000 tombstone photographs from cemeteries in Mifflin … Read more
It seems that recently I have been doing a lot of work with cemetery transcriptions and tombstone photos. I think I’ve always had a fascination with cemeteries. It must have started when I was just a child visiting a cemetery that my grandparents were buried in and it has grown from there. I remember when … Read more
ERIE COUNTY Erie County was created March 12, 1800, along with Crawford, Mercer, Venango and Warren Counties, from Allegheny County, but formed as one county, under the name of Crawford. On the 2nd of April 1803, Erie County was fully organized for judicial purposes. The county was named for Lake Erie, which in turn … Read more