Mailing Lists, Montour County

PAMONTOU-L Topic: Montour County, Pennsylvania. Subscribing. Clicking on one of the shortcut links below should work, but if your browser doesn’t understand them, try these manual instructions: to join PAMONTOU-L, send mail to PAMONTOU-L-request@rootsweb.com with the single word subscribe in the message subject and body. To join PAMONTOU-D, do the same thing with PAMONTOU-D-request@rootsweb.com. Subscribe … Read more

County Resources, Montour County

Montour County Resource Page   Montour County Court House 29 Mill St. Danville, PA 17821-1945   Montour County Historical Society 1 Bloom St. P. O. Box 8 Danville, PA 17821   Montour County Genealogical Society 205 Ferry St. Danville, PA 17821 (570) 275-6177 Thomas Beaver Free Library 205 Ferry Street Danville, PA 17821 (570) 275-4180 … Read more

Chapter 03 – Early History – County Organization – Public Buildings, History of Columbia and Montour Counties

Chapter III – Early History – County Organization – Public Buildings, Etc. History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania   MONTOUR is among the youngest of the sisterhood of counties of the .1V1 commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as well as being one of the smallest in territory, but with all this a rich and precious jewel … Read more

Chapter 02 – Some Early Families, History of Columbia and Montour Counties

Chapter II – Some Early Families History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania   We are in the dawn of the second century since the first settlers came to what is now Montour County. The only record these sturdy people had time to make of themselves, for the contemplation and pleasure of their posterity, was … Read more

Chapter 01 – Indians, History of Columbia and Montour Counties

Chapter I – Indians History of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania   CIVILIZATION struck the native savages of this continent like a blight. The great and populous tribes and their strong bands of warriors and hunters, fiercer than any -wild beast and as untamable as the eagle of the crags, have faded away, and the … Read more

School History, Montour County

Montour County School History Montour County, Pennsylvania   This information is from a WPA project done back in 1936.   It is included in “Church History of Montour Co.”   I found this file at the Bloomsburg Public Library.   If you have found some information that you would like to contribute, send it to me. County Schools … Read more

Columbia Hill Cemetery, West Hemlock Township Montour County

Columbia Hill Cemetery West Hemlock Township Montour County, Pennsylvania   Also Known as St Peter’s Lutheran Cemetery The following is only a partial listing of the cemetery.  If you’ve transcribed the complete cemetery of photographed the cemetery and are will to share,  please CONTACT ME, I’d love to add your information to the website. Mary … Read more

Bright’s Cemetery, Valley Township, Montour County

Bright’s Cemetery Valley Township Montour County, Pennsylvania   Also Known as Mausdale United Church of Christ Cemetery The following is only a partial listing of the cemetery.  If you’ve transcribed the complete cemetery of photographed the cemetery and are will to share,  please e-mail me, I’d love to add your information to the website. David … Read more

Old Presbyterian Cemetery, Mahoning Township Montour County

Old Presbyterian Cemetery Mahoning Township Montour County, Pennsylvania   Also Known As: Memorial Park The following is a list of conspicuously marked graves in the Old Presbyterian Cemetery on Bloom Street in Danville. This does not include all graves and is taken largely from data first obtained in 1887. Since then, scores of bodies have … Read more

Oak Grove Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery, Liberty Township Montour County

Oak Grove Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery Liberty Township Montour County, Pennsylvania   The following is only a partial listing of the cemetery.  If you’ve transcribed the complete cemetery of photographed the cemetery and are will to share,  please e-mail me, I’d love to add your information to the website. Daniel Ack, 1824-1914 Elizabeth Miller Ack, … Read more