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Hi and welcome to the Somerset County Pennsylvania Genealogy Project — a proud member of the PA-Roots family of websites.
Your County Team Associate is Nathan Zipfel and I’m really glad you stopped by and I hope that you find this website useful for your genealogical research. Â A Â huge thanks to Nan who originally develped the resources for Somerset County.
I’ll be adding to and updating this website as new material is made available, so please be sure to stop by often. If you’ve got data that you’d be willing to contribute, please contact me. I’m always in the need of help in getting data on-line. If you’d be interested in helping, please contact me.
The links below will take you to the various PA-Roots DataBoards and other resources for Somerset County. At last check there are over 19,900 individual data records posted.
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Nathan
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MARTENY, John: Joiner; 280 acres (16 cleared) with 1 cabin house; 2 horses; 2 cows (506) MARTIN, William: Carpenter; Singleman MASTERS, George: 1 cow (8) MELEHOW, John: 75 acres (20 cleared); 1 horse; 4 cows (146) MELEHOW, Peter: 75 acres (20 cleared) with 1 cabin house; 4 cows (126) METZLER, Henry: mason; 1 horse (120) … Read more
1802 Tax List, Somerset Twp. [I-L] John, Thomas: Wheelwright; 200 acres (20 cleared); 1 horse; 2 cows ($278)Jurden, Robert: {Jordan?] Singleman; joiner. Kellar, Henry [Keller?]: Carpenter; 1 house; 1 lot; $1 quit rent; 1 cow ($208)Kennedy, Thomas, Esq.: 1 tavern; 1 house; 1 lot; 1 horse; 1 cow ($728)Kerp, Adam [Kemp?]: 300 acres (70 cleared); … Read more
1802 Tax List, Somerset Twp. [G-H] Gary, Killion [Killian?]: 225 acres (60 cleared) with 2 houses; 1 tavern, 2 horses; 5 cows (value $862)Gaster, Jacob: 1 tavern; 1 house; 1 lot; $1 quit rent; 1 cow (value $540)Good, Abraham: 171 acres (50 cleared) with 1 house; 222.5 acres (5 cleared); 3 horses; 5 cows (value … Read more
1802 Tax List, Somerset Twp., Somerset Co. [cont\’d.] Caffield [Coffield?], Arthem: SinglemanCampbell, John: Merchant; 6 cleared acres with 4 houses; 5 lots; $2 quit rent; 1 horse; 1 cow (value $1,278)Campbell, William: no taxables listedCapp, Frederick: 1 cow (value $8)Capp, Peter: 380 acres (60 cleared) with 1 house; 3 horses; 5 cows (value $670)Carver, Abraham: … Read more
Somerset — 150 Years a County[written by Paul D. Trimpey] Had you been living in the village of Brunerstown (later named Somerset) on the twelfth of September, 1795, you would have seen and felt a contagious excitement among the townspeople. History was being made that day, and the people knew it. Five important guests, sent … Read more
ADVENTURES OF THE EARLY SETTLERS. Early Somerset County had its share of those daring frontiersmen whose deeds are so easily woven into adventure stories. A man of this type was Captain Andrew FRIEND, who was prominent in the early history of Turkeyfoot settlement. Captain FRIEND\’s ancestors had been prominent supporters of the house of Stuart … Read more
One is surprised to note the prominent part played by whiskey in pioneer days, in Somerset as elsewhere. Present-day devotees of the flowing bowl and rugged distillers of illicit “mountain dew” should take no comfort in the fact, however, for with the early settlers the distilling of whiskey was an economic necessity. In the early … Read more
Somehow the territory which later became Somerset County escaped much damage. Possibly this was due to the protection of Westmoreland on the west and the natural barriers of two mountain ranges enclosing the regions. Nevertheless, the constant reports of these outrages kept the people here in a constant state of terror. Twice, many of the … Read more
1850 Federal Census — Shade Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania All persons listed in the abstract were born in Pennsylvania, unless otherwise noted. “School” indicates the person had attended school within the year. “R.E.” stands for real estate. JOSEPH LOHR, aged 32, farmer. Ephraim, aged 13, school; Austin, aged 9, school; Pearson, aged 7, school; Malinda, … Read more
1850 FEDERAL CENSUS — Shade Twp., Somerset Co., Pa. All persons listed in this abstract were born in Pennsylvania, unless otherwise noted. “School” indicates the person had attended school within the year. “R.E.” stands for real estate. MICHAEL BURKET, aged 64, laborer, can not read and write. Catharine, aged 66, can not read and write; … Read more