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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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Items crossed off below were crossed off on the original. All values shown in ( ) are totals. All values given in dollars: ADAMS, Ignatius: 400 acres – 3 cleared (100) ADAMS, Jonathan: 300 acres – 25 cleared; 1 horse; 1 cow (324) ARNOLD, Joseph (Newcomer): 1 cow (13) BAGOON, Robert: 400 acres – 20 … Read more
Items crossed out below were crossed out on the original record. (400) = Total assessed value of all items listed; given in dollars: Frederick AUGUSTINE: 100 acres (35 cleared); 1 horse; 4 cows; 1 house (428) Ditto Ditto: 50 acres (50) Ditto Ditto (LOUGHLY): 360 acres (30 cleared); 1 house (514) Peter AUGUSTINE Sr: 235 … Read more
Total assessed value of all taxable items listed given in dollars and cents: James Allen; 289 acres (50 cleared; 2 horses; 2 cows; 1 house (753)Adam Adams; 2 cows (20)Christian Ankeny; _80 acres (65 cleared); 2 horses; 5 cows; 1 house (580)Ditto Ditto; 192 acres; grist and saw mill (472)Ditto Ditto; 160 acres; (_50)Ditto Ditto; … Read more
THE JERSEY CHURCH THROUGH THE YEARS The following article was written quite a number of years ago by a Mrs A. G. Broughner: The Turkeyfoot Baptist Church (or as it is more commonly called “The Jersey”) was founded when America was merely a group of scattered colonies under the dominion of King George III of … Read more
ALEXANDER, James: 150 acres-30 cleared; 2 horses; 1 cow ($280)ALLESHOUSE, Widow: 100 acres – 5 cleared ($50)ANDERSON, John: 145 acres-20 cleared; 1 mill; 1 horse; 1 cow ($1,135)BAKER, Jacob: 300 acres-20 cleared; 1 horse; 1 cow ($685)BARNHART, David: 6 houses; 1 cow ($30)BARNHART, Henry: 1 house; 1 cow ($10)BARNHART, John: SinglemanBARNHART, Peter: 180 acres – … Read more
Items crossed out below were crossed out in the original records. (150) = thetotal assessed value for each category. Given in dollars. All horses and cowslisted in this assessment are over 4 years of age: ANSELL, Alexander: New Lexington P.O.; TenantANSELL, Henry: New Lexington P.O.; Farmer; Freeholder; 100 acres (150); 1 horse (60); 1 cow … Read more
Note: SM = singleman; NR = non-resident; ($500) = the total assessed value of all items listed. ALLWINE, John: 416 acres, sawmill, 3 horses, 3 cows, 2 houses ($1540)ALLWlNE, Joseph: 30 acres, 1 horse, 1 house ($240)AHNSTAD, Godfried: 126 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 house ($1120)AHNSTAD, Mathias: 50 acres, 2 horses, 2 cows, 1 … Read more
Articles of agreement made this 24th day of September, In the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven, between Woolrick Bruner, of Milford township, in Bedford County and State of Pennsylvania, of the one part, and Adam Snider, of Washington County, in the State of Maryland, of the other part. Witnesseth: That … Read more
RAILROADSThe southern half of Somerset county is already liberally supplied with railroad facilities. The Pittsburgh division of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad (formerly Pittsburgh & Connellsville railroad) traverses the county crosswise, following mainly the waters of the Castleman river, and crossing the Allegheny mountain a few miles east of Meyersdale. This railroad, fully equipped and … Read more
The year 1808 witnessed a memorable Fourth-of-July celebration in Somerset, an account of which was written at Somerset, July 9, 1808, and published a few days later in the Bedford Gazette. The day which gave liberty to America and a nation to the world was celebrated at this place on Monday last in a manner … Read more