Guide to the Records of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 1769-1857
1769-1857
Metadata Details
- Title
- Westmoreland County records 1769-1857
- Creator
- Subject
- Almshouses--Pennsylvania--York County, Banks and banking--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Courts--Officials and employees, Courts--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Criminal justice personnel--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Elections--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Inheritance and succession--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Law--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Real property--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Taxation--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Veterans--Pennsylvania--Westmoreland County, Westmoreland County (Pa.)--Genealogy, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Veterans, Pennsylvania--Militia, Westmoreland County (Pa.)--Officials and employees, Westmoreland County (Pa.)--Politics and government
- Description
- Records include court materials, oaths of public officers, election tallies and voter lists, land diagrams, tax rolls and deficiencies, correspondence and receipts documenting court cases, land dealings and elections held in the county. Also included are early records relating to various other Pennsylvania counties., Westmoreland County (Pa.), the first county west of the Allegheny Mountains, was created in 1773 to provide a county seat for western Pennsylvania. Located east of Pittsburgh, Westmoreland County has been a center for coke, coal and glass production., Gift of Susan Peter, 1944, Mr. A.L. Moredock, 1946 and James Richardson, 1989., Processed MSS #134 7/28/94 J. Broadwell, Inventory available.
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Westmoreland County (Pa.), Westmoreland Bank (Greensburg, Pa.), Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center (depositor)
- Date
- 1769-1857
- Type
- Collection, Text
- Format
- Identifier
- Source
- Language
- eng
- Relation
- http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=hswpead;cc=hswpead;rgn=main;view=text;didno=US-QQS-MSS134, pdcp_noharvest
- Coverage
- Pennsylvania, York County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County, Westmoreland County (Pa.), United States, Pennsylvania, Westmoreland County (Pa.), Westmoreland County (Pa.)
- Rights
- Copyright Not Evaluated. The copyright and related rights status of this Item has not been evaluated. Please refer to the organization that has made the Item available for more information. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use., http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/