If your ancestor was actually a first landowner in the county, purchasing his or her property from the colony or state of Pennsylvania, details regarding these tracts will probably be found in the Warrant Register and Patent Register on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg and available on CD from Ancestor Tracks. The following Township Warrantee Maps, showing the metes-and-bounds plats of the first landowners of the county, may be ordered from:
Pennsylvania State Archives
350 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120-0090
(717) 783-3281
These Township Warrantee Maps show the first purchasers of land from the colony or state of Pennsylvania, usually from the 1700s. For researchers of later landowners, the 1873 atlas of Huntington County is online
The current price for each map is shown. Postage and handling is additional: $1.00 for orders up to $5.00; $2.50 for orders from $5.01-$20.00; $5.00 for orders $20.01-$100.00; $10.00 for orders over $100.00. Checks should be made out to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Huntingdon Co. Township Warrantee Maps
Township
Price
Springfield Township $7.50