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Montour County 1876 Atlas

Our goal at Ancestor Tracks is to publish maps and land ownership information allowing genealogy researchers to place more precisely the locations where our ancestors lived. The state of Pennsylvania began platting the exact metes-and-bounds tracts of the earliest landowners, township-by-township, starting in 1907, but the Land Office only completed about 1/3 of the state before the project ended. Unfortunately, Pennsylvania did not plat the tracts of the earliest landowners of Montour County.

In lieu of being able to bring you Township Warrantee Maps of the earliest settlers, we are posting images from the 1876 Columbia and Montour Counties Pennsylvania from Recent & Actual Surveys & Records Under the Superintendence of G. H. Walker & C. F. Jewett published by F. W. Beers & Co. This atlas, located in the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C., is in the public domain but the images we have taken of the atlas posted below belong to us and are not to be used for commercial use. For those wishing to use them for personal use (including illustrating a family history you are working on), we give permission to use them, but we would appreciate attribution to Ancestor Tracks. It takes much time and effort to locate, process, and post these and the many other county maps and atlases we have posted, so we expect and appreciate this courtesy. We hope that you will find this atlas a useful tool for when coupled with the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census. It is a particularly useful tool when used in conjunction with the 1870 and 1880 census and as well as Battle's 1887 History of Columbia & Montour Counties, Pennsylvania. Click on the township of your choice and once they have downloaded completely, click on them again to enlarge and clarify them. They may be saved to your computer by right-clicking and selecting "Save Image As..."

If your ancestor was actually a first landowner in the county, purchasing his or her property from the colony or state of Pennsylvania, further information about these tracts may be gleaned from the Warrant Registers and Patent Registers on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg and available on CD from Ancestor Tracks. Remember that Montour Co. was created from Columbia County in 1850, and Columbia County was created 1813 from Northumberland County which was formed in 1772. Before 1772, Montour Co. fell within Berks Co., so if your ancestors were very early settlers of what is today Montour, you will need to check all of the county warrant registers mentioned above (all are included on this single CD). The earliest land warrants were filed under the county as it existed at the time the warrant was issued. Keep in mind that all sales of land after the state or colony transferred ownership to private individuals are recorded at the county courthouse.


Images of the Montour County portion of the 1876 atlas of Columbia and Montour Counties are below. Click on the township of your choice. Once the images are loaded, they may appear to be illegible but they can then be enlarged and clarified by clicking on them. These maps, found in the Library of Congress, are in the public domain but the images we have taken of the atlas posted below belong to us and are not to be used for commercial use. For those wishing to use them for personal use (including illustrating a family history you are working on), we give permission to use them, but we would appreciate attribution to Ancestor Tracks. It takes much time and effort to locate, process, and post these and the many other county images we have posted, so we expect and appreciate this courtesy. We hope that you will find this atlas a useful tool for when coupled with the 1860, 1870 and 1880 census and published county histories. Click on the township of your choice and once they have downloaded completely, click on them again to enlarge and clarify them. They may be saved to your computer by right-clicking and selecting "Save Image As..."

Atlas of Columbia and Montour Counties, 1876

Township Maps

 

Anthony Township
Cooper Township
Derry Township
Liberty Township
Limestone Township
Mahoning Township
Mayberry Township
Valley Township
West Hemlock Township

Boroughs, Towns and Villages Business Directory
Danville, 1st and 3rd Wards
Danville, 2nd Ward
Danville, 3rd and 4th Wards
Danville, part
Exchange
Limestoneville
Mechanicsville, Mooresburg, Washingtonville, Whitehall

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