Our goal at Ancestor Tracks is to publish maps and land ownership information allowing genealogy researchers to pinpoint 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, and they completed all of Perry County many years ago. At some point, it is our intent to publish a volume containing all of the information on the Township Warrantee Maps produced by the state, but you may want to order copies of these maps in the interim. You will find a list of prices for each township map so that you can order them from Harrisburg after the images of the 1877 atlas.
We are providing images of the 1877 Atlas of Perry, Juniata & Mifflin Counties under the direction of Beach Nichols, published by Pomeroy, Whitman & Co. below. This atlas is in the Library of Congress and is in very poor condition, so the images we are posting are the best we could produce. In some cases, names are illegible but we hope they will provide some help, especially when used with Wright's 1873 History of Perry County. Be sure to check out the resources at Cathy Wentz-Eisenstadt's RootsWeb site, especially the "Land Records" tab.
Please note that there is an excellent resource when using the 1877 atlas: Kelly Smith of Marysville, OH, has been working for years to produce an index for this atlas of all three counties, and she has completed all of the townships and nearly all of the towns. Amazingly, she has also transcribed the information found on the "Business Notices" pages which we are not posting. For example, one of the entries reads thus: "Bower David, Proprietor Farmers’ and Drovers’ Hotel. Travelers will find this a desirable and pleasant Home. A limited number of boarders can be accommodated during the Summer. Location healthy and charges reasonable. Give Dave a Call. P.O. Blain." Thus, if a township or town image is too dark to read certain names, you may be able to locate the name in her index and then scan the map for something that looks similar. Click on the township of your choice. Once the images are loaded, they can be enlarged by clicking on them, and they may be saved to your computer by right-clicking and selecting "Save Image As..."
| Perry Co. Township Warrantee Maps | |
| Township | Price |
| Buffalo | $42.00 |
| Carrol | $42.00 |
| Centre | $42.00 |
| Greenwood | $84.00 |
| Howe | $15 |
| Jackson (North) | $15 |
| Jackson (South) | $15 |
| Juniata | $36.00 |
| Liverpool | $48.00 |
| Madison | $36.00 |
| Miller | $36.00 |
| Northeast Madison | $12.00 |
| Oliver | $15.00 |
| Penn | $36.00 |
| Rye | $36.00 |
| Saville | $36.00 |
| Southwest Madison | $9.00 |
| Spring | $42.00 |
| Toboyne | $54.50 |
| Tuscarora | $42.00 |
| Tyrone | $15.00 |
| Watts | $15.00 |
| Wheatfield | $15.00 |
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