Washington County, Pennsylvania Genealogy

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County Courthouse
1 South Main St. Washington, PA 15301 (724) 228-6787

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History
Named for General George Washington of the American Revolutionary War.

Parent County
28 March 1781: Washington County was created from Westmoreland County.

Boundary Changes
Note: Washington County was claimed by both Virginia and Pennsylvania until the Mason-Dixon Line was finalized in 1767.


 * 27 Jan 1750: Part of Cumberland County.
 * 9 March 1771: Became part of Bedford County when it was was erected.
 * 26 January 1773: The future county became part of Westmoreland County.
 * 24 September 1788: Allegheny County set off.
 * 9 February 1796: Greene County set off.
 * 12 March 1800: Beaver County set off.

Neighboring Counties
Allegheny | Beaver | Fayette | Greene | Westmoreland | West Virginia counties: Brooke | Hancock | Marshall | Ohio

Family Histories

 * [Walton] Walton, John. "Job Walton of Fleming County, Kentucky," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 52, No. 1 (Mar. 1964):15-24. 973 B2ng v. 52

Land

 * Ancestor Tracks has published Early Landowners of Pennsylvania: Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Washington County which contains all of the Township Warrantee Maps on file at the Pennsylvania Archives in Harrisburg. thus pinpointing the location of the earliest landowners of the county. Each Township Warrantee Map was painstakingly platted by draftsmen from the original warrants, surveys, and patents of the first settlers of the county within its current boundaries.

Local Histories

 * History of Washington County : from its first settlement to the present time ... 1870 by Alfred Creigh. Digitized book online from archive.org.
 * History of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, 1882, by Boyd Crumrine. Digitized book online from archive.org. Transcription from chartiers.com.
 * Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens...1893, by J. H. Beers. Volume 1 Transcription from chartiers.com.
 * 20th Century History of the City of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and representative citizens, 1910 by Joseph Fulton McFarland, 2 volumes. Digitized book online from archive.org:  Volume 1   Volume 2
 * Some pioneers of Washington County, Pa. A family history, 1902 by Francis Smith Reeder. Digitized book online from archive.org.
 * A century of education; or, The history of the schools of Burgettstown, Washington County, Pennsylvania, for one hundred years, 1898, by William Melvin. Digitized book online at archive.org.

Societies and Libraries

 * Genealogical Society of Southwestern Pennsylvania
 * Washington County Historical Society
 * Western Pennsylvania Genealogical Society

Web Sites

 * Linkpendium - Washington County
 * USGenWeb project