Miscellaneous manuscript records of Northampton County, Pennsylvania, 1727-1851
Authors
Format
Microfilm 35mm
Language
English
Publication Date
1948
Publisher
Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah
Place of Publication
Salt Lake City, Utah
Physical
2 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
Notes
Parts of Carbon (1843), Lehigh (1812), Monroe (1836), and Schuylkill (1811) counties were later set off from Northampton County.
The manuscripts consist of many letters, court and civil documents.
Although the indexes give page numbers, those numbers are not visible in the record.
Some manuscripts are in German.
Microfilm of original records at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
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Film/Digital Notes
| Note | Location | Collection/Shelf | Format | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1727-1758; index; (partial contents): Indian deed, descriptions and maps of lands and for whom surveyed, list of citizens requesting a constable (commissioner, etc.) be appointed, citizens requesting townships be formed, accounts of wages paid to workmen | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21680 Item 1 | 4035645 | |
| 1757-1767, index, (partial contents): journal of a military patrol for 2 months, list of surveys done 1753-1759, roads laid out, inventory from William Parson's estate, account of a trial, indentures of land, petitions for roads, petitions to keep an inn | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21680 Item 3 | 4035645 | |
| 1767-1778 [i.e. 1785], 1807-1809; index, (partial contents): petitions for roads, land problems, Grand Jury indictments into various assaults, some civil court cases, list of tavernkeepers in 1773 and 1778, petitions for tavern licenses, military list of | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21680 Item 4 | 4035645 | |
| Cash book 1754-1770 (cash paid by county to various people); Day book 1754-1755 | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21680 Item 2 | 4035645 | |
| 1778-1793; index, (partial contents): Grand Jury indictments 1778-1797, lists of slaves in Easton (1780) and other places, tax assessments for 1783 (by township), petitions for roads, lists of overseers of the poor and supervisors of highways, maps of roads laid out, cases of horse stealing and assaults, petitions to divide or not divide townships | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21681 Item 1 | 4035644 | |
| 1798-1811, index, (partial contents): petitions for roads and to keep roads in repair, Grand Jury indictments, land surveys and maps, commissions granted in 1791-1799, list of warrantees and lands, list of people who do not want the county divided, tax assessments in 1801 and 1811 (by township), petition to divide Rainfield Township, maps showing boundaries of several townships, election returns | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21681 Item 2 | 4035644 | |
| Bethlehem and vicinity (including Nazareth) 1741-1849; index, (partial contents): commissary accounts 1756, deeds for land in Pennsborough Township in Cumberland County; tax assessment 1773-1774, 1786; plan to divide Bethlehem Township, horse and cattle b | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21681 Item 4 | 4035644 | |
| Bethlehem and vicinity; (partial contents): men, women, children at Nazareth, Gnadensal, Friedenssal in 1752; map of lands at Bethlehem; list of children in the nursery at Nazareth in 1758 (includes birthdates); map and boundaries of Nazareth; map and la | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21681 Item 3 | 4035644 |
| Note | Location | Collection/Shelf | Film | Image Group Number (DGS) | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1727-1758; index; (partial contents): Indian deed, descriptions and maps of lands and for whom surveyed, list of citizens requesting a constable (commissioner, etc.) be appointed, citizens requesting townships be formed, accounts of wages paid to workmen | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21680 Item 1 | 4035645 | |
| 1757-1767, index, (partial contents): journal of a military patrol for 2 months, list of surveys done 1753-1759, roads laid out, inventory from William Parson's estate, account of a trial, indentures of land, petitions for roads, petitions to keep an inn | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21680 Item 3 | 4035645 | |
| 1767-1778 [i.e. 1785], 1807-1809; index, (partial contents): petitions for roads, land problems, Grand Jury indictments into various assaults, some civil court cases, list of tavernkeepers in 1773 and 1778, petitions for tavern licenses, military list of | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21680 Item 4 | 4035645 | |
| Cash book 1754-1770 (cash paid by county to various people); Day book 1754-1755 | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21680 Item 2 | 4035645 | |
| 1778-1793; index, (partial contents): Grand Jury indictments 1778-1797, lists of slaves in Easton (1780) and other places, tax assessments for 1783 (by township), petitions for roads, lists of overseers of the poor and supervisors of highways, maps of roads laid out, cases of horse stealing and assaults, petitions to divide or not divide townships | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21681 Item 1 | 4035644 | |
| 1798-1811, index, (partial contents): petitions for roads and to keep roads in repair, Grand Jury indictments, land surveys and maps, commissions granted in 1791-1799, list of warrantees and lands, list of people who do not want the county divided, tax assessments in 1801 and 1811 (by township), petition to divide Rainfield Township, maps showing boundaries of several townships, election returns | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21681 Item 2 | 4035644 | |
| Bethlehem and vicinity (including Nazareth) 1741-1849; index, (partial contents): commissary accounts 1756, deeds for land in Pennsborough Township in Cumberland County; tax assessment 1773-1774, 1786; plan to divide Bethlehem Township, horse and cattle b | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21681 Item 4 | 4035644 | |
| Bethlehem and vicinity; (partial contents): men, women, children at Nazareth, Gnadensal, Friedenssal in 1752; map of lands at Bethlehem; list of children in the nursery at Nazareth in 1758 (includes birthdates); map and boundaries of Nazareth; map and la | FamilySearch Library | United States & Canada B1 Floor Film | 21681 Item 3 | 4035644 |
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