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Pennsylvania Warrant Township Maps

Published 12 Feb 2010

I’m always looking for new ways to research my family. Living in New England, I’m a long way away from sources of Pennsylvania information. So, I especially love to find FREE sources of information ONLINE. The Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission and State Archives usually have something good.

Jacob Hoover's German twp property

Jacob Hoover's German Township property

In the past I’ve used the online Pennsylvania Warrant records and Patent indexes and the Copied Survey books to find surveys for land my ancestor settled. On my most recent visit to the site, I noticed that they’ve added PDF files of the Warrantee Township Maps.

These show the all the original land purchases within the context of the present-day townships. You can see your ancestors property in and amongst their neighbors. The map also provides the name of warrantee, name of patentee, number of acres, name of tract, and dates of warrant, survey and patent. It makes a nice summary and geographical index of the warrant/patent information of each township.

Please remember that the townships are shown by present-day boundaries. I spent some time looking in the townships referred to in the surveys I’ve obtained. Several townships later, I finally found what I was looking for. So, make sure you look in the current township.

While you can download these file to view, you can’t print them. However, if you’re interested in getting a paper copy, you can purchase one from the archives.

Drop me a reply and let me know what you find!

I’ve started adding indices I’ve been creating for townships maps online. The are available as PDF files.

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  1. Jim Bohrman
    Jim Bohrman
    19 Jun 2010 at 9:29 pm | | Reply

    Can’t find the Manheim Township file for Schuylkill County then Berks County

    1. Kris
      Kris
      24 Jun 2010 at 6:17 pm | | Reply

      Jim, it may not have been created. The townships listed look to me to all be in the northeastern half of the county. Here’s what the PHMC says on the site:

      Warrantee maps have been produced ONLY for the specific townships in the counties listed in the links above. When the Land Office began fashioning these useful tools, there was no “master plan” governing which townships were mapped and which were not. Initially, maps were created for counties in which there was a great interest in the original warrantees and patentees, such as Lancaster and Dauphin. The northern tier counties were also mapped because they were deemed to be easier to fabricate, having primarily rectangular tracts of similar sizes. Other township maps were created because their particular county or region was a favorite of a specific Land Office worker. The map project ended in the mid-1990s, with no new warrantee township maps presently being produced by the State Archives.

      So, if it’s not listed, it most likely was never created. Sorry.

  2. Randy Seaver
    Randy Seaver
    12 Feb 2010 at 6:53 pm | | Reply

    Excellent tip, Kris. I blogged about it for my own patentee.

    Thanks for the lead! — Randy Seaver

    1. Kris
      Kris
      13 Feb 2010 at 5:15 pm | | Reply

      Thanks for the nod, Randy on your blog posting!

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