Pennsylvania Land Applications

Full Title: Pennsylvania Land Applications, Vol 2: New Purchase Applications, 1769-1773

Kenneth D. McCrea, Ph.D

This book includes information from 3,855 land applications that have never before been published.  The New Purchase Applications were for land purchased from the Indians in 1768 through the Treaty of Fort Stanwix.

Often overlooked or ignored by genealogists, records of land transactions frequently provide valuable clues to family relationships, social status, and stage of life. Land records enable researchers to better understand the lives and communities of their ancestors. The area of Pennsylvania covered by the New Purchase formed a strip across the State from the Southwest corner to the Northeast corner. It included all or part of 26 of the 67 present-day counties in Pennsylvania. At the time of the purchase, the new land was annexed to the existing counties of Cumberland, Berks and Northampton. Illustrations.