Warrantees of Land in the County of Huntingdon, 1787-1889 Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Judy Banja (jbanja@email.msn.com) USGENWEB NOTICE: Printing this file by non-commercial individuals and libraries is encouraged, as long as all notices and submitter information is included. Any other use, including copying files to other sites requires permission from the submitters PRIOR to uploading to any other sites. We encourage links to the state and county table of contents. ____________________________________________________________ Here is an explanation of the meaning of "Land Warrants". This information was obtained from the Indiana County, Pa Archive section. (http://files.usgwarchives.net/pa/indiana/land/land.txt) Land warrants were the first document issued to a person who wanted to obtain land from the state. A land warrant gave the applicant permission to have the land surveyed. When the survey was returned to the state with a fee, a patent was issued to the individual. There can be many years between the issuing of a warrant and the issuing of a patent, and it may not have been issued to the same person. A patent is the equivalent of a deed between the state and an individual. All land transfers after a patent was issued would be by deed. Most deeds (but not all) were recorded in the county courthouse of the county that had jurisdiction at the time the deed was recorded. This may be the current county, but it could also be any of the parent counties for a particular location. Some deeds were never recorded, and some may have been recorded much later than the date of the deed, some more than 100 years later. Copies of the original documents are available through the PA State Archives in Harrisburg. In most cases, the documents do not include the signature of the person warranting the land. Many of the warrants include the year the land was first settled (listed as the date when interest was to start, almost always on March first). This, however, may not be the date the the warrantee settled on the land if the land had changed hands before a warrant was applied for. Name Acres Date of Survey Travis, William 200 January 4, 1788 Thomas, Samuel 100 June 24, 1788 Thomas, Samuel 150 June 24, 1788 Taylor, William 100 February 7, 1789 Tudor, Benjamin 230 February 29, 1789 Titus, Peter 100 January 14, 1790 Tiptan, Shadrack 30 January 28, 1790 Taylor, John 400 July 27, 1792 Taylor, John 400 August 3, 1792 Trissler, David 400 December 21, 1792 Thomas, Philip 400 December 21, 1792 Tolbert, Levi 400 December 21, 1792 Trissler, John 400 December 21, 1792 Thomas, Richard 400 December 21, 1792 Taylor, John 300 December 22, 1792 Taylor, John 400 December 24, 1792 Taylor, John 400 January 12,1793 Taggart, David 400 January 2, 1793 Turner, Daniel 400 January 16, 1793 Thomas, Richard 400 March 26, 1793 Tybout, Andrew 400 April 17, 1793 Trissler, John 400 May 3, 1793 Titsworth, John 400 May 3, 1793 Tower, James 400 May 3, 1793 Torbet, Samuel 400 May 3,1793 Thomas, Joseph 400 June 17,1793 Trissler, John 400 June 17, 1793 Thomas, Philip 400 June 17, 1793 Townsend, John F. 400 January 14, 1794 Turner, Daniel 400 January 18, 1794 Thacken, Andrew 400 January 18, 1794 Town, Thomas 400 January 18, 1794 Thacken, Joseph 400 January 18, 1794 Talman, George 400 January 21, 1794 Tratter, William 400 January 21, 1794 Tybout, Andrew 400 January 21, 1794 Troutwin, William 400 January 21, 1794 Thomas, John 400 January 24, 1794 Thomas, Richard 400 January 24, 1794 Turner, Daniel 400 January 28, 1794 Tilton, William 400 January 28, 1794 Tybout, Andrew 400 January 31, 1794 Turner, Daniel 400 January 29, 1794 Turner, Hannah 400 January 29, 1794 Turner, Daniel 400 March 5, 1794 Truman, George 400 March 7, 1794 Turner, James 400 March 13, 1794 Turner, Daniel 400 March 13, 1794 Turner, Hannah 400 March 13, 1794 Taylor, John 400 March 22, 1794 Thompson, Peter 400 March 22, 1794 Tanner, Hugh 400 March 24, 1794 Taylor, Jacob 400 June 2, 1794 Taylor, John 400 June 2, 1794 Taylor, Edward 400 June 2, 1794 Tickeshoff, Martin 100 September 5, 1794 Tanner, Margaret 100 September 18, 1794 Thompson, Peter 300 December 22, 1794 Taylor, Samuel 400 February 2, 1796 Taylor, Samuel 100 February 13, 1796 Taylor, Samuel 300 September 15, 1796 Thompson, Isaac 75 January 24, 1797 Taylor, Samuel 125 February 7, 1797 Turner, Daniel 125 February 8, 1799 Taylor, Henry 125 January 30, 1800 Taylor, John 125 January 30, 1800 Taylor, Sample 125 January 30, 1800 Taylor, Robert 125 January 30, 1800 Thompson, William 300 June 10, 1802 Travis, John 33.60 January 16, 1806 Thompson, Reese 100 April 6, 1813 Thompson, George 80 March 18, 1815 Thompson, James 164.8 July 10, 1816 Taylor, James 50 June 2, 1818 Taylor, James 20 June 2, 1818 Thompson, James 3 September 11, 1820 Taylor, Wm. 300 October 14, 1820 Taylor, Mathew, Jr. 80 November 9, 1826 Teague, Daniel 73 March 19, 1827 Thompson, George 25 February 18, 1833 Thompson, George 24 April 30, 1833 Thompson, Alexander 12 May 16, 1833 Thompson, George 20 March 25, 1834 Thompson, James 50 September 14, 1835 Tolin, Peter 20 February 23, 1837 Teague, Daniel, & wife 93.157 May 26, 1837 Taylor, James 200 July 24, 1837 Tague, Jonathan 15 December 2, 1839 Taylor, Mathew 9 July 27, 1842 Trexler, Reuben, Ex. 150 March 25, 1845 Trexler, Reuben 300 March 25, 1845 Trexler, Reuben, Ex. 50 March 25, 1845 Thompson, Robert 100 December 2, 1848 Terrell, John 40 September 13, 1852 Thompson, Elliot C. 80 April 14, 1853 Truman, Mathew 122 March 30, 1855 Truman, Mathew 36 February 25, 1861 Thompson, Samuel W. 168 March 19, 1861 Taylor, Henry, Ex. 200 April 7, 1866 Taylor, Henry 100 April 7, 1866 Taylor, Henry 150 May 28, 1868 Taylor, Henry 40 August 3, 1868 Thompson, John 68 October 10, 1870 Thomas, John W. 20 May 26, 1871 Thompson, Wm. M. 190 May 29, 1873 Vanwender, Peter 3 June 24, 1788 Vizard, Susanna 100 February 4, 1790 Vaneman, John 120 June 6, 1791 Vaughn, John 400 July 27, 1792 Vaughn, John 400 August 3, 1792 Vancampen, James 400 February 4, 1793 Vanderslice, Henry 400 May 3, 1793 Vanapt, John 400 January 21, 1794 Vanuop, John 400 January 28, 1794 Uncles, John 400 February 21, 1794 Vance, John 400 March 15, 1794 Van Court, Moses 400 April 11, 1794 Underwood, Robert 100 June 3, 1794 Vandevanter, Peter 100 June 6, 1794 Vandike, John 400 September 1, 1794 Vandorn, Jacob 400 September 1, 1794 Vaughn, Nicholas 100 March 11, 1831 Vandevander, Isaac 50 October 17, 1837 Vaugh, Robt., Jr., Ex. 50 May 6, 1840 Vandevander, John 50 November 28, 1854 Wilson, Jacob 188 ½ November 27, 1787 Wilson, Hugh 300 March 14, 1788 Walk, Michael 150 March 19, 1789 Warren, Thomas 300 June 11, 1789 Wells, Richard 400 September 30, 1789 Westan, John 105 July 1, 1791 Westan, John, Sen’r. 101.120 July 5, 1791 Weaver, Jacob, Jr. 200 July 8, 1791 Weaver, Jacob 200 July 8, 1791 Whyte, William 50 April 3, 1792 Walker, John 50 June 9, 1792 Woolaston, Ebenezer 50 June 11, 1792 Westan, John 10 June 11, 1792 West, John 400 July 27, 1792 West, Francis 400 July 27, 1792 West, Wm. H. 400 July 27, 1792 West, Francis 400 August 3, 1792 West, Benjamin 400 August 3, 1792 Wilson, George 200 September 5, 1792 Wilson, George 200 September 5, 1792 Wertz, John 100 September 11, 1792 Wilson, George, Esq. & 100 September 24, 1792 Co. Wilson, George, Esq. & 100 September 24, 1792 Jos. Bener Wilson, John 50 December 17, 1792 Walker, Jonathan 400 December 21, 1792 Wilson, William 400 December 21, 1792 Wilson, Benjamin 400 December 21, 1792 Withington, Martin 400 December 21, 1792 Williams, Daniel, Jr. 400 December 17, 1792 West, Benjamin F. 400 December 24, 1792 Willing, Thomas L. 400 December 24, 1792 West, John 400 December 24, 1792 Witmer, Abraham 400 December 24, 1792 Wilson, Robert 400 December 24, 1792 West, John 400 January 2, 1793 West, Francis 400 January 2, 1793 West, Benjamin F. 400 January 2, 1793 Weitzel, George 400 January 8, 1793 Weitzel, Paul 400 January 8, 1793 Wistor, William 400 January 8, 1793 Wilson, James 400 January 8, 1793 Weitzel, Jacob 400 January 8, 1793 Witmer, Abraham 400 January 16,1793 Witmer, John 400 January 16, 1793 Weaver, Adam 400 January 16, 1793 Witmer, David 400 January 16, 1793 Witmer, Daniel 400 January 16,1793 White, Mich’l. & 400 January 19, 1793 Rachel White, Abraham 400 January 19, 1793 Wycoff, David 400 January 29, 1793 Whitehead, Richard 400 January 31, 1793 Whitehead, Robert 400 January 31, 1793 Williams, Joseph 400 February 4, 1793 Wilson, James 150 February 5, 1793 Whitehead, Richard 400 February 5, 1793 White, Mathew 400 February 21, 1793 Warren, Robert 200 March 25, 1793 Witmer, Abraham 400 March 26, 1793 Wilson, Benjamin 400 March 26 ,1793 Webb, Isaac, Jr. 400 March 27, 1793 Weaver, Joshua 400 March 27, 1793 Webb, Isaac 400 March 27, 1793 Webb, Abner 400 March 27, 1793 Woodward, Caleb 400 March 27, 1793 Woodward, Joshua 400 March 27, 1793 Webb, William 400 March 27, 1793 Waln, Jesse 400 April 17, 1793 Waln, Robert 400 April 17, 1793 Wall, John 400 April 17, 1793 Witmer, Daniel 400 May 3, 1793 Weidle, John 400 May 3, 1793 Watson, John 400 May 3, 1793 Wallis, Joseph J. 400 May 3, 1793 Woolf, Henry 400 May 3, 1793 Witmer, Benjamin 400 May 3, 1793 Witmer, Henry 400 May 3, 1793 Witmer, Abraham 400 May 3, 1793 Wright, John 400 May 3, 1793 White, John 400 May 3, 1793 Wilson, William 400 May 3, 1793 Walker, Jonathan 400 May 3, 1793 Wethington, Martin 400 May 3, 1793 Weitzel, John 400 May 3, 1793 Ward, Sarah 400 May 16, 1793 Warton, Thomas P. 400 May 16, 1793 Wallis, Joseph 400 May 16, 1793 Wescott, George 400 May 16, 1793 Wister, Wm. 400 May 16, 1793 Wharton, Kearney 400 May 16, 1793 Wharton, Robert 400 May 16, 1793 Wharton, Robert 400 May 16, 1793 Ward, Susanna 400 May 16, 1793 Wilson, William 400 May 16, 1793 Whelen, Israel 400 May 16, 1793 Wharton, Moore 400 May 16, 1793 Wharton, Thos. P. 400 May 16, 1793 Westcett, George 400 May 16, 1793 Weaver, Adam 400 June 17, 1793 Witmer, Daniel 400 June 17, 1793 Witmer, John 400 June 17, 1793 Weitzel, Jacob 400 June 17, 1793 Wharton, Joseph 400 June 17, 1793 Witmer, Abraham 400 June 17, 1793 Wright, George 100 June 18, 1793 Wilson, John 400 June 28, 1793 Wilson, Robert 400 July 6, 1793 Way, Caleb 200 July 8, 1793 Wood, Jacob 400 September 2, 1793 Walker, Jonathan, Esq. 100 December 9, 1793 Wells, George 400 December 18, 1793 Wells, Samuel 400 December 18, 1793 Williamson, James 200 January 14, 1794 Wells, Gedian Hill 400 January 15, 1794 West, William 400 January 18,1794 Watson, John 400 January 18, 1794 Williams, Joshua 400 January 18, 1794 Weice, George 400 January 21, 1794 Will, William 400 January 21, 1794 Whitehead, Richard 400 January 21, 1794 Wellspert, George 400 January 21, 1794 Wilson, Benjamin 400 January 24, 1794 Wolf, Lewis 400 January 28,1794 Will, William 400 January 28, 1794 Wager, Philip 400 January 28, 1794 Welsh, Joseph 400 January 29, 1794 Wright, Thomas 300 January 29, 1794 Wager, Philip 400 January 31, 1794 Westco, Mathias 400 February 1, 1794 Westco, Philip 400 February 1, 1794 Weidner, Jacob 400 February 1, 1794 Weidner, John 400 February 1, 1794 Withington, Martin 400 February 1, 1794 Withington, Peter 400 February 1, 1794 Wampole, Isaac 400 February 13, 1794 Walker, John 100 February 13, 1794 Walker, James 400 February 21, 1794 Walker, James 300 February 21, 1794 Walker, Samuel 400 February 21, 1794 Warton, Samuel 400 February 21, 1794 Warton, Henry 400 February 21, 1794 Work, John 400 February 25, 1794 Watson, Robert 400 February 25, 1794 Watson, William 400 February 25, 1794 West, James 400 February 25, 1794 Watson, James 400 February 25, 1794 West, Henry 400 February 25, 1794 Watson, John 400 February 25,1794 Weaver, George 400 March 1, 1794 Wilson, William 334 March 5, 1794 West, Philip 400 March 7, 1794 West, Peter 400 March 7, 1794 West, Duncan 400 March 7, 1794 West, Daniel 400 March 7, 1794 West, David 400 March 7, 1794 West, Nicholas 400 March 7, 1794 West, Jonathan 400 March 7, 1794 West, Andrew 400 March 7, 1794 West, Jeremiah 400 March 7, 1794 West, James 400 March 7, 1794 West, Aaron 400 March 7, 1794 West, Tabas 400 March 7, 1794 West, John 400 March 7, 1794 West, Adam 400 March 7, 1794 West, Angus 400 March 7, 1794 West, Joseph 400 March 7, 1794 West, Azariah 400 March 7, 1794 Webb, Joseph 400 March 10, 1794 Wager, Philip 400 March 10, 1794 Whitehead, Richard 400 March 13, 1794 Williams, Polly 400 March 13, 1794 Wilson, William 400 March 13, 1794 Wilson, William 400 March 13, 1794 Welsh, Joseph 400 March 13, 1794 White, John 400 March 15, 1794 Wright, Abraham, Jr. 50 March 22, 1794 Wright, Neomi 400 March 22, 1794 Wright, Abraham 400 March 22, 1794 Wilson, George 100 March 26, 1794 Wager, Philip 400 March 31, 1794 Wilson, Peter 400 March 31, 1794 Wampole, Isaac 400 March 31, 1794 Wagoner, Peter 400 March 31, 1794 Webb, Joseph 400 March 31, 1794 Wheler, Samuel 200 April 4, 1794 Wetstone, Maria 400 April 10, 1794 Wetstone, Solomon 400 April 10, 1794 Wetstone, Jacob 400 April 10, 1794 Webb, Samuel 400 April 10, 1794 Wetstone, Isaac 400 April 10, 1794 Wetstone, John 400 April 10, 1794 Wilson, Thomas 400 May 8, 1794 Wilson, Levy 400 May 8, 1794 Wests, Peter 400 June 2, 1794 Weaver, Jacob 400 June 2, 1794 Wheler, Wm. 400 June 14, 1794 Wright, Abraham 400 June 14, 1794 Wright, William 300 January 2, 1795 Wright, William & Jno. 285 January 13, 1795 Harrett Wright, John 400 June 8, 1795 Wallace, James 400 December 14, 1796 Warts, John 135.151 April 1, 1796 Weaver, Jacob, Sen’r. 116 January 4, 1797 Whelen, Israel 400 March 15, 1797 Widdows, Peter 400 March 15, 1797 Wilson, Benjamin 400 March 15, 1797 Walker, Simon 300 March 27, 1797 Walker, Simon 300 March 27, 1797 Walker, Simon 300 March 15, 1798 Whert, Herman 300 December 11, 1798 Wilson, William 400 March 8, 1799 Wilson, William, Jr. 400 March 8, 1799 Wilson, Margaret 400 March 8, 1799 Whiteman, Nancy 400 March 8, 1799 Whiteman, Hannah 400 March 8, 1799 Whiteman, John 400 March 8, 1799 Whiteman, Hetty 400 March 8, 1799 Wilson, William 300 March 18, 1799 Wilson, William 50 June 11, 1799 Wilson, Robert 101 March 19, 1802 Waganer, Christian 200 March 21, 1803 Witmer, Abraham, Esq. 313.113 June 6, 1803 Whereham, John 300 September 5, 1803 Wilson, George 120 February 6, 1806 Watson, William 100 February 25, 1808 Wheeler, Samuel 100 August 20, 1810 Wharton, Samuel 100 February 2, 1811 Wymert, Valentine 400 December 10, 1811 Wilson, George 170 September 17, 1812 Wilson, Thomas 100 September 10, 1813 Walker, Jonathan, Esq. 375 April 19, 1814 & Henry Hoshell Walker, Jonathan, Esq. 240 April 30, 1814 Walker, John, Jr. 150 July 18, 1814 Walker, John, Sen’r. 200 July 18, 1814 White, Jacob 72 August 24, 1814 Wason, Robert, Jr. 150 August 24, 1814 Williams, Williams S. 20 November 24, 1814 Whittaker, John 60 December 9, 1814 Wallace, Michael 25 December 17, 1814 Williams, W. S. 40 February 1, 1815 Wrag, Robt. & M. Kelly 400 March 14, 1815 Williamson, Hiram 13 August 23, 1815 White, Anthony 159 January 3, 1816 Wolf, Jacob 60 September 26, 1816 Wilson, Nathaniel 60 October 14, 1817 Wason, Robert 323 November 26, 1817 Wiley, John 250 January 20, 1818 White, George 100 April 27, 1819 White, John 50 April 27, 1819 Wishart, David, Dr. 137 March 20, 1821 Watters, John 90 March 15, 1822 Warchum, John & 100.47 March 22, 1826 Mich’l., Ex. Of Geo. Worchum, dec. Woodburn, William 10 May 18, 1827 Wharton, Henry 300 May 30, 1827 Wolf, Jacob 60 October 5, 1829 Ward, John 250 January 4, 1831 Watters, John 50 March 11, 1831 Watt, Hugh 100 March 14, 1834 Wolverton, William 40 April 2, 1835 Weistling, John S., 100 August 31, 1835 Ex. Wilson, Thomas 341 October 15, 1835 Wallace, Michael, Ex. 400 January 23, 1837 Weistling, John S. 400 February 6, 1837 Watson, Samuel 150 July 3, 1837 Wathet, Sarah 180 May 28, 1837 Wagoner, Wm., Ex. 130 June 8, 1837 Walker, Thomas 20 December 3, 1839 Weston, Thomas 5 December 11, 1839 Weston, Thomas 10 March 19, 1840 Witherow, John 170 March 29, 1841 Welch, David, & Wm. M. 173.65 June 22, 1841 Wagoner, William 33 November 1, 1841 Wright, Abraham 35 June 17, 1842 Wilson, A. P. & Wm. 230 September 13, 1842 Davis Wilson, A. P. & Wm. 50 October 19, 1842 Davis Witherow, John, adm’r. 300 October 9, 1846 of John Ramsey, dec. Witherow, John, adm’r. 295 October 9, 1846 of John Ramsey, dec. Wyant, Jacob 6 December 7, 1849 Wigton, Isett, & Co. 200 March 17, 1851 Waganor, Abraham 100 February 1, 1853 Weaver, William 140 May 19, 1857 Wogan, William, Ex. 74 August 24, 1857 Wagoner, Mary 12 September 2, 1862 Walls, John 3 ½ Mary 18, 1863 Wilson, J. K. 6 May 27, 1865 Waters, Solomon B. 23 June 13, 1865 Wilson, Wm. H. 40 August 29, 1865 Young, Benjamin 400 December 21, 1792 Young, Mathias 400 January 16, 1793 Yeidler, Thomas 400 January 16, 1793 Yoner, Jacob 400 May 3, 1793 Young, Mathias 400 May 3, 1793 Young, Benjamin F. 400 May 3, 1793 Young, Samuel 400 May 3, 1793 Young, Samuel, Jr. 400 May 3, 1793 Young, Mathias 400 June 17, 1793 Yoder, Isaac 200 December 17, 1793 Yards, Wm. 400 January 18, 1794 Yards, Wm. 400 January 21, 1794 Young, John 400 January 28, 1794 Yoner, Jacob 400 February 1, 1794 Young, John 400 March 1, 1794 Young, Stacy 400 March 1, 1794 Young, Wm. 300 March 19, 1796 Young, Robert 250 March 15, 1816 Young, Joseph 200 January 16, 1837 Youse, George 173 July 10, 1837 Yoder, Daniel, Ex. 100 March 5, 1838 Yocum, Jesse L. 50 February 12, 1864 Zantzinger, Paul 300 January 2, 1788 Zantzinger, Paul 400 January 16, 1793 Zantzinger, Paul 400 May 3, 1793 Zantzinger, Paul 400 June 17, 1793 Zumaster, Adam 400 February 1, 1794 Zook, Christian Y., 70 January 19, 1870 Ex.