Houston Land Records in Old Chester County, PA

Contents 1 Source 2 Regional Map 3 Sadsbury 4 Lebanon 5 Little Conewago 6 Conodogquinet 7 McQuiston's 8 Juanita 9 Conococheague 10 Other 11 Blunston

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Source

From: PA Archives

Land Warrants registered mostly in Cumberland and Lancaster County 1750 to about 1775. Warrants recorded after about 1775 are not formally included here, though some have been added on a case by case basis. Many of the warrants listed were for land which now lies outside of the boundaries of modern Cumberland and Lancaster Counties. Included in this data set are entries for both Huston, Houston, and McCuiston. Other variations, such as Howstone and Hewston, etc., were rarely encountered, but have been captured when recognized. The data has been organized by somewhat arbitrary groupings derived (for the most part) from the watersheds within which the parcels were located. The Accompanying regional maps attempts to show the (very) approximate location of parcels for various persons, as far as they can be ascertained. Comparable data is not as readily available for the Maryland and Delaware portions of Old Chester. We are in the process of matching the color coding between the table and the map. Currently, only some of the "Dots" on the map have a color corresponding well with the colors shown in the table.

Regional Map

Sadsbury

Sadsbury and the Gap
Warantee	Date	Location	Patent Date	Patentee	Survey	Note Click image to see larger view
William Huston	1734	Sadsbury, [on a branch of] Octoraro Creek. [Williams Run, near Christiana, now West Sadsbury]	1812	Jacob Kern et al	C125:130
John Hewston	1737	Br Octoraro Creek, West Sadsbury	-	-	-	Not taken up
Samuel Houston	1738	Sadsbury	-	-	-	Not taken up
John Houston	1742	Sadsbury, [a branch of the Octoraro]	1945	ML and CR Hassell	A53-189
John Hueston	1743	Sadsbury	1743	John Hueston	C76:16 (appears to be in error, wrong survey page no. given in warrant register	Probably the Gap
John Huston	1754	Sadsbury, [land on "the Gap Road", south side of Pequea Creek, adjacent to other land of John Huston]	1755	John Huston	C76:160

Lebanon

Little Conewago

Little Conewago in York county
Warantee	Date	Location	Patent Date	Patentee	Survey	Note Click image to see larger view
John Hueston	1748	On [east side of Little] Conewago Creek WS of Susquehannah R. [York County]	1772	Joseph Polk Jr	C76:46

Conodogquinet

Houston's of the Lower Conodoguinet
Warrant Link	Year	Location	Patentee	Patent Year	Survey Link	Thumb Click image to see larger view
Samuel Houston	1752	E. Pennsboro Twp	Samuel Houston	1761	A51:220	Person:Samuel Huston (5)
James Huston	1772	E. Pennsboro Twp[1]	Adam Orth	1783	C84-49	Person:James Huston (15)
Christopher Huston	1744	Pennsboro in Blue Mt, [Silver Spring Twp], Canodoguinet	1837	Jacob Rupp[2]	C101:55	person:Christopher Huston (2)
James Silver	1744	E. Pennsboro TP when surveyed, original part of Lancaster County, Includes the Silvers Spring Meeting House tract; Adj. Land owners: James Huston, Heirs of Robert Callender, Revt. John Hoge	Adam Orth	1783	[B4-209

McQuiston's

Juanita

Juniata Basin Hustons
Warrant Link	Year	Location	Patentee	Patent Year	Survey Link	Thumb Click image to see larger view
William Huston	1755	SS Sherman Creek, near Barren Hill, [Tyboine Township]	Armstrong/Patterson	1812/1825	C85:64; C90:154 C90:159
William Huston	1755	Cedar Spring Nr? Juniata R	Robert Nelson	1776	C:298	Juniata Hustons
Robert Huston	1762	W Br. Licking Creek, tributary of the Juaniata, Millford Township, Mifflin County	Benjamin Kepler	1788	C93:56
John Huston	1755	Nr. Juniata R., Fermanagh TP then Cumberland Co	Robert Hays	1790	C75:276

Conococheague

Conocheague Watershed, Franklin County
Warantee	Date	Location	Patent Date	Patentee	Survey	Thumb Click image to see larger view
Joseph Houston	1762	Letterkenny Twp	William Houston	1812	T:18
John Huston	1744	[Montgomery Twp formerly Antrim, Lancaster]	1787	James Huston	C75-97
James Huston	?	[Montgomery Twp formerly Antrim, Lancaster]	1767	Huston	A73-102
David Huston	1737	Hopewell Twp, ws Conococheague Creek [Franklin County]	vacated	-	-	Conococheague Houston's
John Houston	1742	Antrim	1945	MR and CL Hassell	A53-79
Archibald Heaston	1744	Antrim (adjacent lands of John/James, and David Huston]	1789	David Huston	C75:200
John Huston	1752	Peters Twp	James Houston	1788	C75:95
David Huston	1762	Peters Twp	David Huston	1788	C75:96
John Huston	1762	PetersTwp	James Huston	1788	C75:93

Other

Blunston

A single Houston (David Huston) appears in the Index to the Blunston Licenses. This is most likely David Huston who settled on the Conochogeaue Creek in what eventaully became Franklin County.