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Source
The following data are Houston/Huston land records for Old Washington County, PA, as taken from Pennsylvania State Archives March 2010.
Introduction
The Washington County area was at various times part of Chester, Lancaster, and Cumberland Counties. The area was also claimed by Virginia, and not ceded to Pennsylvania until 1781. The diagram below gives a snapshot at about 1780, of some of the polities involved in the evolution of Pennsylvania county and state borders.
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PA polities in 1780 |
Modern Washington County Townships |
Original Washington County Townships |
Data
| Warrant | Warranted | Returned | Patentee | Survey Record | Location[1] | Thumb[2]
| | Joseph Houston
| 1784 | 1836 | Samuel Stokley | C94-203 | Fayette County, Moseley's Run, a branch of Wheelers Creek, Called Huston's Delight
| | James Houston
| 1785 | 1791 | John Wolfe | C74_151 | Mountours Run,Tract known as "Wolffs Tract"; Allegheny County (NE of Modern Washington County, in Moon Township, near modern Pittsburgh International Airport)
| Warrant Map Allegheny County
| | James Huston | 1785 | 1787 | Warrantee | A59-223 | Chartier Township, [on Catfish Creek a tributary of] Chirtier's (sic) Creek, called "Difficulty" | 
| | William Huston | 1785 | 1786 | Warrantee | C84-197 | Chartier Township; Chirtiers (sic) Creek, [on Catfish Creek; known as Huston's Pleasure] |  William Huston (9)
| | John Huston | 1785 | 1788 | Warrantee | C-335 (?) | Chartier Township; Index number for survey is not correct. Patent index for this parcel indicates parcel known by "Target". Warranted 6 Dec 1785, surveyed, 15 Apr 1788, returned 20 May 1788. Patent Record is P12-472
| | David Heuston | 1786 | 1786 | Warrantee | C75-79 | Buffalo Township, waters of Buffalo Creek, Called "Mount Rock". This tract is found in the Donegal Township Map, butbut perhaps this area was call "Buffalo Twp" when the records were made. | 
| | William Huston
| 1786 | 1788 | Warantee | C75-174 | in trust for Martha Jolly Sr, on the waters of Wheeling [Creek] [Finley Townships] | 
| | Isaac Huston | 1817 | 1830 | Matthew Walker | C86-4 | Amwell--12 acre parcel | 
| | William Huston et al.
| 1832 | 1839 | William Huston et al. | A64-241 | Donegal | Image:Washington A64-241 Wm Huston.jpg
| | Color Coding | Washington County | Allegheny County | West Virginia | Fayette County |
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Patents
Four patents were issued in various counties between 1786 and 1794, whose assigned tract names beginning with "Huston".
| Tract Name | Year | Patentee | Warrantee | Warrant Date | Location
| | Huston's Choice | 1786 | John Huston | "dept. Cert #1, Dist # 3" | 1783 | Westmoreland
| | Huston's Delight | 1786 | Joseph Huston | Patentee | 1786 | Fayette
| | Huston's Pleasure | 1786 | William Huston | Patentee | 1785 | Washington
| | Huston's Situation | 1788 | William Huston | Patentee | 1785 | Washington
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Mapping
Original Townships
The following shows the approximate boundaries of the original Townships of Washington County. Care should be used because these boundaries are largely based on present day boundaries, working backward to exclude townships created after the initial erection of the county in 1784. Using this approach, some boundaries are "guestimates" of their original location. Finley and Pike County, as depicted here, formed at a later date, but their parent townships have not be determined. They may have been derived from Morgan and Cumberland townships in present day Green County.
Modern Townships (Burroughs incorporated into surrounding Townships)
Footnotes
- ↑ Based on data in warrant and survey records, and in some cases, data from the Tract Name index.
- ↑ Click image for larger version. This is a cleaned up version of the original. Go to the link under "Patent" to see the original.
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