Category: Washington County, Pennsylvania

Categories: Pennsylvania

Name: Washington County, Pennsylvania Timeframe: (1781 - ) Wikipedia/WikiData: English wikipedia Q497200 Web page: Official Washington County website (not secure) Project / Team: Pennsylvania See also: Ask questions in G2G using the tags Pennsylvania and Categorization This is a mid-level category. Profiles should be added to the narrowest category possible, but may be placed here when further information is not known. See How to Categorize.

Washington County was created on March 28, 1781, from part of Westmoreland County. Both the county and the city were named for American Revolutionary War leader George Washington, later to become the first President of the United States. It was the first county in the United States to be named in his honor. Its county seat is Washington. Washington County is included in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area.

Surrounding Counties:

• NW Location = Hancock County, West Virginia
• N Location = Beaver County
• NE Location= Allegheny County
• E Location = Westmoreland County
• SE Location = Fayette County
• S Location = Greene County
• SW Location = Marshall County, West Virginia
• W Location =Brooke County, West Virginia, Ohio County, West Virginia

Resources

• County Website
• "History of Washington County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men" by Boyd Crumrine, Franklin Ellis, Austin N Hungerford, publ 1882 https://archive.org/details/historyofwashing00crum/page/n4

1790 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Pennsylvania

A

John Ankrom 1756 Maryland - bef 01 Feb 1789

David Armstrong 27 Jul 1831 Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States - 20 Jan 1892

David Armstrong abt 1805 Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States - abt 1876

Hope (Armstrong) Burig abt Apr 1868 Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States - abt 1953

John Armstrong 18 Dec 1793 Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA - 15 Jul 1864

William Armstrong abt 1814 Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States

B

Elizabeth (Beach) Williams 04 Jun 1879 Coal Bluff, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 11 Mar 1959

Paul Blanc abt 1914 Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA

James Boles 01 Sep 1816 Jefferson, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 07 Sep 1897

John Braddock 17 Feb 1783 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 16 Apr 1864

C

Charles Closser abt 1797 Virginia, USA - 23 Aug 1855

Daniel Closser abt 24 Jun 1786 Harpers Ferry, Jefferson Co., Virginia, USA - 25 Nov 1855

Daniel Closser abt 06 Nov 1813 Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA - 24 Jan 1899

Nicholas Closser abt 1749 Deutschland - abt 1835

Nicholas Closser abt 13 Jan 1812 Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA - 19 Jun 1891

Leonard Coleman 14 Apr 1754 Morris Co., NJ - 28 Mar 1839

Nathaniel Cozad 16 Jul 1764 Province of New Jersey - abt Jan 1821

William Craig abt Apr 1856 Pennsylvania, United States - abt 1943

D

Margaret June (Downs) Hepler 1852 - 11 Feb 1935

F

William Fielding abt 01 May 1796 Canonsburg, Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States - abt 17 Feb 1873

Milton Flack 24 Mar 1894 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA - 24 Nov 1944

Sarah (Fred) Cowgill 21 Sep 1766 - 06 Nov 1801

G

James Giffin 1790 Cumberland Co Pennsylvania - 23 Feb 1867

G cont.

Rebecca (Giffin) McPherson 09 Aug 1800 Washington Co Pennsylvania - 18 May 1880

H

Mary (Hafer) Closser abt 1760 Pennsylvania - 28 Jul 1828

Olga (Hamma) Weissberg 10 Dec 1898 Pennsylvania, United States - Sep 1976

Philip Harsh 16 Feb 1836 Washington Co., Pennsylvania, USA - 26 Jan 1926

Moses Hepler 20 Jul 1813 Clarion, Pennsylvania, USA - 1881

Hynson Hobbs abt 1750 Pennsylvania - aft 1790

L

George Laughlin 26 Nov 1899 Millwood Township, Guernsey, Ohio, United States - 26 Nov 1987

John Leatherman abt 1777 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA - 22 Sep 1857

Margaret (Lehman) Brownlee abt 1745 Somerset, Province of Pennsylvania - 01 Jan 1826

John Lightle abt 1790 Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States - abt 1823

Thomas Lightle abt 1770 Ireland - abt 1851

Jeremiah Long abt 1755 Queen Anne's Co., Province of Maryland - 04 Jul 1820

M

Margaret (Martin) Armstrong abt 1769 Scotland - abt 1838

Jane (McCoy) Armstrong abt Nov 1791 Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States - abt 06 Sep 1842

Peter McCracken 23 Apr 1871 Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States of America - 26 Jun 1952

Hulda (McFarland) Closser abt Sep 1790 Pennsylvania, USA - 12 Feb 1863

John Mitchell 22 Jun 1835 Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA - 08 Dec 1905

Mary (Morgan) Paxton 19 Apr 1858 Ohio, United States - 24 Jan 1939

N

Andreas Notestein Jul 1825 Pennsylvania, United States - Mar 1897

O

Mary (Oldham) Armstrong 31 Aug 1828 Ohio County, Virginia, United States - 22 Jul 1924

P

William Patterson abt Apr 1858 Pennsylvania, United States

Joseph Patton 23 Apr 1772 Pennsylvania - abt 1851

P cont.

Rhoda (Plants) Hoschar 07 Mar 1846 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 02 Mar 1933

R

William Reed 12 Dec 1751 County Tyrone, Ireland - aft 08 Apr 1841

Jacob Riggle 20 Nov 1786 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 01 May 1863

Phillip Riggle 10 Dec 1804 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 13 Feb 1874

S

Absalom Sharp 03 Mar 1831 Cross Creek, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 1913

Joseph Shumar abt 21 Jul 1908 Star Junction, Fayette, Pennsylvania, United States - 28 Mar 1965

Abraham Stark 20 Feb 1781 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States

Stilla Stark 1783 Amwell, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA

William Stark 10 May 1773 Amwell, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Colony - 1830

Wilson Stark 1778 Amwell, Washington, Pennsylvania, USA

Bertha (Steele) Voelker 22 Oct 1883 Little Falls, Monongalia, West Virginia, United States - 13 Feb 1955

Joseph Stevenson 1804 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - 24 Aug 1882

William Stewart 12 Sep 1802 Monongalia, Virginia, United States - 15 Sep 1889

John Stollar 15 Dec 1849 Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States - 15 Nov 1914

Anthony Swick abt 1759 Hunterdon, New Jersey, Colonial America - bef 15 Dec 1839

T

Perthena (Templeton) Ferrell abt 1805 Washington, Pennsylvania, United States - aft 1865

Frank Tryon 07 Aug 1870 Lyons, Wayne, New York, United States - 27 Aug 1929

Josiah Tryon 17 Mar 1879 Sodus, Wayne, New York, United States - 12 Feb 1954

U

Sophia (UNKNOWN) Hays 1748 Washington, Pennsylvania - 06 Sep 1823

V

William Voelker 21 Sep 1871 Tonawanda, Erie, New York, United States - 26 Sep 1953

W

Rebecca (Warfield) Davis 1796 Washington County, Pennsylvania - 28 Dec 1846

This page was last modified 00:03, 1 December 2020. This page has been accessed 700 times.