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Description of smaller cut map panels from RG-17 Records of
the Land Office
MELISH-WHITESIDE MAPS, 1816-1821. {series #17.534}
Washington County PA Map drawn in 1817
Starting from CENTER, SOUTH, in CENTRAL Washington County PA is
Column 3; scroll to right to see entire panel.
This is Grid 5.
5_centerR - 5 bottom of Canton Twp. shows City of Washington PA part of Strabane Twp Church: Seceder (repeat) House: Horn's (repeat) Church: Presb. (repeat) House: Marshall's (repeat) House: Weirich's (repeat) Weirich's Run (repeat) (ww) House: Cunningham's House: Ramsey's House: ?? tracts? Catfish Run (ww) House: Johnson's Chartier's Creek (ww) Braddock's Run (ww) House: Workman's House: Chambers City of Washington PA |
State Road Little's? Run (ww) Vance's Fork (ww) House: Smith's House: Peas (one) Road: Ridge Road to Mowl's House: Bolen's or Boten's House: Dunlap's Carter's Fork (ww) top right Let__ Run (ww) McCorkle's? Run (ww) House: Kerr's House: Kighoe's? Road To Williams_ Ramsey Fork (below Pea's) (ww) House: Simpson's Church: Presb. National Road (National "Western" Road?) 22 (miles) Church: German Presb. Br__ |
Note: The "cuts" are not perfect. I deliberately
included an overlap so I wouldn't miss anything.
Because of the overlap, many names and locations are repeated.
ww=waterway - a creek or run
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Source information: Record Group 17 (RG-17) of Land Maps were produced by John Melish a geographer, traveler, and entrepeneur who convinced the Pennsylvania legislature to pay him to produce the first set of official land maps. Duputy surveyors spread out across PA counties between 1816 and 1821 to compile the works, then sent them to Mr. Melish to construct one larger Pennsylvania Land Map. The smaller county maps, however, were copied by clerks before sending them on to Mr. Melish. The first clerk to execute copies was John Whitesides, and the maps became known as The Whiteside Maps, or Melish-Whiteside. The maps were submitted to the legislature in March 1822 and were deemed detailed and accurate. Scanned images online include county maps from forty-four of the Commonwealth's sixty-seven counties. From
Pennsylvania Historical and Musuem, RG-17, Records of the Land Office, MELISH-WHITESIDE MAPS, 1816-1821. {series #17.534} |
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