Atlas of Township Warrantee Maps of Dauphin County, PA (Book with indexes and index-maps only)
(recommended for use with this CD, containing primary maps)
by Sharon Cook MacInnes, Ph.D.
512 pages
This Dauphin County atlas contains all information shown on the 24 Township Warrantee Maps which were produced by the Pennsylvania Land Office in the 1940s. Each chapter begins with the Township Warrantee Map reduced in size to fit the 8 1/2" X 11" page limitation. A second map follows, cropped to eliminate marginal information, containing atlas coordinates superimposed upon it.
Following these maps are the real meat behind this amazingly detailed tool--CHARTS which include each fact included on every tract in the Township Warrantee Maps
These Charts include:
- names of the warrantee and patentee
- size of the tract
- name of the tract, if given
- dates of the warrant, survey, and patent
- Survey Book and page number where the survey was recorded
- Patent Register and page number where the patent was recorded
- and, finally, the coordinates where the tract in question is located
Numerous footnotes give further information, including neighbors.
The warrantee maps show the location of the earliest landowners of the county--in other words, those who bought their land directly from the colony or state. After a tract was transferred to a private individual, subsequent transactions were recorded in the county courthouse. Each original Township Warrantee Map was painstakingly platted by draftsmen from the original warrants, surveys, and patents on file in Harrisburg. The maps show precise outlines in metes and bounds of each original tract and all surrounding tracts in the township, making it possible to locate allied families, baptismal sponsors, neighbors, fellow church members, and migration companions. If your ancestor was actually a first landowner in the county, purchasing his or her property directly from the colony or state of Pennsylvania, you should find him or her in this atlas. Likewise, if your ancestor was a neighbor to one of these tracts, you will probably find his or her name in the numerous footnotes included in this volume.