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Northampton County Courthouse
What counties share records with Northampton County?
Bucks County
1. 1682 - 1684, William Penn organized Bucks, Chester and Philadelphia Counties.
2. 1737, The Walking Purchase and other agreements added territory to Bucks County, creating a county that included 1/6 to 1/5 of the state of Pennsylvania.
Northampton County- Formed from Bucks County on March 11, 1752. It was partitioned into other Counties.
1. Northumberland County (1772) was the parent to:
- Luzerne County, 1786, was split to form Ontario/ Bradford County, 1810, Suquehannah County, 1810, Wyoming County, 1842, and Lackawanna County, 1878)
- Lycoming County, 1795, was split to form Sullivan County in 1847.
- Columbia County, 1813
2. Wayne County (1798), along the Upper Delaware River, was created, and became parent to Pike County in 1814.
3. Schuylkill County (1811) included a part of Northampton County, adjacent to what is now Carbon County.
4. Lehigh County (1812)
5. Monroe County (1836) included southern Pike County.
6. Carbon County (1843)
Register of Wills and Clerk of Orphans Court Offices
Contain the most records for the Family Historian.
Vital Statistics
1. Birth Records:
- 1852 - 1854
- 1893 - 1936 [8 dockets]
- Delayed Birth Records [from ca. 1888 +]
2. Marriage Records:
- 1852 - 1854
- 1885 - 1996 [numerous dockets organized by year]
- License Application and Returns 1885 - 1966
- Applications 1967 - 1996
3. Deaths:
- 1852 - 1854
- Register of Deaths 1893 - 1936 [5 dockets]
- Index to Estates [Wills and Administrations] frequently include death dates for the second half of the 1800's through to the present time.
4. NOTE: the Easton City Hall, Board of Health records include birth, death and burial information from January 1888 to 1907.
Probate Records
1. Register of Wills
- Will dockets
- Index to wills and Estate Files
- Estate Files * [Inventory, Renunciation, Petitions, Letters of Administration, Settlement and other related papers]
2. Clerk of Orphans Court [not just for Orphans!]
- Orphans Court Dockets and Indexes [begin Dec 1752]
- Guardian Appointment and Accounty Books 1866 - 1966
Recorder of Deeds Office
May help solve a family puzzle.
Land Records:
1. Deed Books and Indexes * [Grantee (buyer) and Grantor (seller) ]
2. Mortgage Books, with Mortgagee and Mortgagor indexes
3. Maps/ sub-divisions/ plot plans
Other records include:
1. Miscellaneous Books [use deed indexes]
2. Letters of Attorney, with Grantee and Grantor indexes
NOTE: The first land records were recorded in the Public Land Office and are the Warrent, Survey and Patent.
Other Court Records
May contain important family history.
Tax Records
1. 1788+ 10 1810+ * [Register of Wills office]
2. Other tax records are available at the County Archives.
3. Sources of earlier tax records exist, but not at the courthouse.
Civil Court [Court of Common Pleas, Prothonotary's office]
Criminal Court [Court of Quarter Sessions and Oyer and Terminer]
1. Criminal dockets and papers
2. Tavern License Petitions
3. Road and Township Petitions
4. Session dockets, Quarter Session Indexes, etc.
Almshouse/ Poor House records
* These court records are available on microfilm in the courthouse.
NOTE: Some Court Records are microfilmed and are available at a number of locations in Pennsylvania, and throughout the country.
Northampton County Archives
This is a listing of microfilmed records of Northampton County at the State Archives.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
- Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners, and Accounts, 1755 - 1783. [1 roll]
- Tax Assessments and Lists, 1761 - 1815, and miscellaneous court records, 1749 - 1838 (includes township histories and lists of county officers, 1752 - 1834) [4 rolls]
RECORDER OF DEEDS
- Deeds, 1752 - 1866 [52 rolls]
- Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1752 - 1926 [20 rolls]
- Index to Deeds, Grantors, 1752 - 1926 [28 rolls]
- Miscellaneous Docket, 1815 - 1866 [5 rolls]
- Mortgages, 1799 - 1822 [3 rolls]
- Index to Mortgages, Mortgagees, 1752 - 1922 [7 rolls]
- Index to Mortgages, Mortgagors, 1752 - 1922 [7 rolls]
- Warrents and Surveys, 1734 - 1879 [16 rolls]
REGISTER OF WILLS AND CLERK OF THE ORPHANS' COURT
- Birth Records, 1893 - 1908 [2 rolls]
- Delayed Birth Records, 1941 - 1952 (Births, 1868 - 1934) [1 roll]
- Death Records, 1893 - 1903 [1 roll]
- Marriage Records, 1852 - 1854
- Marriage License Dockets, 1885 - 1907 [9 rolls]
- Orphans' Court Dockets, 1752 - 1866 [10 rolls]
- Index to Orphans Court Dockets, 1752 - 1882 [2 rolls]
- Wills, 1752 - 1907 [9 rolls]
- Index to Register's Docket, 1752 - 1966 [9 rolls]
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