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Greathouse or associated ancestor records found in the county:

1783 - Fayette County was est. from Westmoreland. Westmoreland County was est. from Bedford in 1773. Bedford County was est. from Cumberland County in 1771.

1785 – Tax Lists

Franklin Township

Greathouse: none
McCarty, Dennis; amount of tax: 10 .0

Menallen Township

Greathouse: none
McCarty, Nathaniel; amount of tax: 12 .5
McCarty, David; amount of tax: 7 .4
McCarty, Samuel; amount of tax: 14 .1

Union Township

Greathouse: none
McCarty, Adam; amount of tax: 3 .7 1/2
McCarty, John; amount of tax: 1 .3 1/2

Wharton Township

Greathouse, Harman; amount of tax: 1.10 1/2
McCarty, Samuel; amount of tax: 6 .2
McCarty, John; amount of tax: 5 .0
McCreary, Andrew; amount of tax: 13 .6

1786 - Boundary disputes between Pennsylvania and Virginia were settled.

Virginia formally terminated county jurisdiction in southwest Pennsylvania. Monongalia County, VA ceded claimed land north of the Mason Dixon line to Fayette and Washington County, PA.

1786 – Tax Lists

Franklin Township

Greathouse: none.
McCarty, Dennis; single man; amount of tax: 10 .3

George's Township

Greathouse: none
McCarty, Adam; single man; amount of tax: 10 .0

Manallen Township

Greathouse: none
McCarty, Samuel; amount of tax: 13 .9
McCarty, Nathaniel; amount of tax: 18 .0
McCreary, Hugh; amount of tax: 12 .1
McCarty, David; amount of tax: 10 .1

Union Township

Greathouse: none
McCarty, Adam Sen'r; amount of tax: 2 .0
McCarty, John; amount of tax: 7 .6

Washington Township

Greathouse: none.

Wharton Township

Greathouse: none
McCreary, Andrew; amout of tax: 4.10
McCarty, Samuel; amount of tax: 1 .3
McCreary, Robert's heirs; amount of tax: 2 .5

1787 - Tax List: Washington Township

Greathouse, Harman

1795 - Somerset was created from Bedford County.

1798 - Tax List: George's Township

Danl McCarty

1800 Census

Franklin Township

Dennis McCarty household.
1) McCarty, Dennis; white, male, age 45 or over.

George's Township

McCarty (or variant spellings): none

Wharton Township

Harman Greathouse household.
1) Greathouse, Harman, age 26-44 [born 1756-1774].
2) female, age 26-44 [born 1756-1774].
3) male, age 16-25 [born 1775-1784].
4) male, age 10-15 [born 1785-1790].
5) male, age 10-15 [born 1785-1790].
6) male, age under 10 [born 1790-1800].
7) male, age under 10 [born 1790-1800].
8) female, age under 10 [born 1790-1800].
9) female, age under 10 [born 1790-1800].

1805 - Tax List: George's Township

McKerty, Daniel
Mcarty, Daniel

1806 - Tax List: George's Township

MCarty, Daniel - "moved out"
McCarter, William - labourer
McCother, James - single
McCartney, John - labourer

1807 - Tax List: George's Township

McCarty, Daniel
McCarty, Daniel
MCarty, Daniel - "transferred to Jonathan Hayden"
MCother, James -  labourer
McArthur, Willliam - labourer

1808 - Tax List: George's Township

M'Cotter, James
M'Arthur, Amelia - "widow"

1809 - Tax List: George's Township

Mcarther, James
Mcartha, Mely - "widow"
Mcartha, William - collier

1810 - Tax List: George's Township

M'Cotter, James

1810 - Census: George's Township

Amelia Mc Carty household.
1) Mc Carty, Amelia, female, white, age over 45 [born 1765 or before].
2) male, white, age 10-16 [born 1796-1800].
3) female, white, age 10-16 [born 1796-1800].

1812 - Tax List: George's Township

M'Cotter, James

1820 - Census: Springhill Township

William Greathouse household.
1) William Greathouse, male, white, age 26-45 [born 1775-1794].
2) female, white, age 26-45 [Barbara Cale, born 1775-1794].
3) female, white, age 16-26 [born 1794-1804].
4) male, white, age under 10 [born 1810-1820].
5) male, white, age under 10 [born 1810-1820].
6) female, white, age under 10 [born 1810-1820].
7) female, white, age under 10 [born 1810-1820].

Sources:

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume: XXII, Chapter: Return of State Tax for the County of Fayette. 1785. Page: 540. Online: http://www.footnote.com/image/3078310.

Pennsylvania Archives, Series 3, Volume: XXII, Chapter: Return of State Tax for the County of Fayette. 1786. Page 589. Online: http://www.footnote.com/image/3078510

T. L. C. Genealogy, Fayette County, Pennsyvania Taxpayers 1785-1799 (Miami Beach, FL: T. L. C. Genealogy), 1991. 1787 - Tax List: Washington Township, Harman Greathouse.

Email from Sharon Carter to Betty Renick, Subject: Anna Amelia (Greathouse) McCarty, 15 Aug 2008. Extract of Census records and Tax lists for George's Township, Fayette County, PA.

United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Second Census of the United States, 1800. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1800. M32, 52 rolls. Roll: 38; Page: 527. Dennis McCarty household.

Ibid., Second Census of the United States, 1800. Roll: 38; Page: 629. Harman Greathouse household.

United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Third Census of the United States, 1810. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1810. M252, 71 rolls. Roll: 54; Page: 973. Amelia Mc Carty household.

United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fourth Census of the United States, 1820. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1820. M33, 142 rolls. Roll: 103; Page: 100. William Greathouse household.