Lawrence County, PA

Lawrence County was created 20 Mar 1849 from Beaver and
Mercer Counties. The county seat is at New Castle.

Lawrence County Links (external)

• Lawrence County Genealogy (Caution: Rootsweb! Many of the links here DO NOT WORK!)
• The links at the above site have been broken for years now! So this is where you can find the Lawrence Co. histories online:
  • History of Lawrence County Pennsylvania, 1877
  • History of Lawrence County Pennsylvania, 1887
  • Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens Lawrence County Pennsylvania, 1897
  • 20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens
  • USGenWeb Archive Lawrence County, Pennsylvania
  • There! Was that so hard?
• New Castle Public Library (With an excellent genealogy room.)

Lawrence County King Family Notes

• John S. King (c.1817-1886) and Elizabeth Piper (FGS)
• Notes on Marinus King
• Notes on Samuel and Nancy King, 1850, and Yoder, Zook, Byler Families
• John S. King married Rebecca Shannon in New Castle, 1855
• A biographical sketch of Seth R. King
• Notes on Robert King and family of Mahoning & Pollock Twps. and New Castle (1840-1880)
• Notes on Thomas King of Little Beaver Twp., 1820 (at that time in Beaver Co.)
• Some Lawrence County Death Notices
• An attempt to sort out the Kings in the 1850 census

Lawrence County Data

• Lawrence County Township Map
• Lawrence County Census Data -- link to the census data page

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