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Greathouse kith and kin records found in the county:

1783, Sep 26 - FAYETTE created from WESTMORELAND. (Pa. Stat., ch. 1016, sec. 1/11:197) A portion of southwestern Fayette was overlapped by Monongalia County, VA between 1783 and 1786.

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 - After the boundary disputes between Virginia and Pennsylvania were settled, Virginia formally terminated jurisdiction over counties in southwestern Pennsylvania, including FAYETTE, WASHINGTON and WESTMORELAND. FAYETTE gained from MONONGALIA County, VA.

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

1) The maiden name of Rebecca Conklin has been related as Rebecca Greathouse by Carol Gardner, a descendant.

2) Rebecca Greathouse's parents would have been a Greathouse couple, who resided at Connellsville, Fayette County, PA between 1807 and 1824.

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].

1824 - Marriage: William Conklin & Rebecca Greathouse

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.

Greathouse Point, Greathouse County, Webster County, IA. 1893 - Obituary: Rebecca Greathouse Conklin, 1807, Mar 17 - Birth: Rebecca Greathouse.

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.

Op cit., 1893 - Obituary: Rebecca Greathouse Conklin, 1824 - Marriage: William Conklin & Rebecca Greathouse.