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New York. Few conflicts occurred between New York and Pennsylvania. The boundary was finalized at the 42 degree parallel and surveyed by 1787. Pennsylvania purchased from the United States the small section that provided them frontage on Lake Erie. | New York. Few conflicts occurred between New York and Pennsylvania. The boundary was finalized at the 42 degree parallel and surveyed by 1787. Pennsylvania purchased from the United States the small section that provided them frontage on Lake Erie. | ||
Virginia. Virginia claimed the southwestern portion of Pennsylvania which included the present counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland. Virginia called it the District of West Augusta and organized three counties: Monongahela, Ohio, and Yohogany. The current Pennsylvania boundary for this area was established in 1784. An explanation of some of the Virginia records that were kept is found in | Virginia. Virginia claimed the southwestern portion of Pennsylvania which included the present counties of Allegheny, Beaver, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland. Virginia called it the District of West Augusta and organized three counties: Monongahela, Ohio, and Yohogany. The current Pennsylvania boundary for this area was established in 1784. An explanation of some of the Virginia records that were kept is found in Virginnia Land Grants in Pennsylvania in The Virginia Genealogist, vol. 7, 1963 (Family History Library[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=1024194&disp=v%2E++7+%281963%29%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 975.5 B2vg]; film 844856 item 4). | ||
Some records for this area are contained in Richard William Loveless, ''Records of the District of West Augusta, Ohio County, and Yohogany County, Virginia'' . . . (Columbus, Ohio: State University Printing Dept., 1970; Family History Library book 975 | Some records for this area are contained in Richard William Loveless, ''Records of the District of West Augusta, Ohio County, and Yohogany County, Virginia'' . . . (Columbus, Ohio: State University Printing Dept., 1970; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=975+P2L 975 P2L]; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=202312&disp=Records+of+the+district+of+West+Augusta++ 1035976] item 8). A list of names is found in Pennsylvania Archives, series 3, volume 3, pp. 507-73. | ||
Duplicate records were being kept in several of these areas until the disputes were settled. For example, settlers loyal to Virginia recorded land records under that jurisdiction and those loyal to Pennsylvania recorded them in Pennsylvania. This inability to obtain a clear title to land caused many settlers to move farther west. | Duplicate records were being kept in several of these areas until the disputes were settled. For example, settlers loyal to Virginia recorded land records under that jurisdiction and those loyal to Pennsylvania recorded them in Pennsylvania. This inability to obtain a clear title to land caused many settlers to move farther west. | ||