Mercer County Genealogy

 

Places Sandy Creek Township     

 

 

 

Sandy Creek Township History from the History of Mercer County, 1909

 

Census

1840 Census  

1850 Census 

1870 Census

1880 Census - search at familysearch.org.  Select Pennsylvania, then Mercer, then Sandy Creek

 

Churches in Sandy Creek/ Sheakleyville area

 

The Upper Sandy or Georgetown Presbyterian organized in 1799

 

The United Presbyterian 

Organized in 1818 out of the congregation of the Upper Sandy Presbyterian Church. 

 

Georgetown Baptist Church 

Held services as early as 1807; organized in 1831

 

Methodist Episcopal Church

organized in 1830

 

 

Sandy Creek 

  Township

Formed in 1802 

from the old Sandy Lake Township

Divided into
French Creek Twp
Perry Township
Deer Creek Twp
New Vernon Twp


 

Landowners map of Sandy Creek Township from the 1873 Atlas

 

Towns & Villages

bullet Sheakleyville
bullet Georgetown
bullet Exchangeville
bullet Petersburg

 

Cemeteries

bulletCaldwell Cemetery
bulletChess Cemetery
bulletMcCreery Cemetery
bulletSheakleyville Cemetery