Upper Merion Digital Archives
Port Kennedy, Valley Forge National Historical Park
Note: in these deed histories distances are quoted in perches (p) of length 16.5 feet. Areas are quoted in acres (a) and square perches (p). There are 160 square perches to an acre. In a few cases roods (a quarter of an acre) are also used.
Deed Files
- FT - see Forge Tracts for deed history
- Cotton Mill tract
- Encampment Interior
- Floating tracts
- King of Prussia
- Mount Joy
- Outer Line
- Radnor Road
- Washington's HQ area
Deeds copies from V59-484
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William & Elizabeth Henderson |
James Sloan |
4/1/1802 |
50a in Upper Merion |
£500 |
16-431; unclear whether this deed is relevant |
Samuel Henderson, George Holstein, administrators of the estate of James Sloan |
Mary & James Sloan |
4/1/1825 |
39a |
$819 |
63-350 |
Mary Sloan |
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1893 |
97a |
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Atlas |
A. K. Brower and A. R. Sloan, administrators of the estate of Mary Sloan |
John S. Wagner |
4/5/1895 |
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deed not found |
Abraham H. & Mary Brower, Abel R. & Mary Sloan, George & Violetta K. Verdifers(?), William B. & Edith Greenley, Annie Sloan, heirs of Mary A. Sloan |
John T. Wagner |
4/5/1895 |
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$5,000 |
405-68 Quit claim |
John S. Wagner |
Mary M. Patterson |
4/30/1895 |
46a 153p |
$5,000 |
405-36 |
deed retrieval failed |
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436-233 |
| Mary M. Patterson | Frank Quigg | 2/27/1907 | 46a 153p | $6,000 | 633-89 |
| Mary M. Patterson | Frank Quigg | 9/21/1909 | 31.585a | $10,000 | 633-86 |
| Frank Quigg | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 10/5/1931 | 45.4a | $70,400 | 1134-277 |
| Frank Quigg | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 8/11/1945 | 21.8a | $3,805 60c | 1670-31 |
Mary Rees |
Violetta M. Kennedy |
5/18/1861 |
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221-274 |
Violetta M. Kennedy |
Frank Kwaterska |
3/2/1905 |
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$600 |
530-327 |
Frank Kwaterska |
Philadelphia & Reading Railway Co. |
8/26/1907 |
0.034a |
$85 |
583-134 |
Frank Kwaterska |
Eastern Real Estate Co. |
1/31/1910 |
0.9a |
$2,000 |
623-283 |
Eliza Hill |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7/26/1918 |
0.104a |
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774-384 |
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William McMullen |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7/29/1918 |
0.13a |
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775-271 |
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Alcinder & James Quander |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7/15/1918 |
0.114a + 0.12a |
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Mont. 772-523 |
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Charles Lear |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
7/15/1918 |
0.12a |
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Mont. 772-533 |
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| Donato Narcinio | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 7/30/1918 | 0.138a | 773-355 | |
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| William Douglas | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 7/30/1918 | 0.19a | 773-406 | |
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| Long family | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 11/9/1918 | 0.28a | 776-239 | |
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| Edward & Cecilia Binns | Alexander Irwin | 5/1/1918 | 766-557 | ||
| Alexander Irwin | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 4/25/1919 | 14.382a | 787-14 | |
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| Daniel Loughin | Isabella and Catharine Loughin | 3/28/1894 | 394-166 | ||
| Isabella & Catharine Loughin | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 4/29/1919 | 0.138a | $4,000 | 787-10 |
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| Anthony Platchek | Julius Platchek | 6/16/1913 | 695-251 | ||
| Julius Platchek | August Platchek, son | 12/12/1919 | died | ||
| August Platchek | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 1/29/1920 | 0.75a | $3,500 | 801-410 |
| Elizabeth Brittain | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 11/5/1919 | $6,900 | 803-219 | |
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| Earl & Ella Wilkenson | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 11/19/1919 | 0.107a | $3,000 | 804-296 |
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| Joseph Williams | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 11/26/1919 | 0.075a | $2,750 | 805-433 |
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Samuel Smith |
William Colgan |
12/31/1873 |
part of 0.426a |
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220-202 |
Samuel Smith |
William Blackburn |
7/26/1881 |
Another part of 0.426a |
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354-423 |
William Colgan |
Matilda (wife), Robert, & William Colgan |
7/18/1874 |
part of 0.426a |
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died |
Robert, & William Colgan |
Matilda Blackburn (was Colgan) |
8/21/1919 |
part of 0.426a |
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Walter & Helen Blackburn |
William & Matilda Blackburn |
11/23/1917 |
0.267a |
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765-137 |
Henderson Supplee |
William & Matilda Blackburn |
10/8/1918 |
0.108a |
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773-485 |
| William & Matilda Blackburn | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 12/2/1919 | 0.267a + 0.108a + 0.426a | $13,400 | 811-545 |
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Alexander McCaughin |
Caroline Hittell |
11/6/1914 |
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723-348 |
| Caroline (nee Hittell) and Henderson Supplee | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 3/10/1920 | 0.381a | $6,250 | 811-516 |
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John Balmer |
Charles Glass |
3/2/1907 |
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569-261 |
| Charles & Prudence Glass | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 5/17/1920 | 0.386a | $7,500 | 812-289 |
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Edward M. Lanz |
Margaret Jane Andrews |
11/25/1911 |
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664-239 |
| Margaret Jane Andrews | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 9/17/1920 | 0.62a | $1,800 | 818-542 |
William H. Powell |
Henry S. Hittell |
4/24/1907 |
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573-213 |
Henry S. Hittell |
Ella Irene Hittell, wife |
5/5/1919 |
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died |
| Ella Irene Hittell | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 2/25/1921 | 0.68a | $12,750 | 838-23 |
John Thomas Mercer |
James Mercer |
8/19/1893 |
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386-117 |
| Jane Kilpatrick et al, heirs of James Mercer | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 1921 | $6,500 | 1009-76 | |
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Elwood Andrews |
Bertha Thomas |
9/22/1903 |
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507-315 |
| Bertha Thomas | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 1921 | 0.183a | $5,500 | 1009-79 |
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William & Anna Murphy |
Farmers & Mechanics National Bank et al |
3/18/1899 |
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445-272 |
| Farmers & Mechanics National Bank et al | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 8/1/1921 | 0.233a | $3,000 | 845-98 |
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Farmers' & Mechanics National Bank |
Archibald Erwin |
4/5/1907 |
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577-303 |
Archibald Erwin |
Eliza Ann Erwin, wife |
1/20/1919 |
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died |
Eliza Ann Erwin |
children |
1/1/1920 |
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died |
| Daniel Erwin et al | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 8/15/1923 | 36.696a | $50,500 | 1003-256 |
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Margaret Kennedy, executor of the will of John Kennedy |
Archibald Erwin |
7/26/1880 |
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270-232 |
Archibald Erwin |
Eliza Ann Erwin, wife |
1/20/1919 |
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died |
Eliza Ann Erwin |
children |
1/1/1920 |
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died |
| Daniel Erwin et al | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 8/15/1923 | 0.097a | $3,900 | 1003-279 |
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William & Mary Boyle |
Eliza Ann Erwin |
9/16/1907 |
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580-415 |
Eliza Ann Erwin |
children |
1/1/1920 |
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died |
| Daniel Erwin et al | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 8/15/1923 | 0.175a | $4,150 | 1003-281 |
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Henry Corson |
Anna Colgan |
4/19/1905 |
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531-345 |
John McClain |
Anna Colgan |
8/12/1908 |
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595-237 |
Archibald Irwin |
Anna Colgan |
11/25/1908 |
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600-488 |
Ann Coglan |
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
1923 |
0.579a + 0.682a + 0.16a |
$8,500 |
1046-377 |
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William R. Murphy |
George Hartman |
10/24/1890 |
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352-275 |
George W. Laird |
George Hartman |
1/2/1891 |
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353-107 |
| George Hartman | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 8/27/1923 | 0.275a | $12,500 | 1116-112 |
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Samuel Tabak |
Daniel Loughin |
12/10/1918 |
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777-215 |
| Samuel & Rosa Tabak | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 10/1/1923 | 1a | $17,500 | 1109-44 |
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Charles A. Law |
Annie E. Law |
6/6/1896 |
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414-465 |
William Hallman |
Thomas Law |
9/4/1908 |
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$150 |
594-457 |
Archibald Erwin |
Thomas Law |
9/15/1908 |
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594-450 |
Thomas Law |
Annie E. Law et al |
6/2/1921 |
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died intestate |
| Annie E. Law et al | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 10/13/1923 | 1.272a | $10,500 | 1034-193 |
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Archibald & Eliza Erwin |
Nicholas & Quirico Caffo |
3/1/1913 |
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689-170 |
| Nicholas Caffo | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 8/27/1923 | 2.088a | $7,142 13c | 1066-72 |
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Harry Kinsey & Sue Laird |
Ella Hittell |
2/8/1907 |
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570-65 |
| Ella Hittell | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 10/28/1923 | 0.275a + 0.138a | $9,000 | 1094-138 |
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Mathew Gibson, guardian of Jane Loughin and Isabelle Loughin, exectrix of Daniel Loughin |
Isabelle & Catharine Loughin |
12/18/1900 |
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469-117 |
Catharine Loughin |
Isabelle Loughin, sister |
4/11/1923 |
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died |
| Isabelle Loughin | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 10/30/1923 | 0.34a | $10,500 | 1093-478 |
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Laura Baughman |
William Douglas |
1/2/1919 |
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777-339 |
| William Douglas | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 10/30/1923 | (0.11a) | $5,400 | 1116-111 |
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| Daniel & Mary Loughin | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 10/31/1923 | $5,000 | 1112-415 | |
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Laura Baughman |
Benjamin Mullin |
1/21/1919 |
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777-340 |
| Benjamin Mullin | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 11/15/1923 | $5,300 | 1116-104 | |
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George Snerman |
William S. Garnett |
5/8/1913 |
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695-103 |
William Garnett |
PA |
1/31/1924 |
0.086a (Port Kennedy) + 3.879a |
$29,000 |
1115-258 |
Frank Quigg |
Annie Pechin |
1/2/1919 |
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937-428 |
Annie Pechin |
Eliza Andrews |
1/4/1924 |
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died |
| Eliza Andrews | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 9/1/1931 | 1.1a | $3,968 | 1135-60 |
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Ella Hittell |
Eleanor Burk |
5/6/1924 |
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919-175 |
| Eleanor Burk | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 9/1/1931 | 0.38a | $4,096 | 1135-62 |
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Charles Henry Coster |
Philadelphia & Reading railroad company |
11/16/1896 |
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418-402 |
| Reading Company | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 5/8/1970 | 0.7836a (station) + 0.0201a | $65,000 | 3597-528 |
