This project will cover the ancestry and descendants of George Washington - the White and Black Washingtons. Old Slave List New The Will of George Washington: Slave Lists In 1999, first annual gathering of the descendants took place at George Washington's birthplace, Pope's Creek Plantation (Virginia). Links and Resources Washington and Slavery George Washington and sla...
Saint Vincent Basilica Parish was formed on April 16, 1790 when Father Theodore Brouwers, O.F.M. purchased the 300 acres of land, in Unity Township, called "Sportsman's Hall Tract" and thus founded Sportsman's Hall Parish. The parish was later placed under the patronage of Saint Vincent de Paul and so was called Saint Vincent Parish. With the formation of the parish came, obviously, a need for ...
Wikipedia As originally established by the Virginia colony's House of Burgesses, this area was separated from Northumberland County in 1653 and named for the English county of Westmorland; both counties are coastal. The territory of Westmoreland County encompassed much of what later became the various counties and cities of Northern Virginia, including the city of Alexandria, Arlington County...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Official Website The county was founded on February 26, 1773 and was the first county in the colony of Pennsylvania whose entire territorial boundary was located west of the Allegheny Mountains. It is named after Westmorland, an historic county of England. For a complete list of Boroughs, Towns...
Saint Vincent College is a private Benedictine college in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1846 by Boniface Wimmer, a monk from Bavaria, it is operated by the Benedictine Monks of Saint Vincent Archabbey, the first Benedictine monastery in the United States, which was also founded by Wimmer. Saint Vincent is organized into four schools; each includes several departments and major and minor pr...
This cemetery is located on 179 Donahue Road, Greensburg, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It's also known as Holy Sacrament Cemetery . Find a Grave Billion Graves
Battle of Bushy Run Article Talk Read Edit View history Tools Coordinates: 40°21′20″N 79°37′25″W From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Battle of Bushy Run Part of Pontiac's Rebellion Highlanders charge at Bushy Run Date August 5–6, 1763 Location near present-day Harrison City, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania 40°21′20″N 79°37′25″W Result British victory Belligerents Ohio Country natives ...
The cemetery is located on 176 Tranquillity Lane, Belle Vernon, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Official Website Find a Grave
Circa 1800, a Mennonite Meeting House was erected at Stonersville and adjacent to the Meeting House was established a burial place incorporated in 1878 as the Mennonite Cemetery Association. While the official corporate name has not changed the cemetery is more commonly known as the Alverton Cemetery Association. It is located in Westmoreland County. Alverton.info Find a Grave Billion G...
Stahlstown Village is one of the oldest towns in the Ligonier Valley. It became a village in the days of the Road Wagons. It is located in Westmoreland County, and is also known as Methodist Church Cemetery and Trinity United Methodist Church Cemetery . The village is built on ground originally purchased in 1792 by Leonard Stahl, from whom the village took its name. His son Enoch sold the land...
Wesley Chapel (Methodist) Cemetery, Scottdale, East Huntingdon Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. This cemetery is located about 1.4 miles south of Reagantown on Wesley Chapel (aka Bob Zaffe) Road. Find a Grave
Wikipedia Seton Hill University is a Catholic liberal arts university of about 2,500 students in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. Formerly a women's college, it became a coeducational university in 2002. Recently, Seton Hill received attention for being the first university to provide iPads to all students.