Chester County and northern Delaware land survey map
Creation: 1795Abstract
This item is a land survey map of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania, and northern Delaware, showing individual family properties. The identities of the maps's surveyors, John Harlan and Sam Sharp, are unknown. Despite not being able to positively identify either surveyor, genealogical evidence supports the premise that the surveyors of the map were likely related, at least by marriage.
Dates
- Creation: 1795
Creator
- Unknown (Organization)
Extent
2 item(s)
Physical Description
1 map ; 48.5 x 60.1 in. (Original and facsimile).
Biographical Note
The identities of the map's surveyors, John Harlan and Sam Sharp, are unknown. Sam Sharp may refer to Samuel Sharp (1734-1819), son of Mary Pyle Sharp (1689-1746) and Joseph Sharp (1693-1746) of London Grove, Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1857, Sharp married a widow, Mary Flower Starr (1727-1790). Mary Flower Starr Sharp was the daughter of Abigail Harlan (1692-circa 1748) and Richard Flower (1692-1748).
Mary Sharp's brother, Richard Flower (1730-?), also married a Harlan, Alice Harlan (1730-1797), who had a brother, Jonathan Harlan (1726-1744), and a nephew, Jonathan Harlan Jr. (1755-1841).
All were members of the Society of Friends (Quakers). Despite not being able to positively identify either John Harlan or Sam Sharp, genealogical evidence supports that the surveyors of the map were likely related, at least by marriage.
Scope and Contents
This item is a land survey map of southern Chester County, Pennsylvania and northern Delaware, surveyed by John Harlan and Sam Sharp. The survey states, "A map of surveys taken the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th month of 1795 when Sam Sharp was learning the art of surveying. Several of them being for examples for him as this of the road was one."
The survey shows Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, on the western edge and portions of Centreville, Delaware, on the eastern edge. Landowners include: Caleb Brinton, Thomas Carlton, Jacob Craig, James Brinton, Caleb Harlan, Joseph Harlan, Thomas Harlan, Thomas Harry, Christopher Hollingsworth, Valentine Hollingsworth, Isaac Mendenhall, William Mendenhall, Daniel Mercer, Samuel Mercer, Enoch Passmore, Caleb Pierce [sic], Joshua Peirce, John Lamborn, Benjamin Walker, and Ezekiel Webb.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.
Language of Materials
English
Additional Description
Separated Materials
P.S. du Pont papers (Accession LMSS-X), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
P.S. du Pont photographs (Longwood) (Accession 1969.002), Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department, Hagley Museum and Library.
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Chester County and northern Delaware land survey map
- Author:
- Laurie Sather and Marsha Mills
- Date:
- 2025
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository
