Westmoreland County

Westmoreland County · dedicated 1981 · Main & Otterman Sts.

Formed on Feb 26, 1773 from Bedford County, it once comprised most of southwest Pennsylvania. First seat of English justice west of Alleghenies. Site of 1775 "Hanna's Town Resolves." Greensburg, county seat, was incorporated 1799.

under a mile from where Mary Ann Gabby lived in the 1790s

what this marker records spans 1773 to 1799, overlapping Mary Ann Gabby's years here

From one family's 77-marker roster

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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