Created on March 9, 1771, from a part of Cumberland County.
The county seat is
Bedford.
Records Maintained in the Pennsylvania State Archives:
- Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners, 1785-1788, 1791-1881,
1888-1959. 5 rolls. (LR 114, LR 228)
- Minutes of the Board of County Commissioners, 1882-1887.
- Record of Prisoners, 1899-1931.
- (above 2 series combined on 1 roll) (LR 160)
- Assessment Books, 1776-1788, 1814-1823, 1826-1844, 1847-1856, 1859-1865,
1867. 4 rolls (LR 127, LR 154)
- Election Returns, 1839-1931. 4 rolls. (LR 157)
- Tax Records, 1772-1850. 35 rolls. (LR 126, LR 128)
- Dental Register, 1883-1898. 1 roll. (LR 230)
- Dental Register, 1931.
- Medical Register, 1881-1894
- Veterinary Register, 1889-1905.
- (above 3 series combined on 1 roll) (LR 229)
- Naturalization Papers, [ca. 1802-1934]. 5 rolls (LR 279)
- Record of Negro and Mulatto Slaves, 1780, 1798.
- Record of Negro and Mulatto Children, 1821-1825, 1828.
- Returns of Negro and Mulatto Children and Miscellaneous Slave Records,
[ca. 1780-1834]
- (above 3 series combined on 1 roll) (LR 278)
- Deeds, 1771-1905. 53 rolls.
- Estate Papers, 1770-1912. 46 rolls.
- Index to Deeds, Grantees, 1771-1950. 4 rolls.
- Index to Deeds, Grantors, 1771-1950. 4 rolls.
- Mortgages, 1830-1900. 5 rolls.
- Index to Mortgages, Mortgagees, 1771-1963. 3 rolls.
- Index to Mortgages, Mortgagors, 1771-1963. 3 rolls.
- Administrators', Executors', and Guardians' Accounts, 1849-1901. 9 rolls.
- Birth Records, 1894-1906. 1 roll.
- Death Records, 1894-1906. 1 roll.
- Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1963 (Births, 1867-1905). 3 rolls.
- Estate Files, 1770-1854 (first filming). 9 rolls. (LC42)
- Estate Files, 1770-1909 (second filming). 21 rolls. (LC43)
- Guardians' Bonds, 1832-1906. 4 rolls.
- Marriage License Dockets, 1885-1963. 16 rolls.
- Oaths of Deaths, 1890-1901. 1 roll.
- Orphans' Court Dockets, 1772-1900. 12 rolls.
- Orphans' Court Records, 1771-1900. 98 rolls.
- Transcript of Orphans' Court Records, 1772-1814. 1 roll.
- Widows' Appraisements, 1876-1953. 4 rolls.
- Wills, 1771-1906. 4 rolls.
- Index to Wills, 1771-1963. 1 roll.
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