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Liberty View from Postcard dated 1909
Liberty  Township
 in Tioga County,
Pennsylvania
Liberty Township Histories
Liberty Township was Formed from Delmar and Covington in 1823. 
Liberty Borough was formed from Liberty Township BT 1890 & 1900.
History of Liberty 1883
Biographies 1883
Liberty History 1885
Liberty History 1897
1897 Biographical Sketches
Liberty Township Articles
Liberty Milk Plant Fire 1945
Poems by Robert C. Howard about his Ancestors
Township Postcards & Photos
Liberty Postcards 1947 Fourth of July
More Liberty Postcards
Post Offices
Liberty PO
Nauvoo PO (1840s)
Shoptown PO (1860s)
Sebrings (1884)
Hartford (1890) Preceded by Barfelden
East Point (1880)
Barfelden(1880)
Villages Past & Present
Liberty Township Census Records
1800 Census, Tyoga Township, Lycoming County
1820 Delmar Census
1820 Covington Census
1830 Liberty Census
1840 Liberty Census
1850 Liberty Census (REL)
1850 Liberty Census (FM)
1860 Liberty Township Census
1870 Liberty Township Census
1880 Liberty Township Census
1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 Volunteers Needed
Liberty Township Directories
1899 Liberty Borough Directory 1908 Tioga County Directory - Liberty Borough
1899 Liberty Township Directory 1908 Tioga County Directory -Liberty Township
Township Tax Records
1812 Tioga Township Taxables 1812 Delmar Township Taxables
Liberty Township Cemetery Records
GPS coordinates are included in the top title of each cemetery page
Blockhouse Cemetery Small Liberty Township Burial Grounds
Boger Family Burial Ground [2006] Black Cemetery [2006]
1970s Readings by REL Group 2009 LCR    # GPS Obituary Pages
Salem Lutheran Cemetery 
a.k.a. Hart Cemetery [1970] 
2009 
1404  41.57738 -77.17343 Salem - St.Paul's Obituaries
East Point Cemetery [1970]
2009
209  41.58717-77.04056 East Point Cemetery Obituaries
Union Cemetery [1970]
2009 
825  41.56952 -77.08504  Union Cemetery Obituaries 
Ebenezer Church Yard at East Point [1970]
2009
186  41.58420-77.03755 Ebenezer Churchyard Obituaries
Sebring Cemetery [1970]
2009
220  41.59433 -77.10708  Sebring Cemetery Obituaries
Old Sebring Cemetery [1970s]
2009
23  
Evangelical Cemetery [1970]
2009
28  41.55620 -77.10781
Gloeckler Burial Ground
2009
10
Messner Burials [north of Sebring]
Messner Burial [SE corner of Liberty]
Frieden Cemetery (Jackson Township, Lycoming County)[1970]\
2010
1500  41.54360 -77.11226 Frieden Cemetery Obituaries
Miller Burial Ground Near Friedens [Lycoming County] 2009 41.54588 -77.10309
Liberty Township Schools
1924 Liberty High School Graduates
1925 Liberty High School Commencement
1913 - 1983 Liberty High School Graduates
1900 Liberty Borough Teachers & Directors 1900 Liberty Township Teachers & Directors
1901 Liberty Borough Teachers & Directors 1901 Liberty Township Teachers & Directors
1902 Liberty Borough Teachers & Directors 1902 Liberty Township Teachers & Directors
1903 Liberty Borough Teachers & Directors 1903 Liberty Township Teachers & Directors
1904 Liberty Borough Teachers & Directors 1904 Liberty Township Teachers & Directors
1905 Liberty Borough Teachers & Directors 1905 Liberty Township Teachers & Directors
1907 Liberty Borough Teachers & Directors 1907 Liberty Township Teachers & Directors
I have attempted to organize our abundance of school souvenir booklets from this township by School District Number. Be aware that these district numbers might shift over time as schools closed or consolidated.
 Number 1
1899 Liberty Boro School
1900
1901
1902
1905
1905 Liberty School
1907 Primary
1907 Advanced
1910
Number 1
1915 Nauvoo School
1917 jmt
1929 Linck School
Number 3
1921 Sebring School
1926 Sebring School
1931 Sebring School
 Number  4
1911 Liberty Township.
Number 5
1913 Beuter School
1915 Beuter School
1917 Beuter School
1918 Beuter School
1919 Beuter School
Und. Beuter School
Number 8
1920 Reed School
Number 8
1899 East Point School
1901 East Point School
1903 East Point School
1904 East Point School
1905 East Point School
1908 East Point School
1909
1910 East Point School
1912
1913
1914 jmt
1916
1917
1918
1921
1922
1926 East Point School
Number 10
1897
1901
1904
1907
1908
1909 King School
1911
1913
Number 11
1904 No.11
Number 12/14
Harer School Photo
Undated Harer School
1902 Harer School
1905 Harer School
1910
1911
1875 School Districts
Numbered but not named
1899 School Districts
Briar Hill School (Sebring)
Butler School (Hartford)
East Point School
Gloeckler School
Harer School
King School
Nauvoo School
Reed School
Vail School
Waddell School
Records From Jackson Township, Lycoming County - Adjacent to Liberty
1880 - 1883 Minutes of Jackson Township (Lycoming County) School board
1892 - 1907  Minutes of Jackson Township (Lycoming County) School board
Raker School Records 1900 - 1910 - Jackson Township, Lycoming County
Liberty Township Business Histories & Photos
1899 Liberty Business Directory 1906 Sam Harer Barn Raising at East Point
Frank & Walt Sawyer Store First Plane Lands on Liberty Air Strip
Hotels in Liberty Township & Borough
Hotel Sempsey
Smith's Hotel
Liberty Township Organizations
1899 Liberty Societies 1891 - 1991  History of the Sebring Grange
2002 Liberty Fire Department History
Liberty Township Churches
Histories, Records, Photos
Liberty Church Records
Ebenezer Church History Ebenezer Church Records
Union Churches of Liberty Zion Lutheran Church History
1945 Fiftieth Anniversary History of Salem Lutheran Church 1899 Church List From Directory
Liberty Township Family Bible Records
John Pequignot and Martha Norman Margaret Bunnell & John Ostrom
Harer - Roupp Family Bible Sheffer - Rennels - Hagenbuch Family Bible
Emick - Pierson Family Bible Gloeckler, Mitstifer, Fulkerson Family Bible
Sheffer - Flick - Beck Family Bible
Liberty Township Families & Individuals,
Genealogies, Photos
SHIBLEY / ROUPP Descendants
Wilson - Weskopf - Moon - Zaner
Justus Roots Biography
Bastian - Raker - Schanbacher
Bescanceny - Liette - Pequinot Family Liberty Township Marriage Clippings
Wellsboro Gazette: Thursday, August 19, 1926
Besanceney Reunion
The Besanceney reunion will be held at the home of John Pequignot on Saturday, August 28, 1926. A cordial invitation is extended to all relatives and friends. H.P. Maneval
Liberty Township Resident Photo Album
Harer - Roupp Family Photo Roupp-Miller Marriage
Crayton-Messner Family 1912 Marshall-Ducotey-Kendig photos
Wesley Childs, B of LF Gleckler Family Photos
Liberty Township Diaries & Letters 
SCHMELZLE Letters
1851 - Lydia Jane WHEELER "Pierson"
to Woman's Rights Convention, held at Akron, Ohio, May 28 and 29, 1851
Liberty Township Wills, Deeds, Legal Documents 
1858 Estate of Jacob Landis
1879 Will of Benjamin Hughes
1877 Will of Joseph Hughes
1887 Will of Sarah "Hughes"
Liberty Township Military Records
Robert A. Harer WW1 Vet
Arthur M. Brion - WW1 Casualty
World War Two Memorial for Liberty
Township Sports
Population Statistics for Liberty
1887 Liberty Township = 1629
1891 Liberty Township = 1755
1900 Liberty Borough = 263
1900 Liberty Township = 1254
County Population Statistics 1810 - 1992