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Abandoned homestead with forsythia, April 13, 1998 photographed by Joyce M. Tice in South Creek
South Creek Township
in Bradford County,
 Pennsylvania
South Creek Township page is dedicated to June SMITH Mickley, historian and genealogist. 1932-2005
and to Ed Ballard, 1916-2008
South Creek Township Histories
South Creek is located on the northern border of Bradford County and Pennsylvania, adjacent to Chemung County NY.
Established 1835 from Wells and Ridgebury
South Creek History by H. C. Bradsby
South Creek History from Bradford Reporter
South Creek History by D. C. Craft
South Creek History from Seven County Outline...
South Creek History by C. F. Heverly
South Creek Sesquicentennial 1833-1983
Students and Teachers in South Creek Schools
Township Records
1945-49 Supervisor's Time Sheets
1957-60 Supervisor's Time Sheets
South Creek Township Articles
What's in a Name? - Gillett
South Creek Township Postcards & Photos
Gillett Train Station Ed Ballard's Glass Negatives
Old News From the Neighborhoods and Villages
Gillett 1911
Fassett 1911
Thompson Hill 1911
Post Offices
South Creek PO at Gillett
Gillett PO (so named in 1887 source)
State Line Station PO
Fassett PO
Villages Past & Present
South Creek Township Census Records
1800 Tioga, Luzerne County
1810 Smithfield, Lycoming County PA
1820 Wells Census
1820 Ridgebury Census
1830 Wells Census
1830 Ridgebury Census
1840 South Creek Census
1850 South Creek Census
1860 South Creek Census (Volunteer Needed)
1860 South Creek Mortality Schedule
1870 South Creek Census
1880 South Creek Census
1900 South Creek Census (Volunteer Needed)
1910 South Creek Census
1920 (Volunteer Needed)
1930 (Volunteer Needed)
Ridgebury Township Directories
1808 Tioga Township, Luzerne County Assessment
1900 South Creek Township Directory
Township Tax Records
1812 Taxables at County Formation
(South Creek included in Wells at that time)
1836 South Creek Tax List
South Creek Township Cemetery Records
If You can Provide GOOD Driving Directions or GPS coordinates for any of our 700 cemeteries, please send to Joyce
Moore Cemetery (1980s)
Checkerville Cemetery Checkerville Cemetery (2000)
Checkerville Cemetery Obituaries
Dunning private Cemetery
Gillett (Lower) Cemetery (1970s)
Gillett (Upper) Cemetery (1970s)
Gillett Cemeteries (Obit Abstracts)
Gillett Cemetery Obituaries
Doty Hill Cemetery (1999)
Doty Hill Cemetery
Doty Hill Cemetery Obituaries
Thompson Cemetery (old listing) 
Thompson Hill Cemetery (2000)
South Creek Township Schools
1901 Doty Hill School 1904 Doty Hill School
1907 Roaring Run School
1908 Doty Hill School 1909 Doty Hill School
History of Doty Hill Independent School 1912 Doty Hill School
Students & Teachers in South Creek Schools
1916 Baker Hill School
1919 Thompson Hill School 1961 Dedication of South Creek School
South Creek Township Business Histories & Photos
1907 South Creek Businesses Viele's Mill at Dunning
Hotels in Township
Center House (Hotel) at Gillett
South Creek Township Organizations
Lady Rebekah Lodge # 523 - Gillett (1921) Gillett Grange (P.O.H.) No. 884 (1897)
Northern Tier I.O.O.F. No. 930 (1876).  Fassett Grange (P.O.H.) No. 1567 (1913)
V. F. W. Post 565 (1969) South Creek Lions Club (1953)
South Creek Ambulance Association South Creek Volunteer Fire Company
South Creek Township Churches
Histories, Records, Photos
1996 Fassett Church Centennial
South Creek Township Family Bible Records
Miller / Davidson Bible Record Thompson / Houtz Bible Record
Brewer - Schofield Family Bible
South Creek Township Families & Individuals,
Genealogies, Photos
1873 Thompson - Snedeker Marriage Certificate
South Creek Families by J.Kelsey Jones
Fuller Family Reunion Records 1904-1939
Jim Cowan Recalls the Frontier
South Creek Township Resident Photo Album
Helena Shelton & Dave Bryan Dora Howe & Grant Roblyer
Berry-Jenkins Family Gillett Family Photos
South Creek Township Diaries & Letters 
1870 Chattie Fuller Diary 1871 Chattie Fuller, Julia Fuller Diaries
1838 Letter John Renwick to Asa Gillett
South Creek Township Wills, Deeds, Legal Documents 
1890 Pension Papers of Cevilius S. Berry
Township Military Records
Foster E. Lewis - WW1
Township Sports 
Township Population Statisticss 
1887 South Creek Township = 1113