This 1858 Bradford County, Pennsylvania landowner map is a great resource for identifying exactly where an ancestor may have lived just prior to the Civil War. Each town or township has a separate page along with a transcribed list of residents.
1858 Bradford County, Pennsylvania map
From actual surveys from LAKE AMES & DAVIDSON
Published by Wm. J. Barker • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
A large printed version of this map was obtained from the Bradford County Library in West Burlington Township. There was a fee but I don’t remember what it was. I do not know if the library still offers copies.
The communities on the map include:
- Alba Borough
- Albany Township
- Armenia Township
- Asylum Township
- Athens Borough
- Athens Township
- Barclay Township
- Burlington Borough
- Burlington Township
- Canton Borough
- Canton Township
- Columbia Township
- Durell Township
- Franklin Township (including Franklindale)
- Granville Township (including Granville Summit)
- Herrick Township
- Leroy Township
- Litchfield Township
- Monroe Township
- Monroeton Borough
- North Towanda Township
- Orwell Township
- Overton Township
- Pike Township
- Ridgebury Township
- Rome Township
- Sheshequin Township
- Smithfield Borough
- Smithfield Township
- South Creek Township
- Springfield Township
- Standing Stone Township
- Sylvania Borough
- Towanda Borough
- Towanda Township (also called South Towanda)
- Troy Borough
- Troy Township
- Tuscarora Township
- Ulster Township
- Ulster Village
- Warren Township
- Wells Township
- West Burlington Township
- Wilmot Township
- Windham Township
- Wyalusing Township
- Wysox Township
Ancestor Tracks website also has these maps online. Their images are much easier to read than I have available. You can download their images to see where your ancestor lived within the town. You can also order prints from them.