GREENE COUNTY REGISTER AND RECORDER of the PAST
1796 - present
Overview — The Register of Wills duties include filing all papers in reference to wills and estates. A recorder of deeds is responsible for recording all land transactions, which include deeds, mortgages, leases and rights of way. Also kept are military discharges, mine subsidence maps and highway maps. He is responsible for maintaining and preserving copies of all of these documents for public use.
And the Recorder of Deeds maintains and preserves the land records of Greene County. The primary requirement of the office is to record deeds, mortgages, liens, surveys, plats, land contracts, condominiums, financing statements, related documents and other miscellaneous real estate documents, instruments pertaining to the transfer and encumbrances of all land and properties within Greene County.
Following is a listing of individuals who have held the position of Register & Recorder in the past; Note: The discrepancy in dates is because some are the year elected while others are the year they took office. No definitive source is available to identify exact dates of service:
County Register and Recorder's — from past to present:
(Partial Data Source: History of Greene County by Samuel P. Bates, 1888; Reproduction sponsored by John Corbly Chapter, DAR, Waynesburg, PA -- Ms. Nancy Huffman, Regent (p. 459))
For general information, please contact the Information Services at 724-852-5399 / Toll Free: 1-888-852-5399. County Office Building, 93 E. High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370
