Asylum Township History, Bradford County PA - History and Genealogy of its Population

Welcome to Asylum Township
in
Bradford County, Pennsylvnia

During the French Revolution a number of French people fled for safety to Bradford County where in 1793 they founded the settlement which they named Azilum. When the township was formed it was named in honor of those French refugees. Created from Wyalusing in 1814
Portions to Albany, Wilmot, Terry, and Durrell (part of which was returned),

Township Histories

History of Asylum by J. W. Ingham 1916

Asylum Township History by H. C. Bradsby

Asylum Township History from Seven Counties Outline ...

French Settlement at Asylum - Chapter 7 of Craft

Asylum Township History by D. C. Craft

Early Times on the Susquehanna

Township Articles

Township Postcards & Photos

French Azilum Historic Site

Post Offices

Asylum PO (Frenchtown) (1857)

Macedonia PO (1856)

Centre PO

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Villages Past & Present

Macedonia

Durrell

Frenchtown

Asylum

Marshview

Asylum Township Census Records

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1800 Wyalusing, Luzerne County Census

1810

1820 Asylum Township Census

1830 Asylum Township Census

1840 Asylum Township Census

1850 Asylum Township Census

1860 Asylum Census (Volunteer Needed)

1870 Asylum Township Census

1880 Asylum Township Census

1900, 1910, 1920, 1930 (Volunteers Needed)

1850-1880 Mortality Schedules for Asylum

1850 Mortality Schedules for Durrell Township

Asylum Township Directories

1900 Asylum Directory

1907 Asylum Directory

Asylum Township Tax Records

1812 Wyalusing Taxables

Asylum Township Cemetery Records

Frenchtown/ Lower Frenchtown/
French Asylum ME Church
(Partial Listing by Hoagland)

Frenchtown/ Lower Frenchtown/
French Asylum ME Church
(Complete Listing 2000)

French Asylum Cemetery Obituaries	Ellis Hill/ VanDerpool	Decker/ Durell (2000)
Arnout , Private (1998)	Durell Cemetery (2000)	Durell Cemetery Obituaries
Old Frenchtown Cemetery (2000)	Gilbert Family Burials (2000)	Stoor's (Richard Benjamin family), private (1998)
George and ? Gordon family	Jennings family (2000)	Bartholomew & Elizabeth LaPorte family Burials (2000)
Macedonia Cemetery (1999)	Macedonia Cemetery Obituaries

Asylum Township Schools

Frenchtown School	1900 Durell School
1914 Bull School	1904 Durrell Center School
1905 Durrell Higher Grades

1932 Durrell School

1948 Durell School Fire

2003 Demolition of the Frenchtown School

1869 Aslylum School Districts

1. Old Frenchtown	4. Centre District	7. (not named)
2. Lower Frenchtown	5. Ellis Hill	Macedonia Independent
3. Kerrick Hill	6. Bull District	Joint District (w/ Monroe Twp.)