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and determine whether or not, viewed from the standpoint of the entire Church, we have not made a great advance upon former times. The general statistics of the Church will undoubtedly sustain this view ; and, instead of being saddened by the decadence of what was once a flourishing and influential church, now reduced to a handful unable to support a pastor of themselves, we must look at the streams of influence which have flowed hence to the uttermost parts of the earth, beautifying and fructifying in their course the localities which have been reached by them. The towns in this immediate vicinity, towns and cities more remote, and . the great metropolis of our country itself, send the repre- rentatives of the families who worshiped here to testify to the wholesome influence which went out from this church and to the steadfastness and loyalty of their sons to the the truth as it was maintained by the Fathers in this place. I recall at this moment a church in the immediate vicinity of my home, situate something as this is, which was orig- inally the strong, vigorous and influential organization which enabled our church in Bellefonte, in connection with it, to call a pastor and which for many years led our church in numbers, in influence and in all that makes church life vigorous and wholesome and helpful. The tendency toward town life, of which I have spoken, has brought many of the members of that church into connection with our own. At the organization of a single church in Illi- nois, thirty-eight of its members were found uniting together in establishing a new church of our faith and order. Many other churches in the West testify in like manner to the help which they have received from this strong mother church. These depleting influences have gone on, until it is now unable to support a pastor and depends upon coca- sional supplies for maintaining the regular means of grace. There is undoubtedly a sad side to the case to which I have alluded and yet that church was founded in large part by those who were at one time connected with this church.
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The Cumberland Valley and the Rocky Spring Church sent the McCahonts to Nittany Valley and the Lick Run Church. They for years constituted an important element in maintaining that church. They have all gone from the locality and the Church at Bellefonte, and others in western states to which I have alluded, have absorbed the entire family ; so that, as I stand here, I can readily recall the grandchildren of the men who founded this church who are bravely and loyally doing their share in building up and maintaining churches elsewhere in our own State and in Home Mission fields of the States farther west. Let us not · yield to this feeling of'discouragement, therefore, but gather from the condition which confronts us the claim which this church and others of like character have upon those who have drawn from it the strength of its earlier years and influence.
As I look from the hilltop across the valley which opens out before me, there comes within the range of iny vision the neglected churchyard-God's Acre as it is sometimes called. Its appearance gives rise to another practical thought which I would like to emphasize in this presence. The descendants of the old families who founded this church and whose remains are buried in this adjoining churchyard are widely scattered. Naturally they become interested in what immediately surrounds them; and, as they become further removed, generation after generation, from the as- sociations which cluster around this locality and from the more intimate knowledge of their ancestors, it is very natural to lose siglit of and interest in such a locality as this, but assuredly the devoted men and women whose bodies lie in yonder churchyard deserve better of their des- cendants than what has been accorded them. It has been a great pleasure to mne to learn, since my coming here, that my friend, John Gilmor, who lived in one of the villages near by, provided a fund by his will, the interest of which can be used for maintaining the churchyard in proper con-
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dition. His wishes in this respect will no doubt be relig- iously complied with and yet the fund is utterly inadequate to do what should be done in improving these surroundings, naturally so beautiful. In looking up the graves of my own ancestors in this neighborhood, I called upon John Gilmor several years ago and received from him, as a loan, a receipt book which had the names of some of my ances- tors and which contains in it a receipt signed by James McCal- mont for the contribution of Mr. Gilmor's father for the building of this church. The history of the early settle- ments of this valley and of our entire State is preserved very largely through our churchyards and the monuments which perpetuate this history should be carefully preserved and, as they decay and moulder, should be transferred to more enduring material. It is only in this way that we can tell, to the generations which shall come after us, what has been done by those which have gone before us. I sincerely hope that, as one of the results of this Centennial, we shall see the churchyard which contains the dust of many who lived heroic and honorable lives and who served their country as well as their God faithfully in their day, substantially en- closed and beautified and made the proper and worthy rest- ing place of the bodies of these heroic souls.
Inasmuch as I accepted the invitation to come here, with the distinct understanding that I was not to be regarded as one of the speakers of the day and have, therefore, made ho preparation for an address, you will, I am sure, allow me to express for myself and for those who may not have the op- portunity of giving voice to their feelings, the great enjoy- ment we have together had in the services of this day. The addresses which have been delivered are worthy of per- manent preservation and I sincerely hope that we may have them given to us in such forin as will enable us to tell the next and succeeding generations what was done here upon this day. In this way, as well as in what I have indicated heretofore, we may tell to others some of the history which
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has been made by those who have left their lasting impress upon this community and, through their descendants, upon many portions of our country.
The occurrences of the day have reminded me somewhat of the regular services of the country church of which I Have a distinct recollection and which come to me as a very pleas- ant memory from my boyhood's days. We have heard these services described today-the morning service in which we were expected to have a doctrinal serinon of con- siderable length, with all the usual accompaniments, the ad- journment for lunch and the social enjoyments which fol- lowed-which, by the way, have been admirably carried out on this occasion, and the shorter practical discourse which followed in the afternoon. I owe the committee a debt of gratitude for giving me the opportunity to be here. I have already intimated the feeling of indebtedness under which the speakers of the day have placed mne, and it only remains to thank you all, at least such of you as I have been able to speak to and associate with socially, and particularly the gentleman who so kindly presented me with the bag of pears which he says were gathered from a tree growing upon the very spot upon which my great-great-grandfather's house was built, for the rare enjoyinents of the day.
May peace remain and prosperity return to this venerable church and may the people of the next century find it even more useful and flourishing than it was left by those who built this edifice one hundred years ago.
OLD FAMILIES OF ROCKY SPRING.
BY WILLIAM P. STEVENSON.
Some time since Chauncey Depew was invited to make an address at the annual dinner of the Holland Society in New York City, and he commenced by saying that he had been investigating the origin and derivation of his name,
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and that while it is now Depew, he found it was formerly Depie, and before that it was Van Pic, which gave him a place among the Dutchmen.
If he were here on this occasion I have no doubt but that he would adapt himself to present circumstances and prove to us that he is. Scotch-Irish.
We are all Scotch-Irish today, and it therefore seems fit- ting that I should commence my address with a quotation from that ancient Gaelic bard Ossian,
"There comes a voice that awakes my soul,
It is the voice of years that are gone;
They roll before me with all their deeds.".
It is this same voice that I hear today, and yet it is in distinct, the mists of a hundred years hang over us. I see as through a glass darkly. Would that I could see these old-time worshipers face to face.
This is no ordinary occasion,-it is like the century plant which blooms out only once in a hundred years.
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As Dr. Erskine expressed it in his letter inviting me to come, I am the representative of one of the old families who worshiped here.
My grandfather's great-grandfather settled in this vicinity about the time of the ecclesiastical organization of this old church, more than one hundred and fifty years ago. He and his wife lie buried in that graveyard with no stones to mark their resting places. He and his son and his son's son and their families worshiped in the old log church which stood here from 1750 until this substantial edifice was erected one hundred years ago.
My great-grandfather worshiped in this house from the time it was built in 1794 until he moved westward in 1803, and my grandfather has told me of his walking from their farın called "Stevenson's Delight," near Strasburg, to this church each Sunday when he was a child, and when I was here some twenty years ago I found the name Stevenson marked on the pew where they used to sit.
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If the walls of this ancient church could speak, or its echoes could syllable the memories of the past, what a tale they would tell!
In the minds of some of us these memories are gathering and forming with more than ghostly distinctness as we try to reproduce the scenes of other days. I have been living much in the past during the last few years, delving into family history, and I often find my thoughts wandering back to this old church.
I see the old log building, the grove of trees, the grave- yard, the horses standing in the shade, the gathering of families and friends to ask of each other's interests and wel- fare, the old spring; and then we enter the church and see the venerable forms of our ancestors as they assemble in the family pews, the precentor standing within the rail, the minister in the pulpit telling them the same old story that we love so well, the sacramental season, the old pewter communion service, the venerable men distributing the symbols of the bread ot life, and the kindly invitation from the pastor in the Master's namne. All this we can call up in imagination, but that is all. .
The first emigrants began to come into this valley about 1730. They were a plain people with the log cabins to live in and rougli home-made furniture, and the decorations on the walls were the rifle, the pouch and the powder horn.
Their clothing was of the simplest kind and their food was equally plain.
They had few books, because they were scarce and high priced, but they could afford to own some good ones, such as the Bible, the Catechism, the Confession of Faith, the Psalın book and Pilgrim's Progress, and they studied these and made themselves familiar with them and instructed their children carefully.
They were probably not all pious, but they all had the very highest respect for religion and its institutions, and they loved the doctrine of the Presbyterian church.
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Every Sabbath afternoon or evening the family was gathered together for instruction in the shorter Catechism. No family was complete without the family altar, and such scenes as Robert Burns describes in his "Cotter's Saturday Night" were just as true of the inhabitants of this valley as of families in Scotland.
The majority of these settlers were men of intelligence, resolution and energy, who by their own enterprise and in- dustry hewed out for themselves valuable farms from the primeval forest, and these very toils, perils and trials formed characters which enabled them to endure the hardships of their frontier situation.
Riddle says "they were a God-fearing, liberty-loving, tyrant-liating, Sabbath-keeping, covenant-adhering race." They were a very different class from those who come to this country today.
One who lately came over, telling his friends about the recent Chicago strikes and the great advantages of freedom and a free country, said, "Why, you can not only stop work yourself, but you can make everybody else stop." Thank Heaven our forefathers were made of different stuff!
During those terrible years from 1755 to 1765, the first pastor of this church, Rev. John Blair, was driven from his pastorate by the Indian incursions after Braddock's defeat, and the people all through the Kittotiny Valley had to flee from their homes with what effects they could carry to the safety afforded at Carlisle and Shippensburg, so that at one time it is said there were in Shippensburg nearly fourteen hundred of these wretched, homeless creatures occupying cellars, sheds and barns, some of whom were without doubt members of this old congregation. The suffering inhabi- tants of this county sent one petition after another to those careful, slow-going Quakers in Philadelphia, who held the reins of government, and who refused, absolutely refused, to grant arms and amunition to these our forefathers who were . protecting them on the frontier.
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While all these things were transpiring, on July 19, 1757. a party of Indians swooped down on one of my forefather's fields, only a few miles from this spot, where about twenty men were reaping, and killed nine, one of whom was Robert Stevenson, and carried away four as captives. Margaret Mitchell, whose husband and son were murdered, took the scalp of the one Indian (who was killed) all the way to Philadelphia in order to receive a reward which was offered for the same.
I have often heard of Indians carrying the scalps of their victims hanging to their belts, but I do not believe that there is any one in this audience who can produce a female ancestor who went round with an Indian scalp in her pocket.
About this time a funeral procession was moving along in this locality, and the Indians rushed out and dispersed or killed the mourners, opened the coffin, and scalped the young woman who was being carried to her burial.
Living in the safety of our present surroundings, think of what our forefathers endured to secure them to us !
Coming down to the period of the Revolutionary War, I often think of that stirring appeal which Rev. John Craig- head made from the pulpit of the old church, which brought every man in the audience to his feet as a volunteer to go to the assistance of Washington. My great-grandfather Joseph Stevenson, and several of his brothers, were of these volunteers, and he served in the Sixth Battalion and after- ward in the Eiglith Battalion of Pennsylvania troops, and I am a member of the Society of the Sons of the Revolution by reason of his services, and a certificate to this effect,; of which I am very proud, hangs in my library.
As we walk around this hill, let us do so reverently, for we are treading on sacred ground, dedicated to God and to American liberty. Here lie the remains of our ancestors · who were the original settlers of this county, and the sound of whose axes first broke the stillness of the forest. Many.
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of them ventured their all to purchase the freedom we now enjoy. They built this house of God when this was a re- mote frontier settlement, to disseminate the hallowed prin- ciples of the religion of Jesus Christ, and all of them are now gathered into that land "where congregations ne'er break up and Sabbaths have no end."
While I stand here as the representative of the old families who attended this church years ago, there are un- doubtedly numbers of the descendants of some of these original settlers who might have been here today, and prob- ably there are some in this audience, but if any of you have reason to feel interested in this occasion, "I more," for I cannot think of any one who has more links of historic connection with this celebration than myself. Four gen- erations of Stevensons worshiped in these sanctuaries, and my father and my little son are here with me today, mak- ing seven generations that have been on this sacred spot.
As I trace back my ancestry on every side I find them all true blue Presbyterians, and that they played a part in the formation, organization and early history as members of or officers in many of the old pioneer churches of Pennsyl- vania, commencing with Neshaminy, in Bucks County, Donegal and Octorara, in Lancaster, Upper and Lower Marsh Creek and Great Conowago in Adams, Rocky Spring and Big Spring in Franklin and Cumberland, Cross Creek and Chartiers in Washington.
Turning to the patriotic side, I find that ten of my ances- tors took part in the Revolutionary War, so that I think you will consider my pride pardonable, both as to my Pres- byterianism and my Americanism.
From Bucks, Lancaster, York and Cumberland Counties they responded to the call to arms, and as far as I have been able to learn, every one who was of sufficient age took part in the struggle, privates, lieutenants, captains, majors, quartermasters and colonels.
Our Scotch-Irish ancestors hated tyranny with a "perfect
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hatred," and were among the earliest champions of freedom.
The historian Bancroft says, "The first public voice in America for dissolving all connection with Great Britain came not from the Puritans of New England, the Dutch of New York, nor the planters of Virginia, but from the Scotch-Irish Presbyterians."
We certainly have a goodly heritage in such an ancestry, and it seems to me as I stand here in the church of my fathers today that I can almost feel that their hands are stretched across the lapse of years in benediction upon their children.
May the spirit of the past inspire us today, and the memory of our forefathers stimulate us so that we may not forget our covenant with the Lord God of our fathers, but may the promised blessings descend from the fathers to the children.
Let us open our hearts to the stimulus of these thoughts and memories, and as we turn away from this old Scotch- Irish landmark and go to our homes, may we feel in our hearts that the God of our Fathers is "the God of their succeeding race."
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LIST OF PEW HOLDERS.
The following is a list of the pew holders in the old log church of Rocky Spring during Rev. John Craigheads min- istry there in 1768-1794.
No. I.
Joseph Culbertson, Col. Samuel Culbertson, Lieut. John Rhea.
No. 2.
. Col. Joseph Armstrong, James Finley, William Young.
No. 3.
Robert Mitchell, Moses Blackburn, John Gelvin, Andrew Thomson.
No. 4. William Smith, Thomas Ferguson, William Witherow.
No. 5. William Wallis, . Alexander Robertson, Robert McCamey.
No. 6.
Daniel Eckels, Joseph Henderson, Robert Cauven, [Caven] No. 7. James Moore, Noble Heath, Thomas Ross. No. 8. John Gray, Samuel Reed.
No. 9. James Henderson, Charles Herron, Janet McCouch. No. 10. James Tom, Samuel Menter, Robert Stockton.
No. 11.
Capt. James Sharp, Stephen Doyle, William McHolson.
No. 12. Samuel Jordan, John Beard, (Falling Spring) Thomas King.
No. 13. Andrew Marshall, Arthur Patterson, Martha Wade, William Bell.
No. 14. Cathleen Dunlap, Ensg. John Beard, (Rocky Spring), William Beard, James Henry, Samuel Henry.
No. 15. James Wilson, Daniel McGregor, Nathan Mead.
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No. 16. James Lockard, David Jordan, William Gibson. No. 17. John Anderson, James McClure, Robert Miller.
No. 18.
Alexander Mares, Adjt. Joli Wilson, William Waddle. No. 19. James Walker, David Grimes, William McCord.
No. 20.
Samuel Miller,
James Hise, James Ensley.
No. 21.
Capt. John McConnell, George Wilson, Lieut. Reuben Gillespy. No. 22.
William Davis, James Davis, Josiah Ramage.
No. 23.
Nicholas Patterson,
Andrew Wilson,
Isaac Martin, James Endslow,
No. 24.
Eliza Thomson,
James Nickel, Thomas Boyd, William Archibald.
No. 25.
Major James McCalmont, Lieut. Albert Torrence, Hugh Wilie.
No. 26. John Stewart, Moses Lamb, William Wayne, James Barr. No. 27. Charles Cummins, William Kirkpatrick, John Shaw.
No. 28. Stephen Colwell, Robert Colwell, James Harper, William Johns.
No. 29.
Capt. Alexander Culbertson, James Reed, . William Trotter.
No. 30. John Ferguson, Hugh Torrence, Joseph Clark.
No. 31. Samuel Culbertson, (creek), Capt. Robert Culbertson, Alexander McConnell.
No. 32. Samuel Nicholson, George Davidson, John Boyd.
No. 33. John Beard, (mountain), Lieut. Joseph Stephenson, John Beatty.
No. 34. James Kirkpatrick, James Dougherty, Alexander White, Thomas Taylor.
No. 35. John Thomson, William Fullerton,
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Charles Stewart, William Fleming. No. 36. John Machan, (sr.), John Machan, (jr.) Robert Brotherton. No. 37. John Breckenridge, " Samuel Breckenridge, James Breckenridge, John Clayton. No. 38.
Robert Mahon, Ensg. John Colwell, Thomas Crawford, William Sharp.
No. 39.
Robert McConnell, John McConnell,
James McConnell, Donald McConnell.
No. 40. Rev. John Craighead, Thomas Stockton, Robert Cook, Thomas Kincaid.
No. 41. Capt. Matthew Ferguson, Margaret Dixon, John Chestnut.
No. 42. James Eaton,
Rebecca Eaton,
Capt. Samuel Patton, John Wilkison.
No. 43.
John Wilson, Capt. James Gibson, Thomas McConnell. No. 44. James Hindman, Ensg. William Ramsey,
William Barr, Charles Berry, William Fullerton.
No. 45. Capt. George Matthews, John Peak, Martha Allen.
No. 46. Robert Allison, David Blair,
Robert Craig,
Robert Dixon.
No. 47.
Samuel Ligget,
William Ferguson,
Betsey Thomson, Capt. William Huston.
No. 48. Col. Robert Peebles, Moses Barnet, Jolın Kerr.
No. 49. John Thomson, Samuel Rhea, Josiah Allen, William McClintock.
No. 50. Oliver Culbertson, William Gill, Joseph Sivan.
No. 51. Thomas Hoops,
George McElroy,
Jolın Mcclellan,
Charles Kilcrease, Robert Carrick.
No. 52. Henry Duncan, Mary Kerr, John Moore,
Alexander Spear.
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LIST OF PEW HOLDERS IN THE BRICK CHURCH
of Rocky Spring at commencement of Rev. Francis Her- ron's ministry, 1800.
No. 1.
Mark Gregory,
William Kirkpatrick.
No. 14.
Andrew Wilson,
No. 2.
Charles Wilson,
John Machan.
James Warden,
Jolın Warden.
No. 15.
Jolın Stewart, David Arrell.
No. 3.
Robert Swan, John McConnell
No. 16. Samuel Brachenridge, Andrew Lyttle.
No. 4. .
James McConnell.
No. 17. Andrew Taylor,
Clarina McCalla.
No. 6.
Isabella Matthews,
W. W. Lane,
Capt. Benjamin Ramsey, William Kirkpatrick.
No. 7.
Capt. Samuel Patton,
Joseph Marshall.
No. 8.
Isaac Eaton, John Gilmor.
No. 21.
James Boyd,
George McElroy.
No. 22.
Col. Joseph Armstrong.
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Samuel Wilson, (M. D.)
Henry Davis.
No. 24.
William Bolton,
John Wylie.
No. 25.
Matthew Gelvin.
No. 26.
Andrew Beard,
Cornelious Harper.
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John Brackenridge,
Andrew Brackenridge.
No. 19.
Andrew Thomson.
No. 20.
Joseph Graham
William Archibald,
Robert Cresswell.
No. 9. Nicholas Patterson, George Mcclellan. No. 10.
Jane Craighead (pastors pew) Rev. Francis Herron.
No. II. Robert Brotherton. No. 12.
Col. Joseph Culbertson. No. 13.
No. 18. James Brackenridge, Samuel McKain.
No: 5.
Robert Shields, Joseph Swan.
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No. 27. John Dormon, Joseph Dooley ..
Matthew Shields, Michael Lane.
No. 44. Capt William Huston.
No. 28.
Africans pew paid for by No. 45. James McCalmont and Charles Cummins.
William Marshall, James Hendman.
No. 29. Samuel Nicholson.
No. 46. Vacant.
No. 30.
Hugh Ferguson, John Ferguson.
.No. 48.
Samuel Nicholson.
No. 31. James Gillelland.
No. 32.
Robert Mitchell,
Andrew Murphy, Mary Denis.
No. 50. Robert Anderson, Isaac Parker.
No. 33. Robert Smith.
No. 34.
William Davis, Robert Stewart.
No. 35. Gen. John Rhea, (.M C.)
No. 36.
Capt. Albert Torrence.
No. 37. Charles Cummins. »
No. 38. Col. Samuel Culbertson. No. 39.
Maj. James McCalmont. No. 40. Capt. Thomas Grier.
No. 41. Capt. John McConnell, Nathaniel McKinstrie. No. 42. Capt. Robert Culbertson. No. 43. Moses Kirkpatrick,
No. 54.
John Wilson, (Adjt.),
Alexander Mears.
No. 55. ;. John Kerr, Samuel Peebles.
No. 56. Capt. Matthew Ferguson.
No. 57. Thomas Chestnut, William Hay.
No. 58. Lieut. Joseph Stevenson, James Cooper.
No. 47. Joseph Dooly.
No. 49. John Chestnut.
No. 51. William Beard, Charles Allison.
No: 52. William Beard, (Sen.)
No. 53. Joseph Eaton, Daniel Eckels.
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THE GRAVEYARD.
The following is a list of those buried in Rocky Spring graveyard so far as tombstones have been erected, with year of birth and death so far as can be ascertained:
Allen, Josiah, b 1772, d 1850 |Besore, Martha, b 1789, d 1855 Allen, Susanah, b-, d 1842 Besore, Elizabeth, b 1787 d . Allen, William, b 1820, d 1843 1853 Allen, Margaret, b 1812, d 1845 Besore, William, b 1815, d Anderson, Robert Herron, b IS40
IS05, d IS62 Besore, Peter, b 1814, d 1874 Anderson, Mary, b ISIo, diBesore, Amos K. b 1835, d 1890 1857
Armstrong, Col, Joseph,
1739, d ISII 1839
Allison, Sarah, b 1811, d Besore, John, b 1810 d 1889 I891 Bishop, Melanchton, b 1861 d
Bard, Martha, b 1787, d 1865 IS73 d Brackenridge, James, b 1742, d 1809
Bard, Margaret, b 1771, 1835
1760, d 1835
Barr, Margaret, Jane, b 1827, d 1850
Brackenridge, Rebecca, b 1810, d 1833
Beard, William, b 1795, 1823
d Brackenridge, Culbertson, b 1773, d 1832
Beard, Bobert, b 1800, d 1807 Boyd, John, b -- , d 1770
Beard; Robert, b 1769, d 1804 Boyd, Mary, b - -, d 1778 Beard, Elizabeth,b 1769, d Brotherton, Samuel, b 1754, 1842 d 1839
Beard, George, b 1802, d 1873 Brotherton, Robert, b 1792, d
Beard, Hugh, b 1857, d 1771 1849
Beard, Sarah, b 1774, d 1794 Brotherton, Matilda, b 1804, Beard, Martha, b 1755, d d IS57 Burns, John, b 1681, d 1760 1795
Beard, Agnes, b 1730, d 1810, Craighead, Rev. John, b 1742, Besore, Rachel, b 1812, d d 1799
1838 Cummins, Charles, b 1744, d
Besore, Balzer, b· 1784, d IS21
1833 Cummins, Elizabeth, Boyd, Besore, Peter, b 1779, d 1854| b 1748, d 1802
b Besore, Elizabethi, b 1814 d
Bard. William, b 1762, 1815
d|Brackenridge, Elizabeth, b
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- Cummins, Mary, b1773, 1790 Davis, Sarah, b 1761, 8 1825 Cummins, Elizabeth, b 1780, Deyarman, Jane Hohnes, b d 1792 1757, d 1823 Cummins, William, b 1782, Deyarman, Henry, b 1751, d d IS21
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Cummins, Catharine, Patton, Dillon, William, b 1824, d b 1783, d 1873
Cummins, Mary, b 1782, d Duncan, Mary H., b 1807, d 1804 1828
Culbertson. Mary Finley, b Durborrow, John, b 1810, d 1781, d 1814 IS26
Culbertson, Mary Jane, b 1812, Eckerman, Daniel, b 1786, d d 1815 1855
Culbertson, Samuel, b 1815, Eckerman, Elizabeth, b 1784, d 1816
Culbertson, Elizabeth, b - d 1802
Eckerman, Mary Gilvin, b 1800, d 1853
Culbertson, Joseph, b -, d Ferguson, Hugh, b 1760, d 1818
Culbertson, Margaret, b d 1838
1834 Ferguson, Elizabeth, b 1756, d 1826
Culbertson, Sarah, b 1800, d Finley, James, b 1739, d 1812 1875 Finley, Jane, b 1745, d 1814
Culbertson, John, b 1803, 1861 1847
d Gelvin, Mathew, b 1771, d
Culbertson, William E., b,Gelvin, 1838, d 1865 1852
Hannah, b 1777, d
Culbertson, Joseph, b 1840, d Gelvin, Mary Zimmerman, b 1871
1816, d 1845
Culbertson, Clara M., b 1847, Gibson, Mary, b 17-, aged d 1862 71 years
Culbertson, Joseph, b 1837, d'Gillan, William, b 1797, d ¥838 1867
Culbertson, G. Francis, b Gillan, Sarah, b 1796, d 1868 1850, d 1854 Gillan, Elizabeth, b 1828, d 1866
Culbertson, M. Simpson, b 1854, d 1859
Gillan, James, b 1836, d 1839
Culbertson, Laura, b 1852, 1859 Gilmor, John; b 1760, d 1823 .
d'Gillan, Jane, b 1824, d IS26
Culbertson, R. Hays, b 1856, Gilinor, Elizabeth, Patton, b d 1859 1770, d 1838
Davis, William, b 1761, d 1823 Gilmor, Robert, b 1793, d 1843
d 1827
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Gilmor, Mary, b 1805, d 1867 McCalmont, Major James, b Gilmor, James, b 1812, d 1875. 1737, d 1809
Gilmor, William, b 1809, d Me Calmont, Charles, Eliza- I875 beth, and Isabella, children of
Gilinor, Joseph, b . 1807, d IS79
James and Jane, b-, d - McCabe, Eliza, b 1820, d 1862
Gilmor, John, b 1802, d 1889 McClellan, George, b 1761, d Gilmor, Eliza, b 1800, d 1891 IS23
Grier, Michael, b 1767, d 1844 Mcclellan, Lydia, b 1772, d Grier, Elizabeth, b 1783, 1855
Grier, Thomas, b ISor, d 1818
IS40 McClellan, William, G. b 1790, d 1869
Grier, Margaret, b 1802, d|McClelland, John, b 1805; d 1822
1859
d McClelland, Martha, A. b 1814, d 1883 Harbison, Martha, b 1766, d|Mckinney, David, b 1767, d 1840
Harbison, Thomas, b 1799 1861
d Mckinney, Eleanor, b 1772, d 1825
Hudson, Mary, b-, d 1872 McElhare, Maria, b 1796, d Huston, William, b 1755, d 1866
1823
Huston, Margaret, b 1767, d 1823
Jamison, Jane Beard, b 1775, d 1799
Kirkpatrick, Moses, b 1769, d IS46 Kirkpatrick, Alexander, H. b 1809, d 1850
McConnell, Capt. John, b 1746, d 1817
McConnell, Grizelda Stewart, b 1796, d 1832
Lindsay, James,b 1788, d 1823 Lindsay, Margaret, b 17S8, d McConnell Rachel Cummins, 1840
b 1801, d 1831
Lightner, Sarah, A. b 1829, Machan, John, b 1730, d 1805 d 1856
Machan, Mary, b 1728, d 1803 Lightner, Sarah, b -, d|Machan, Elizabeth, b 1750, d 1895
McCalmont, James, b 1684, 1780 MeCalmont Time b for
IS04
d Marshall, Isabella Patton, b 1773, d 1862
1|11:11 . 11 1
1 C 1
Harbison, Adam, b 1754, IS24
1835
McConnell, Donnald, b 1701, d 1776
McConnell, Robert, b 1702, d 1777
- McConnell, Rosannah, b. d 1770
PRESTANIRIAS CHURCH.
Newton, Anna, brySo, d 1861 Thomson, Elizabeth, b 1727, Nicholson. Jane Cooper. b. d 1815 1768.8 1796 Vance, G. b-, d 1793
Nicholson, Wi. Cooper, b. Wade, John, b 1710, d 1790 1795, d 1798
Poc, John, b 1796, d 1862
Pos, Isabella, b 1866, d 1863
Poe, Thomas, b 1840, d 1859
Poe, James, b 1841, d 1866
Patton, Martha, b 1784, d 1869
Wilson, John, b 1750, d 1826 Wilson, Sarah, b 1752, d 1848 Wilson, John, Jr. b 1791, d 1818
Wilson, Alexander, b 1804, d
Patton, Rebecca, b 1776, d|Wilson, James, b 1861 1847
1828 1791, d
Robison, Agnes, B. b 1794, d|Wilson, Robert, b 1803, d 1823 1857 Robertson, William, b 1752, d Wilson, Moses, b 1781, d 1795 1861 Robertson, Elizabeth, b 1750, Wilson, David, b 1784, d d 1780 1862
Robertson, James, b 1788, d Wilson, William, b 1794, d 1793 1867 Stewart, Martha, b 1756, d Wilson, Sarah, b 1795, d I791 1871 Stewart, Martha, b 1776, d Wilson Col. Stephen, b 1777, 1779
d 1823 Stevenson, Joseph, b - d Wilson, Charles, b 1771, d 1779 1823
Stevenson, Margaret, b- - d Wilson, Mary, b 1771, d 1831
1816 1779 White, Elizabeth, b 1771, d d 1800
Thomson, Alexander, b 1722,
1086
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