Franklin County, Pennsylvania

General Information about the pages on this web site:

This web site contains eleven pages about the history and genealogy of the Oliver Anderson, Archibald McCullough, and William McCune Families from Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Oliver Anderson and William McCune Families are from an area known as the "Corner" located in Montgomery Township five miles southwest of Mercersburg, Pa. Archibald McCullough family is from the area known as the "Little Cove" in Warren Township near the village of Sylvan. Some members in the Archibald McCullough family spell their name as McCulloh.

Other prominent families on this web site are Clark, Dick, Folk, Phelps, & Humphreys which are all connected to the Oliver Anderson family and from Franklin County area.

Information about the Slate Hill Graveyard where Oliver Anderson and David Humphrey, Sr. are buried is included on this web site.

Information on this web site was collected from many sources and also includes much of the information from a book written by Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker Wolff who was the compiler and author of the book titled "Early History and Genealogy of the Anderson-McCullough-McCune Families and Related Lines of Franklin County, Pa". Other prominent families in her book are Clark, Dick, Folk, Phelps, & Humphrey which are all connected to the Oliver Anderson family. The Wolff book includes data that was compiled up to the late 1950's and was distributed in 1963. Elizabeth also wrote a sketch named "Looking Backward" of the time she lived as a young person in the area known as the "Corner" located 5 miles southwest of Mercersburg, Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. It describes her memories and events of places and people living there in the late 1800's. Many of the ancestors in this genealogy once lived in this area of Pennsylvania. The sketch is also included on this web site.

The four family links below are the basic families to access their separate pages. Most pages also contain additional links to the other pages and to other sites with related family documents, pictures, and genealogy information. Information is sometimes presented as photographs and pdf files usually at bottom of pages.

All Related Lines on this Web Site:

Anderson Family Oliver Anderson (1742 - 1810)

McCullough/McCulloh Family Archibald McCullough

McCune Family William McCune (Abt 1712 - 1782)

Humphrey Family David Humphrey, Sr (1720 - 1795)

Slate Hill graveyard:

This site is a collection of information about the Slate Hill graveyard which is located in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The gravel lane to the cemetery is several miles east of Mercersburg, on the north side of Pennsylvania Route 16. The American Flag and the large monument can be seen from the highway. For upward of 100 years burials had been made in the plot. Today there are but few gravestones with inscriptions but there are more native stones scattered about.

This cemetery was desecrated by men on a bulldozer back in April 1983. A neighbor observed this destruction where some of the gravestones were plowed down and run over to break them in pieces. Sadly, the neighbor did not know any descendants of the people buried in the cemetery and was legally limited to actions to stop the desecration. However this neighbor was able to stop the total destruction of the cemetery. The farm adjacent to this cemetery is known as the Heister Farm. Documents show that Kirby W. Reese is the owner of this farm who currently tills the soil all around this cemetery and was the owner when the desecration took place.

You will find many documents listed at end of this page which can be viewed as attachments. These documents are applicable to the cemetery and the land surrounding the cemetery. The documents show layouts and owners of these properties. They include map surveys, indentures, deeds, hand-written notes, and newspaper articles.

We are in need of photographs that shows this cemetery prior to 1950 and also prior to the desecration of this cemetery by the adjoining farmer. We will also accept any names of persons known to be buried in this cemetery. Please note that documents tell that some of the people buried here were removed to other cemeteries in nearby Mercersburg.

This cemetery is identified only with a small marker located in the cemetery with the words:

-Slate Hill-

Associate Congregation Church & Cemetery Site

Built by Scotch-Irish Settlers in Early 1700's

As Church of Scotland Seceders.

Merged with United Presbyterian in 1800's

Beneath this field lie the remains of

many early pioneers

Contact Information: New information, corrections, and updates to this Genealogy and Web Site are welcome. If you have any information or questions please send email to: andersonmccullohmccunefcpa@gmail.com.

Related Web Site: (Anderson Mill, Hays Fording Double Arch Stone Bridge, the Witherspoon "Red" Covered Bridge, Irwinton Historic District and the Hays Bridge Historic District)

Web site Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill) contains information and pictures of Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill), the nearby Hays Fording Double Arch Stone Bridge, the Witherspoon "Red" Covered Bridge, working model of a northern grist mill and a working model of a southern grist mill. Site also contain information about the Irwinton Historic District and the Hays Bridge Historic District taken with permission from two National Register of Historic Places Registration Forms Information is generally about an area on or near Anderson Road and the Conococheague Creek in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

Chester Anderson, great-grandson of Oliver Anderson, operated the Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill not far from the family farm in the "Corner" and the Slate Hill Cemetery. The mill is situated along the west branch of the Conococheague Creek, on Anderson Road in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. The mill is owned by the youngest son of Chester. Another son built a working model of a grist mill (southern style), and a second grist mill (northern style) which also includes a cider mill, and saw mill.

Related Pages and Web Sites:

Home Page (Anderson-McCullough-McCune Genealogy)

Archibald McCullough Family (aka McCulloh)

David Humphrey, Sr. Family (1720 - 1795)

Oliver Anderson Family 1742 -1810

Oliver Anderson Farmstead

Seceder Church (Slate Hill)

Slate Hill Cemetery

Slate Hill Cemetery (History)

Sources

William McCune Family (abt. 1712 - 1782)

Wolff Sketch

Irwinton Mill (aka Anderson Mill)