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Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Updated: February 4, 2022


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)


The genealogy data used to create this web site was collected from numerous sources:

  • The Kittochtinny Historial Society in Chambersburg, Pa.

    • The Coyle Free Library in Chambersburg, Pa.

    • The Alexander Hamilton Memoral Library in Waynesboro, Pa.

    • The Fendrick Library in Mercersburg, Pa

    • Washington County Free Library in Hagerstown, Md.

  • Elizabeth Wolff's book "Early History and Genealogy of the Anderson-McCullough-McCune Families and Related Lines of Franklin County, Pa.

  • Adams County Library, Gettysburg, Pa.

  • Internet Sites: Ancestry.Com, Heritage Quest On-Line, One world Trees, Newspapers, Libraries, State & County, and many other genealogy web sites.

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.


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)