William McClelland (1733-1815)

William McClelland (John B. McClelland’s brother) was born 1733 in Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, and died Aug 1815 in German Township, Fayette, Pennsylvania. He married Esther Hopwood abt. 1755 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania. She was born abt. 1735 in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, and died in McClellandtown, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

"In his early manhood William McClelland emigrated to America and settled in Maryland or Virginia, from whence he removed to South West Pennsylvania. McClellandtown, Fayette Country, Pennsylvania, was founded by John McClelland." Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania Vol. 3; Editor-In-Chief, John W. Jordan. (Page 1174)

McClellandtown was founded by a family of that name, who lived there many years ago. William McClelland, the founder, died here July 12, 1815, in the eighty-second year of his age. The town is some eight miles southwest of Uniontown, and two and one-half miles east of the Monongahela River. It is pleasantly situated in the midst of a moral and industrious people, and in a rich country. It has produced many men who have won distinction in their spheres of life.

William McClelland (1733 - 1815) served, 1780, as a private in Captain Wood's company, 1st battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania.

Per Ken O'Neal, William McClelland’s burial site is located on the south side of PA-21 McClellandtown Road, across from the McClellandtown Volunteer Fire Company (102 Blaine Avenue, McClellandtown, Pennsylvania 15458) in the wooded area next to parking lot of the George J. Plava Elementary School (120 Puritan Road, McClellandtown, Pennsylvania 15458). There is a Historic Gravesite sign at the entrance to the school and a sign along the woods on the north side of the parking lot. The gravesite has a white fence around it and there is a small, square stone in fence, but the inscription is illegible. Take heed, the area is surrounded by poison ivy.

George J. Plava Elementary School

120 Puritan Road

McClellandtown, Pennsylvania 15458

(724) 737-0822

McClellandtown Volunteer Fire Company

102 Blaine Avenue

McClellandtown, Pennsylvania 15458

(724) 737-5081