Below is a map with various sites of interest related to the William Locke clan.
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Plain Grove Cemetery - Mr. Locke died November 29, 1823, being in his sixty-eighth year. Thus ended the career of an indulgent parent, a kind neighbor, a good citizen, and a brave soldier. Mrs. Locke died January 26, 1827 (age unknown). Their ashes rest in the old Plain Grove Presbyterian graveyard. Source: WILLIAM LOCKE and HIS FAMILY by Alfred Cookman Locke, Published Gray Printing Co., Dubois, Pennsylvania, July 1924 // Plain Grove South Cemetery Grave Marker for William Locke - Revolutionary Soldier - d. 1823 // The Cemetery at County Road 1013 PA 16057 is just across the road from the Plain Grove Presbyterian Church (Address: 626 Plain Grove Rd, Slippery Rock, PA 16057 Phone: 724-530-2144). The Cemetery is at 41deg 3 min 14 sec North and 80 deg 8 min 20 sec West if you are looking at Google earth. You go through Harlansburg PA on route 108 to the east until you hit an intersection(used to be called Elliotts Mills) where Plain Grove Rd goes north and Studebaker road goes south. Take Plain Grove road north about a mile or so and the church is on the left and the cemetery on the left.
Slippery Rock Community Park - Typical location of the annual William Locke Family Reunion in June or July.
Washington Memorial Chapel - Washington Memorial Tower/Carillon contains a Plaque created by the DAR/Daughters of the Revolutionary War with William Locke's name.
Lawrence County - Lawrence County is the location of land bought by William Locke. After living a short time in Ligonier Valley, he and his young wife made their home for several years in Chartiers Valley, Washington County, Pa. In this valley were born to them the following children, viz.: John, David, William Hamilton, James, Mary (Polly), Elizabeth, Margaret and Ann. In the year 1794 this hardy pioneer and his elder sons traveled to lands claimed by Dr. Peter Mowry in the then Crawford, subsequently Mercer and now Lawrence county, and purchased a piece of ground one mile Northwest of the present site of the village of Harlansburg. Source: WILLIAM LOCKE and HIS FAMILY by Alfred Cookman Locke, Published Gray Printing Co., Dubois, Pennsylvania, July 1924
Westmoreland County - After five years and two months of the hardship of army life, including the Valley Forge campaign, he received an honorable discharge. Upon his discharge, he went to Westmoreland county and settled. Source: WILLIAM LOCKE and HIS FAMILY by Alfred Cookman Locke, Published Gray Printing Co., Dubois, Pennsylvania, July 1924
Ligonier Valley near Ligonier, PA 15658 - William Locke lived in the Ligonier Valley for a time. After five years and two months of the hardship of army life, including the Valley Forge campaign, he received an honorable discharge. Upon his discharge, he went to Westmoreland county and settled. After living a short time in Ligonier Valley, he and his young wife made their home for several years in Chartiers Valley, Washington County, Pa. In this valley were born to them the following children, viz.: John, David, William Hamilton, James, Mary (Polly), Elizabeth, Margaret and Ann. In the year 1794 this hardy pioneer and his elder sons traveled to lands claimed by Dr. Peter Mowry in the then Crawford, subsequently Mercer and now Lawrence county, and purchased a piece of ground one mile Northwest of the present site of the village of Harlansburg. Here they began to hew out a home in the dense wilderness where the woodman's axe had never been heard. Their log cabin was raftered with rib poles, shingled with clapboards, nailed with weight poles, windowed with greased paper, and had mud and sticks for a chimney and mother earth for a floor.
Source: WILLIAM LOCKE and HIS FAMILY by Alfred Cookman Locke, Published Gray Printing Co., Dubois, Pennsylvania, July 1924
Washington County - After living a short time in Ligonier Valley, he and his young wife made their home for several years in Chartiers Valley, Washington County, Pa. In this valley were born to them the following children, viz.: John, David, William Hamilton, James, Mary (Polly), Elizabeth, Margaret and Ann. In the year 1794 this hardy pioneer and his elder sons traveled to lands claimed by Dr. Peter Mowry in the then Crawford, subsequently Mercer and now Lawrence county, and purchased a piece of ground one mile Northwest of the present site of the village of Harlansburg. Here they began to hew out a home in the dense wilderness where the woodman's axe had never been heard. Their log cabin was raftered with rib poles, shingled with clapboards, nailed with weight poles, windowed with greased paper, and had mud and sticks for a chimney and mother earth for a floor. Source: WILLIAM LOCKE and HIS FAMILY by Alfred Cookman Locke, Published Gray Printing Co., Dubois, Pennsylvania, July 1924