(Enoch) Brown Schoolhouse Burial Site, Antrim Township, Franklin County, PA
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This burial plot marks the site of a massacre July 26, 1764. Enoch Brown, schoolmaster, and ten school children were murdered here by native Americans during the French-Indian war. One school boy, Archie McCullough, survived; and had retold the story of how the schoolmaster offered his own life in exchange for the lives of his children.
The site has been converted into Enoch Brown Park and a monument was constructed at the site of the original schoolhouse. The monument lists the names of those murdered here as follows:
Enoch Brown, schoolmaster Dean, two brothers Dunstan, George Hale, Ruth Hart, Ruth Taylor, Eben unknown (four)
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Monument depicting the location of the common grave of schoolmaster Enoch Brown, and ten of his pupils. |
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Prominent monumnet in Enoch Brown park, depicting the events of July 26, 1764. |
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Inscription on the monument above. |
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Inscription on the reverse side of the monument. |
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The site poses a reminder to the tragic nature of violent conflict and the brutal destruction caused by war.
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