Associate Reformed Cemetery (former site), Greencastle, Franklin County, PA
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East Baltimore Street, Greencastle.
History:
Shown on the 1868 altas of Franklin County.
The Old White Church was built in 1792, and a cemetery developed on this site thereafter. The land was deeded by James McLanahan and John Allison. Trustees associated with the transfer included George Gelby, George Clark, Andrew Reed, John Cunningham, and James Crooks. In 1826, this church group united with the Presybertian group at Moss Spring, and both groups together built a new brick church in Greencastle. The "Red Church" at Moss Spring was dismantled at this time, while the "Old White Church" remained standing for many years. The group which met here for worship were called (at different times) the Associate Reformed, Seceder, Covenanter, and lastly Presbyterian.
The graveyard was removed in at least two stages to Cedar Hill Cemetery, Antrim Twp.
The earliest removal, at an unspecified date (or dates), involved the Fullerton family and Lind family, found adjacent in Cedar Hill; the McLanahan family, and the Reed family.
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Grave markers of the McLanahan Family, moved to Cedar Hill Cemetery. photo 1999 |
No gave markers exist from the second and final removal from the Associate Reformed Cemetery. However, a simple memorial does exist in Cedar Hill Cemetery, to document the identity of the remaining markers in the Associate Reformed Cemetery before it was destroyed. The original stones were not placed in Cedar Hill, suggesting that this memorial was erected sometime after the actual removal of the Associate Reformed Cemetery, after the grave markers were not longer accessible. At the time the graveyard was destroyed it was known as the "Presbyterian Graveyard".
Transcriptions:
Rev. Reid W. Stewart, A History of Scottish Dissenting Presbyterianism in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Closson Press, Apollo, PA., 1987, p.58-59.
source:Lillian Colletta, "The Lure and Lore of Burial Grounds of Greencastle- Antrim, Journal of the Kittochtinny Historical Society, Vol. XVII, 1978-1981; p. 300.
Rev. Reid W. Stewart, A History of Scottish Dissenting Presbyterianism in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, Closson Press, Apollo, PA., 1987, p.58-59.
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