(Old) German Reformed Graveyard, Greencastle, Franklin County, PA

History:

On May 9, 1748; Rev. Michael Schlatter of Philadelphia, journeyed from Virginia to the Conococheague Settlement and preached to a German Reformed congregation on a farm near present day Greencastle. In 1786, John Allison, the founder of Greencastle, deeded a tract on South Carlisle Street to to the representatives of the German Reformed Congregation of Greencastle. It is believed a log structure was erected the following year at the end of the burial ground.

This log building was demolished in 1808, and a new brick church was erected in its place. In 1853, this building was torn down and the congregation constructed a new house of worship at 122 East Baltimore Street. Today the congregation is referred to as Grace United Church of Christ. The cemetery has remained at the original site on South Carlisle Street.

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Transcriptions:

1971 - John F. W. Pflueger; Kittochtinny Historical Society, Chambersburg, Pa.

 

 

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source:

W. P. Conrad, Conococheague: A History of the Greencastle-Antrim Community 1736-1971, (Greencastle-Antrim School District, Greencastle, Pa, 1971), p.132-133.

Lillian Colletta, "The Lure and Lore of Burial Grounds of Greencastle- Antrim, Journal of the Kittochtinny Historical Society, Vol. XVII, 1978-1981; p.298.

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