John McClelland died in 1821; I have copies of two 1823 land deeds recording the purchase of John's land by his son, Peter, and the provision of a life estate for John's widow, Anna WELLER McClelland. So, Peter apparently resided on the old McClelland place. The 1858 and 1869 county maps show the home of "P. McClelland" located in the same place, about 1/10 of a mile east of Fries Cemetery, on the north side of the Austinville Road. Sugar Creek is only a short distance south of the Austinville Road; John and Anna were reportedly buried near the creek. So...if there actually was a McClelland Cemetery and John was the first buried in it, then a likely place would be across the road from the old homestead. If you read the story of the great 1901 flood, on Joyce's website, it reports that boulders weighing two tons (and located near the creek) were washed away and never found again. It seems unlikely that a few old gravestones could have survived that particular flood, but maybe someday they'll be discovered. I hope so. Sincerely, Paul Newell In a message dated 10/22/2003 8:56:39 PM Eastern Daylight Time, montrose@npacc.net writes: > Does anyone know where the location of the McClelland Family Cemetery in > Columbia Township was located? It was somewhere on Sugar Creek between Columbia > Cross Roads and Austinville and is related to have been destroyed in a > flood. I am wondering if there could possibly be any remnants of the cemetery > remaining today. John McClelland was a Revolutionary Soldier. > > J. Kelsey Jones > montrose@npacc.net >