Jim, I can't think of the name of the cemetery but when you got into Chambersburg from the west there is a cemetery inside the brough on the right hand side that is still in use that is mostly all African American -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Oct 15, 2006 3:31 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] New Tombstone Photos Online > >Keli: >In my newest book CEMETERY LOCATOR APPENDIX: I do note a number of cemeteries that were or contained AFRICAN AMERICAN burials: >Parker Family Cemetery FAnnett Township; Billy Bones Cemetery Foreman book Vol 5:15; Dayton Cemetery Foreman Vol 5:15; Varner Cemetery Foreman 5: 15; Zion African Cemetery, Mercersburg; Old Slave Graveyard at Long Lane, Antrim Township, located on Long Lane; Stoner Family Farm Cemetery or aka Mountainside Cemetery near Little africa Montgomery Twp., ; Dixon Cemetery located abt 1/2 mile east of Greencastle on RT 16 aka OLD SLAVE GRAVEYARD; McClellansville Cemetery see Kittochtinny Papers vol 17:29 and 18:203; Negro Graveyard: located on Coble Farm the homesetead of William Maxell, in Montgomery Twp. >This is the complete list that I have found in my years of research, but there may be others. >Jim > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:23 PM >Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] New Tombstone Photos Online > > >Is there any known African American cemeteries in Antrium? I am >looking at the time frame of 1840's to 1860. Thanks Shelley > >On Oct 14, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Abby Bowman wrote: > >> Tombstone photos for Shank's Church of the Brethren Cemetery, >> located in >> Antrim Township, are now online. They can be found at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/franklin/1picts/tsimages/ >> shanks-brethren.htm >> . >> >> Abby Bowman >> File Manager, Franklin County >> USGenWeb Archives >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/franklin/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAFRANKL- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message
Hi: I apprecaite your noting that to me....If you can think of it I would appreciate hearing from you about the name so I can note it in further updates....THIS PROJECT would be best if we all go together and shared our information...and we could have each other's input and knowledge... Jim -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 5:33 AM Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] New Tombstone Photos Online Jim, I can't think of the name of the cemetery but when you got into Chambersburg from the west there is a cemetery inside the brough on the right hand side that is still in use that is mostly all African American -----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >Sent: Oct 15, 2006 3:31 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] New Tombstone Photos Online > >Keli: >In my newest book CEMETERY LOCATOR APPENDIX: I do note a number of cemeteries that were or contained AFRICAN AMERICAN burials: >Parker Family Cemetery FAnnett Township; Billy Bones Cemetery Foreman book Vol 5:15; Dayton Cemetery Foreman Vol 5:15; Varner Cemetery Foreman 5: 15; Zion African Cemetery, Mercersburg; Old Slave Graveyard at Long Lane, Antrim Township, located on Long Lane; Stoner Family Farm Cemetery or aka Mountainside Cemetery near Little africa Montgomery Twp., ; Dixon Cemetery located abt 1/2 mile east of Greencastle on RT 16 aka OLD SLAVE GRAVEYARD; McClellansville Cemetery see Kittochtinny Papers vol 17:29 and 18:203; Negro Graveyard: located on Coble Farm the homesetead of William Maxell, in Montgomery Twp. >This is the complete list that I have found in my years of research, but there may be others. >Jim > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Sent: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 10:23 PM >Subject: Re: [PAFRANKL] New Tombstone Photos Online > > >Is there any known African American cemeteries in Antrium? I am >looking at the time frame of 1840's to 1860. Thanks Shelley > >On Oct 14, 2006, at 3:15 PM, Abby Bowman wrote: > >> Tombstone photos for Shank's Church of the Brethren Cemetery, >> located in >> Antrim Township, are now online. They can be found at >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/franklin/1picts/tsimages/ >> shanks-brethren.htm >> . >> >> Abby Bowman >> File Manager, Franklin County >> USGenWeb Archives >> http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/pa/franklin/ >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PAFRANKL- >> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message