King s Creek Cemetery

King s Creek Cemetery Hanover Township, Beaver County, PA Version 1 Fort Vance Historical Society

King's Creek Presbyterian Cemetery Hanover Township. Beaver County, P A Copied August 27, 1989 by K.T.H. McFarland

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-1-1 John Ralston (Son of I.&R. Ralston) Died 1851 2 james Cameron Born 4-11-1817, Died 5-25-1906 3 Maryann Campbell Cameron Born 2-19-1819 Died 1-30-1888 4 Margaret A. Ramsey Born 1845 Died 5-8-1873 5 David Martin (Son of Walter) Born 1857 Died 2-6- 1876 6 N.A. 7 Isabel Martin (Wife of Walter) Born 1823 Died 5-27-1874 8 N.A. 9 Walter Martin Jr, (Son of Walter) Born 1865 Died 2-1868 10 Robert Martin (Son of Walter) Born 1859 Died 4-5-1863 Ll N.A. 12 N.A. 13 Nancy Ralston Born 1807 Died 10-1-1852 14 James Leiper Born 1758 Died 4-19-1810 15 Marker 16 N.A. 17 N.A. 18 John Witherspoon Born 5-4-1786 Died 7-28- 1867 19 Margaret Witherspoon (Wife of John) Born 1793 Died 12-13- 1860 20 N.A. 21 N.A. 22 David Obney Born 5-1857 Died 4-22-1860 23 N.A. 24 Archibald Ralston Born 1757 Died 3-9-1831 fo f 1 / "<; LJ ~ c ' 25 Anne Ral s t on ~rn 1770 Died 3-10-1832 26 Archibald Ralston Jr. Born 1837 Died 1880 and Margaret Reed Ralston Born 1828 Died 1869 2~ B. Ralston (Wife of William) Born l-18oo-died 2-22- 18 73 28 William Ralston Born 1796 Died 9-8-1867 29 Alexander Reed Born 1768 Died 10-13-1841 29a N.A. 30 Mary Nelson Born 1783 Died 5-18-1836 31 N.A. 32 N.A. 33 N.A. 34 N.A. 3 5 N.A. 36 Agness Bruce Born 1779 Died 2-8-1849 37 Samuel Leeper (Son of J.& M. Leeper) Born 1830 Died 9-17-1853 38 Mary Taggert (Wife of Ross) Born 1814 Died 1-29-1845 39 N.A. 4 0 Elizabeth Harper (Wife of James) Born 1792 Died 6-17-1838 41 Archibald Harper Died 1829 4 2 James Harper Born 1790 Died 9-16-1854 43 Matilda Leeper Born 1793 Died 10-10-1859 44 John Leeper Born 1780 Died 6-8-1861 4 5 N.A. 46 Samuel Harper Jr. Born 1826 Died 3-22-1856 4 7 Samuel Harper Born 1756 Died 2-25-1814 and Jane Harper Born 1761 Died 3-8-1814 48 Thomas Gibson Born 9-17-1833 Died 11-19=1857 49 Joseph Gibson Born 1753 Died 3-28- 1836 50 N.A. 51 Levi Dungan Died 8-1-1835 5la N. A. 5 2 Samuel Cameron Born 1790 Died 4-11-1865 53 Jane Cameron (Daughter of Samuel) Born 1834 Died 5-29-1865 54 Joseph Gibson Born 1798 Died 1 0-l-1864 5 5 Ma r y Gibson (Wife of Joseph) Born 178 5 Died 2-2-18 59 56 Agnes Mo r ehead (Wi fe of Alex' r.t<!. Horehead) Born 1793 Died 9-18- 1862

-2-57 N.A. 58 Samuel McGausland Born 1813 Died 1878 and Alexander McGausland Bornl808 Died 1901 59 Rebecca Cameron Born 2-14-1805 Died 3-29-1875 60 N.A. 61 Jennet Cameron Sorn 1751 Died 7-11-1842 62 N.A. 63 Elizaellen Cameron Born 4-28-1846 Died 12-23-1879 64 N.A. 65 N.A. 66 N.A. 67 Ester Purdy (Wife of Farmer Purdy) Born 1806 Died 7-21-1851 68 N.A. 69 N.A. 70 N.A. 71 N.A. 72 N.A. 73 N.A. 74 N.A. 75 N.A. 76 N.A. 77 N.A. 78 Mitchell Ramsey Born 1784 Died 4-17-1857 79 Jane Miller (Wife of Andrew R.) Born 1801 Died 6-6-1852 80 N.A. 81 N.A. 82 John Tenan (Father) Born 1788 Died 9-16-1867 82a Anne Tenan (Mother) Born 1792 Died 6-10-1868 83 Nary Tenan (Daughter) Born 1820 Died ll-31-1821 84 Eleanor Tenan Born 1822 Died 10-19-1881 85 N.A. 86 Susana Reed (Wife of Adam) Born 1806 Died ll-28-1872 87 Agness Bell (Wife of Joseph) Born 1842 Died 1-10-1870 88 Andrew McLeary 89 William Reed Born 1831 Died 8-19-1865 90 N.A. 91 \<7illiam Harper Born 1800 Died 3-4-1822 92 N.A. 93 N.A. 94 N.A. 95 N.A. 96 N.A. 97 N.A. 98 Thomas Mckibben Born 1816 Died 4-21-1828 and Jennette Mckibben Born 1-26-1788 Died 1-5-1873 99 Mary Miller (wife of Joseph) Born - Died 2-5-1857 100 N.A. 101 N.A. 102 Hugh Miller Born 1758 Died 1834 103 N.A. 104 N.A. 105 N.A. 106 N. A. 107 N.A. 108 N.A. 109 N.A. 110 Mary Rams ey Born 1813 Died 12-23-1880 and Anna M. Ramsey Born 1863 Di ed 10-2-1881 lll William Ramsey Born 7-1808 Died 10-22 - 1870

-3-112 Aletha Standish Born 5-l-1835 Died 2-13-1886 MaggieBe1l Standish Born 11-29-1874 Died 2-17-1877 William Standish Born 10-26-1858 Died 8-17-1860 Edward M. Standish Born 12-24-1859 Died 8-8-1889 113 Milton Miller Born 1823 Died ll-26-1858 114 John Miller Born 1784 Died 8-21-1857 115 ~~ry Miller Born 1789 Died 4-14-1860 116 N.A. 117 N.A. 118 N.A. 119 N.A. 120 Robert Stewart Born 1785 Died 2-25-1820 121 N.A. 122 Jennetta Mckibben Died 5-31-1850 123 James Mckibben 124 Jennette Mckibben Born 1823 Died 4-5-1855 125 W.M. Woodward Born 10-26 Died 7-1858 126 Mary Isabel Woodward Born 6-17-1817 Died 8-28-1819 127 Othniel Woodward Died 8-11-1860 128 Nancy Woodward Born 1816 Died 8-23-1878 129 Jane Gilliland Born 1781 Died 10-22-1841 and James Gilliland Born 1772 Died 2-6-1832 130 N.A. 131 N.A. 132 N.A. 133 Robert Shillito 134 Sarah Conley Born 1753 Died 12-3-1816 135 John Conley Born 1781 Died ll-3-1851 136 Maggie Tucker Died 7-28-1886 137 Allen and Sarah Tucker Died 19th Century 138 N.A. 139 N.A. 140 N.A. 141 Jane Martin (Wife of Samuel) Born ll-1-1796 Died 3-3-1861 142 N.A.

Births Per Year 1751 1753 Two 1756 1757 1758 1761 1768 1770 1779 1781 Two 1783 1784 Two 1785 Three 1788 Two 1789 Two 1790 Two 1792 Two 1793 Three 1796 Two 1798 1800 Two 1801 1805 1806 Two 1807 1808 Two 1813 Two 1814 1816 Two 1817 Two 1819 1820 1822 1823 Three 1826 1828 1830 1831 1833 1834 1835 1837 1842 1845 1846 1857 Two 1858 1859 Two 1863 1865 1874 * Years without counts had only one birth in that year.

Deaths Per Year 1810 1814 1816 1819 1820 1821 1822 1828 1829 1831 1832 Two 1835 1836 1838 1841 Two 1842 1845 1849 1850 1851 Three 1852 Two 1853 1854 1855 1856 1857 Four 1858 Two 1859 Two 1860 Five 1861 Two 1862 1863 1864 1865 Four 1867 Two 1868 Two 1869 1870 Two 1872 1873 Three 1875 1876 1877 1878 Two 1879 1880 Two 1881 Two 1886 Two 1888 1889 1901... * Years without counts had only one death that year.

Kings Creek Cemeterl Fact Sheet To date, there were found 142 grave-marker stoneso The earliest recorded birth was in 1751-Jennet Cameron, grave site #61, she also lived to be the oldest female, died at age 91. The earliest born male was in 1753-Joseph Gibson, grave site #49. The latest recorded birth was in 1874-MaggieBell Standish, grave site #112. The first to be buried was James Leeper-1810, grave site #14. The last to be buried was James Cameron-1906, grave site #2. >=:--==::::::======================-:: --_:_...:.----------. oldest and is male was Alexander McGausland, died at age 93, located at grave sig~ buried with his brother Samuel. ------- The year that the most deaths occured was in 1860 with a total of five. The most deaths occured between the years 1857 to 1861 with a recorded fifteen. The most births occured between 1781 and 1793 with eighteen recorded. Archibald Ralston, grave site marker #24, was an Ensign in the American Revolution ~ nd serve~ n t he Washington c;unty Mi l i tia. Samuel Harper, grave site marker #47, was a Private in the American Revolution and served in the York County Militia. Alexander Reed, grave site marker #29, was a Private in the War of 1812 and served in Capt. Robert Leeper's Company, Pa. l38th Regt. John Witherspoon, grave site marker #18, was a Private in the War of 1812 and served in the Pennsylvania Militia. Hugh Miller, grave site marker #102 was a Private in the American Revolution and served in Capt. James Wrights Company in the Youghegnia Militia.

King s Creek Cemetery Hanover Township, Beaver County, PA Fort Vance Historical Society