Adams County
Cover Page – Adams County
THE STORY of the Creation of Adams County, PENNSYLVANIA, And of the SELECTION OF GETTYSBURG As Its SEAT OF JUSTICE. An Address before the Historical Society of Adams County, on its First Anniversary, May 6, 1888. By HON. EDWARD McPHERSON, PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY. With Map of the Territory, Showing Lures, Roads, and Settlements. LANCASTER, … Read more
Lower Marsh Creek Cemetery, Adams County
Lower Marsh Creek Cemetery This transcribed from the History of Adams County [1886]: Lower Marsh Creek or “Sanders’” burying ground, is located near the junction of Big and Little Marsh Creeks, in Highland Twp. The first burials date back to 1749, and the names of the aged people whose remains lie in the Lower Marsh … Read more