Historical Markers and War Memorials in Franklin Township, Pennsylvania
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Charles W. Johnson was the proprietor of the general store in McKnightstown for 62 years. This store is now the site of the post office. Johnson began working at the General Store under Calvin T. Lower and then later purchased the store. Oil, . . . — — Map (db m150317) HM
Surveyed in 1766. Named for an estate in England. The Manor was about 6 miles wide and 12 miles long with the southern boundary at present Mason-Dixon Line. It was the second largest reserved estate of the Penns in Pennsylvania. The western boundary . . . — — Map (db m11623) HM
Advancing Thunder
In late June 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee, advanced over South Mountain to the village of Cashtown. Tens of thousands of men, horses, cannons and wagons rumpled over . . . — — Map (db m137364) HM
Pennsylvania is well known for its beautiful farming country, fruit belts and unique barns. Many are located along the historic Lincoln Highway route. The Round Barn is one of the more unique examples.
Considered an "endangered species," . . . — — Map (db m167237) HM
After a stunning victory at Chancellorsville in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee led the Army of Northern Virginia through Maryland into Pennsylvania, marching east to threaten Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. The Army . . . — — Map (db m27034) HM
Crossing South Mountain from Chambersburg, Gen. Hill's Corps of Lee's army assembled here on June 29-30, 1863. On July 1, his advance guard moved up from near Marsh Creek and met Union Troops west of Gettysburg. — — Map (db m5814) HM
Army of Northern Virginia Stuart's Cavalry Division Imboden's Brigade 18th Virginia Cavalry, 62nd. Virginia Infantry Virginia Partisan Rangers and Virginia Battery July 3 Command guarding trains. Reached the field at noon and retired with the . . . — — Map (db m11622) HM
In 1758, during the French & Indian War, a party of French soldiers and Shawnee took Mary Jemison from her home 3 miles north of here. Although most of her family and neighbors were killed, Mary was adopted by two Seneca women. Jemison lived with . . . — — Map (db m11620) HM
During the French and Indian War, Mary Jemison was kidnapped from this valley on April 5, 1758 by a band of Frenchmen and Shawnee Indians. Taken to Fort Duquesne, now Pittsburgh, she was adopted by Seneca Indians who named her "Deh-Ge-Wa-Nus." In . . . — — Map (db m121191) HM
The historic Cashtown Inn has been offering lodging and dining to weary travelers since the turn of the 19th Century. Roads were important to town development, just as the automobile was important to their prosperity. As roads brought travelers . . . — — Map (db m167235) HM
The signer of the Declaration of Independence, Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and Governor, from 1799 to 1808, was born on this farm on March 19, 1734. Also active in the politics of Delaware, he encouraged Caesar Rodney to cast the deciding vote for . . . — — Map (db m39128) HM
John W. Mooney - U.S. Navy Seabees - WWII and Korean War
C. Kenneth Mooney - U.S. Army - WWII
Willliam S. Mooney - U.S. Army - Korean War
Charles E. Mooney - U.S. Army — — Map (db m180676) WM
John Barr "Buddy" Stewart - U.S. Army
Alan Dale "Doodlebug" Stewart - U.S. Navy
Loye Gale "Tudy" Stewart U.S. Army
Earl Lynn "Inny" Stewart - U.S. Army — — Map (db m180618) WM
John Goslin Areford
Joseph Horner Bissett
Bert Buchanan
John D. Caldwell
Harold Thomas Carey
Hallie Jackson Closser
John Courtwright
Thomas E. Crayne
James Frederick Creel
Albert Davis
Harry Dunn
Daniel Goodwin . . . — — Map (db m180411) WM
United States Army
Charles Pick Wilson David R. Wilson Harry T. Moore
United States Navy
Don Shultz Bill Shultz Eddie Shultz Frederick E. Wilson Gary A. Wilson Jr. Daniel Fuller
United States Air . . . — — Map (db m180506) WM
UNITED STATES ARMY
G. Russell Haines
Constabulary
WWII 1945-1947
Robert M. Lemley
WWII 1945-1947
Donald R. Pyle
Korea 1952-1953
John Lewellen WWII
Kenneth D. Haines
Vietnam 1968-1969
UNITED STATES . . . — — Map (db m180712) WM
UNITED STATES ARMY
Terry L. Hoyle II
George E. Hoyle Jr.
George Balsinger Jr.
UNITED STATES NAVY
Willliam Balsinger
Rick E. Black
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Terry L. Hoyle
Robert Eisiminger
UNITED . . . — — Map (db m180774) WM
The remaining buildings here were part of the iron works established about 1810. Operating first as a charcoal iron manufactory, the furnace later used coke. Iron was made here as late as 1888. — — Map (db m91028) HM
Present church built in 1858 by a Presbyterian congregation organized in 1798. Their first house of worship, a log church built in 1805, was within old Graysville Cemetery, on the hilltop opposite. — — Map (db m91029) HM
