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Surnames link to Free records and spelling variationsThe Private Burying Grounds in Franconia Township were on the farms of Mussleman, Souder, Delp, Harley and Fuhrman. All traces of the burials on the Mussleman and Souder farms vanished by 1880.
Delp's Burial Grounds
(located in the northwestern part of the township) 1700's Christian Funk,
| Yoder, | Moyer, | Kratz, | Booz, | Landia, |Delp, |Kline, |Godshall, |Cassell, | and others. Henry Funk emigrated to America and settled at Indian Creek in 1719. Heinrich, Christian and Jacob Funk were preachers in the Mennonite church, and organized the Franconia and Salford congregations. They also built the first mill on the banks of the Indian Creek.
Harley's Burial Grounds
(located in the southwestern part of the township) 1746 John S. Harley, Samuel Harley, Reiff, | Kline, |Young, |Heckler, |Price, |Markley, | Moyer, |Kurtz, |Freed, |Walter, |Kindig, |Hartman, |Frederick, |Sheuck, |Landis, |Jacob Stauffer, |Schissler, |Samuel Johnson, | and others. Markers with initials only: M.H., 1743; A.H., 1757; H.K., 1783; B.H. 1791; A.H., 1794; I.O.H., 1793; I.H., 1795; H.S., 1794; N.S., 1783; A.S., 1802.
(located southwest of the Indian Creek Reformed church) There were approximately 200 burials here between 1730 and 1790. Common field stones were used as headstones, many with names, initials and dates. By 1880 most of the headstones were unreadable, except for the following: "In memory of George Ludwig Hange, died October 26th, 1769; aged 73 years"; and initials - I.H.T., 1766; S.B.H., 1747; C.H.T., 1790; I.F.M., 1763; A.D., 1758; E.H., 1788; M.L. 1754; F.M., 1760; K.M. 1750.
Account Book of the Indian Creek Church, Anno Christi, May 25, 1768.
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