Cemeteries: Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church Cemetery Lancaster County, PA Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Bill Bigham. USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations.  CHESTNUT LEVEL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH CEMETERY 1068 CHESTNUT LEVEL ROAD QUARRYVILLE, DRUNMORE TOWNSHIP,  LANCASTER COUNTY,  PENNSYLVANIA Transcribed/contributed by Bill Bigham Chestnut Level Presbyterian Church is located at the intersection of Chestnut Level and River Roads west of Pennsylvania Highway 272 in the southern part of Lancaster County, near Hensel, about 8 miles north of the PA/MD state line. According to Egle and others the church was organized ca 1719. A note to tell you why I am interested in this cemetery. At least two of the five Bigham families of early Mecklenburg Co., NC are believed to have come from PA. One family was a group of stone cutters who left over 800 known tombstones scattered from PA to Charleston, SC. Some of their stones are at Chestnut Level and other Lancaster cemeteries. I'm trying to make the genealogical connection between the Bighams and other families. Dr. Dan Patterson, UNC-Chapel Hill, is writing a book on the tombstones as one of the most outstanding examples of Irish folkart in the colonial period. Dan has already published a number of articles and made a trip to Ireland last summer.  PARTIAL LISTING OF CEMETERY LAST       FIRST       MIDDLE   BIRTH DEATH AGE                Ankoun   Samuel JUL 14 37 yr 1772 Baily Elizabeth Jul 18 14 yr 1822 dau. of William & Isabela Stulo Baxter Andrew Aug 1757 17 mo Baxter Elizabeth Sep 15 15 yr 1769 Baxter Jean Sep 1768 70 yr Baxter John Nov 24 90 yr 1769 Baxter Matthew Aug 1757  3 yr 6 mo Baxter William Apr 24 29 yr 1750 Baxter William Aug 1757  5 yr 6 mo Bigham David Aug 18 50 yr 1759 Bigham Margaret Jan 3 75 yr 1800 Bigham Samuel Sep 18 34 yr 1742 Boyd Dometri Jun 15 yr 29 1746 Boyd John Dec 19 May 28 1736 1807 Boyd Mary Oct 4 1821 wife of John Boyd Boyd Thomas Sep 1 76 yr 1768 Brotherton Nicholas Aug 9 63 yr 1757 Buchanan Arthur Apr 6 26 yr 1766 Buchanan Arthur Jan 23 32 yr 1806 Buchanan James Nov 26 70 yr 1774 Buchanan John Aug 10 85 yr 1851 Buchanan John Oct 27 23 yr 1748 Buchanan John Oct 27 23 yr 1784 Buchanan Mary Jan 1815 78 yr Caldwell Andrew Mar 11 74 yr 1808 Caldwell John Jun 12 76 yr 1812 Calhoun Elizabeth May 8 64 yr 1812 dau. of James & Elizabeth Calhoun Calhoun Elizabeth 1785 64 yr wife of James Calhoun Calhoun James 1772 78 yr husband of Elizabeth Calhoun Calhoun James May 5 66 yr 1823 husband of Margaret Calhoun Calhoun Margaret Apr 27 60yr 1822 wife of James Calhoun Calhoun William Jan 3 76 yr 1825 son of James & Elizabeth Calhoun Campbell Jane Jan 3 1805 Campbell Patrick Feb 14 75 yr 1817 Carson Patrick Nov 12 84 yr 1767 Clark Elizabeth Mar 30 67 yr 1769 wife of John Clark Clark John Nov 8 1776 son of Thomas & Margaret Clark Clark John Jan 17 52 yr 1753 husband of Elizabeth Clark Clark Margaret May 5 47 yr 1764 Devin William Apr 10 26yr 7m19d 1822 Dickson Hannah Jan 3 1746 Green Edward Dec 3 58 yr 1757 Gryder Anna Jul 14 54 yr 1807 Gryder Jacob Jan 10 71 yr 1814 Harrow Mary Jan 1740 40 yr Hill John Feb 2 63 yr 1747 Holins John May 9  3 yr 6d 1808 Hud Martha Mar 3 62 yr 1760 Irwin Hannah Jun 1 66 yr 1795 consort of Moses Irwin, Esq. Irwin Moses Oct 14 83 yr 1805 Larmon Jane Aug 1746 child of James Larmon Larmon Margaret Aug 1746 child of James Larmon Latta Mary Feb 22 66 yr 1810 wife of Rev. Dr. James Latta Latta RevDr James  Jan 28 68 yr 1807 Long Henry Aug 13 13 yr 1776 Long Hugh Sep 26 40 yr 1811 Long James Nov 22 69 yr 1803 Long John Grider Nov 28  3 yr 8 mo 1837 son of John & Ann E. Long Long Morris Oct 15 21 yr 7 mo 1814 son of Hugh & Ann Long Long Robert 1806 63 yr Marshall Jane Dec 25 58 yr 1772 Marshall John Jan 6 87 yr 1771 Mather James Jul Sep 9 1747 1760 son of James & Margaret Mather Maxwell Robert Aug 6 39 yr 1752 McAntire Mary Nov 10 77 yr 1803 McAntire William Jul 1 84 yr 1803 McCaully Mary Jun 29 60 yr 1761 McCrabb Judith Mar 22 44 yr 1809 McCrabb Mary Oct 13 18 yr 1800 McElroy Margaret Nov 9 70 yr 1758 McMillan James Sep 27 2 yr 1758 McMillan John Sep 27 8 yr 1758 McMillan Margaret Jul 27 10 yr 1758 McPherson Elizabeth Shaub 1726 36 yr wife of William McPherson McPherson James Mar 1821 21 yr son of William & Elizabeth McPherson McPherson Martha Long Jul 8 1822 wife of James McPherson McPherson William Oct 5 85 yr 1788 Montgomery Joshua Feb 7 65 yr 1742 Patterson Rosanna Apr 5 31 yr 1769 Porter Robert Dec 20 52 yr 1741 Reed Elizabeth Aug 20 33 yr 1771 Reid George Sep 21 61 yr 1789 Reid Margaret dau. of George & Mary Reid Reid Mary Oct 8 61 yr 1784 wife of George Reid Reid Thomas son of George & Mary Reid Richey Jane Mar 1 70 yr 1771 Robison David Oct 16 84 yr 1746 Robison Jean Aug 2 10 yr 1741 Robison John Jan 12 60 yr 1734 Robison Mary Jan 9 58 yr 1753 Roger James Nov 18 33 yr 1743 Scott Agnes Oct 16 55 yr 1756 Scott Matthew Oct 7 52 yr 1736 Shippen Anna M. Jul 18 Jul 11 1814 1861 Shippen Elizabeth Apr 12 Dec 20 1800 1886 Shippen John Galloway Jun 30 Aug 24 1809 1889 Shippen Joseph Jul 18 May 27 1814 1840 Shippen Priscilla Thompson Oct  1 Sep 17 1770 1834 Shippen Robert Jul 10 Dec 31 1769 1840 Shippen Thomas Feb 4 Mar 19 1804 1891 Smith Agnes Apr 28 61 yr 1780 Smith Rev.Sampson Aug 8 1781 Snodgrass Alexander May 12 45 yr 1758 Snodgrass James Sep 28 23 yr 1744 Stewart James Mar 9 54 yr 1756 Stulo Elizabeth Oct 9 71 yr11mo25d 1826 wife of William Stulo Stulo Elizabeth Oct 20 20 mo 1747 child of William & Rachel Stulo Stulo Joseph Aug 8  3 yr 20 d 1771 child of William & Rachel Stulo Stulo Leah Jul 7  3 yr 1 mo 1758 child of William & Rachel Stulo Stulo Mary Sep 9 21 mo 1764 child of William & Rachel Stulo Stulo Rachel Apr 8 72 yr 1798 widow of William Stulo Stulo Robert Feb 2 57 yr 1756 Stulo Robert Bailey Apr 24  8 yr 8mo 20d 1795 son of William & Elizabeth Stulo Stulo Samuel Aug 28  4 yr 8d 1764 child of William & Rachel Stulo Stulo William Oct 23 73 yr 1780 husband of Rachel Stulo Stulo William May 4 71 yr 9 mo 3d 1822 Whony Samuel Jul 1 19 mo 1779 Wilson John May 6 94 yr 1812 Wilson Thomas Apr 1747 50 yr