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State of Service: PA
Qualifying Service: Patriotic Service
From Dulles International Airport: Get on VA-28 N from Aviation Dr. Continue on VA-28 N to Broad Run. Take the VA-7 W exit from VA-28 N. Follow VA-7 W and US-15 N to I-70 W in District 23, Ballenger. Take exit 12 A-B from US-15 N. Follow I-70 W to MD-63 N in District 2, Williamsport. Take exit 24 from I-70 W. Take US-40 W/National Pike and MD-57 N to Bain Rd in Montgomery Township, continue onto Bain road, .4 miles on your right
The old Secrest graveyard is located near 14422 Bain Road, in Montgomery Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. This old graveyard is about 20’ by 40’ and located along a fence line east from Bain Road. The fence originally separated the farms of Frank and Marvin Secrist (1928) from the farm of David Wolf. It is located about 200 yards off Bain Road and cannot really be seen from the road
Author: Terry Leslie Puterbaugh
George Butterbaugh and his older brother, Johann Peter Sr., came to Philadephia on 15 Sep 1752 from Rotterdam via Cowes, England on the ship, Two Brothers, under its Master, Captain Thomas Arnot. The ship made yearly voyages to Philadelphia between 1747 and 1754, carrying 2-300 passengers each time. George was under 16 and did not sign an oath (as George Pooderbach) until Sepember 29,1768. Their father, Johann Thiel Putterbaugh, descended from Germans who lived around Schwarzenau (Westphalia) Germany, likely in Puterbach nearby, which means "yellow spring". They belonged to the Church of the Brethren, founded in Schwarzenau in 1708 under the protection of Count of Wittgenstein. After the Count died in 1720, the Brethren began to flee to Holland and later to Philadelphia. They became the Dunkard Baptist, an Anabaptist group in Pennsylvania.
George and Johann Peter moved to Frederick County, MD near Midddletown. Johann Peter joined the British army and fought (with legendary bravery) in battles around Detroit in the French and Indian War. In March 1778, he took an oath of allegiance to the Revolution in Hartford County, MD. His eldest son, Joseph, served in the militia. George stayed in Maryland, when in 1756 in Frederick, Maryland, George married Catherine Adams, born 17 Aug 1736, daughter of Nicholas Adams, and baptized 5 Sep 1736 at Muddy Creek Lutheran Church, Cacalico Twp, Lancaster Co, PA. She became a Dunkard Baptist with her husband. They had nine children: Jacob Adam Puterbaugh (1757-1814), George, Jr. (1759-1800), Henry Adams (1761-1839), John Adams (1763-1795), Maria Mary (1765-1848), Christina (1767-1844), David Adams (1769-1808), Catherine (1722-1850), Abraham (1784-1841). From August 13, 1757 to 1758, George is found on the muster roll of Capt. Jonathan Hagar's Company of Militia during the French and Indian War.
As early as 1761, George bought land in Maryland, but later Mason-Dixon surveyors found that much of the land was really in Pennsylvania. While there he provided supplies to the Revolutionary forces in the area. In 1783, he began buying land in Montgomery Twp, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, accumulating 110 acres by 1786. Over the years, he and his sons, Henry and John, accumulated additional lands nearby. At his death on 21 Sep 1800, they lived near Welsh Run, Montgomery Twp, Franklin County, PA in a house that he built in 1786. He was a relatively wealthy man. His wife, Catherine continued living until 1814. George and Catherine are buried together in the Old Secrist/Butterbaugh farm cemetery. His son, Henry, and daughter, Catherine, are also buried there. His son, John is probably buried there as well. Children George, Maria Mary and Christina lived all their lives in Pennsylvania. Sons, Jacob and David, emigrated to Ohio with a Dunkard Baptist congregation. David died soon after arriving there. George's youngest son, Abraham, emigrated to Michigan.
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At his death on 21 Sep 1800, George lived near Welsh Run, Montgomery Twp, Franklin County, PA in a house that he built in 1786. George and Catherine are buried together in the Old Secrist/Butterbaugh farm cemetery. His son, Henry, and daughter, Catherine, are also buried there. His son, John is buried there as well