Fayette County Genealogy Project

McClelland Gravesite - German Twp.

Compiled by Ken O'Neal


Directions: This burial site is located on the south side of Rt. 21, across from the McClellandtown Volunteer Fire Hall, in the woods next to parking lot for the George J Plava Elementary School. There is a Historic Gravesite sign at the entrance to the school and a sign along the woods on the north side of the parking lot. The gravesite has a white fence around it and there is a small, square stone in fence, but I could not see an inscription. The area is surrounded by poison ivy.

GPS Location:
39.88526 N
79.86465 W

William McClelland, the founder of McClellandtown, died on July 12, 1815 in the eighty-second year of his age.
Franklin Ellis, "History of Fayette County, German Township", page 601.