Also known as Old Paxtang Presbyterian Meeting House Cemetery The cemetery is bounded by the streets Elder, Wilhelm and Sharon, and dates to the early 1700's This cemetery not to be confused by the nearby larger newer Paxtang Cemetery. N40degrees 15.789 W76degrees 49.791 History - Paxtang Covenanter Meeting House. About two miles east of old Paxtang Church and one and a half miles north of Rutherford Station in Lower Paxtang township, is an old Scotch - Irish burying ground containing about one - fourth of an acre of land and surrounded at present by a substantial post and rail fence. Formerly a log meeting - house stood close by, on the opposite side of the road. This building was also known as Paxtang meeting - house, and the people who worshipped there were Convenanters. In 1787 the house was torn down and the materials sold for the sum of ten pounds, eighteen shillings and three pence; this included eleven and a quarter yards of diaper, four yards table cloth, one yard napkin and one table and - chair. This sum together with twelve pounds two shillings and three pence raised by assessment upon the congregation was expended in the building of a new paling fence around the grave yard. The fence, in the course of time, decayed and was rebuilt by Conrad Peck, at the expense of Samuel Sherer, 'Squire M'Clure and Robert Stewart. This fence also went the way of all fences, and Robert Stewart, shortly before his death, caused the present post and rail fence to be erected. This meeting house has been referred to by Mr. Hamilton in his notice of the graveyard, but designated as a "new side" church. It no doubt has an interesting history and the Rev. Dr. Souller, of Newville, could give us light upon it. The meeting house occupied the same field with old Paxtang church, and was used during the greater part of Rev. John El - ner's pastorate. The little cemetery ad - joining contains comparatively few graves, and is evidently of much later origin than that of Old Paxtang, the oldest marked crave in it being that of James Welsh, Jan. "28, 1754, and there are no traditions which carry us beyond that data. This does not prove anything, but would seem to indicate that the establishment of the church was about 1754. After 1787 most of the members of this church connected themselves with out Paxtang, and in 1793 we find some of their names on a subscription list for Rev. Mr. Snowden's salary. Who purchased the table and chair does not appear, but they brought nine shillings and eight pence; and were sold for the congregation by John Wilson and Robert Montgomery **** CLIPPED FROM Harrisburg Telegraph - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania -09 Dec 1882, Sat • Page 5