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Grubb's Cemetery
aka
The Michael Krause Grave Site
Lower Fredrick Twp., Montgomery County, Pa.
Contributed by
Phillip Smith
The Michael Krause (1750-1807) grave site lies on the
property of the Perkiomen Valley School District, Lower Fredrick Township.
It is found within a section of the property between two former fields.
The Perkiomen Valley School District has entered a preservation project
with the Women's Civic Association of Schwenksville to preserve this
cemetery. In addition, the Perkiomen Valley School District under the
direction of Mrs. Kim Minor, Coordinator of Social Studies (3 Iron Bridge
Drive, Collegeville, PA 19426), maintains a file of the grave site's
history and significance. In August of 2003 the grave site was registered
with the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission as Archeological
Site: #36MC391. |
Michael Krause's Headstone Inscription:
Hier
Ruhet der Leib
des versterbenen
MICHAEL KRAUSZ
Er wurde gebohren den 29ten
tag August in Jahr
1750
and starb den 9ten Janius
1807
seines alters 56 Jahren 10
Monaten und 11 Tagen
A footstone bears the letters "M.K." and is no longer affixed
to the ground.
The Veteran's Administration calls this burial place, "Grubb's Cemetery", according to the files of the Historic Society of Montgomery
County's, "Small/Family Cemeteries File", Volume #2, page 21k.
The Historical Society of Montgomery County's cites Michael
Krause (spelled Crouse) as a member of the Frederick Township Militia,
under Capt. Henry Boyer in the later part of the Revolutionary War. It has
been documented that Michael Krause (spelled, Michael Crows) paid fines
not to serve in 1777-78 under Capt. Michael Dotterer, Frederick Township
Militia, in the early years of the Revolutionary War. |
County File Manager - Gary L. Caldwell
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