Burnt Cabins
Inscription
Early settlers' cabins in this vicinity were burned by Provincial forces, 1750, to satisfy Indian protests against white trespassers on their lands. The name is a relic of troubled days on the Pennsylvania frontier.
Location
AddressU. S. 522, .2 mile S of Burnt Cabins, county line
CityBurnt Cabins
CountyFulton
StatePennsylvania
Coordinates40.077336, -77.902515
Sources
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Forbes Road - Raystown Path
Burnt Cabins, PA
Just east of here is the junction of the two branches of the Raystown Path: a mountain shortcut by way of Fannettsburg, and Gen. Forbes...
Pennsylvania
S of Warfordsburg, PA
Founded 1681 by William Penn as a Quaker Commonwealth.
Fulton County
McConnellsburg, PA
Formed April 19, 1850 out of Bedford County.
Last Confederate Bivouac - Marker retired and replaced with 2021HM00033
A Confederate force under General Bradley T. Johnson camped here July 31, 1864, after raiding and burning Chambersburg.
Last Confederate Bivouac
A Confederate force under General Bradley T. Johnson camped here July 31, 1864, after raiding and burning Chambersburg.