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Messerschmidt Burial Ground

Exeter Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, USA

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Get directions 730 Shelborne Road
Exeter Township, Pennsylvania 19606 United States

Coordinates: 40.31364, -75.84918
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Exeter Township: From Rt. 422 on Shelbourne proceed past Grist Mill Race and take a left onto a private driveway right before the severe curve at an Exeter Golf Course Hole. Size: 85' north to south; the entire yard from back to front is involved. The original size of the Messerschmidt was 11' x 22' with a post and rail enclosure. In 1812 a John Bechtel County document directed that the area be expanded 30' east and 20' north. This might have been after the Bechtels already enlarged the original 11' x 22' site.
History: The Messerschmidts received a patent for their land. The wives of Steffan, Valentine, and Johannes remarried and are buried elsewhere. Johannes was born August 1, 1745 and died August 9, 1777 (tombstone). In Berks of Old, February 1988, Vol. V, Nr 1, P.
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