EARLIEST BURIAL PLACE

In this connection it seems proper to mention the burial plot near the mouth of Anderson Creek [in Curwensville, PA]. It was believed by many of the older people that Indians used this plot to bury their dead and was continued as such by settlers for a time but not now [1946] used. The first burial was that of Nancy, the young daughter of Paul Clover, and his wife Nancy Mettler, in 1804.
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In 1804 Miss Nancy Clover, daughter of Paul Clover, died of consumption. This was the first death in the county.1372
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Indian Burial Place Marker (Nancy Clover)

In the heart of Curwensville once stood a blacksmith shop owned by Paul Clover. Here he raised his family in the late 1700s.

A daughter, Nancy, is the first white settler buried in this area. A large marker on a plot of ground next to the Curwensville VFW Post is her final resting place. She died in 1804.

This historical burial ground on River Street near the VFW is believed to be a place where the Shawnees, a sub-tribe of the Leni-Lenape Indians of Algonquin stock who inhabited Clearfield County at that time, buried their dead.7121
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See also this source for more on the location of the “Indian Burying Ground” with photo.7122