According to the 1880 U.S. Census record for son Reuben, John McCullough
was born in MD and Reuben's mother was born in PA.

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<a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~millergonzalez/mccullough.html">
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~millergonzalez/mccullough.html</a>

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<a href="_private/ken_bowers_john_mccullough.jpg">
This December, 2001 letter excerpt</a>,
sent to my grandmother by Ken Bowers, describes a connection
between Reuben McCollough and John McCullough of southern Lancaster County.

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CENSUS YEAR: 1800    STATE: PA    COUNTY: Lancaster    TOWNSHIP: Dromore    MICROFILM#: M32-39    ENUMERATOR: Jonathan Morre
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       |                                                    |FREE WHITE MALES   |FREE WHITE FEMALES |ALL    |      |
       |                                                    |    10  16  26     |    10  16  26     |other  |      |
       |HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD                                   |to  to  to  to  45 |to  to  to  to  45 |free   |      |
PG#    |LAST NAME             FIRST NAME                    |10  16  26  45  up |10  16  26  45  up |Persons|Slaves|Remarks
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. . . . .
164     McCollough            John                           .   1   1   .   1   .   1   2   .   1   1       .
. . . . .
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CENSUS YEAR: 1800    STATE: PA    COUNTY: Lancaster    MICROFILM#: M32-39    ENUMERATOR: Jonathan Morre
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    |                                            |FREE WHITE MALES   |FREE WHITE FEMALES |ALL    |      |
    |                                            |    10  16  26     |    10  16  26     |other  |      |
    |HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD                           |to  to  to  to  45 |to  to  to  to  45 |free   |      |
PG# |LAST NAME         FIRST NAME                |10  16  26  45  up |10  16  26  45  up |Persons|Slaves|Remarks
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. . . . .
227  McColough         George                     .   2   .   1   .   1   .   1   1   .   .       .
. . . . .
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CENSUS YEAR: 1800    STATE: PA    COUNTY: Lancaster    MICROFILM#: M32-39    ENUMERATOR: Jonathan Morre
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    |                                            |FREE WHITE MALES   |FREE WHITE FEMALES |ALL    |      |
    |                                            |    10  16  26     |    10  16  26     |other  |      |
    |HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD                           |to  to  to  to  45 |to  to  to  to  45 |free   |      |
PG# |LAST NAME         FIRST NAME                |10  16  26  45  up |10  16  26  45  up |Persons|Slaves|Remarks
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. . . . .
241  McCullough        Samuel                     .   1   .   .   1   3   .   .   1   .   .       .
. . . . .
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Based on the page number, the township for Samuel and George's census
records above would be Strasburg, Martick, Bart, or Ropho.

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FIRST U.S. CENSUS OF PENNSYLVANIA 1790
U.S. Government Printing Office 1908
Drumore Township, Lancaster County

Column 1 and 2  Head of Household
Column 3 Free white males, 16 and upward including head of household
Column 4 Free white males under 16 years of age
Column 5 Free white females, including head of household
Column 6 All other free persons
Column 7 Slaves

Column 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
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. . . . .
McCulloch George 1 0 0 0 0
McCulloch John 4 3 4 0 0
McCulloch William 1 1 4 0 0
McCullough Alex 2 1 6 0 0
. . . . .
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